Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal

|Mitch| · 03-09-2016, 07:12 PM

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|Mitch| · 03-09-2016, 08:07 PM

He set a career high in catches with 54 last season but finished the year with 491 yards. His best seasons came in 2014 when he finished with 774 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. He logged 608 yards in 2013.

Getting away from Dwayne Allen, who caught some passes and logged a good amount of snaps at tight end for the Colts, should help Fleener see his production go up. And his lack of yards last season should be viewed with the knowledge that Indianapolis had a revolving door at quarterback with Luck battling injuries throughout the season.

|Mitch| · 03-09-2016, 08:17 PM

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|Mitch| · 03-09-2016, 08:31 PM

I dunno which one to believe

K Major · 03-09-2016, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

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Euphoria · 03-09-2016, 07:11 PM

They must see Jimmy Graham in him... shored him up for 5 years. I am ok with that. Get guys you know are going to be around 3-5 years. This one and done sucks.

burningmetal · 03-09-2016, 07:14 PM

This is certainly a surprise. I wasn't even aware he was a free agent. He's not better than Ben Watson was for us this year, but at least he's younger. Hope he works out and doesn't become the next David Sloan.

|Mitch| · 03-09-2016, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

This is certainly a surprise. I wasn't even aware he was a free agent. He's not better than Ben Watson was for us this year, but at least he's younger. Hope he works out and doesn't become the next David Sloan.

Stats have shown that he had 2 more TD catches in 2014(last year Colts had major injury problems at QB) than Watson had last year(his best receiving year ever) with 20 less passes thrown to and 50 less receiving yards. That pretty much proves he's better when he has a QB who can get him the ball...

burningmetal · 03-09-2016, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

Stats have shown that he had 2 more TD catches in 2014(last year Colts had major injury problems at QB) than Watson had last year(his best receiving year ever) with 20 less passes thrown to and 50 less receiving yards. That pretty much proves he's better when he has a QB who can get him the ball...

I'm not really worried that Fleener had a couple of more TD's. People kept saying Josh Hill was going to be great because he scored a few td's in limited playing time. Ben Watson was more reliable this year than Fleener was for the Colts. He has kind of had the dropsies at times. He did improve last year for them, and I'm hopeful he continues an upward trend.

I did say that Ben was better THIS YEAR, for us. I recognize it was his best year, and that he is getting old. My point was that it's not really an upgrade right now, but it has more long term value, at least potentially. You never know what will happen when a player changes systems.

Euphoria · 03-09-2016, 07:23 PM

I am just happy we FINALLY did something watching players come off the board and Saints doing NOTHING.

03-09-2016, 07:12 PM	#1
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal Twitter dizzle88 likes this.

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal Twitter He set a career high in catches with 54 last season but finished the year with 491 yards. His best seasons came in 2014 when he finished with 774 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. He logged 608 yards in 2013. Getting away from Dwayne Allen, who caught some passes and logged a good amount of snaps at tight end for the Colts, should help Fleener see his production go up. And his lack of yards last season should be viewed with the knowledge that Indianapolis had a revolving door at quarterback with Luck battling injuries throughout the season.

03-09-2016, 08:17 PM	#3
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal Twitter Saint in Aus likes this.

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal Twitter I dunno which one to believe

03-09-2016, 07:11 PM	#6
Euphoria 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 7,601 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal They must see Jimmy Graham in him... shored him up for 5 years. I am ok with that. Get guys you know are going to be around 3-5 years. This one and done sucks.

03-09-2016, 07:14 PM	#7
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal This is certainly a surprise. I wasn't even aware he was a free agent. He's not better than Ben Watson was for us this year, but at least he's younger. Hope he works out and doesn't become the next David Sloan.

03-09-2016, 07:19 PM	#8
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal Originally Posted by burningmetal This is certainly a surprise. I wasn't even aware he was a free agent. He's not better than Ben Watson was for us this year, but at least he's younger. Hope he works out and doesn't become the next David Sloan. Stats have shown that he had 2 more TD catches in 2014(last year Colts had major injury problems at QB) than Watson had last year(his best receiving year ever) with 20 less passes thrown to and 50 less receiving yards. That pretty much proves he's better when he has a QB who can get him the ball...

03-09-2016, 07:38 PM	#9
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| Stats have shown that he had 2 more TD catches in 2014(last year Colts had major injury problems at QB) than Watson had last year(his best receiving year ever) with 20 less passes thrown to and 50 less receiving yards. That pretty much proves he's better when he has a QB who can get him the ball... I'm not really worried that Fleener had a couple of more TD's. People kept saying Josh Hill was going to be great because he scored a few td's in limited playing time. Ben Watson was more reliable this year than Fleener was for the Colts. He has kind of had the dropsies at times. He did improve last year for them, and I'm hopeful he continues an upward trend. I did say that Ben was better THIS YEAR, for us. I recognize it was his best year, and that he is getting old. My point was that it's not really an upgrade right now, but it has more long term value, at least potentially. You never know what will happen when a player changes systems.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

03-09-2016, 07:23 PM	#10
Euphoria 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 7,601 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Saints Sign Coby Fleener 5 year deal I am just happy we FINALLY did something watching players come off the board and Saints doing NOTHING.

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