Seer1

And now it's all just money under the bridge...

saintsfan403

how can anyone doubt Loomis after this last offseason?

Rugby Saint II

[QUOTE=SapperSaint;508997]with Aaron Hernandez more than likely going to jail and Gronk no where near healthy; I think we need to start worrying about signing Jimmy now. I just have this "Thing" telling me NE will be pursuing him hard.

Am I being a worry wart?
Yes, but there is medicine for that over the counter called Compound W.

Seer1

[quote=Rugby Saint II;509430]That W stands for whiskey. Uh huh!

SaintsBro

The whole myth of blaming Drew for Nicks leaving is getting really old, and doesn't jibe with the facts. The truth is that Carl Nicks was basically gone, the moment that Jahri Evans got his big payday. They were never going to pay Nicks to stay, and that was the obvious reality, the writing was on the wall as far back as 2010.

But meanwhile for a number of good years, Carl Nicks busted his rump trying to get that same payday, which he ultimately did, but not with the Saints. But after Jahri got that deal, something happened, and Nicks had attitude problems --he got benched one time in preseason, he threw a temper tantrum and got in a fight with the coaches in the Rams game, there were other attitude and behavioral things going on with him.

Tagging Nicks would have been a terrible move, if the tag had been available for him. I'm soooooooo glad they didn't tag him. At best they would have tagged him and had him for only one more year, Nicks would have grumbled and been difficult, played sloppy, become even more of a head case, and who knows, he probably would have phoned it in, blown a block on Drew and ruined our season. If you've got a ticked off, immature, grumbling, selfish guy, who can ruin your whole season by spacing out and not concentrating for one play, you don't want him in there.

I knew Nicks was a goner, the moment he led the "Who Dat" chant before the Lions playoff game. There was a reason for that. Drew and everyone in the locker room already knew Nicks wouldn't be back, it was his last game in the Dome, so they picked him to pump his fist and lead the chant. Then a week later after the 49ers Drew made a comment about looking around the locker room at the end of the season, and not knowing which guys would be back next year -- it was clearly a comment about Nicks, because Nicks was the only major guy on offense besides Drew himself who had a major contract situation going on. So they all knew.

Nicks was never gonna stay in New Orleans, it had nothing to do with Drew other than it happened at the same time as Drew's contract.

OldMaid

No sapper saint, you are not being a worry wart.
I agree.
Yes, saintfan, I do think Loomis knows what he is doing to make his moves on holding a player by precontract or something.
I trust Loomis, Peyton know how things are looking right now and when other teams have situations like this with Hernanadez , they are like vultures loking to start picking the best from elswhere. NE Pats, other teams like them too, they are not going to keep Hernandez or wait for the news. He is a no one and gone from them. Publically, they may say the good pr thing of we will have to let the justice system and ...
Inner halls of Pats, he is gone. Next player up ...

lee909

Now we need to make sure we get him signed up asap

Pats just released Hernandez

onebyone

While watching the news break, the first thought that went through my head was, "I sure hope they don't come after Jimmy now." I felt kind of bad about that. This thread makes me feel better! Thanks.

ProMallNinja

To reiterate a previous point, even with the release of Hernandez, the Pats have WAY too much $$ tied up at TE to even think about stealing a guy like Graham. They did not release Hernandez because of $. They did it because it was "the right thing to do". They'll still have $7.5M counting against their cap this year from him. If anything at all, they may pick Visanthe Shiancoe back up. Maybe....