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I think the offence might look a little like back in the day when we had both Deuce and Reggie back there but with Ingram and AP instead. Then with Thomas and Coleman on the flanks and Snead in the slot, where do you try to defend?

A healthy AP is a guy that SP will tweak the offence to fit. Might be certain packages or whatnot but they'll try to make it work.

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I missed it but did you ever notice over the years how chatty coach Payton and Steve were post game while he was with the Panthers? I don't mean just a hand shake but meaningful conversations. Mutual respect.

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Awesome signing... hopefully this puts all the draft a RB talk to rest.... atleast this upcoming draft

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Any chance Ingram is on the trade block?

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No. That's crazy talk. It'll cost the Saints $4 million to trade him.

SFIAH

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First ballot Hall of Fame RB .Amazing recovery ability .One year prove it deal. What's not to like! I roll the dice on this deal every time. Now let's go get Revis. On the same kind of deal.

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I was just about to "like" this up until you said Revis.

He's done. Curtains.

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Like most never liked Smith at the Panthers,onced he moved to the Ravens no issues. Always respected him and wish the Saints had a few players with that fire

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Great signing, but can he rush the quarterback?

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Fify

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Here is the interview with Steve Smith, to say how much I despised him as a player, I pretty much agreed with everything he says in this interview.

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I couldn't help but love Smith. I first loved to hate him, but always wished he played for the Saints. The Dome could've saved on some of the fireworks with him playing for us.

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Yeah I think I hated him because he would not only shred us, he would make our starters on defense look like 5 year olds. He is a very smart guy, I think he'll do great on NFL network.

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I don't get this comment. Are you saying AP brings problems? 0

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C'mon, we all know now that you're Loomis and that you checked this dude out thoroughly before you signed him. Don't let us peons distract you!

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There were 2 things I despised about Steve Smith.
1. He played for the Panthers
2. he didn't play for the Saints.

Say what you will, but a guy who brings it every time like Smith did, I want him on my team.

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Welcome aboard AP.

It will be good to see you in a black and gold uniform!

Geaux Saints!

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He got into problems when he took a switch to his kid. people were screaming child abuse.

when i screamed child abuse I was told to get another switch so I could get a better understanding what I was talking about. :p

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I am looking at AP and Ingram s the second half clock eater.

pounding the rock

Best addition to a poor defense is increasing the time they spend on the bench.

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First off, it's up to those receivers to catch the balls, especially Coleman and Snead.

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This sounds like a great deal for the Saints and 4 Peterson

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That is assuming that the defense is poor. Far too many changes to make that assumption.

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Hightower showed toughness. Peterson shows TOUGHNESS. Hightower pushed Ingraham. Peterson MAY overtake him. Mark has looked good at times, better when he is pushed. Ready to watch two hosses!

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Sooner or later we're gonna get real lucky with these post injury signings. I'm hopin' for sooner on this one.

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I agree with what jeanpierre on pg. 2 posted. Reread jeanpierre's posts.

I hope jeanpierre is right .

Personally, sorry everyone, but I am not happy with AP being a Saint. There was NO ONE for far less money and good, young, developing or developed and needing a spot out there than APeterson!!
AP-old weight, costly old weight to me.
Personally and professionally, I do not like APeterson.

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On the fence about this. On one side I was a huge fan of AP. Havent seen a RB that gifted sence Tony Dorcett. On the other side AP is a convicted child abuser and I thought he should be kicked out of the NFL because he crossed the line.
Not trying to be a downer because you guys know how much I follow RB's.
Not trying to create a problem either, just putting it out there.
Love his talent and appreciate his freakish running ability, but also know theres a pretty messed up person inside. I dont know what to think right now, never thought we would sign him because I was thinking Brees would not be happy working with a guy that had done what he did.

On another note AP losing a step at 32 just makes him still a top 5 RB in the NFL, he was dominate before. He still has the move skils.

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Well said Pherein. I agree 100%. I'm excited because he's one of the greatest to ever play the game. On the other hand, we're talking about a guy who would shove leaves in his kids mouth and do this:

https://cdn1.ijr.com/wp-content/uplo...542.1487542004

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Keep in mind that this was a 4 year old child.

F*** Adrian Beaterson.

I hope that low life scum piece of s*** doesn't make it through training camp.

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Nobody has to assume anything about the defense in order to validate what hagan said. It is a fact that the best way to help a poor defense is to keep them off the field as long as possible, as he said.

Now, if our defense is good, or even great, then that's awesome. You still want to keep them off the field as much as possible. It goes without saying that if you're scoring a lot of points AND controlling clock, it's pretty much impossible for anyone to beat you.

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This is going to ruffle feathers, but..f*** it.

