RB Kareem Hunt visiting the Saints tonight; Saints also working out LB Anthony Barr

A few people are saying that he's washed up and just a name at this point. Okay then, let's say he is washed up and he's just a name at this point. Is a washed up Kareem Hunt better than Ellis Merriweather or Eno Benjamin with a ruptured Achilles? That's who he'd be replacing. If the Saints were talking about throwing huge money at a 28 year old Kareem Hunt and making him the feature back then I'd be like slow down Pony Boy. But they aren't.

They aren't bringing him in to be the focal point of the offense. We're talking about a modest deal for a RB who figures to be the RB3 while AK is suspended and then the RB4 when AK returns. Hunt probably isn't going to see a lot of touches but if he was forced into action I don't think he'd embarrass himself.

It's just funny to see Saints fans turn their nose up at Kareem Hunt after watching the ball be forced into AK's hands the past two years because the only other options were a 57 year old Mark Ingram, Tony Jones Jr, David Johnson (Yes that David Johnson and yes he was still in the league last year), Dwayne Washington, etc. Taysom Hill was the only other viable option in the run game.