We need a boost...

Danno · 03-24-2012, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

Agreed. I was hoping for David Hawthorne or Lofton. Mainly Hawthorne, but I'd take either, gladly, over what we currently have. This Chamberlain sign makes no sense to me. Maybe they don't think they can afford better than him, but from what I have read about this guy, we're better off with the LB's already in place.

Shanle has a 3 million cap hit. This guy will probably replace him for pennies on the dollar. That frees up money elsewhere.

burningmetal · 03-24-2012, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

Shanle has a 3 million cap hit. This guy will probably replace him for pennies on the dollar. That frees up money elsewhere.

True, but I already consider Shanle and Vilma all but officially gone. I'm not worried about cap space, I'm talking about how Chamberlain stacks up next to other guy's on the roster who he would be competing with. Chamberlain sounds like a special teams player to me, which is exactly what he was until last year. So if the Saints are serious about upgrading, this isn't the answer.

So I'm hoping Chamberlain is just somebody they wanted to give them depth.

|Mitch| · 03-24-2012, 07:59 PM

Chamberlain is somebody that knows Spags system. He has proven himself on special teams and had pretty decent stats as a starter last year. In fact, he had better stats than Shanle did...

If he can come in and relieve Shanle of his job while saving money, I'm all for it..

burningmetal · 03-25-2012, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

Chamberlain is somebody that knows Spags system. He has proven himself on special teams and had pretty decent stats as a starter last year. In fact, he had better stats than Shanle did...

If he can come in and relieve Shanle of his job while saving money, I'm all for it..

The problem with that is we needed a significant upgrade. If it were about money, they could have restructured Shanle. But it was about performance, as to why we needed to replace him, and to get a guy who is the same or marginally better was not going to help enough to notice.

But as we all know now, the Saints signed Lofton, so I'm ok with Chamberlain being a role player.

03-24-2012, 08:16 AM	#1
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,751	Originally Posted by burningmetal Agreed. I was hoping for David Hawthorne or Lofton. Mainly Hawthorne, but I'd take either, gladly, over what we currently have. This Chamberlain sign makes no sense to me. Maybe they don't think they can afford better than him, but from what I have read about this guy, we're better off with the LB's already in place. Shanle has a 3 million cap hit. This guy will probably replace him for pennies on the dollar. That frees up money elsewhere.

03-24-2012, 07:30 PM	#2
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Originally Posted by Danno Shanle has a 3 million cap hit. This guy will probably replace him for pennies on the dollar. That frees up money elsewhere. True, but I already consider Shanle and Vilma all but officially gone. I'm not worried about cap space, I'm talking about how Chamberlain stacks up next to other guy's on the roster who he would be competing with. Chamberlain sounds like a special teams player to me, which is exactly what he was until last year. So if the Saints are serious about upgrading, this isn't the answer. So I'm hoping Chamberlain is just somebody they wanted to give them depth.

03-24-2012, 07:59 PM	#3
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Chamberlain is somebody that knows Spags system. He has proven himself on special teams and had pretty decent stats as a starter last year. In fact, he had better stats than Shanle did... If he can come in and relieve Shanle of his job while saving money, I'm all for it.. W. Kovacs likes this.

03-25-2012, 08:39 AM	#4
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| Chamberlain is somebody that knows Spags system. He has proven himself on special teams and had pretty decent stats as a starter last year. In fact, he had better stats than Shanle did... If he can come in and relieve Shanle of his job while saving money, I'm all for it.. The problem with that is we needed a significant upgrade. If it were about money, they could have restructured Shanle. But it was about performance, as to why we needed to replace him, and to get a guy who is the same or marginally better was not going to help enough to notice. But as we all know now, the Saints signed Lofton, so I'm ok with Chamberlain being a role player.

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