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re: Why didn't the saints use Peterson?
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:44 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:44 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
ONLY in New Orleans can the BEST RUNNING BACK OF ALL-TIME be completely unproductive, get traded almost mid-season to another team, and, in his first game with that other team, achieve what he achieved today. We're such a weird franchise. 
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Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:47 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
Sometimes all Adrian Peterson needs is a switch to really start hitting in stride
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:49 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
They signed AP before they drafted Kamara. It's really hard to play 3 RBs. I think Peterson will do well in AZ
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:50 pm to Lester Earl
Kamara is going to be incredible. I thought he was going to be an upgrade to Cadet...but he is great at running the ball as well.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:51 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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Why didn't the saints use Peterson?
That's a stupid question. He never fit with the flexibility this team covets in its position players.
A legit question is why did the team ever sign him in the first place. ETA he is still a great player but it was dumb for the saints to try and stick a round peg in a square hole.
This post was edited on 10/15/17 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:52 pm to ThePTExperience1969
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ONLY in New Orleans can the BEST RUNNING BACK OF ALL-TIME be completely unproductive, get traded almost mid-season to another team, and, in his first game with that other team, achieve what he achieved today. We're such a weird franchise.
You've got younger, more productive RBs already on the roster. Why alienate them to give Peterson 20+ carries just to appease him and get his production?
Between Ingram/Kamara the Saints almost broke 200 yards rushing and had however many receiving yards added as well. Peterson provided nothing in the passing game.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:53 pm to jacks40
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A legit question is why did the team ever sign him in the first place.
The Saints were the only team offering a check.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:55 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
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The Saints were the only team offering a check.
That is why he signed not why they signed him.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:58 pm to jacks40
Because if one of the best RBs of all time wants to sign to my team for depth on the great deal that they did, I'm sure as hell doing it too.
Had David Johnson not gotten injured, Peterson is still on the Saints.
Had David Johnson not gotten injured, Peterson is still on the Saints.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 6:58 pm to JetsetNuggs
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There’s this crazy concept that teams use different offenses than other teams.
Players may do terrible in one but well in another.
Crazy, right?
Chad Ochocinco in New England is definitive proof of the validity of this argument
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:01 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
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Because if one of the best RBs of all time wants to sign to my team for depth on the great deal that they did, I'm sure as hell doing it too.
That's a simple thought. You're in a cap limited sport, dollars count.
If you're usage rate on a player is going to be that low don't sign him.
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Had David Johnson not gotten injured, Peterson is still on the Saints.
That's not justification of why he was a value add to the saints. At this point the Saints valued him less than a future 6th round pick.
This post was edited on 10/15/17 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:03 pm to jacks40
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He never fit with the flexibility this team covets in its position players
He would have fit fine if not for the other 2 RBs
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:03 pm to jacks40
We put up 52 points. I'm not kicking and screaming that we don't have AP anymore.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:04 pm to Melvin
Not as great as some Saints fan wish to believe
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:04 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
I think if AP and Ingram has alternated series at tailback, with Kamara in the lineup as needed, we would have seen a better result.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:05 pm to Lester Earl
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He would have fit fine if not for the other 2 RBs
True but that's still proof that the team messed up somewhere in its evaluation of the roster correct?
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:06 pm to tduecen
Sean Payton has been consistently the best or one of the best offensive coaches in the NFL for more than a decade straight.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:11 pm to hendersonshands
Paytons offense relies on a rb having pass catching ability. Peterson isn't that guy. I think the signing was more about pushing ingram to be the back that he can be and also having a veteran on a young team.
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:12 pm to hendersonshands
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Payton has been consistently the best or one of the best offensive coaches in the NFL for more than a decade straig
Agree +1
Excluding Reggie Bush reverses against the buccaneers
Posted on 10/15/17 at 7:13 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
They are simply better without him
Good for him though
Good for him though
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