re: Roman Harper re-signs with Saints

For all the new Saints fans that are bitching about Romans deal, look at it this way. If not for the rookie scale, this money would be spent on them, we would have lost Roman as well as others that resigned (like Lance), and ya'll would be bitching about Prioleau being our starting saftey back there and Devery being the number 2 (only certain people get this). So deal with it. Yeah it's high, but that money was spent on rookies for sure at the cost of some key vets on this team. Lighten up.

Just because you're spending less money on rookies doesn't mean it's smart to overpay strong safeties.

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I specifically remember the seattle TD where the TE carlson pretends to fall down at the 10 yd line and Harper leaves him to follow the qb on the rollout.

Then the ball is floated to the left side with carlson wide open int he endzone and harper shaking his head.....

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I vaguely remember Harper picking up a fumble near the Saints endzone and could have had a 99 yard touchdown return. Instead he was chased down by Sam Bradford. Luckily the game was a blowout, but it made a lasting impression.

He feels a need, just seems like a lot of $$$$$$$

Were there really many other options? Outside of pure talent, he knows the system and is a veteran leader.

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Were there really many other options?

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none really. if there were, i want them explained right here in intricate detail with money, stat comparisons, leadership/veteran skill sets, etc.

c'mon, still waiting.......

Holy frick, are you really bitching about that meaningless play?

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i want them explained right here in intricate detail

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Sensabaugh is a solid player and won't cost $7m+ a year.

I agree that we overpaid a little. It may cost us another veteran player, perhaps Goodwin. Tennant was considered the best center of last year's draft though so if this signing costs us Goodwin, as long as we extend Carl Nicks' deal, I will be very pleased.

The money is definitely a pain to me. I would have liked the more well rounded Mikell who went for a tad less though a coupla yrs older. The situation played out that there were no other SS options left to my liking. So he gets the deal. The great thing is NFL contracts are not guaranteed. (We'll see the details on RH). I've expressed several times being big on the potential of McDaniel. In two years he could make Harper quite expendable.

An unbiased opinion from rotoworld-

Unwilling to give New Orleans a hometown discount, Harper lands $16 million in guarantees. A premier in-the-box safety, Harper, tallied 98 tackles, three sacks, an interception, and a career-high six forced fumbles last season. We're willing to give him a pass for his brutal performance in the playoff loss to the Seahawks because he was forced into coverage too often with Malcolm Jenkins sidelined. The Saints will return one of the best safety tandems in the NFL.

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Put that way it sounds a lot better. We're loaded with good young corners & top safeties. Vilma is a top d leader. We've got some fresh blood in the rest of the front seven. This D has come a long ways from the hope & prayer days of Bullocks, David, Simoneau, Craft, etc. Another Lombardi and we'll forget all about the bucks.