New Orleans Saints place Jairus Byrd on IR, sign tight end Tom Crabtree
 

The New Orleans Saints have signed tight end Tom Crabtree and placed safety Jairus Byrd on injured reserve, ending his season.

The move comes days after standout tight end Jimmy Graham injured his shoulder against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Saints reportedly brought in several tight ends for a tryout Tuesday, with Crabtree getting the nod in the late afternoon.

The severity of Graham's injury isn't known. He was able to continue playing for a few snaps after sustaining his injury during the first quarter on Sunday. However, he was in obvious pain and headed to the locker room during the first half.

Graham didn't come back into the game, and Payton said post-game that the intent was to be smart about it.

NFL.com reported a few hours following the game that the Saints believe Graham had a sprained shoulder and would undergo further testing on Monday. Payton declined to comment on his status Monday afternoon, saying only "We'll see."

The extent of Graham's injury remains unknown.

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Hmmmmm

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Sounds like Jimmy might be more hurt than originally thought.

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Who?

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Ummmmmmm.

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I was hoping we'd sign a LB with Byrd going to IR; we better draft one in the first round :rolleyes:

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Can he run block?

Re: New Orleans Saints place Jairus Byrd on IR, sign tight end Tom Crabtree
 

I followed Crabtree when he was a Packer. He's quite good.

But now I'm really worried about Jimmy. :(

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Nah, Byrd is a long term investment. Injury aside, not gonna judge him after zero preseason and 4 games.

How many people here scream that we never acquire any of the "big name" free agents ? Now we get one (arguably top 3 available that year) and it was a bad decision?

I'm fine with the Byrd signing. Add a stud CB next year and he'll be back on top

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Since we signed a TE, does that mean Ball is 100%?

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I think the simplest explanation I've heard so far for this, is that Payton's newest current toy, TE Josh Hill, also plays special teams. With Graham out, and Watson a little gimpy (groin injury), we can't afford to have Hill get injured when he's out there banging on special teams and kicking units. Need somebody to fill in there, upgrading Hill to pure "offense"... then when Graham comes back, Hill goes back to TE/ST combo duty, and everything goes back to normal. It's not a conspiracy theory or a problem with Jimmy Graham. Just that if Josh Hill went down with an injury on a punt return in practice right now, we'd be screwed.

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Agreed. Not to mention having another blocking tightend with a bit of a nasty streak that can catch a little bit isn't a bad thing. I'm hoping that the graham injury forces us to lean on the run a little more. Especially with the possibility that ingram returns after the bye.

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it happens. now i wonder were Nixon is? oh he is minnesota. so we get what? crabs at TE? i do not get this team use of the PS and signing of players. no fore sight. heck run with the TE we have now. Go with a more traditional set and a few more jumbo sets.

but no we sign crab nix nixon and when 2015 rolls around neither will be here.

Crabtree was released by the Bucs in May after an injury-plagued 2013

Wait one minute he is not proven as a starter but there is talent there.

Special teams - yep
good blocker - yep
pass catcher - jury is still out

:bugeyes:lets see what happens. Ben Watson is a FA in 2016 with only 400k dead money for 2015. :confused:

Re: New Orleans Saints place Jairus Byrd on IR, sign tight end Tom Crabtree
 

Hill looked pretty good
He and Watson worked well together

how about a CB or LB?

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absolutely.
cut Graham, or at least bench him
I bet he's not even hurt

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Guess Graham will be out for awhile.

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Nope; the guys on the NFL network said he should be back against the Lions... Have no idea who's their source, but where there's smoke there's fire...