Butler agrees to terms with Saints (merged) (1 Viewer)

[Saints 318]

Lets keep it rollin


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[Swimmer]

Real world Saints offseason news. Wow. Are the 10x redundant speculation threads about Smith, Harper, Ivory, and PT not sufficient to keep us happy???

 

[SaintsRays]

Beautiful! He had a lot of suitors

 

[duhonmark551]

Now its probable we can draft either Richardson or Vacarro to replace Smith or Harper next year.

 

[RaisingTheBar]

Wonder why we only gave him a 2-year deal instead of 4?

 

[TechDawg09]

Wonder why we only gave him a 2-year deal instead of 4?

Probably similar to Bushrod 2 years ago. He thinks he can earn much more if he starts for 2 years and plays well.

 

[Yasha1969]

Wonder why we only gave him a 2-year deal instead of 4?

Because he won't get big-time starter money right now. He has two years to justify big money, then (if so) get his monster payday.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Shut up. I hate you.




Just playin man

It was as if I wrote it. That's how much I agreed with it.

Now back to hating each other.

 

[lapaz]

Maybe he plays fast, but he sure has a slow 40. He only ran a 4.84 at the combine.

Victor Butler: Combine Stats at NFL.com

If he's that slow, he'll be a liability in coverage. Imagine him trying to keep up with the slew of 4.6 and faster TEs that have proliferated. That's not a good combination, particularly since he's only 6'2". These measurables suggest a specialist/backup, so I think we'll still be looking for a LB in the draft.

 

[FootballLady]

Maybe he plays fast, but he sure has a slow 40. He only ran a 4.84 at the combine.

Victor Butler: Combine Stats at NFL.com

If he's that slow, he'll be a liability in coverage. Imagine him trying to keep up with the slew of 4.6 and faster TEs that have proliferated. That's not a good combination, particularly since he's only 6'2". These measurables suggest a specialist/backup, so I think we'll still be looking for a LB in the draft.

I wonder if he has improved at all since joining the league in 2009.

 

[Quickdraw]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>New <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Saints">#Saints</a> OLB Victor Butler has 11 career sacks &amp; 4 forced fumbles in 803 career snaps. Typical starting OLB plays 900-1000 snaps/season.</p>&mdash; Evan Silva (@evansilva) <a href="https://twitter.com/evansilva/status/317324342973321217">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
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This would imply that if he can produce in a starting role like he did in his limited role with Dallas that this could be one hell of a signing. It oozes classic Loomis signings- upside player, reasonable contract, etc.

 

[basilisk]

I wonder if he has improved at all since joining the league in 2009.

i imagine he has, since he's still in the league... but that was sarcasm, right? sometimes i feel like sheldon when it comes to recognizing it

 

[FootballLady]

i imagine he has, since he's still in the league... but that was sarcasm, right? sometimes i feel like sheldon when it comes to recognizing it

It was. Nothing wrong your sarcasometer.

 

[Saint Kamara]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>New <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Saints">#Saints</a> OLB Victor Butler has 11 career sacks &amp; 4 forced fumbles in 803 career snaps. Typical starting OLB plays 900-1000 snaps/season.</p>&mdash; Evan Silva (@evansilva) <a href="https://twitter.com/evansilva/status/317324342973321217">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
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This would imply that if he can produce in a starting role like he did in his limited role with Dallas that this could be one hell of a signing. It oozes classic Loomis signings- upside player, reasonable contract, etc.

Nice find.

That projects out to about 13 sacks and 5 forced fumbles.

That's production at the rush edge position we have been needing for years.