Sean Payton talks about talent evaluation

Boutte · 06-06-2013, 08:03 PM

Has Payton ever let a good young player get away? Other than veterans leaving for big money contracts the only two I can think of are Ninkovich and Joique Bell. And Bell is still unproven.

Danno · 06-06-2013, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Boutte

Has Payton ever let a good young player get away? Other than veterans leaving for big money contracts the only two I can think of are Ninkovich and Joique Bell. And Bell is still unproven.

I can't think of any either, but I think thats mostly Loomis with some Payton influence, not the other way around.

Ninkovich? Yeah, but he was an injury cut on two teams before he made it. There was no way we were gonna keep him around for 2 or 3 years waiting for him to heal.

The dark side of that observation is that we haven't really had an abundance of good young players, so it was easy to spot and keep the good ones.

Maybe Jo-Lonn? Maybe Matt Giordano or Vonta Leach?

06-06-2013, 08:03 PM	#1
Boutte Site Donor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belle Chasse Posts: 1,701	Re: Sean Payton talks about talent evaluation Has Payton ever let a good young player get away? Other than veterans leaving for big money contracts the only two I can think of are Ninkovich and Joique Bell. And Bell is still unproven.

06-06-2013, 08:39 PM	#2
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Re: Sean Payton talks about talent evaluation Originally Posted by Boutte Has Payton ever let a good young player get away? Other than veterans leaving for big money contracts the only two I can think of are Ninkovich and Joique Bell. And Bell is still unproven. I can't think of any either, but I think thats mostly Loomis with some Payton influence, not the other way around. Ninkovich? Yeah, but he was an injury cut on two teams before he made it. There was no way we were gonna keep him around for 2 or 3 years waiting for him to heal. The dark side of that observation is that we haven't really had an abundance of good young players, so it was easy to spot and keep the good ones. Maybe Jo-Lonn? Maybe Matt Giordano or Vonta Leach?

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