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  • November 17, 2016 at 8:00 pm #58775
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    Saints waive James Laurinaitis

    Josh Alper

    Report: Saints waive James Laurinaitis

    There was a report earlier this week that Saints linebacker James Laurinaitis would visit a doctor for an evaluation of the quad injury that landed him on injured reserve early this month with the possibility that he’d be waived by New Orleans if he was deemed healthy.

    It appears all went well with that examination. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Laurinaitis has indeed been waived ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Panthers.

    Laurinaitis signed a three-year deal with the Saints this offseason after he was released by the Rams. He played in five games and had 17 tackles before getting shut down by the injury.

    Laurinaitis is a vested veteran, but it’s after the trade deadline so he can be claimed by any team in the league off of waivers. He will become a free agent if he goes unclaimed and could land with a team in need of linebacker help down the stretch.

    November 17, 2016 at 11:51 pm #58785
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    He had a good run. It might be time to retire. imo

    Agamemnon

    November 18, 2016 at 12:53 am #58789
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    JL broke Merlin Olsen’s team tackle record…

    He was a good Ram….

    November 18, 2016 at 7:18 am #58794
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    How’s Chris Long been doing? Anybody know?

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    November 18, 2016 at 9:22 am #58807
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    wv wrote:

    How’s Chris Long been doing? Anybody know?

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    He’s a good, if not splashy, role player in the Patz “slash” type DL/LB role. He has actually taken more snaps than any other Patz DL. But again that’s not a splashy group so stats don’t pile up. He has 1 sack and 21 tkls/assists. The Rams depend a lot more on aggressive individual playmaking, so those would not look like good stats from a Rams DE…but for a Patz machine style player, it seems to be decent.

    November 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm #58836
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    I read somewhere that he started out good, but has since tailed off. The writer figured he was about done. If I remember all this correctly.

    Agamemnon

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