A WASTE OF MONEY? It's Byrd Or Bust For the Saints Going Forward
 

What a difference a year makes when it comes to hype and expectations on certain players.

For the New Orleans Saints it’s looking like the player that produced a lot of that hype and expectation is back to where he started a year ago.

Safety Jarius Byrd is currently on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list which is where he started at the Greenbriar in 2014.

It's Byrd Or Bust For The Saints Going Forward

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Ugh the thought of him being injured again makes me sick. I hope he comes back healthy this year and helps our secondary.

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Definitely don't have a good feeling about this. Pierre Warren is such a natural ballhawk though and Kenny Phillips has taken reps with the ones in training camp so if Byrd is a lost cause at least we have some decent guys who can take his place.

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It would be nice they gave us an explanation as to what he's dealing with - his back or his knee

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Caught **** about criticism of this signing; and all I did was question the cap amount commitment vs Byrd's health history...

Bush/Vaccaro wasn't a bad tandem; but with a dearth of talent behind them with Pierre Warren, Vinnie Sunseri (who I freely admit has more upside than I originally gave him) and Sanford and a healthy Kenny Phillips; not to mention offseason speculation of moving Stanley Jean-Baptiste into a Kam Chancellor role or Damian Swann who many scouts felt he would make a fine strong safety - well, I could see Byrd expendable if it weren't for that albatross of a contract...

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Start Sunseri and soon we'll forget the others.

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Never sign an injured played for 56 million.

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The talent is there "IF" he has the supporting cast to free range. Still not sold on KV being a complementary piece to max out what ever return we can get for Byrd. No the CB are looking much better. but that is still needs to be seen at game time.

That contract???? I was never excited about. Talk about a huge "BUT" right out of the gate. Then to lug that huge BUT around for length of the deal. dam

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I'm convinced that Loomis was drunk off his ass or incredibly high for most of 2014. That draft was an abomination and the Byrd and Galette contracts were crazy.

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Too early to tell. He didn't really cost us much at all last year (3.5 mill) and won't cost us much this year (5 mill). Its next year that the mega cap hits occur.

And I'd heard from Loomis's own mouth that they always have a bit of protection built into his contracts so its never as bad as it looks on the contract sites. He said they usually have several options if a high dollar player doesn't work out.

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2016 10.9
2017 11.7
2018 looks to be the earliest time to bail if this stays south.
12.4 cap with 4.6 dead

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Maybe there is really something wrong with Bensons mental state. Rich people don't get rich by throwing away money. Loomis has thrown away a ton of money in the past two years. I would question how he feels these investments and decisions will pay off

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This dude needs to get on the field already. Sick of this

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Maybe this is another example of Benson losing touch as he'd never have allowed these busted contracts to happen...

Guess winning a Superbowl buys you some extra cred with the boss...

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You can't make the club if your always in the tub.

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If Byrd gets healthy it will be fine. If Byrd doesn't and Phillips plays well it will be fine. If Phillips don't I'll be screaming for Warren over any other FS on the team. Warren is a natural.

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Byrd is questionable. If he doesn't produce at a pro bowl soon this will be Loomis's worst move ever and will be a salary cap disaster for the Saints limiting their ability to function in free agency.

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Then we wouldn't have signed Brees in 2006. $60M :)
But yes, I agree with you and even Brees was a HUGE gamble back then.

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When he's healthy he needs to stay on the bench so he can get eased back in, we cannot disrupt the chemistry.

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Thank god it is almost a complete roll over at the second level.

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Haha completely slipped my mind to be fair! Lol

I guess in 2006 we really didn't have anything to lose by signing him, we were fresh off a 3 win season so expectations weren't sky high

By underachieving on defense, all we are doing is wasting the years that Brees still has.

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I still have faith in Byrd. He has the talent.....but it's hard to believe that we are counting on another injured player.

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The biggest problem is him missing the start of camp again. A player simply will not play well without getting in sync first. Byrd is missing a crucial time with the saints because he has not gelled in one camp yet with the team.

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Another practice, another day there's no sighting of Byrd. Pessimism rising.