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Undrafted Gems

Posted on 4/29/12 at 11:08 am
Posted by blueslover
deeper than deep south
Member since Sep 2007
22792 posts
Posted on 4/29/12 at 11:08 am
Was reading this good article about undrafted gems. Take a look, see if it jumps out to you as it did to me... Saints everywhere! Beyond that story...

de la Puente, C
Lance Moore, WR
Pierre Thomas, RB
Chris Ivory, RB
Jed Collins, FB
Chase Daniel, backup QB
Tom Johnson, DT
Junior Galette, DE
David Hawthorne, LB
Jabari Greer, CB
Garrett Hartley, K

That's 11 significant players! And that's not all the UDFAs on the team. Not all were scouted/found by this staff but it has to be one of the higher % of impact UDFAs on a team in the NFL. Kudos to the FO for going with "what they see" not just what might be the easier or more popular choices to fans.

Ya never know with UDFAs but maybe Joe Morgan or a name or two from the just signed UDFAs will be on this list in a few years.




Posted by GOON
Fantasy Land
Member since Mar 2008
7399 posts
Posted on 4/29/12 at 11:32 am to
A good article. Thanks.

I love this time of the year. Definitely a draftaholic, but I also love the Undrafted FA signing frenzy. I just love the idea of finding that diamond in the rough that everyone overlooked that will come in and fight with a chip on his shoulder for his entire career.
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
19282 posts
Posted on 4/29/12 at 12:04 pm to
Does this mean the Saints should go after J. Jefferson? He does wear #9 pretty well.
Posted by Tiger Phanatick
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2008
4122 posts
Posted on 4/29/12 at 12:08 pm to
We don't get direct credit for Greer as he was signed by Bills as a free agent in 04. I know he was a pro bowl like talent for them and we got him in free agency after he proved himself.

Just food for thought. We didn't go get him like we did Daniels and Ivory.
Posted by Hoodoo Man
Sunshine Pumping most days.
Member since Oct 2011
31637 posts
Posted on 4/29/12 at 12:18 pm to
Yeah, but he's still a UDFA that shined for us.
Posted by lighter345
Member since Jan 2009
11898 posts
Posted on 4/29/12 at 1:22 pm to
Did you not read blues post? He literally said we can't take credit for all of them because some were found by other teams.
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