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Re: Don't sleep on Saints tight end Benjamin Watson

There were 14 TE's taken in the last 3 rounds, but we stayed put with the guys we have. We certainly had the picks available if we were interested. That's all I need know as far as how SP feels about Watson and Hill.

Re: Don't sleep on Saints tight end Benjamin Watson

i have to confess there will be time when Watson will make you throw things at your TV.

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Originally Posted by rezburna (Post 656722)

Not excited to here about the 4-3 being ran a lot.

Hey, whatever gets the job done is just fine with me.

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Originally Posted by hagan714 (Post 656751)

i have to confess there will be time when Watson will make you throw things at your TV.

JG seemed to do that every other game last year.

Re: Don't sleep on Saints tight end Benjamin Watson

The problem is that now we have almost no depth at TE.

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Originally Posted by Cruize (Post 656690)

Neither excites me at all. Watson is a serviceable vet. Hill is young and cheap. Everyone is going to have to step up in replacing Graham and Stills.

In my opinion you are selling these guys short big time. As a receicer, I think Hill has big time potential and could end up in the pro bowl with more receptions than Graham this year. Watson can block and catch and he's been the starting TE on some prolific offenses.

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Hill had some big plays last year because he was that one guy not accounted for

With no Jimmy to draw doubles he and ben will be covered more closely

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Originally Posted by Audiotom (Post 656844)

With no Jimmy to draw doubles he and ben will be covered more closely

To be fair, the way they are setting up the line/backs; play action should be deadly. Shouldn't matter who is catching the ball, if the defense has to crowd the box.

And Hill did well when Jimmy wasn't in the game because of injuries, so I don't see why he wouldn't continue

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 656697)

I can't disagree more. I don't feel there will be any problem at all replacing Graham and Stills. Graham was a one dimensional player who was routinely rotated out of the lineup on running plays because of his inadequate blocking skills. Yes, Graham is a talented pass catcher, but was made to look much better because of who was delivering the ball. I expect Watson and Hill to make up for most of Graham's missing production while making the offense far more difficult to anticipate because of their blocking skills. That lack of predictability should result in a far more effective offense. And like the title of this thread states, don't sleep on Watson. He has been vastly underutilized by the Saints due to Graham's presence.

Stills is a case of pure addition by subtraction. He was becoming, or had already become, a distraction in the locker room. Brees is good enough to make any one of his WR's into Stills' production replacement.

I fully expect the offense to be much better as a whole especially with the additions of Andrus Peat and Max Unger and a healthy Jahri Evans giving Brees a great deal better protection than he was warranted the last couple of years.

Lets hope Lelito at LG performs more than adequately also.

Re: Don't sleep on Saints tight end Benjamin Watson

my dear Watson is a jewel to have on our roster. but he shows his age in todays gameplans he gets banged up a lot , is why we had 3 tight ends rotating most of the time.but if you think hes going to catch 50-60 balls is not going to happen.