Saints take chance on former Jets WR Jalen Saunders

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  1. NotSatoshiNakamoto

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    http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/58657/saints-take-chance-on-former-jets-wr-jalen-saunders
     
  2. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    4 teams in his rookie year? wow
     
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    strngplyr Well-Known Member

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    You could look at it like the Jets drafted one hot commodity! Everyone wants a piece!
     
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    pclfan Well-Known Member

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    I still don't know why they cut him so soon into the season. I know he fumbled a punt. And had a seizure after a car accident. But even the Saints said they had high grades on him going into the draft.
     
  5. NotSatoshiNakamoto

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    My guess is that he has some non-football related issues that the Jets just didn't want to deal with.
     
  6. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Does brain damage count as a non-football issue?

    Hard to believe a dude with his physical skill finds 4 teams as a mid round drafted rookie.
     
  7. pclfan

    pclfan Well-Known Member

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    He was signed for the active roster but Payton said they are going to try out 4 different guys including him as punt returner. So if they don't like what they see in practice he won't be around long.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    What's the record for the most teams a rookie has been signed to?
     
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    pclfan Well-Known Member

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    A lot!
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    A rookie in his rookie season being signed to how many teams?

    I wasn't really asking you, but a guy on this forum would know. I'm guessing that Cakes has the answer.
     
  11. The Waterboy

    The Waterboy Well-Known Member

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    Could it be teams are having a hard time finding a helmet to fit Saunders?
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  12. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    I didn't even know he wasn't with Arizona anymore.
     
  13. JetsNation06

    JetsNation06 Well-Known Member

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    Another Idzik draft blunder wasting a 4th on this tiny WR with little explosion.
     
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    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    It would take a ton of research. If a guy doesn't play in a regular season game he is not going to be shown as having played with a team. (Currently pro-football-reference is showing Saunders to have played with four teams this season. This is an error. He has only played in games with the Jets and Saints. P-f-r will eventually correct this and his page will not show him having played for the Cardinals and Seahawks. He was on their practice squads but never got into a game.)

    I am sure there are some guys who were with four teams as a rookie but good luck tracking them down. There were probably some 9th round picks 40 years ago when there were six preseason weeks who got cut and picked up and cut and picked up, etc. The only way to find a similar case would be to secure media guides and look through player bios.

    I do know that former Illinois quarterback Kurt Kittner was property of the Falcons, Bengals, Giants, Patriots and Steelers in 2004 and was signed by the Bears in late January 2005.

    The record for most teams played for in a regular season is four. The record holder is Alvin Maxson. He led the Saints in rushing in 1974.

    In 1978, Maxson played for the Steelers, Buccaneers, Oilers and Giants. He played in five games with the Steelers and one game each with the other three. He was also with, in chronological order, the Steelers, Redskins and Bears in the preseason. The Bears traded him to the Steelers before the start of the regular season.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I was hoping for the outside chance that you had that blurb written down somewhere, but in hindsight, it would take a lot of meaningless research to figure out the winner in that scenario.

    Thanks for the response, though.
     
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    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    No problem. Whoever might be the top NFL historian (Steve Hirdt or Joe Horrigan, perhaps?) might not even know the answer.
     
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    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    Saunders is doing well today so far.
     
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    Saunders just had a 99 yard kick off return to start off the game...nice
     
  19. irishwhip03

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    Is he officially Joe McKnight 2.0?
     
  20. displacedfan

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    So does this falls on Idzik/Rex/MM if they cut him so quickly because the coaches didn't think he could be good.
     

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