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

REALCHRISM said

Okay, I made a mistake.

Wells is not one-dimensional. Just because you're not asked to catch the ball much does not mean that you cannot catch the ball. He looked very good according to a number of scouts catching the ball during his pro day workout. Adrian Peterson caught 24 passes in his career at Oklahoma. I guess we would not want him either. Tomlinson only caught 10 passes his senior season for a whopping 40 yards. I cannot believe he has caught 510 in the NFL seeing as though he, too, was considered one-dimensional.

Pierre is a good back. Has he PROVEN he can stay healthy when asked to shoulder the load? Ah, yes, moving right along.

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well, the thing is you are trying to compare wells to deuce as far as versatility goes. yeah he may not be completely horrible at catching the ball but deuce was lauded as a faulk type back and some pundits even went so far as to say that deuce had the ability to be a starting wr in the league. thats where the problem is. do you really believe wells will bring that versatility? compared to thomas who has shown that he can easily catch 40-50 balls (possibly more) a year in this offense....

You want to talk about injuries? beanie wells has been beat up alot. thomas has been beat up a little bit. thats the nature of the position. the issue is that on the defensive side of the ball we have no depth. who is our depth at safety if someone gets injured? who is our depth at lb if someone gets injured? how about DT? thats not to mention the 4-5 starters on defense that we could really use an upgrade. we just dont need to spend so much at the rb position, especially when you consider the production we got out of stecker when he started a few games and also thomas as a starter. there are plenty of guys that can step in this offense and put up decent numbers in a crunch. that isnt going to happen on the defensive side of the ball.