Rb Swap! D.davis For Bennett And Future 2nd Rounder

[Jwwillis]

You can't be serious right? So the Saints trade Bennett, who won't see playing time behind Deuce and Bush, for Davis (who also will not see playing time) and also give up a 2nd rounder? Come on now, get real. If you are going to make up something at least try to make it believable.

This deal is going down! I dont have a link to prove it, but my cousins best friend Lucy says her brother knows a guy that hangs out with a buddy that told him somebody said Bennett was on his way to Houston.

 

[Trapped]

This deal is going down! I dont have a link to prove it, but my cousins best friend Lucy says her brother knows a guy that hangs out with a buddy that told him somebody said Bennett was on his way to Houston.

Who is the GM for the Saints? he needs to get fired. I won't believe it til i see it. This deal doesn't make any sense.

 

[BigSaint8050]

This deal is going down! I dont have a link to prove it, but my cousins best friend Lucy says her brother knows a guy that hangs out with a buddy that told him somebody said Bennett was on his way to Houston.

Bennett may well be headed to Houston but DD is not headed to New Orleans (btw, I know you were joking).

 

[ImSoTexas]

Davis is better than Bennett all day every day. Making this trade would make the Texans front office look stupid. If we needed a back so bad why did we pass on Bush for Williams? This will not happen

 

[Chicagotexan1]

Aren't the Saints thin at OT. maybe we can dump Wade on them? Or Wade, McKinney & Wand for Bennett? Sounds fair to me - addition by subtraction.

 

[Eagles78]

Trading Davis would be a bigger mistake than passing on Reggie Bush

 

[El Tejano]

This can't be true. I mean you can't trade the man that has made things happen for this organization especially after passing up on RB.

 

[Vambo, the Marble Eye]

This can't be true. I mean you can't trade the man that has made things happen for this organization especially after passing up on RB.

You know, the guy that did the thing? It was reported by the other guy that saw the thing that did the deal about the you know what....

What a P.O.S. post! Stop it!

 

[powerfuldragon]

The more i think about this possible trade, the less i disagree with it.

 

[JAXwithanX]

Anyone who thinks this trade is good for the Texans isn't using their head or common sense. The chance of a healthy DD and even at only 10 games a year is better than having a guy who can't be an everydown back because he can't break a tackle or see holes. I would love Bennett and a 2nd....but only with Bennett coming in situationally. And all this hearsay about DD's knee being far worse than any of us could possibly ever ever imagine is crap. The coaching staff wouldn't just forget that our starting RB was breaking down and not only skip out on Bush (which would still be very likely considering the philosophy Kubiak prescribes to with RB's and how its the line and play calling that makes them mostly) but also not draft any RB earlier than Lundy. I don't know why people are convinced that for some reason they know the extent of injuries more than a coaching staff.

Long story short, if DD's knee was bum we would have addressed it in the draft. This wouldn't have been forgotten or ignored. Now maybe it's not healing as fast as the team would like now, which would have been impossible to guess before the draft, but even so, this doesn't constitute the panic or 'bum knee' rap.

 

[infantrycak]

The coaching staff wouldn't just forget that our starting RB was breaking down and not only skip out on Bush (which would still be very likely considering the philosophy Kubiak prescribes to with RB's and how its the line and play calling that makes them mostly) but also not draft any RB earlier than Lundy.

Not that this necessarily means DD is hurt, but the Texans were reported to have been trying to trade back up into the 1st round to get DeAngelo Williams but the deal got screwed by the Bills overbidding for the spot.

 

[thunderkyss]

I have been saying it for 2 months now, I heard his knee is not good.

hmmmm..... 2 months??.

kinda like April 29th two months ago??

nobody would be saying this crap, if Reggie wouldn't have feared NCAA investigations and returned for his Senior year.

 

[JAXwithanX]

Not that this necessarily means DD is hurt, but the Texans were reported to have been trying to trade back up into the 1st round to get DeAngelo Williams but the deal got screwed by the Bills overbidding for the spot.

I remember hearing that, but there were several picks we had during the draft where we could have drafted a serviceable RB for good value. Even though that initial trade for Williams fell through, there was plenty of other opportunities to address a need as big as 'starting RB has a bum knee.'

 

[Ibar_Harry]

Not that this necessarily means DD is hurt, but the Texans were reported to have been trying to trade back up into the 1st round to get DeAngelo Williams but the deal got screwed by the Bills overbidding for the spot.

That was common knowledge so to speak and I think the Bills owner decided to get even for the Moulds trade. While I would love to have D Williams right now, I think we may have gotten a better deal anyway.

 

[CloakNNNdagger]

If they are not even sure he will be going through walk throughs yet, I have a feeling his knee is messed up more than any of us know. It has been almost 6 months since he had his knee scoped and he is still not really doing anything. Usually after a knee scope they start you on excersises and walking the next day depending on how bad the damage is and what was done to the knee exactly. Kubiak is saying he is HOPING Davis gets some reps in before they call it a summer. I understand being cautious and everything, but this just seems to me to be way too cautious. Makes me wonder if the coaching staff has concerns about Davis' knee or his durability, especially after signing Smith, drafting Lundy, rumored to be going after Bennett, all the while still having Davis, Morency, and other RB's on the roster...

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After this length of time from surgery, I have to share your and many other board members' concerns over the true status of Davis' knee. The risks and complications of arthroscopic knee surgery are in general extremely small. However bear in mind that occasionally there is more damage in the knee than was initially thought and that this may affect the recovery time. In addition if the cartilage in the knee is partly worn out, then arthroscopic surgery has about a 65% chance of improving symptoms in the short to medium term but more definitive surgery may be required in the future. In general, arthroscopic surgery does not improve knees that have the dreaded well established Osteoarthritis, which will take it into the chronic category of pain, swelling and limited mobility. Hopefully, last year DD was not allowed to play through what should have been tended to before he would develop irreversible arthritic changes............... Hopefully, he has not already "run his knee into the ground."