Article How a family meeting brought Craig Robertson and Chris Banjo back to New Orleans (1 Viewer)

[Dan in Lafayette]

By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Playing a role in the deals the New Orleans Saints struck with their special teams spark plugs was a meeting in a family home with the better halves in attendance.

Free agency had yet to begin when Craig Robertson and Chris Banjo gathered at home with their wives. Both Robertson and Banjo were entering unrestricted free agency. They all had a lot to get through.

They sat there together a group and hashed things out for about an hour. They pored over possible outcomes — the goods, the bads, the what ifs. The thing was, nobody was really sure how this whole thing was going to play out.

Technically, this was Banjo’s second foray into free agency, but it was the first time he really had a market. He did not have the same type of NFL resumé he has now when he agreed to a two-year deal to re-up with the Saints after the 2016 season. The same was somewhat true for Robertson, who dealt with what he felt was a stigma that came with playing on some bad Browns teams during his first trip into free agency.

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I thought this was a good read that shows the tight knit family atmosphere in the locker room. Players want to be here.

 

[BreesIsMyFather]

Now that's family right there. We family!

 

[AARPSaint]

It makes a tremendous difference whether or not you and your colleagues like each other. A good atmosphere like that makes you want to come to work and do your best.

 

[WildlifeAviation]

When the teachers are crying when Chris picks up his kid(s) from school for what could be the final time...especially after how the season ended. It happened because my wife was there. That has to play into your decision or you're not human.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Thanks for posting.
Indeed it’s a great locker room. Love those two players as well. Craig especially has a great energy and infectious positive attitude it seems. Love that.

 

[WhomDat11]

Man its stuff that this is what devastates me about the NFC championship game. Obviously you want your team to win it all as a fan and then bask in the glory, but for this 2018 squad it was just special. You just really want THEM to win it all together. With the groups like Robertson and Banjo and then obviously Kamara and Ingram, it would be nice if everyone at least had a championship, but it would've been something else to see them as such a fun group to win it all together.
What a fun era of Saints football, cherish it

 

[VPCajun]

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I thought this was a good read that shows the tight knit family atmosphere in the locker room. Players want to be here.

And THIS is why SR is so great! (The article, the post, and most importantly that tight knit locker room.)

Thanks for the post!