Ivory a trade candidate?

jeanpierre · 02-17-2012, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by The Dude

Exactly. Only reason I could think of is to free up a roster spot, I don't see us needing anyone that bad.

Has everyone forgotten that we ran out of running backs in the playoffs against Seattle?

ScottF · 02-17-2012, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Has everyone forgotten that we ran out of running backs in the playoffs against Seattle?

No one has forgotten it, but that was an anomaly, and we didn't lose to Seattle because of our running game.

4 starting RB's is BEYOND a luxury... does another NFL team have even 3?
We continue to spend money on offense, and then we cannot stop Hasselback or Smith, or whoever started for the Rams.
These guys are being talked about as trade bait because we have needs elsewhere, and money is very tight this year

FinSaint · 02-17-2012, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by ScottF

No one has forgotten it, but that was an anomaly, and we didn't lose to Seattle because of our running game.

4 starting RB's is BEYOND a luxury... does another NFL team have even 3?
We continue to spend money on offense, and then we cannot stop Hasselback or Smith, or whoever started for the Rams.
These guys are being talked about as trade bait because we have needs elsewhere, and money is very tight this year

Ivory will have a cap hit of $490K next season, so it's not like trading him will create cap room - only reason to trade him would be if the roster spot was desperately needed for someone else.

Sproles' cap hit for 2012 will be around $3.5M, PT's cap hit will be $2.3M, and Ingram's cap hit will be around $810K.

They're all very affordable for what they can (and consistently do) bring to the field every single week and, therefore, there isn't much money to be saved on that front.

Also I could imagine it being fairly expensive if the Saints had to bring in another good/great RB during the season if they were to run into some injury problems, and had earlier let one of these RBs go.

02-17-2012, 06:13 AM	#1
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Originally Posted by The Dude Exactly. Only reason I could think of is to free up a roster spot, I don't see us needing anyone that bad. Has everyone forgotten that we ran out of running backs in the playoffs against Seattle?

02-17-2012, 11:41 AM	#2
ScottF 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 6,324	Originally Posted by jeanpierre Has everyone forgotten that we ran out of running backs in the playoffs against Seattle? No one has forgotten it, but that was an anomaly, and we didn't lose to Seattle because of our running game. 4 starting RB's is BEYOND a luxury... does another NFL team have even 3? We continue to spend money on offense, and then we cannot stop Hasselback or Smith, or whoever started for the Rams. These guys are being talked about as trade bait because we have needs elsewhere, and money is very tight this year

02-17-2012, 12:06 PM	#3
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Originally Posted by ScottF No one has forgotten it, but that was an anomaly, and we didn't lose to Seattle because of our running game. 4 starting RB's is BEYOND a luxury... does another NFL team have even 3? We continue to spend money on offense, and then we cannot stop Hasselback or Smith, or whoever started for the Rams. These guys are being talked about as trade bait because we have needs elsewhere, and money is very tight this year Ivory will have a cap hit of $490K next season, so it's not like trading him will create cap room - only reason to trade him would be if the roster spot was desperately needed for someone else. Sproles' cap hit for 2012 will be around $3.5M, PT's cap hit will be $2.3M, and Ingram's cap hit will be around $810K. They're all very affordable for what they can (and consistently do) bring to the field every single week and, therefore, there isn't much money to be saved on that front. Also I could imagine it being fairly expensive if the Saints had to bring in another good/great RB during the season if they were to run into some injury problems, and had earlier let one of these RBs go.
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