Triplett says Saints Interest in Chris "Beanie" Wells is "Bona Fide"

GoldRush26 said
Unfortunately those two games pretty much defined our season. It sucks that he couldn't deliver when it counted but that's what it boils down to. Racking up yards against Oakland and Detroit doesn't mean a whole lot.

But those games were so early in the season...if those were his only 'bad' performances, then he did a 'heckuva' good job.

That said, the more I see of Wells, the more comfortable I would be with having him. Bush-Wells would be an excellent 1-2 punch, and then you have a solid runner in PT to spell either of the two runners.

I can see how a running game, as good as what I imagine this could be, can really help the defense out - and how much more able we could be with respect to closing games out. Maybe that's the boost we would need to fall on the positive side of 50% on the close games..

Of course...it would also benefit the passing game, which would be 'sick', as they say in the parlance of our times.

Baybee_Biggum225 said
I really am not in love with any of the defensive players in this draft. The more footage I see of Wells, the more he reminds of deuce. He is a bruiser. I love PT, and I know he worked his butt off, but Beanie is growing on me more and more as each day passes.

For most of Deuce's career, I was delivering pizza (before I graduated) and had to try to catch segments of the game here and there on the radio...but from what I have seen of him in the games I have seen and the highlights...yes, Beanie reminds me a lot of Deuce. Not 100% of course, but a good deal like him.