Cuts and Pickups Thread
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Who did they keep that is a surprise?
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Cuts:
FB D. Vitale
LB B.J. Bello
DL C. Brantley
TE D. Cajuste
RB M. Dayes
OL C. DiLauro
OL S. Drango
DL D. Ekuale
DL Z. Henderson
RB D. Hilliard
WR B. Jackson
DB M. Jordan
DB M. Meander
DL N. Orchard
DB T. Sankoh
WR D. Scott
LB B. Sheldon
DB S. Thomas
P J. VogelBrantley and Drango Unchained?
Brantley and Drango Unchained?
I figured Drango gone when we signed Watford
No one really surprises me other than Brantley.
Grace made it at LB over Bello? Bit of a surprise, but I dont think we are done at LB.
Z
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FB-Vitale reached injury settlement with Browns after re-injury yesterday.DeValve lives for now.Browns traded a 2019 7th rounder to Saints for DL--Devaroe Lawrence
FB-Vitale reached injury settlement with Browns after re-injury yesterday.DeValve lives for now.Browns traded a 2019 7th rounder to Saints for DL--Devaroe Lawrence
I guess they liked Lawrence more than Brantley, hmm.
3 TEs, 3 Rb, no fullback... gotta think we will pick up a blocking back.
Z
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When the Browns knock been Rothlisberger out of the game come next Sunday the squealers will have only Josh Dobbs and Mason Rudolph behind him
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Brantley was a big surprise to me. I thought he played well enough to stick around. And Dayes going after Vitale is cut/injured is also a surprise. I thought we would keep 4 RBs. Will he go to PS?
EDIT: One I liked in the draft was Jordan Leslie from UCLA. Hope we give him a look.
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In other news. . .
The Stoolers cut QB Landry Jones.
Too bad, he really sucked and I hoped they would keep him on the roster for another decade.
Two things that will define you: Your determination when you have nothing. Your attitude when you have everything. - Mike McCartney -
OH no!!! The Kansas City Chiefs released linebacker Frank Zombo. ?
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Another tweet from Ian Rapoport...
Source: The #Raiders traded for QB AJ McCarron.
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So we dropped Brantley and picked up Lawrence of N.O.
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I thought brantley was the 3rd DT after meder and Ogunjobi. Dont understand. Nor do i understand releasing the guy that filled in for joe thomas last year and essentially played up to that level at least in pass protection. IM really worried about whats going on with the o line. Makes me want baker to go on IR like now and stay there till december.
Not interested in a cnt fukked o line shifting around weekly while they get our entire qb depth rolled up
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Moving by Tonio to left tackle was never a move that I thought should have been made or should be made considering he was pro bowl level where he was at guard
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Moving by Tonio to left tackle was never a move that I thought should have been made or should be made considering he was pro bowl level where he was at guard
Moving by Tonio to left tackle was never a move that I thought should have been made or should be made considering he was pro bowl level where he was at guard
Myles Garrett was trainwrecking every camp snap/Petrak Edit--Phil Dawson wins kicker job at Zona..rookie kicker cut..shucks!
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Ummm .... who the fuck is Orsen Charles?
I've been following the roster all year and never heard of him.
Let him explain to Cajuste's Dad why he took his son's job.
Z
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So we dropped Brantley and picked up Lawrence of N.O.
So we dropped Brantley and picked up Lawrence of N.O.
Devaroe Lawrence completes long road back with breakout performance in Saints' preseason opener
BY JOEL A. ERICKSON
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A preseason game is not meaningless.Not to a guy like Devaroe Lawrence.
Not to somebody who had to work so hard just to get a chance to take the field in the New Orleans Saints' 24-20 preseason win over the Jaguars on Thursday night.
Lawrence's dominant performance was a chance to see his faith rewarded.
"I thank God, for real," Lawrence said. "He's never failed me, and I don't expect Him to now."
Lawrence had to fight just to sign an NFL contract. Fined for possession of marijuana in high school, Lawrence was put in jail for failing to pay that fine, and he was later arrested and jailed twice more for trespassing.
After turning around his life and his career at Georgia Military College, Lawrence landed a shot in the Southeastern Conference at Auburn, only to struggle to make a consistent impact.
Then he tore an ACL before the end of his final season at Auburn, right before the start of the draft process. New Orleans signed Lawrence as an undrafted free agent, and then the Saints realized that the rookie nose tackle needed further surgery.
"I had another procedure done, because I was bone-on-bone from the old procedure," Lawrence said. "It was a lot more time than I expected, but God put me in the right place."
The Saints gave Lawrence a chance to get healthy.
Without ever playing in an NFL game, Lawrence spent his entire rookie season on injured reserve, rehabilitating the injury in the hopes that he'd get his chance.
Unlike a lot of his teammates on injured reserve, men who were fighting to get back to a level they'd already been, Lawrence had to fight just to find out whether he could cut it in the NFL.
"Being in that position, where you have to do nothing but rehab, it's hard," starting nose tackle Tyeler Davison said. "Mentally and physically, it's a hard place to be in."
Lawrence kept working, kept fighting, kept chasing his dream.
A dream he finally realized, at least in part, Thursday night. When Lawrence took the field as a nose tackle for the Saints in the first half against the Jaguars, his heart was jumping out of his chest.
"A lot of nerves, but a lot of excitement, too," Lawrence said. "It had been so long."
Lawrence spent Thursday night making up for lost time.
A defensive tackle who faces a long uphill climb to making the 53-man roster, Lawrence racked up five tackles and disrupted the line of scrimmage with a tackle for loss in the running game.
But he made his biggest impact in the passing game, a surprise given his background at Auburn. Used as a rotational player on the Plains, Lawrence had just 1½ sacks in three seasons for the Tigers.
Lawrence eclipsed that production in one preseason game with the Saints. Working out of the nose tackle position, Lawrence racked up two sacks — he was involved in three sacks, but had to split two of them with teammates — and recorded another three quarterback hits.
Always talented, Lawrence has learned a lot under the tutelage of Ryan Nielsen and Bryan Young.
"He's an explosive guy," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "It's great to see someone that's really put in the time and effort with the rehab, and then get out and be able to play some."
Lawrence did more than play.
Although he still faces a long road to the roster, Lawrence could not have scripted his return to football any better.
"To see him come from there, to get to play,” Davison said, "and then to have it come to fruition out there in game time? There's nothing better."
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Who did they keep that is a surprise?
Who did they keep that is a surprise?
Wr Willies and DB McKinnon fought hard to make the roster.
The TE Charles, I never looked past Cajuste on the depth chart didnt know who he was ... guessing Haley sees him as a FB since Vitale gone.
Z
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I was surprised by both Brantley and Drango, especially Drango. Drango could play 4 position and so competently, hopefully Watford is an upgrade.
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