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Like we said.......

There are factions in the locker room.

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It wasn't our fault he couldn't break tackles last year

NFL is a business and sproles wasn't worth the money we would end up owing him, get over it

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LOL.

How much money did we 'disrespect him' with while he was here?

Get over yourself Sproles.

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Understandable never easy to be traded, however it's part of the business.

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I don't get this; if you are happy in your new situation, why run your mouth? Some things should be just left unsaid...

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Because hes a professional athlete with an ego the size of Alaska and a brain the size of a gnat?

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But for some reason some of us think these guys are infallible. (See 1-3 start)

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He gets the last laugh, unfortunately.

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Long way to go before you can say that

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Que the fans ****ting on the guy. Main reason why I wouldn't give a damn about the "fans" if I was a NFL player.

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I'd bet most don't give a damn about the fans anyway.

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That's right!

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Hell no! It's all about the money. The minute a player is traded he becomes the enemy there is no loyalty.

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And the ones that appear like they do are just playing the politician card. But they don't owe the fans anything more than a good show anyway.

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Why would Sproles care?
He's on a 3-1 team vs. a 1-3 team.

Queue the fans? Whatever.
Haven't seen our fans slaughter any former players as much as they have slaughtered and defiled our own Quarterback this season.

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If anything, I'd say the Saints completely respected him. We signed him at a later stage in his career, made him a big part of the offense and he was able to set the NFL AP record. That's not going to happen on another team.

It was impossible when all things are factored in to keep him...other contracts, trying to balance youth with age on the roster, trying to get as much value out of a player before there is none left. The only people who disrespected him were the Chargers when they limited his touches.

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This! Couldn't have said it better myself :bng:

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I like Sproles he's one of my favorite Saints and I'm disappointed the relationship couldn't have ended in a friendly manner.

But it is a business and Sproles should know that. He was due 5 million a year and played on a team with several promising running backs. He had to see it coming. Sean Payton explained to him that the team had to go in another direction BEFORE they told anyone else. It's unfortunate that the trade was leaked but in today's information age, it's difficult to keep anything a secret. He comes off as bitter and unintelligent.

I wish him the best where ever he goes.

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He wanted to stay, he found out he was traded via Twitter - face it, whatever happened, maybe it was an accident, or a slip-up, but if that's true, then that aspect of it was handled VERY poorly by the Saints organization. His wife going off on a rant was kind of comical, but still....team could have handled it better.

Now he has earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week and NFC Offensive Player of the Week awards this year, the first player in league history to do so in the same season. OK, which current Saints player on the roster has done anything CLOSE to that, this year? Just name one, I'm waiting!

Until things change, I think some Saints fans just need to chill out, look at their own team's predicament, and get used to being on the dumping end of the bucket with stuff like this. I can't believe all the hate and putdowns directed at Sproles, here and elsewhere, when it WAS the Saints front office who screwed up that situation.

Between Sproles, Jenkins, Harper, & De La Punte, it seems like some Saints players have left the Saints, and they seem to be doing pretty well at their new destinations. Meanwhile, some guys, like Brodrick Bunkley & Pierre Thomas for example, took a pay cut and stayed, and are doing pretty miserable.

We've apparently got a team and a locker room that's literally falling apart. Factions in the locker room, rumors that veteran guys are unhappy, we have big money stars acting like big shots and underperforming, we have players throwing temper tantrums on the sidelines, a hopelessly confused defense of 2nd string nobodies, and idiotic fake punts. GOOD GRIEF.

Judging from how harshly some Saints fans are jumping on Sproles, it looks like he hit a nerve!

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Ask Drew Brees about being disrespected.

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Sproles said he was told by Saints coach Sean Payton that he was being released, only to find out on Twitter he would be traded instead.

lack of professional courtesy i agree. but professional courtesy is as good as a mans word and a hand shake in business today. not worth a thing. so why the surprise?

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hagan and Saintsbro, I like how you both said that .
Very well said!!!

MEANWHILE, lets get back to worrying at Saints 2014 who are very rich in talent who have very rich contracts too and we are not seeing too much work.
W-L. L-W. Cannot win them all, but the Saints have been playing overall, very poorly so far.

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Good to see you popping in.:)

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How's that?

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First it was just his wife, or girlfriend or whatever she is (I can't remember) running her mouth at the Saints and now he's at it? Now I really don't miss him. He stunk last year. Period. He was healthy, and he did nothing. It got to the point that every time he was in the game you knew exactly what was coming, as we tried to force feed the crap out of him, with horrible results. He's had one good game for Philly. Let's not even act like he's making a come back after he had one good game and a couple so-so games.

Same thing with Jenkins. "he's ball hawking for them, we shouldn't have let him go". And uh.... how is that defense looking? Is he getting burned on pretty much every pass in the middle of the field? I bet he is. Don't miss either of them.

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Great, piss on us after we've hit rock-bottom.

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You mean that same predictable offense that ranks 3rd best in the NFL?

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He should be able to power through those LBs and DLs that were all over him every time he got the ball.

He was as good as ever last year. He just didn't have any blocking.

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It doesn't even matter. We will sign Branden Oliver in his prime. lol

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PT>>>Sproles

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It was his fault and Payton's. Sproles did nothing last year, no matter what they tried with him, but because of what he had done in years past it was like they were determined to force him down the other team's throat. For both those reasons, I don't miss him. He had become unproductive, and his presence was giving every play away.

Who's fault is it this year? I don't know buddy, what do you think? Are Brees and most of his receivers playing like crap, perhaps? That's what it looks like to me. Our running backs have been just fine, but our coach only gives them the ball in spurts. Which brings me back to my point... I don't miss Sproles. What we do this year has nothing to do with that point.

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He had as much blocking as any of them, and did the least with it. But there are tell tale signs that go beyond just looking at holes. Anyone can run through a big enough hole. Sproles looked hesitant, he didn't look as explosive when he WAS in space and his kick and punt returns were absolutely dreadful. Pierre Thomas has more than filled his role in the offense.

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This is why I am a hair away from dropping my interest in the NFL altogher and going back to following college. There is too much drama and too many premadonnas out there. The NFL has turned into a huge soap opera based around some of the most whiney grown men I have ever seen.
I watched a few college games over the weekend. I had forgotten what it was like to see a game where the players actually showed heart and played their butts off from whistle to whistle. They were actually allowed to do some pretty hard hitting without flags going everywhere.
The NFL has gotten so commercial that its not as fun to watch as it once was. Its about 4 years away from being scripted like wrestling anyway.

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Sproles had the second highest YPC, 4.2 of the four running backs last year. Ingram had 4.9. He was ahead of both Robinson and Thomas.

Thomas - 3.7
Robinson - 4.1
Sproles - 4.2
Ingram - 4.9

He also had 2 rushing touchdowns to Ingram and Robinson's one rushing touchdown.

I don't think you can say Sproles did the least with the opportunities he had. Also, in the passing game Sproles had 71 receptions, no way could Pierre take those catches on top of the 77 he got himself to fill Sproles role in the offense.

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There goes my respect for the man.