David Hawthorne signs with Saints

04-04-2012, 11:33 AM

Interesting .... I wonder what other changes Spags has in store for us?

SaintsBro · 04-04-2012, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by st thomas

if and when these suspenions come about, can they be appealed and set up to be gone just 1 at a time rather all leaving the team.

To answer your question, basically YES -- they will almost certainly be appealed, disputed, dragged out and put off, and then ultimately staggered to keep the team somewhat competitive. It's even remotely possible that some may be delayed by as much as a year depending on how the appeals process goes... With some of our older players and guys now on other teams, I'm thinking in one or two cases we might even see some scenarios sorta like what happened with Deuce -- OK, you're officially suspended for X number of games but you've already been cut/waived by the team and/or retired from the NFL. Or guys who were suspended may be "off the team" as far as this year's roster goes, officially replaced by somebody else, but then may come back late in the year and be resigned if there is an injury, in a Mike McKenzie kind of way.

halloween 65 · 04-16-2012, 02:56 PM

Personally with the size and speed Wilson has I would use him in the middle on every down and rotate the OLB. Wilson could be a 4-3 Ray Lewis, even though Baltimore is a 3-4. A MLB for the next 10 years, I could see it.

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SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	Originally Posted by st thomas if and when these suspenions come about, can they be appealed and set up to be gone just 1 at a time rather all leaving the team. To answer your question, basically YES -- they will almost certainly be appealed, disputed, dragged out and put off, and then ultimately staggered to keep the team somewhat competitive. It's even remotely possible that some may be delayed by as much as a year depending on how the appeals process goes... With some of our older players and guys now on other teams, I'm thinking in one or two cases we might even see some scenarios sorta like what happened with Deuce -- OK, you're officially suspended for X number of games but you've already been cut/waived by the team and/or retired from the NFL. Or guys who were suspended may be "off the team" as far as this year's roster goes, officially replaced by somebody else, but then may come back late in the year and be resigned if there is an injury, in a Mike McKenzie kind of way.

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04-16-2012, 02:56 PM	#83
halloween 65 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Grand Haven, Michigan by way of a little Mississippi River town in Louisiana Posts: 5,893	Personally with the size and speed Wilson has I would use him in the middle on every down and rotate the OLB. Wilson could be a 4-3 Ray Lewis, even though Baltimore is a 3-4. A MLB for the next 10 years, I could see it.