Who Dat!

These are his questions and my answers:

Question: The Saints just signed CB Chris McAlister. I had two questions I was hoping you could answer about him that I might be able to use for a post.

Why did the Ravens let him go?

Does he have anything left in the tank?

My answer:

Based on the problems the Ravens had a CB this year, a ton of fans around here were clamoring for his return. However the Ravens didn’t want him, which should say a lot to other teams. He never bought into Coach John Harbaugh’s leadership and was pretty much a distraction in the locker room, qalways late for practices, not following assignments and getting burned by the better WR’s in the league going for the pump fake, always trying for the great pick rather than playing tight defense. More importantly, was that he had a severe knee injury and was not thought to be healed enough to make the cuts necessary to cover. If he is healthy and in a better state of mind than he was at the end here in Baltimore, then you’ve got a big corner who can play real good. If not, well then you will see why no one else wanted him. Plus I also heard he only wants to play safety and was holding out for the right money and team. Perhaps the Saints have both to offer. Good luck, we’ll be watching closely.

He can definitely still play ball, just needed to change his attitude. Smart move by NO.

I also think he will do well, if healthy and with a good attitude. I always thought he still had a few years left in him.

He’ll give you exactly what Benson gave the Bengals.
A few good games to prove everyone wrong and then out with the injury.

Might want to pick and choose his few games wisely.
Avoid using him against any receivers who can run under a 5.0 40 time.

Also, have a teammate wrap him up after the whistle so he doesn’t cost you 15.

Good luck and don’t pull all your hair out.

not fair Bruce..that was in his contract.

Don’t mention it….have fun counting little yellow flags.

Ahmen! Finally, an outsider see’s our pain. We are totally over-officiated. But, it’s a small price to pay for the bad ass rep. Even when we’re not so bad ass.

I think the last time we played the Saints C-Mac cost us the game with a 15 yard penalty on a late scoring drive. I remember he had a big part in the loss. May have been 2 Saints games ago..not sure.

I like to see our castoffs do well. good luck c-mac. may the force be with you.

Brian Billick was on a local B-more talk show and when he was told that C-MAC was picked up by the Saints, he half chuckled and said “Chris in New Orleans, interesting” .
For somebody as PR conscience as Billick that comment speaks volumes. He commented that he felt that C-MAC didn’t like playing football . Translation he does not like doing the little things during the week that you make you better on Sundays.

Great corner when he was younger and had lots of talent.

Not sure what you will get in NOLA now, but heck even a half hearted slower C-MAC is better than at least one of our current CBs in B-more. So what do we know??