Saints get Gay... and we're not talking about Elton John...

U2larkin04 · Post #1 » by **U2larkin04** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 10:17 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post ... =nfl,69500

hiphop1 · Post #2 » by **hiphop1** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 10:41 pm

Awsome title.

l2RDO · Post #3 » by **l2RDO** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 2:22 am

This offseason just keeps getting worse and worse. I dont think were gonna end up having Moss either.

Post #4 » by **HCYanks** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:26 am

l2RDO wrote:This offseason just keeps getting worse and worse. I dont think were gonna end up having Moss either.

Adam Schefter, arguably the best news-breaking journalist in football, is saying otherwise. From the wording, it also sounds like the Pats were smart on not giving in right away.

As far as Gay goes, the jokes were fun, but he's very replaceable and is nowhere near the loss that Asante is.

Post #5 » by **Bleeding Green** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:43 am

Has anything unexpected happened, really?

Only thing I wasn't expecting was Colvin, but I said goodbye to Samuel, Gay, Stallworth after the season ended.

LOL a the Saints giving a nickelback a 4/17.6 contract. Unreal.

Post #6 » by **HCYanks** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:51 am

Well they did need a new corner in the worst way possible. If I weren't being lazy i'd go pull out the Football Outsiders article that said Jason David had a worse defending success rate than "no defender/blown coverage" according to their game charting numbers.

Post #7 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 12:28 pm

BG has it right, the only person we were not expecting was Colvin. And Moss, if Moss goes. But free agency at both WR and CB/S was really thin. So you had to think teams were going to overpay for the Gay Wilson's.

Post #8 » by **catalyst** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 4:47 pm

Losing both starting CBs is tougher than you think. Who were back ups last year? Any ideas on replacements?

Post #9 » by **sunshinekids99** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:55 pm

Gay was the nickel corner last year, Hobbs was the other starter. But this team is going to obviously need to find 2 or 3 more corners. The only other CB on the roster who has any NFL experience is Antwain Spann I believe.

Post #10 » by **Bleeding Green** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 9:33 pm

There are just boatloads of cornerbacks in the draft. Could be more than a dozen guys taken in the first three rounds.

When was the last time the Patriots went into a season without pretty big "question marks" in the secondary? I think they've proven that it just doesn't matter; they'll figure something out and go win 13 games.

Post #11 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 4:03 pm

I'm actually of mind that losing Randall Gay is going to be a bigger blow to this team than losing Samuel. Mostly because I believe Gay had the capacity to come in and play himself into a starting spot. Ah well.