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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Saints coach Payton hints at 3-back committee </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Pierre Thomas - RB - NO - Aug. 27
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Asked Wednesday if the Saints might employ a three-back committee this season, coach Sean Payton answered, "I think so."
While Pierre Thomas is nursing a knee injury, No. 3 back Mike Bell made an impression with 100 yards on ten carries in the second exhibition game. The rest of Payton's comments were less direct, however: "That's a position you need to...have depth, because you know you're going to have some nicks." Having depth is different than a three-headed monster. Bell is going to make the roster, but we wouldn't worry about Thomas losing significant carries yet.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune
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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Saints coach Payton hints at 3-back committee </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Pierre Thomas - RB - NO - Aug. 27</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Asked Wednesday if the Saints might employ a three-back committee this season, coach Sean Payton answered, "I think so."
While Pierre Thomas is nursing a knee injury, No. 3 back Mike Bell made an impression with 100 yards on ten carries in the second exhibition game. The rest of Payton's comments were less direct, however: "That's a position you need to...have depth, because you know you're going to have some nicks." Having depth is different than a three-headed monster. Bell is going to make the roster, but we wouldn't worry about Thomas losing significant carries yet.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune
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