Saints sign Jason Smith, OT

04-11-2013, 05:31 PM

During his stint in St. Louis, running back Steven Jackson had three 1,000-yard rushing seasons and quarterback Sam Bradford passed for 3,512 yards as a rookie.

In New York, Smith served at times as a tackle-eligible tight end, a position New Orleans' offense also uses routinely.

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saintsfan1976 · 04-11-2013, 05:33 PM

he's the answer is the question is who's the backup

Seer1 · 04-11-2013, 05:48 PM

Give him a thicker freaking helmet!

saintsfan403 · 04-11-2013, 05:49 PM

Nice to read an optimistic post! I agree, it's a low risk-big reward type of signing, plus you gotta think of the motivation of having a chance to play for the all mighty SP and the Saint's vaunted offence in their comeback year. Not sure what this means for the draft, I feel like we will still take the BPA...hoping that's an explosive OLB!

papz · 04-11-2013, 06:16 PM

I really don't think Jason Smith plays even a minuscule part in what way we decide to go in the draft. Right now he's just another camp body on a non-guaranteed contract.

Danno · 04-11-2013, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by papz

I really don't think Jason Smith plays even a minuscule part in what way we decide to go in the draft. Right now he's just another camp body on a non-guaranteed contract.

Its the equivalent of signing some nobody off another teams practice squad, if that.

I hope no one assumes the front office views this as the answer to our OT problems.

FinSaint · 04-11-2013, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by lumm0x

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.

I personally see Ivory as a more movable player, and the benefit of packaging him in a trade would be that his whole $2M would come off the books without any dead money.

hagan714 · 04-11-2013, 08:42 PM

no long injury history? that would be a step in the right direction.

after going in the first round to a backup might have kicked some sense into him.

another solid high reward move with a medium risk factor due to his starting experience

Rugby Saint II · 04-11-2013, 09:06 PM

Keep them coming Mickey.......some of them will work out great. Just keep looking.

Luda34 · 04-12-2013, 01:58 AM

He may be a steal remember Bushrod and Jarmmal Brown was decent tackles Drew made them in to Pro bowlers the way he moves in the pocket.

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04-11-2013, 05:49 PM	#34
saintsfan403 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: WHO DAT NATION Posts: 2,261	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Nice to read an optimistic post! I agree, it's a low risk-big reward type of signing, plus you gotta think of the motivation of having a chance to play for the all mighty SP and the Saint's vaunted offence in their comeback year. Not sure what this means for the draft, I feel like we will still take the BPA...hoping that's an explosive OLB! savoyk likes this.

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Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,747	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Originally Posted by papz I really don't think Jason Smith plays even a minuscule part in what way we decide to go in the draft. Right now he's just another camp body on a non-guaranteed contract. Its the equivalent of signing some nobody off another teams practice squad, if that. I hope no one assumes the front office views this as the answer to our OT problems.

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FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT Originally Posted by lumm0x 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. I personally see Ivory as a more movable player, and the benefit of packaging him in a trade would be that his whole $2M would come off the books without any dead money.

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hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT no long injury history? that would be a step in the right direction. after going in the first round to a backup might have kicked some sense into him. another solid high reward move with a medium risk factor due to his starting experience

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Luda34 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 1,219	Re: Saints sign Jason Smith, OT He may be a steal remember Bushrod and Jarmmal Brown was decent tackles Drew made them in to Pro bowlers the way he moves in the pocket.

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