Saints could be bringing in Jake Stoneburner on*Monday
 

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Okay. Can't do any worse than Fleener at this point.

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Never understood why we let Watson walk away so easily???????????

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Watson is gone for the year so it wouldn't matter.

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Watsons career may be over. He even said it himself. You have to admit the FO knows when to cut player. Like Jamal Brown and several other good players we let go wound up getting hurt and never really recovering.

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Fleener looked good in Preseason.
Hate he dropped that one conversion.
I'll say it again:
Players don't have to be great on every play.
Just be great on the 4-of-60 plays where your number gets called.
Defensively the same. Just make a play when the ball comes your way.
I think Fleener will be fine. Someone else to push him wouldn't hurt though.

Re: Saints could be bringing in Jake Stoneburner on*Monday
 

While Fleener struggled, the main three receivers did not. The raiders simply took him out of the game.

Btw, that's what happens when you stick to volume and not split snaps with the fourth and fifth receivers. I don't think Snead was ever targeted like that before. Before the season I was calling him the fourth receiving option.

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Hope the Saints sign Stoneburner. Not because I know anything about him, he just has a cool name.

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I think there is probably zero chance that the Raiders' plan was to take Fleener out of the game. That makes no sense, and seeing what the others did should explain exactly why you wouldn't focus on Fleener.

They simply couldn't cover our receivers. Fleener wasn't really needed... Until the one play he was, and he dropped it. I said it when they signed him that he got some stats with the Colts because he played with Andrew Luck, who loves throwing to tight ends and was his teammate throughout college. But he always had the dropsies. So, to me, his perceived value was inflated.

It didn't look to me like he was fitting in during preseason, but no one did. Yesterday, though, all excuses were off. He made zero plays. Got to step it up.

Re: Saints could be bringing in Jake Stoneburner on*Monday
 

He had four targets, so yeah in a way this was his problem in Indy. He's a volume TE.

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I think Fleener took himself out of the game, can't get open and can't catch. Pretty difficult to be a receiver when you fail at the most important two aspects.

But hey, atleast he's earning millions from us.

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I have never been excited about Fleener. He lacks any quality that makes him stand out from what I've seen at camp and the first game. When Houman went down I knew we were in trouble. Josh Hill seriously let the coaching staff down with his performances. When ever Payton gushes over a player I take a deep breath and begin to wonder if he'll live up to expectations. Hill looked good in limited opportunities but when he started receiving more snaps and targets he platooned quickly and has regressed rapidly since. We need another tight end.