Saints sign Jason Smith, OT

FinSaint · 04-11-2013, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by st thomas

He could become the comeback player of the year without injuries too. Im in on giving him a shot. No. 2 pick in the 09 draft. Lets roll with it hes got a camp he can prove himself.

I wonder if anyone around the league is talking like this about Ellis?

K Major · 04-11-2013, 04:35 PM

Coming out of Baylor, I thought he was the real deal but boy he faded fast.

westbankdaze · 04-11-2013, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by FinSaint

I wonder if anyone around the league is talking like this about Ellis?

My thoughts exactly.

QBREES9 · 04-11-2013, 05:00 PM

Maybe he just needs a second chance.

Crusader · 04-11-2013, 05:07 PM

Well he obviously has the physical talent. You don't go that early in the draft without it. the important thing is to analyze why he hasn't been more successful and see if that is something that can be remedied.

Shoe. · 04-11-2013, 05:12 PM

Loomis is a freaking genius.

This move puts the FO in a much better place for draft day. Now every other GM/drafting committee knows that we have addressed every position of need through FA and we now have the luxury of being able to draft more along the lines of BPA. When the other GMs know this they also know that they can't count on us to skip any player who may be high on our board, as well as theirs. Which, IMO, makes us ideal candidates for a trade down with several other teams who may be fearful that we could just snatch that player that they covet. And hey, if we end up with Tavon Austin, or we really gonna complain?

Loomis is the man.

TheOak · 04-11-2013, 05:42 PM

Or all other GMs "think" we have all holes filled and Loomis is going after a LT with out concussion history first round.

Something us going to have to give very soon.

With 2.2M in cap space we are short on financial space.

lumm0x · 04-11-2013, 05:55 PM

I like it. As mentioned, you don't go #2 overall because you never showed you could be a NFL player. This is a small risk big reward type move and yes, does leverage us a bit with that pick.

We need to free up some cap room though as Oak states and I think that comes in the form of possibly a Roman Harper situation. Does anyone else seem us packaging Harper and our pick to a team with cap room to shift slightly in the draft? I can see us doing that and targeting Vaccaro with our pick.

Luda34 · 04-11-2013, 06:30 PM

He will make the team but I don't see him being the Saints future tackle. I want be surpise if we still drafted a tackle or bring someone else in but hey he may come around and be the answer.

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04-11-2013, 04:32 PM	#22
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,961	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Originally Posted by st thomas He could become the comeback player of the year without injuries too. Im in on giving him a shot. No. 2 pick in the 09 draft. Lets roll with it hes got a camp he can prove himself. I wonder if anyone around the league is talking like this about Ellis?

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,622 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Coming out of Baylor, I thought he was the real deal but boy he faded fast.

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westbankdaze 500th Post Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 843	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Originally Posted by FinSaint I wonder if anyone around the league is talking like this about Ellis? My thoughts exactly.
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04-11-2013, 05:07 PM	#26
Crusader Resident Swede Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Märsta, Sweden Posts: 8,025	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Well he obviously has the physical talent. You don't go that early in the draft without it. the important thing is to analyze why he hasn't been more successful and see if that is something that can be remedied. lumm0x likes this.

04-11-2013, 05:12 PM	#27
Shoe. 500th Post Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hub City Posts: 576	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Loomis is a freaking genius. This move puts the FO in a much better place for draft day. Now every other GM/drafting committee knows that we have addressed every position of need through FA and we now have the luxury of being able to draft more along the lines of BPA. When the other GMs know this they also know that they can't count on us to skip any player who may be high on our board, as well as theirs. Which, IMO, makes us ideal candidates for a trade down with several other teams who may be fearful that we could just snatch that player that they covet. And hey, if we end up with Tavon Austin, or we really gonna complain? Loomis is the man. lumm0x, spkb25, Crusader and 3 others like this.

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TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,027	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Or all other GMs "think" we have all holes filled and Loomis is going after a LT with out concussion history first round. Something us going to have to give very soon. With 2.2M in cap space we are short on financial space.

04-11-2013, 05:55 PM	#29
lumm0x Resident antediluvian Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,026	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT I like it. As mentioned, you don't go #2 overall because you never showed you could be a NFL player. This is a small risk big reward type move and yes, does leverage us a bit with that pick. We need to free up some cap room though as Oak states and I think that comes in the form of possibly a Roman Harper situation. Does anyone else seem us packaging Harper and our pick to a team with cap room to shift slightly in the draft? I can see us doing that and targeting Vaccaro with our pick. RockyMountainSaint likes this.

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Luda34 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 1,219	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT He will make the team but I don't see him being the Saints future tackle. I want be surpise if we still drafted a tackle or bring someone else in but hey he may come around and be the answer.

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