Saints should consider shutting down Armstead for the year (1 Viewer)

[BooBirdSaint]

Roster spots will become more critical now as Breaux and Rankins have returned. We already inactivated our two KO/Punt returners this game (Lewis and Murphy). Jenkins was inactive also. They didn't waste anytime putting Laurniaitis on IR. So if you want to bring back any of those players someone has to go.

 

[blackadder]

Before anyone thinks this is a thread trying to be negatively on a day that we win, trust me its not..if anything todays game was a mirror image of the game that Minnesota had to play over a week ago vs Chicago, aka playing a team thats been struggling on their home turf...so they have nothing to lose, which makes them more dangerous that one would think. But unlike the Vikings, the Saints actually lived up to the billing and pulled out a win against such opponent.

With that said, despite Armstead's absence, the O-line played like they have played most of the 1st half of the season so far...which is above-average if not stellar...this despite the fact that they havent had the services of Armstead for most of that time period. Anyone that follows this team can see that Armstead is nowhere near 100% health, if anything it seems the more he play the more he hurts his availability b/c of recurring injuries...my question is basically what the thread is titled, shouldnt the Saints seriously considering basically sitting him out the rest of the year? Not only b/c hes clearly and obviously farther away from being healthy then they realized, but also b/c somehow, someway the O-line is getting the job done w/o him? Remember, he will be here post-Drew Brees era, and they have invested a ton of money in him, this is something the Saints should ponder imo...i know they are basically gearing for a playoff push now they have evened the record at 4-4, but at the same time, im starting to get the feeling sooner or later he may endure a long-term injury if this keeps up. Sit the young man and let him be 100% for next season and the ones going forward is what i think, but im curious what you guys think.

I agree. He hasn't been healthy from the start and each time they bring him back he's hobbled again almost immediately. I thought he would be this way all year. Shutting him down should be on the table because he can get hurt worse and he's obviously far from 100%

 

[JRead2]

Saints should consider shutting down Armstead for the year

The way I see it, he's been pretty much shut down the entire season already.

 

[BoNcHiE]

Don't think you do that until you have to. He's still very valuable if we end up making a run.