Saints explain why they think this 7-9 finish was different from past two

44Champs · 01-04-2017, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by blackangold

All started when we got rid of our veterans on defense after the 2013 season.
Smith
Harper
Jenkins
Vilma
Greer
(Haralson too)

Now granted, it's likely most if not all of these players would have been back ups or role players, but you get rid of that many leaders in 1 season it's going to take time get that back.

Agree. And on top of that you teplace them with the likes of Junior Galette. What a trainwreck that was.

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AsylumGuido · 01-05-2017, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by 44Champs

Agree. And on top of that you teplace them with the likes of Junior Galette. What a trainwreck that was.

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When Galette was racking up 12 sacks in 2013 everyone thought he was the next great Saint. It turned out, to everyone's surprise, he was damaged goods. It was too late to reverse field. The Saints could either keep him and his salary on board, complete with his ever growing locker room cancer and ever shrinking public image. The Saints did all that they could do by cutting him and eating the dead cap.

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44Champs Site Donor Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,589	Re: Saints explain why they think this 7-9 finish was different from past two Originally Posted by blackangold All started when we got rid of our veterans on defense after the 2013 season. Smith Harper Jenkins Vilma Greer (Haralson too) Now granted, it's likely most if not all of these players would have been back ups or role players, but you get rid of that many leaders in 1 season it's going to take time get that back. Agree. And on top of that you teplace them with the likes of Junior Galette. What a trainwreck that was. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,953	Re: Saints explain why they think this 7-9 finish was different from past two Originally Posted by 44Champs Agree. And on top of that you teplace them with the likes of Junior Galette. What a trainwreck that was. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk When Galette was racking up 12 sacks in 2013 everyone thought he was the next great Saint. It turned out, to everyone's surprise, he was damaged goods. It was too late to reverse field. The Saints could either keep him and his salary on board, complete with his ever growing locker room cancer and ever shrinking public image. The Saints did all that they could do by cutting him and eating the dead cap. 44Champs likes this.

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