New Orleans Saints legend Jahri Evans named semifinalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2023

Reading up on Jahri Evans prompted me to go read up on Carl Nicks. I always kind of think of Evans and Nicks as a pair, and have this memory that both guys played together in the Black & Gold forever.

In actuality, Nicks was only here during his rookie contract (four years). Afterwards in Tamps, Nicks played only 9 more NFL games after getting caught up in the Buccaneers' 2013 MRSA outbreak. He had been on a HoF trajectory in New Orleans -- that outbreak took years off of his career.