New Orleans Saints' Vinnie Sunseri makes impact vs. Titans | Rookie Watch
 

Here's how some of the New Orleans Saints' rookies fared vs. the Tennessee Titans during their 31-24 win Friday night at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

S Vinnie Sunseri

Sunseri burnished his reputation as a hard hitter, made a huge interception and played well on special teams. Three weeks into camp, Sunseri's spot on the roster appears increasingly secure.

CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste

He played as many snaps as anyone on the defense, and was frequently under fire. He was credited with a fumble recovery on an interception that he nearly batted away.

QB Logan Kilgore

He got only a seven-minute stint, but coaches still gave him an opportunity to throw. He's not in the backup race, but Kilgore has gotten more confident after three weeks in camp. He was 2-of-3 for 28 yards (longest pass was 17 yards) with a 96.5 rating.

LB Khairi Fortt

He left and didn't return after suffering a leg injury in the first half. Fortt had been playing well in camp, and an injury would be an unfortunate setback.

WR Seantavius Jones

Jones caught an unusual touchdown that he tipped and then caught again. A defensive pass interference flag on the play was declined.

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Special teams captain, no?

I'd say his knee is 100% Sure looked good last night.

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Sunseri looked great. He's a white Kenny Vaccarro. They are similar size, speed and playing style. He is quite possibly a future starter.

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Mn he looked good. He's a player.

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One of the very bright spots from last night.

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I just watched it on the NFL Replay again. I like this kid a lot.

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He also limped off after the Mettenberger hit. He was actually jogging off. Looked minor but you never know.

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Hokie was laughing at that. He hit Meettenberger hard and it wasn't Mettenberger who limped off.

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No idea who this dude was when we drafted him with a 5th round pick. Complained a bit considering it wasn't a "sexy" pick. Then I read up on the boy, and got a bit excited about our 5th round non-sexy pick. Then he comes out last night and gets a tackle for a loss, a pass break-up, and a very sexy pick. See what I did there? Liking our safeties and our safety depth...haven't seen that in a long time with this team.

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He's my new favorite dark horse. Guy balls and has a hell of a motor. Seems to fit in well with teammates too.

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Corey white continues to annoy me, how he batted that easy pick in the air and straight to the receiver is beyond me

His hands are ridiculously bad

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I just watched the game this morning, had it DVRd Sunseri is a monster.. him and vaccaro just so exciting to watch

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Glad to see everybody is finally on board. Dude is a straight up baller.

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I got up to watch the game this morning. Sunsari played pretty well, I liked his energy he had last week also. He seems to be getting more comfortable in the schemes, it showed well this week. SBJ seems to get somewhat more fimiliar with the playbook also. I still like the small RB to. Hey, don't look now but Ingram looks to be about to explode!!

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tell ya the safety position is going to be a hard call.

right now Sunseri has put himself back in the lower tier of safeties.

right now keep 6

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Well to be fair I think most people didn't like the fact that we took a safety, not that we took Vinnie. Well maybe some LSU nitwits had an issue with another Bama safety.

And yes, he is a straight up baller.

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Sunseri made the team for sure. Once again Loomie and SP shows us what we don't know.

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Sunseri was everywhere and he made plays around the ball. Speaking of Ball(see what I did there) I thought Ball played like a posessed mad man.

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Notice how he directs/instructs out there? For me, he already has a good understanding of those base defensive packages.

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That was one of the pros for drafting him, he has a very high football IQ. I guess that's what having a father who is a coach does for ya.

Ironically enough, one of the cons was his less than steller athletic ability :confused: He looks pretty damn athletic and quick to me :bng:

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I thought he looked more like Scott Fujita.

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I'm the biggest LSU homer on this board. Before the draft I worked out how we could realistically pick an LSU player with every pick except the first one(no em made sense there.) By the way my board would have us with Cooks, Jarvis Landry, Ego Ferguson and I don't remember the rest but would anyone else like Landry over Baptiste? He was there. Anyway I loved Roman Harper, was thrilled to get Ingram and am on the Sunseri bandwagon big-time. Tiger fans know better than anyone that Bama has good players. Once they graduate we can consider pulling for them. Can't ignore that lately Alabama RBs underperform huh?

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Nope; we needed a tall physical corner to help defend all the height in the division now

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One of Baptistes knocks has been he's not physical or aggressive. Not sure you can learn that either. Either you're aggressive or you're not. I agree we need a 2nd corner more than a WR but Labdry can return too plus I am doubtful Baptiste ever starts in the NFL.

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I assume this is a joke. Sunseri and Vaccarro are very close in height, weight, build, 40 time and both are hard hitters as well as playing the same position. Fujita is 6"5, much slower and an OLB so if you're serious I am surprised.

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Eddie Lacy has been outstanding in Green Bay (they run a ZBS) and Ingram has looked great over the last 10 or so games.

That basically leaves Trent Richardson, who is the only 1 of the big 3 not running behind the familiar ZBS.

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Kenny Vaccaro (this kid could be turning into an All-Pro)
Jarius Byrd (man up and stay out of the training room)
Raphael Bush (he's really turning it on and showed we kept two nitwits for too long)
Pierre Warren (quietest, biggest surprise in camp)
Marcus Ball (has the physical tools to be as good as any of them, maybe he should cut his hair to start)
Vinnie Sunseri (one game, tempered expectations)
Ty Zimmerman (had high hopes for him to surprise, opportunity?!?)

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He ran a 4.48 40, which is faster than Byrd, Vaccaro, Ball and Bush.

Vinnie Sunseri's knee rehab as speedy as Adrian Peterson's - NFL.com

In fact, he's our fastest safety on the roster according to 40 yard times, which he ran 6 months after ACL surgery.

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Sunseri - reminded me of Paulamalu - Not Vaccaro at all. Very athletic and nose for the ball - instincts through the roof. Love to see him on special teams and rotating into a 3 Safety D they have been talking about.

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I thought about continuing to argue about who Sunseri reminds us of but it's a dumb debate and I didn't mean anything really other than that I thought he looked great. I hope he does become the next Polamalu though.

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So Ingram has lived up to the hype? I do seriously wonder if he'd have found more running room somewhere else. I just expected more out of him and Trent. And Lacy has looked good, I just hate on Bama whenever possible.