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I wasn't too fired up about re-signing Hodge, until I looked at our SLB depth chart.
James Allen, Roger Knight, Terrance Melton
Kinda make the re-signing of Hodge look a lil better heh?
Who is Terrance Melton, and why is Roger Knight still on this team?
:casstet:

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:puke:

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i never saw hodge\'s name mentioned as a visit or even a rumor with any other team. i\'d love to make nfl minimum wage. ya gotta be sorta at the end of the linebacker food chain to hang on with the saints. the starters have a little promise but then after that it is \"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door\"

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I\'m with Who,

:eck25:

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Nice LKelley, you give me at least one good laugh every day. At least Hodge can still run a little bit. Maybe he can be a decent back up and a solid special teams guy. He\'s always been a great athlete (like most of our players) but not a good football player.

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I think Hodge and Allen both make pretty good back-Ups/Special Teams guys.
Unfortunately only one of them will be a back-up.

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hodge :bandhead:

is it just me but the guy look like he is runnning scared out there? Sure he have speed to cover TE and some WR but damn can we find a safety to that? The guy look like a deer caught in head lights when OL is coming his way. I just can\'y see this guy making the final cut.

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I\'ve grown tired of Hodge and Jame Allen. But, in a way, I\'m kind of glad they are returning.

Why?

Well ... I noticed that most of the guys on defense suddenly started making more plays when the defensive scheme was changed towards the end of the season. And James Allen was one of \'em.

Could that change is scheme be resposible for the individual improvement at some positions? I don\'t think that\'s too far fetched?!

And considering that Hodge isn\'t costing an arm and a leg, I can live with it.

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Yeah, it\'s great that we have him for depth. It sure would be nice if he and Allen weren\'t are only options.

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Billy, what was it that changed your mind about Allen and Hodge? Was it their flights on angel wings or walking on water? :P

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Roger Knight is still on this team because he is cheap and provides depth. He also excels in kickoff coverage. It\'s not like he\'s a starter.

I thought they were planning to let Hodge go for go, but I guess not. The guy is fast and strong... only if he could put it all together. Basically another year of the Allen/Hodge duo. Hopefully one of these talented linebackers can play up to their potential.

I\'m still freaking pissed about the Cowart for 7th though! :casstet: But you know what??!?! Jamie Sharper can still be had... but we all know that\'s not going to happen. :brood:

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Actually, putting all the Hodge hating aside, its not a bad signing at. He gets a one year deal, I\'m sure at league minumum, and he\'ll provide much better depth than what we have already. I can think of worse back-ups. He already knows our system, and he\'s still young.

Its another low risk high reward signing. If we draft a guy that beats him out, fine. I wonder how he\'d do at WLB?

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He\'d suck like he does at SLB. But I am sure between he, Fisher, Allen, and Cie Grant we will find one Derrick Brooks and be loving it up. :seeingstars:

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This signing reminds me of when you play Madden, and you are trying to fill up your roster so you can start the season and such, and you just sign the cheapest available player at the need position just to fill it up. Loomis and Haslett need to put down the joystick and open their damn eyes.

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lets\' face it boys...we are going for status quoLInebacker...instead of making allen a backup he will probably be starting..Dang, I wish we could get one more starting caliber linebacker--colby, watson, and ______ or

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LoL about Madden... I usually sign the cheapest and draft the crappiest players and turn them all into Probowlers. Then once they are all Probowlers I trade them off for draft picks. Sometimes I have so much cap room, I just don\'t know what to do with it. Maybe one of them WILL turn out to be Brooks-like :P

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Hodge Suks and makes no plays. I was hoping we would just let him sign elsewhere!

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There are far worse LBs than Hodge. I remember him covering a WR in a Minny game a couple of years ago, and he didn\'t to a bad job.

Sure, he sucks against the run, but he\'s not to bad in coverage. As a special teamer and a nickle backer, we could do MUCH worse.

I don\'t think he\'s going to step up and impress anyone, but he isn\'t the worst LB on our roster. For crying out loud, James Allen is starting for us! Yikes.

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I know JKool. I can\'t believe the folks that just want to cut the guy.
HAVE YOU GIYS SEEN THE FRICKING LB ROSTER???????

We have signed our 4th best LB, who already knows the system, and probably got the league minimum. When I look at the rest of the hacks on this roster I view Hodge as a steal.

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You\'re right Danno, this isn\'t a bad signing FOR THIS TEAM. Of course, \"for this team\" being the operative language. I know you know this, but it is frustrating to see the Saints spend money on certain positions and ignore LB over and over and over. I\'m just tired of Ruff and Rodgers or Fisher and Hodge offseasons. I know you are too, but that\'s where the cynicism comes from...

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Two things:

(1) Danno, we agree.

(2) Why do people keep saying this: \"we didn\'t address the LB position?\" That is ambiguous; it could mean (what I think people mean and should say) that we didn\'t add an impact player at LB, or it could mean that we didn\'t even try to make an improvement. This is why people get upset about this kind of statement - we TRIED to get Peirce, we signed Fisher, we retained Hodge. We did \"address\" the position, at least in one sense. Now, I\'m not excited about what they DID ACTUALLY do, but I don\'t think it is true that they didn\'t even try. (Who, incase you thought this was directed to your post, it wasn\'t. :) )

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I think you are right Kool in that it is the \"impact\" part of the addressing the LB situation people are most frustrated with. Re-signing our own crap isn\'t addressing the LB situation to many, myself included. If I have a crappy car, and it leaks oil, constantly adding oil will ADDRESS the problem of leaking oil, but FIXING THE LEAK would probably be more beneficial to me. SO I can say I am addressing the oil problem all I want, although I am not actually doing any good. So until we see the headline \"Saints sign impact LB\" we are not addressing the situation IMO.

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Not at all my friend. But I\'m going to lob a couple right back at you anyway... :)

1) You\'re right, technically about the language, but aren\'t we splitting hairs? The difference between not adressing the position at all and addressing it in an inadequate fashion is minimal, is it not?

2) Given the GLARING hole at LB, and considering that exactly ZERO of the FA signings at the position over the last four seasons are starters right now, is it safe to assume that this type of conduct is tantamount to ignoring the position?

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Tomato, Tomato.

I guess, as usual, we\'re not that far apart on this. I think, though, that the ambiguity is more frustrating that it should be. For the sake of clarity, I\'d avoid using \"addressed.\" In the past it has lead to more arguments than it has resolved.

I agree. We need an impact linebacker. Hodge isn\'t that bad as a special teamer or back up. I\'d rather have him than Melton.

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Well, now you have both, and we still haven\'t ADDRESSED our need for a STARTING LB. ;)

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Let it be known that BNG Statute 26.013, entitled \"JKool love Linebackers\" shall state:

(a) Regulations
No person shall use the word \"addressed\" in connection with a negative connotation regarding the New Orleans Saints efforts at signing any linebacker on or after January 1, 2000 and until at least Haslett is fired or this section is otherwise modified at JKool\'s discretion.

(b) Exceptions:
Where a posters uses the words \"adequately addressed\" as specifically stated in this section of the code, no violation will be found when applied in with a negative connotation to the New Orleans Saints efforts at signing any linebacker in the time frame specified in part (a) of this section.