We just extended Sproles 2 years

[ReidsArmy]

thoughts?

[Ground_Meat]

thoughts?

He seems like the kind of guy who really stays in shape. I think this will fuel the DJax rumors as well...

[TerpEagle]

thoughts?

Broken by ESPN and not on Philly.com yet.

Cue reporters (Les Bowen) making veiled remarks about how they have no access to Kelly and what's going on.

[ReidsArmy]

If Sproles is a guy who stays in shape I can't wait to see him after Chip's training camp regime.

And regarding Jackson, I said this in another post too, but if they are thinking of trading him at ALL, it is going to be a draft day deal, and it is going to have us moving up SIGNIFICANTLY to get one of the stud WRs

[Raptor]

Maybe its just me

..but it appears our local press boyz don't seem to be in the loop as they were with the previous regime.

Anybody else thinking this way??

[bobbyuk]

This sort of reminds me of the 76-77 76ers that had Doc, McGuinness, Caldwell Jones (except he wasn't really a scoring threat), Collins--there is only one ball to go around.

Shady, Sproles, DJax, Maclin, Ertz, Casey, Celek, Cooper.....only one ball to go around, and it won't be long until someone expresses unhappiness at not getting it enough.

[Ground_Meat]

This sort of reminds me of the 76-77 76ers that had Doc, McGuinness, Caldwell Jones (except he wasn't really a scoring threat), Collins--there is only one ball to go around.

Shady, Sproles, DJax, Maclin, Ertz, Casey, Celek, Cooper.....only one ball to go around, and it won't be long until someone expresses unhappiness at not getting it enough.

You make a valid point. Maybe this is why the DJax rumors have begun.

[IronEagle]

Well, this should put an end to any notion that Sproles is unhappy at being traded to Philadelphia.

[BigSlizz]

Agreed. Maybe this DJax chatter is just their butts hurting.

[Riccardo]

Ha! Another Two Gap rumor goes down in flames

I knew it was bull

[Melchior]

This sort of reminds me of the 76-77 76ers that had Doc, McGuinness, Caldwell Jones (except he wasn't really a scoring threat), Collins--there is only one ball to go around.

Shady, Sproles, DJax, Maclin, Ertz, Casey, Celek, Cooper.....only one ball to go around, and it won't be long until someone expresses unhappiness at not getting it enough.

Up tempo. Chip wants to run plays like he did against the Redskins in the season opener.

[The Ref]

Hopefully he can be Kelly's Brian Mitchell, but I'm not holding my breath. Why would the Saints trade him if they believed he has something left? They aren't a dumb organization.

[Squire]

Hopefully he can be Kelly's Brian Mitchell, but I'm not holding my breath. Why would the Saints trade him if they believed he has something left? They aren't a dumb organization.

Saints had 3 other pretty good running backs in Thomas, Ingram and Robinson. They might have needed the cap space to sign Jarius Byrd and viewed a 4th RB such as Sproles as luxury they couldn't afford.

[BigSlizz]

No, but they're not the richest organization in terms of cap, and they need to pay Graham.

[PackWest]

Change in philosophy

Why would the Saints trade him if they believed he has something left?

They could have re-structured if they really wanted to keep him, but they are going in a different direction at RB. The Saints offense is often countered by defenses putting more DBs on the field and adding speed- what the Saints want to do is to be able to pound an RB when they face the nickle and dime defenses . In the past, when Brees saw 2 deep safeties he could dump it off to Sproles. Now they wanna force teams out of the cover-2 shell by running it up their ass, controlling the clock and making the play-action viable again. Few defenses respected the Saints run game and that made them too 1-dimensional

As Brees enters the next chapter in his career, a stronger running game and a commitment to it are part of their offensive plan going forward. Makes life easier on Brees. Cash played a role, but a change in philosophy was likely a bigger factor imo.