Johnathan Abram appears to be a liability (45 Viewers)

[El Caliente]

Does anyone know why he is still on the team? It seems like every week he is doing something boneheaded that you would expect out of a rookie, only he isn’t a rookie.

Is his defense really that good (to warrant keeping him on the team), or does he have photos on someone?

 

[Saints-R-Us]

Does anyone know why he is still on the team? It seems like every week he is doing something boneheaded that you would expect out of a rookie, only he isn’t a rookie.

Is his defense really that good (to warrant keeping him on the team), or does he have photos on someone?

He's a backup who's always been vulnerable in coverage. He's a very poor man's Roman Harper.

 

[Turpin]

He's a backup who's always been vulnerable in coverage. He's a very poor man's Roman Harper.

Bankrupt Roman Harper

 

[TenTwo]

He needs to get back to ripping the ball out. Our defense could at least TRY to force fumbles if they’re going to suck at tackling

 

[waazup]

Late hit penalty, stiff armed by Irving, multiple whiffed tackles and took a ton of bad angles all game. He's not NFL caliber.

 

[Nutria]

Well, that's why he ended up on the PS after being discussed as a possible starter early in training camp. Reasonable depth for now.

 

[BooBirdSaint]

He's not as much a liability as a necessity as Howden seems to be a disappointment. I guess too much stock was put into Howden winning the SS role. When that didn't happen the team had to sign vets Harris and Abram to be able to field a secondary. Looks like Safety will be a huge position of need this off-season.

 

[tim martin]

of course he is. hes terrible

 

[efil4stnias]

There is a reason he was on our practice squad.

A 27 yr old, 6 year veteran, picked 27th in ROUND 1 is now relegated to hoping to latch on a teams practice squad.

That about sums up where we are, talent-wise, in some positions.

Shoot, we had JT GRay and Howden playing safety yesterday- JT GRAY- SP Teamer

 

[kewinn89]

Abram was actually playing well before he got hurt.

 

[texasjefe]

This is a 2019 first round pick by the Raiders who got injured in his first game and missed his rookie season, and then lasted about 2 more seasons before they waived him.

He's already been cut twice by the Saints, but he's one of Loomis' back-of-the-roster revolving door depth guys. Now he's starting again and I think a cardboard cutout of him would do about as well.

 

[NUSaintsfan]

The Saints have horrid depth because Loomis continues to give players on the wrong side of 30 bloated contracts, which doesn't give the team any flexibility to keep younger players.

Combine going after the wrong players with letting the young talent walk and not hitting on anything in the draft, and you have paper thin depth with the Saints having to pillage the scrap heap from loser teams.

The Saints have now become losers themselves because of poor leadership and decision making by ML and DA.

 

[meily]

Late hit penalty, stiff armed by Irving, multiple whiffed tackles and took a ton of bad angles all game. He's not NFL caliber.

He on the team because DA is familiar with him.

 

[Blazing Saint]

Did y'all see the play where the Buccaneers gained a first down simply by the refs blatantly ignoring Abram's timeout when down on the field? That was egregious.

 

[DeuceMcAllisterFan]

He's not as much a liability as a necessity as Howden seems to be a disappointment. I guess too much stock was put into Howden winning the SS role. When that didn't happen the team had sign vets Harris and Abram to be able to field a secondary. Looks like Safety will be a huge position of need this off-season.

This is my take as well. Howden isn't the answer and I have not been impressed with his play.