Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Injured for the last 2 seasons, probably a longshot for our 53.

Saints signed RB Tim Hightower to a reserve/future contract.

Hightower, 29 in May, tore his left ACL in 2011 and has been out of the league since. He's had a workout here and there, but an infection in his knee derailed his comeback. Hightower was medically cleared just last spring. He'll spend the offseason with the Saints and try to earn a spot in a backfield that could lose both Mark Ingram (free agent) and Pierre Thomas (potential cap casualty)

Tim Hightower - New Orleans Saints - 2015 Player Profile - Rotoworld.com

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

He's only 28, and IF (big IF) he's fully healed he can pound the rock.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Championship!

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big if is right. the annual time to fill the camp with the walking wounded and see if one can make it.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Diversion, we're either going after C J Spiller, Shane Vereen, Darren McFadden or a running back in the first three rounds...

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

PT will count 2.5 mill vs the cap next year, with 830,000 dead if we cut him. Seems worth the extra 1.7 to keep him around

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Buyers' Market:

RB Jonathan Dwyer ARI 26
RB Jacquizz Rodgers ATL 25
RB Justin Forsett BAL 30
RB C.J. Spiller BUF 28
RB Chris Ogbonnaya CAR 29
RB Benjarvus Greene Ellis CIN 30
RB Cedric Peerman CIN 29
RB Lance Dunbar DAL 25 R
RB DeMarco Murray DAL 27
RB Mikel Leshoure DET 25
RB Ahmad Bradshaw IND 29
RB Jordan Todman JAX 25 R
RB Joe McKnight KC 27
RB LaMichael James MIA 26 R
RB Knowshon Moreno MIA 28
RB Daniel Thomas MIA 28
RB Matt Asiata MIN 28 R
RB Brandon Bolden NE 25 R
RB Stevan Ridley NE 26
RB Shane Vereen NE 26
RB Bilal Powell NYJ 27
RB Darren McFadden OAK 28
RB Chris Polk PHI 26 R
RB Ryan Mathews SD 28
RB Frank Gore SF 32
RB Alfonso Smith SF 27
RB Bobby Rainey TB 28 R
RB Roy Helu WAS 27

Even a 30+ guy could be a serviceable placeholder for a year. Gore had 1100 yards this year.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Darn tootin'...

The draft is stacked with'em, too. We could get a pretty danged good one in the mid-to-late rounds.

Or as an UDFA (*cough, cough* Pierre Thomas, C. Ivory, K. Robinson)...

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Darren McFadden = made of glass

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

I remember when he ripped off that 75 yard run against us in the divisional playoff game against the Cardinals 5 years ago. That's all I know about him though.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Wow! Just wow!

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Not impressed really ... to put pressure on Ingram perhaps. Give me OL, DL, LB, DB's. We have RB's if we choose to pay them.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

I want Reggie Bush back.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Good pass catcher and decent off-tackle runner but that was a few years ago. I doubt he's anything more than camp fodder.

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I think Ingram stays here but if he don't there are alot out there to be had.

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If we sign Spiller or McFaggen I will find another team to pull for. They suck and stay injuried.

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We need a running back first?

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No, who said that?

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

I reckon somebody that didn't see other running backs running through the middle of our defense.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

And don't forget, "He's a beast!!"

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

He's a camp body with experience. Not the first nor last RB we'll sign this off season.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Worth a look

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Tim Hightower was great at one point. I still want Ingram back, and bring in from UConn Huskie RB Jordan Todman Jax RB 25

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Low risk high reward. He's had two years to fully heal and he's only 28. If he returns to his early form, it's a hit. If not it costs us absolutely zero.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

We are always kicking the tires. That's fine..........we do well with retreads.

Re: Saints Sign RB Tim Hightower
 

Doesn't matter who we sign if the O line isn't better.

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I hope we give Kenny Hilliard a look. He probably won't be drafted. A very similar runner to Jeremy Hill. More power less speed. I know I'm an LSU homer but the results work for me. No LSU players on the roster. PooPoo season.

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I think we were a top five rated run blocking oline

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This is true. It all starts with the five guys up front.

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Doesn't matter if our O-line gets better if we continue to field a defense near dead last in every relevant category.

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Same as Ryan Matthews

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Of that list though these would be the one's I would consider.

RB Jacquizz RodgersATL 25
RB C.J. Spiller BUF 28
RB Benjarvus Greene Ellis CIN 30
RB DeMarco Murray DAL 27 (no chance)
RB Knowshon Moreno MIA 28 (I'm iffy)
RB Stevan Ridley NE 26
RB Shane Vereen NE 26
RB Bilal Powell NYJ 27
RB Frank Gore SF 32 (lighter work load, hell yeah, sign him up)