Saints Nation: Is Bringing Back Jammal Brown a Terrible Idea?
The Saints need a starting left tackle. That person is either going to be incumbent starter Jermon Bushrod, last year's 2nd round draft pick Charles Brown, or someone they sign in free agency. Bushrod is a free agent that's probably in line to get a mid range signing bonus to go with a longer term contract, so the Saints need to think long and hard on whether on not they want to invest in him. With the coin they've already put into Jahri Evans and the coin they're about to put into Carl Nicks, they have to be careful about spending too freely on the offensive line. I've been vocal in my belief that I think it's time to let Bushrod go. The money that it would take to retain him almost certainly won't be worth it.One possible solution? Former Saint Jammal Brown. You'll remember that after 5 years with the Saints...
When you think about the best players on the Saints, or even the primary role players, Leigh Torrence's name will never come up. And yet here he is, battling for a spot on the roster as a backup for the 8th straight year. Most players like Torrence last 3 years at best. A reserve corner that doesn't have the size, speed or skill to be a starter just doesn't typically carve up a double digit in years type of career. Torrence has had to scratch, scrape and claw for each an every second he's spent on the field. So what makes Torrence so special that he's been able to make a career as a reserve cornerback and stick around in the NFL?
Not a ton of Saints news the past few days, but some things of note:
The NFL has been clear to all organizations: any contact between players and coaches is strictly forbidden. While Sean Payton hasn't been caught for having any contact with his own players,
Yeah yeah, I know, it sucks to be back at work. Hopefully you had a fun, safe and eventful 4th of July. The good news is we have a short work week and the weekend will be here before we know it. This week we'll want to pay close attention to lockout news because the mediation this week is apparently critical to a new deal potentially being finalized. 
The final 10 players were finally named and Drew Brees came in 9th to finish this list of Top 100 NFL Players, according to the NFL Network. Personally, I thought coming in 9th was way too low. Here was the top 10:
Say what you will about the playoff game in Seattle, Roman Harper is a gamer. I know that many of us did and still do blame him for the defensive implosion that ultimately cost us our season but I blame the coaching staff as much as I blame Harper for how that played out. Harper has been with the team long enough that we all know by now his biggest liability is in coverage, especially downfield. He was routinely put out on an island in man to man and that's why he was burned. He's not a corner and yet he was put in that position way too often because of the scheme, and the Seahawks targeted it all day long. Add to that the fact that Malcolm Jenkins was not playing, and you can understand why it happened. Jenkins played at an extremely high level all season and Harper didn't have the luxury of his roaming play making free safety over the top. A shell of the former self of Darren Sharper played at free safety instead, and he deserves equal blame for being a step slow to every single play. Make that several steps slow. Harper just wasn't put in a position to succeed, something Gregg Williams is usually a genius at designing. The reason Harper had the best year of his career prior to that game and made a Pro Bowl is because Williams helped Harper played to his strengths. The Saints got away from that due to injuries, but they'll be getting back to it soon enough.
What is this, episode 6345 of the lockout series now? 
