Lions Place Demarcus Faggins on IR, Sign Jason David

what?!?!?!?!? are you kidding me?!?!?!? just when i was really looking forward to what further moves this team would make…secretly i was beginning to hope for a three headed monster in the backfield…smith/brown/davis…seriously, cedric peerman…there was a gem in davis…i hope he gets picked up & has a fantastic career outside of the nfc.

Jason David flat out sucks! He’s the reason the Saints were 8-8 last year, and why they got Sharper and Greer.

They Lions have sunk to a new low…FUCK!!!

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/08/new_orleans_saints_waive_corne.html

He seemed to play well when he was in Indy but he got burned quite a bit in NO although he seems to at least make some big plays (of course he gives them up too). I hope the guy plays like he did with the Cots not with the Saints

That’s all I’m gonna say about the Jason David signing. Mature, I know.

jason david is probably a really swell guy. but he certainly does produce td’s for the other team. his first game as a saint against the colts summed it up… he gave up three long td’s, but also had a strip, fum rec, and td. he netted -14 pts.

Getting rid of Millen was just clipping off the head, the stuff under the surface is still here.

no “limited” attached to the breaking news either!!!

But that would be lazy.

JD is pretty a one dimensional cover guy. He is actually pretty good when working in a cover 2 flat zone. This is where he was for pretty much every INT or otherwise positive play during his time with us. Like it was said before though, downfield coverage could get pretty bad. I will agree with Hollywoo though, Josh Bullocks was one of the worst safeties ive seen in a while. Add in Gary Gibbs totally inept defensive schemes…and we’ve got one side of the field that may as well not have coverage people on it.

I thought once Gregg Williams had some time with him he would improve, but we cut him in the preseason. I would blame this mostly on Gregg Williams needing versatile defenders.

Keep him in the flats…and yall will have a pretty good corner on your team. May the Lord help you all once they decide to let him man cover someone down field though :/

is available, do we snatch him up?

I don’t really have that many thoughts about this signing, if he makes a play, then good, as long as he doesn’t shit it up.

The loss of Davis on the other hand is depressing. Maybe he wasn’t as good as we thought.

If you guys are playing zone, David was a great pickup for you. He wasn’t perfect at it of course, but he was pretty stinking good. There was a reason the Saints went for him and it wasn’t because they were Millen-level idiots. He DID look good in the Cover-2 scheme when playing for the Colts. Very good in fact.

But in man coverage against top receivers, he’s horrible. He’ll have flashes of playing well at times and then stink the next play. But in zone he makes play after play after play. And in run support he’s pretty good as well.

And as a nickel corner he’s also OK because he’s likely to be matched up on a fast receiver who’s not a true #1, which means he’s less likely to face beautifully executed double-moves that he’ll bite on. And despite the fact that he’s so short he is very fast. That really does help, and also further qualifies him for this kind of role.

In short, I would say “wait and see”. He could suck it up and if so well I’ll feel sorry for you guys having to watch him play. But he just might surprise you if the coaches have the wit to use him appropriately… and I think your guys do. Unless/Until he gets promoted due to injury… in which case all bets are off.

Good luck on your road to perfection.

From a closet Saints fan :D

his senior year in college when he fell 26yds shy of beating barry’s all time yardage in a single season record, he touched the ball 450 times! in his last 16 games alone, he has 349 (308 carries & 41 receptions). that includes much of the 0-16 season where they were often behind by 21pts or more. there are not many backs in the league that touch the ball that much period and have health about them…let alone one that plays behind an average on the best of days oline. ksmith needs to shed some of these touches…i think if he touched the ball 20 times a game his health & effectiveness will improve. there is only so much tread in those tires…at this rate, they will be worn out in his first couple of years.