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Fun Fact about the Saints 2009 NFL Draft
Posted on 4/12/13 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 4/12/13 at 7:28 pm
Reading an article on Walterfootball about head scout for the Texans Mike Martin. He was the one who convinced the Texans to sign Arian Foster, and stole him from...........
Your New Orleans Saints
In the article it says Foster was heavily wanted by the Saints, and the Texans convinced him sign with them.
Imagine the backfield of
PT
Bush
Bell
Foster
Now in 2009 Foster was signed to the PS and called up on Nov 17 and played the rest of the season. In all likely hood he probably would have became a major player in 2010 when Pierre and Reggie got hurt and we had to sign Ladell Betts, and Julius Jones. We then never hear of Chris Ivory and draft Mark Ingram.
ETA: article
Your New Orleans Saints
In the article it says Foster was heavily wanted by the Saints, and the Texans convinced him sign with them.
Imagine the backfield of
PT
Bush
Bell
Foster
Now in 2009 Foster was signed to the PS and called up on Nov 17 and played the rest of the season. In all likely hood he probably would have became a major player in 2010 when Pierre and Reggie got hurt and we had to sign Ladell Betts, and Julius Jones. We then never hear of Chris Ivory and draft Mark Ingram.
ETA: article
This post was edited on 4/12/13 at 7:34 pm
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Posted on 4/12/13 at 8:19 pm to fightingtigers98
You just ruined my day
Posted on 4/12/13 at 8:45 pm to fightingtigers98
I remember one of the local guys reporting that we signed him (obviously it wasn't a huge deal at the time), and there being a lot of confusion over if we had him or the Texans did.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 9:02 pm to mm2316
quote:yeah, it sucks now.
I remember one of the local guys reporting that we signed him (obviously it wasn't a huge deal at the time), and there being a lot of confusion over if we had him or the Texans did.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 9:38 pm to fightingtigers98
This isnt the first time something like this has happened, and it wont be the last. The same thing happened with Pierre if you recall when he signed with the Saints instead of the Dolphins.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 10:28 pm to Bduhon55
quote:yea, but he isn't an elite top 3 running back
The same thing happened with Pierre if you recall when he signed with the Saints instead of the Dolphins.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 10:31 pm to fightingtigers98
He's had a great few years but I truly think it has a good bit to do with the system they run. Pretty much anyone they've plugged in has had a good bit of success over the last few years.
Posted on 4/13/13 at 2:03 am to St Augustine
some dude named steve slaton had a 1200+yrd 4.8ypc season with them too.
Posted on 4/13/13 at 4:12 am to St Augustine
quote:
the system they run
And with the new rules they won't be able to run that bs cut blocking any more. That was a change that will actually help with player safety as many guys had their knees torn up from cut blocks.
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