Saints Wednesday Injury Report: 2020 Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

jeanpierre · 09-11-2020, 04:34 PM

AND for the record, as my blog from a year ago will attest, I've never disliked Davenport, I just disliked the pick; it was foolish bravado putting that much into that young an unproven, tested player...

The Ruiz injury is awful and will delay, hopefully not derail, his development and acclimation to the NFL, Saints' offensive line...

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gosaints1 · 09-11-2020, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

AND for the record, as my blog from a year ago will attest, I've never disliked Davenport, I just disliked the pick; it was foolish bravado putting that much into that young an unproven...

Aren’t all college players “unproven” though? Heck, the number of “proven” college players that litter practice squads today or are even without an NFL job are legion.

The Saints clearly targeted a very specific person and they made the necessary trades in order to make that player a starter here. I understand the arguments that it was expensive, and I’ll even stipulate that as of right now it is proving to have been an unwise move. That being said, I like the aggressiveness instead of staying put at a static drafting point and accepting what falls to us.

jeanpierre · 09-11-2020, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by gosaints1

Aren’t all college players “unproven” though? Heck, the number of “proven” college players that litter practice squads today or are even without an NFL job are legion.

The Saints clearly targeted a very specific person and they made the necessary trades in order to make that player a starter here. I understand the arguments that it was expensive, and I’ll even stipulate that as of right now it is proving to have been an unwise move. That being said, I like the aggressiveness instead of staying put at a static drafting point and accepting what falls to us.

Small school, level of competition, untested, only one year of remarkable play, and you would sink not one, but two first round picks in that player?

If he'd played in the SEC or ACC or even the Big 10, facing Professional Talent every week, and had two years of that production, then you'd have better film, data to back that decision...

And regarding the level of play, that'd be film with real test of physicality and endurance and durability...

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jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Saints Wednesday Injury Report: 2020 Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers AND for the record, as my blog from a year ago will attest, I've never disliked Davenport, I just disliked the pick; it was foolish bravado putting that much into that young an unproven, tested player... The Ruiz injury is awful and will delay, hopefully not derail, his development and acclimation to the NFL, Saints' offensive line... Twitter gosaints1 and K Major like this.

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gosaints1 500th Post Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 576	Re: Saints Wednesday Injury Report: 2020 Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Originally Posted by jeanpierre AND for the record, as my blog from a year ago will attest, I've never disliked Davenport, I just disliked the pick; it was foolish bravado putting that much into that young an unproven... Aren’t all college players “unproven” though? Heck, the number of “proven” college players that litter practice squads today or are even without an NFL job are legion. The Saints clearly targeted a very specific person and they made the necessary trades in order to make that player a starter here. I understand the arguments that it was expensive, and I’ll even stipulate that as of right now it is proving to have been an unwise move. That being said, I like the aggressiveness instead of staying put at a static drafting point and accepting what falls to us.
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jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Saints Wednesday Injury Report: 2020 Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Originally Posted by gosaints1 Aren’t all college players “unproven” though? Heck, the number of “proven” college players that litter practice squads today or are even without an NFL job are legion. The Saints clearly targeted a very specific person and they made the necessary trades in order to make that player a starter here. I understand the arguments that it was expensive, and I’ll even stipulate that as of right now it is proving to have been an unwise move. That being said, I like the aggressiveness instead of staying put at a static drafting point and accepting what falls to us. Small school, level of competition, untested, only one year of remarkable play, and you would sink not one, but two first round picks in that player? If he'd played in the SEC or ACC or even the Big 10, facing Professional Talent every week, and had two years of that production, then you'd have better film, data to back that decision... And regarding the level of play, that'd be film with real test of physicality and endurance and durability... gosaints1 likes this.