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He has been injured, but if he is really healthy he is worth more than a 4th rounder. I just can't believe more people wouldn't be interested in a solid starting tackle.

he is a free agent after the end of the year

that is another huge part of this deal

a team is going to rent a player for a year for a decent draft pick with risk that they may or may not re-sign him after the end of the year.

its more than just him being injury prone.

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Posted by tubucoco

las vegas, nevada

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 6/21/10 at 9:55 am to jdrumdog

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I'd hate to throw the defense under the bus before a snap is played.

once again you misinterpret what I am sayin, the defensive line or D Tackles to be even more specific for you has not improved, and they were terrrible last year, they were only disguised by GW's system.

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Posted by blueslover

deeper than deep south

Member since Sep 2007

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Posted on 6/21/10 at 12:23 pm to tubucoco

throwing in Yasinskas take-

It’s hard to question any personnel move Mickey Loomis and Sean Payton have made in the last year or two and they knew far more about the Brown situation than ever became public. They knew they weren’t going to give him a huge long-term contract and decided they’d get whatever they could for him while they still could. They drafted Charles Brown knowing Jammal Brown’s situation could end up like this and Loomis’ track record in drafting offensive linemen is pretty strong. Not sure that Charles Brown starts right away because the Saints still have Jermon Bushrod, who did a decent job at left tackle last season.

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A former Pro Bowler for the Saints, Brown missed all of last season with an injury. The Saints got by with Jermon Bushrod last season and balked when Brown made noise about wanting a long-term contract. While Bushrod might not have tremendous upside, his play last season showed he can be a functional part of an offensive line that includes two elite guards in Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks and a Pro Bowl tackle in Jon Stinchcomb as well as a very solid center in Jonathan Goodwin.

Bushrod also is viewed as a good locker room guy. Brown didn’t have that reputation with the Saints and his conditioning sometimes had been an issue.

https://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth

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Posted by TigerBait1127

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Posted on 6/21/10 at 12:28 pm to tubucoco

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they were terrrible last year, they were only disguised by GW's system.

teams ran all over us last year. I thought it was going to be our #1 priority this year

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Posted by SaintsRock

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Posted on 6/21/10 at 1:34 pm to Lester Earl

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We took a guy named Bushrod, stuck him at left tackle, and holy fricking crazy shite toads batman, we won a fricking super bowl. A fricking super bowl. WITHOUT BROWN. What did Brown do for us? Sit out, hoping to get a deal done, when in reality, we just won a super bowl without him in the lineup. I'd say that makes him expendable. What's worse is apparently, as is the case when you're a fan of your team, you tend to throw value on a player that doesn't have a lot of value. I thought Brown was worth more as well, but I got a big dose of reality with this. Saints were desperate to get rid of him, and all they could get was conditional draft picks? Yikes. He wasn't worth what we thought he was worth. Period. End of story. And his potential production means nothing to me. frick off.

Very well put.