People like to vilify him over the incident with his son. And while I agree that the images are not pleasant, I am unwilling to say that he set out with the intention to leave those kinds of marks without having been there myself. I do specifically remember that a text he sent to the child's mother was released and it was him saying something along the lines of "now that I see the marks on him I feel bad about it." Now you may say "well he shouldn't have ever lifted a switch to his child in the first place." To that I would say you're entitled to your opinion, but some people, myself included, believe in corporal punishment. It was used on me and my 4 siblings, my wife and her 4 siblings, my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and most of my friends. They're all well adjusted people today. None complaining of being scarred or traumatized by their experience. In fact I believe they would all say, and I would definitely say that I'm glad my parents whipped me. I learned at a young age that trouble was not something I wanted any part of, and that remains with me to this day. And I didn't get whipped a lot because I was smart enough to learn my lesson each time. The only downside to it is that occasionally someone may not take the time to remove themselves from the heat of the situation. By that I mean, a child may make a big time mistake, and the parent could understandably be angry and not give themselves a moment to calm down before disciplining the child. I learned myself that it's best to calm down before doling out punishment, having left some slight bruising on my oldest son's backside once because I did it while I was still mad. I felt bad about it, and it hasn't happened again. Now you may say "but what could a 4 year old possibly do to anger him so much?" As a father of 6...yes, 6... I can tell you firsthand about the kind of destruction and devastation a 4 year old is capable of. My children have destroyed things that made my blood boil, but after learning the lesson with my son, I now remove myself for however long it takes to calm down before coming back to discipline. But it takes making mistakes to learn from them.. and I'm pretty sure he learned from his. Who here amongst us is perfect? Who here hasn't done something they so deeply regret that they just wish they could go back in time and redo the whole thing? We're quick to cast stones at folks whose dirty laundry ends up in public, but if ours got out what would people think of us? I guess what I'm saying is.. none of us really know the man, and it's asinine and hypocritical to say that you know he's a p.o.s. because of one incident. Also, pretty sure not a single one of you would dare say it to his face, so... just stop.

I'm off my soap box now.

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Sometimes as a parent you don't realize how hard you are spanking your child... it seems to me this was one of those occasions for AP.... we don't really know for sure but I have been there....

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yeah worries me. No good guy does this to his kid

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That indeed was an extremely ugly episode... but I don't think that equates to a player being a "problem"...

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Hes convicted so happened more than once. You really think he beat his kids 1 time and got caught? no he beat them all the time for years. Just got caught once

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yeah this is a messed up guy, and what he has done for years to his kids... Im worried

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This is a well- thought post, and I agree with whoopin kids butts, and also the "casting stones" part. BUT...

I dont know the case with AP, but I do suspect its not good, so I'm by no means an apologist for him. In fact I would seriously want CPS to stop by before letting him keep a kid. Ive also said in the past, and I still say that I like my team being made up of good guys we can root for as people. Other fans can root for jerks. I cant. I do know he was embarrassed and ashamed by this, and yeah, maybe its "he got caught," but I would bet this is the end of that behaviour with him. I know the Saints wont tolerate someone who brings negative press, and Im sure Payton has asked him some questions. I dont know... what I think of him, just yet. And no, scoring TD's wont change my opinion, when I get one.

I got a western belt on my ass when I was a kid, and I survived, and am a better, more respectful character for it. I was pretty hyper, and if I were a kid today, I would prob. be diagnosed with some new alphabet disease, but miraculously, my mother had a vaccine in her closet, and I've pretty much functioned ever since. That's sure to piss someone off, I know.. I got torched on another site for sharing this, but, oh well. Another traditionally disciplined child comes out of the closet.

those pics are terrible for sure, and I wouldnt want to see a kid get anything like that again. peace, yall.

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Well said sir. And I'm not trying to say that I know for sure that he's a good guy, but I'm not gonna say that I know he's a bad guy either. I'd be willing to bet he learned a lot from it though and hopefully did some growing as a person. I'd also say it's safe to assume that CPS is probably still checking in on him.

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He was convicted. No man should beat children its that simple, and that bothers me. Understand the the post but its not acceptable and he should have been kick out of the NFL for it. Im not happy with AP and ..Im sure his kids have mental prolems for his lack of maturity

love the runner but hes a d@ck for what he did

so we forget the D@ck and his kids living threw all those nightmare years because he want a division win ?

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Well I was spanked when I was younger and let me tell you it will make you either abusive or one who gets beat up on in school and you would not know how to fight back. Also, kids that get whipped may not be as involved with other kids in gatherings and activities. AP can do what he wants, but I don't believe in spanking kids personally.

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Imagine AP slapping his son in the face with a belt. That's worse.