Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Preston Parker outplayed everyone in preseason, at wide receiver and kick returner and still got cut

I wish we had kept him around and used him on returns instead of sproles

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Rice can't stay healthy, move on

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Which is exactly why he's a bargain bin type free agent vet.

If he could stay healthy he'd cost 3 times as much.

Its the kind of player you keep on the phone squad in case you need a guy for 3 or 4 weeks, or to hold the fort until some rookie develops.

We aren't looking at him for anything other than a cheap but talented stop gap vet with some major upside if he can stay healthy.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

IMO he would be a nice luxury if we had the money, but he is way too injury prone to bring in just as a luxury.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

even at league min i have to say pass. how many games can you get out him before he goes back in the tub

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Pass he had one good year with Brett with Vikings

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

I'm glad our fans aren't GM's. Colston and Lance Moore would be here until they're 40. Andy Tanner would be a starter. Jimmy Graham would be getting $17 million a year. The ship would sink so fast. Lol.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

???Were good on receiver? Right now our top three receivers are Colston, Stills and Meachem. And you can't get straight line speed guys in the later rounds. Unless they have stone hands and what good is that? Darrius Heyward Bay........

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Sorry Danno, too many "If's Here"…"If he can stay healthy" is the point…he can't and hasn't yet. Pass.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Rice played a full season in 2012. Did not put up the numbers he did in 09. But if he stays healthy in this offense 70-80 catches with a possible 1000 yard season is not out of the question.

I like the idea of buying low on Rice, and drafting a receiver in round one.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Pick practice.

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Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Come on SP always has a soft spot for that home run hitter with all the flash and dash. a game changer that allows SP to go deep into the play book and pull out the cutest neatest plays.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Saints considering Rice means Saints don't have a lot of money left to spend.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

I like Rice and all but with his injury history I just don't know if he is worth the risk.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

I'm not seeing the risk here. He's likely a vet minimum player with a huge upside.

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Exactly. He'll only take away reps from a younger guy if in fact he looks better then the younger guy. If he doesn't produce, he gets cut. No money loss. No cap hit. I'm pretty sure his contract wouldn't include guaranteed money.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Bears are expected to release Earl Bennett. (cap casualty) If the price is right...

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Not keen on Bennett at all,if you want to kick the tires on a a vet receiver might as well call Brandon Lloyd.He will be desperate as he never played last year

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Lloyd is 32 and he is done. Bennett is actually younger than Rice. He was used as 3rd down guy and in clutch situations. It's hard to have good numbers in chicago when Cutler is only looking for Marshall (that's before trestman and jeffery).

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

The risk is that he beats out a good younger guy in camp that ends up somewhere else and then he gets injured. I'd rather take a slightly lesser player if he is younger and with a better injury history.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Pass.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Well, we signed Joe Morgan. One year deal. That's our sidney Rice.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Really, No Really ?

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

Youth and speed in the draft.

Re: Saints Considering Sidney Rice
 

I agree.

Rice is arguably a top 10 WR in the league when healthy. The problem is, a healthy Sidney Rice is pretty much an oxymoron. I think it's worth the risk though. He won't cost that much, and like others have said, if he doesn't pan out just cut him. It's no biggie.

Hell, I wouldn't be opposed to signing Rice and then STILL drafting a WR in the first.