Keenan Lewis: Momma Said Play Foosball for Da Saints!
 

New cornerback Keenan Lewis feeling right at home with Saints | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

Thank You Momma!

You Got Your Grand Baby and We've Got A Great Cornerback!

Win-Win!

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I'm often critical of Loomis...

And though he hasn't played a down in the Black & Gold, this looks to be the best signing since Sproles...

Just hope the young man comes in focused, plays within his skills and abilties, and DOES HIS JOB!

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Good read. Thanks for posting.

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Further proof that the New Orleans Saints are more than just a team. They have a family atmosphere that extends throughout the organization and the community.

Only a few other teams can boast of that... Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and maybe only one or two others. KC maybe?

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Good article!

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Mama knows best!!

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We all should listen to our mommas like that. We all should have mommas with such wisdom!

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now that was worth the time to read. more than chuckle to be had. he will drive the falcons crazy

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"San Diego, Oakland, Tennessee, Philadelphia and Atlanta — especially Atlanta — never had a chance."

I love it!

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Listen to Momma

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...and as all the Saints fans slept off the Nyquil during the offseason, visions of Keenan Lewis denying Ryan to Jones danced in their heads...

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"Mummy knows best." Boris Karlov

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You have gotta feel real deep for he and his family. I cannot wait for his familt to enjoy his first big Saints play

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... maybe not KC so much. I luv it when a hometown boy plays for the local team, :mrgreen:.

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God bless mothers

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Go man go

New cornerback Keenan Lewis feeling right at home with Saints
 

METAIRIE — San Diego, Oakland, Tennessee, Philadelphia and Atlanta — especially Atlanta — never had a chance.

Not when free agent cornerback Keenan Lewis was being peppered with texts from his mother, Muriel, to “Sign! Sign! Sign!” while he was at Saints headquarters. The O. Perry Walker graduate was there to negotiate what ended up being a five-year, $26.3 million contract — $10 million of it guaranteed with a $6 million signing bonus — negating any need to visit other would-be suitors.

But Muriel’s urgency was not just because the Saints were offering a plum deal, one that enabled her son to surprise her with a house for Mother’s Day. And it wasn’t just because the Lewis family is full of diehard Saints fans who couldn’t bear to see Keenan, who spent the first four years of his career with Pittsburgh, playing for anyone but his hometown team.

The real reason was that Kalise Genie Lewis — Keenan and wife Dannel’s 2-year-old daughter — would be close enough for Maw-Maw to see her whenever she wants.

“Yeah, she put the pressure on me,” Keenan recalled after the Saints’ Thursday organized team activity. “But I’ve always wanted to play for the Saints, too. Before I was drafted, I said some things about it which were disrespectful to other teams. But that’s the way I felt then, and I still do.”

Lewis’ dream of one day being a Saint also was the goal of the Rev. Joseph Lewis, Keenan’s grandfather. He died in 2004, the year Keenan signed with Oregon State.

“When Keenan was little, his grandfather would tell him, ‘If you play as hard as you can, one day you can play for the Saints,’ ” Muriel said. “He would have so much joy about this.”

Keenan agreed.

“He was the biggest Saints fan in the world,” he said. “Since he died, I’ve dedicated every game I played to him. I sure will now.”

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Keenan Lewis feeling right at home with Saints. Come on in and sit down and have a beer.

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Just think; IF Atlanta would have signed him, his grandfather would probably still be rolling in his grave.

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Best part of the story is his play has improved and last season was his best with the Steelers. So we catch him on the up and up and in the heat of his career.

One thing has MUST improve is interceptions. He had 0 last season and 1 in 2011... and that's it! Let's hope that trend changes. Regardless, he'll be an upgrade.

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He led the NFL with 23 pass defenses last year... Catching or not, I can deal with that...

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If it means stopping a team on 3rd down, I'll take a pass defensed any day

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Another players hometown dream coming true.

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Good for the family. It is nice to have grandparents around when you have small kids. Builds good family relations

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Coach Payton, 'Keenan, we want you to visualize and attack the opposing receivers; just imagine them saying things contrary to what Momma has taught you'

'Now, open up that can of whoop @$$!'

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Sweet - I had no idea he went to Walker.

West Bank rules!

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I havent been this excited about a CB since Alex Molden. I sense a different outcome however.

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I still wish this...

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???

And you still have the best Avatar...

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Im ready or this guy to play he will be a fine addtion to the secondary ! If greer can comeback from last season thats a good CB tandem rigth there

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Wonder what his Momma says about the Medulla Oblongata?