Off-season talk

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  1. Tiger_fan

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    NBC Sports:

    Watson, who was the starting tight end
    for the Browns last season and caught 49
    passes for 501 yards and three
    touchdowns, has signed with the Saints.

    Pairing Watson with Jimmy Graham will
    give the Saints one of the best 1-2
    punches at tight end in the NFL.
    ...Watson isn’t quite the explosive
    athlete and deep threat in the passing
    game that Graham is, but Watson is both a
    good receiver and a good blocker, and the
    Saints will be able to create a lot of
    matchup problems in two-tight end
    formations.
     
  2. Tiger_fan

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    Pro Football Focus stats for 2012 season:

    Watson caught of 49 of 52 catchable balls thrown at him - 94.2%

    Compare to:

    Dallas Clark - 47 of 50 - 94.0%

    Aaron Hernandez - 51 of 61 - 83.6%

    Marcedes Lewis - 52 of 58 - 89.7%

    Kyle Rudolph - 53 of 59 - 89.9%

    Rob Gronkowski - 55 of 62 - 88.7%

    Dennis Pitta - 61 of 64 - 95.3%

    Jermichael Finley - 61 of 70 - 87.1%

    Jimmy Graham - 85 of 100 - 85.0%

    Tony Gonzalez - 93 of 97 - 95.9%

    Jason Witten - 110 of 118 - 93.2%
     
  3. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

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    Here's Benjamin Watson with a very Malcolm Jenkins'esque play. He knocks the piss out of Champ Bailey who never saw him coming.
     
  4. Tiger_fan

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    NFL.com writes that the Saints now have the 2nd-best TE duo in the NFL...

    (Ben Watson)
    ...averaged 558 yards per in three seasons
    with the Cleveland Browns ...
    An upgrade on the increasingly brittle (David)
    Thomas, Watson can step in and provide a
    valuable weapon down the seam and in the
    red zone
    ...
    With Robert Meachem long gone and free
    agent Devery Henderson's Saints career in
    doubt, Watson also gives head coach Sean
    Payton the option of using more two tight-
    end sets as opposed to three- and four-wide
    formations.
    While no team can match the Patriots' Rob
    Gronkowski- Aaron Hernandez tag team at
    the position, the Saints now have a more
    imposing tight-end tandem than the other 30
    NFL teams.
     
  5. Tiger_fan

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    USA Today:

    Saints ink Ben Watson to three-year deal
    While everyone had their focus on the New
    Orleans' Saints courting Nnamdi Asomugha,
    a pretty darn good player sneaked into the
    facility and signed a three-year deal.
     
  6. Tiger_fan

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    Tweet by Adam Caplan on the Watson to Saints news:

    Adam Caplan @caplannfl
    Heck of a #2 TE. Wow.

    Caplan is a Philadelphia based
    reporter, who is in his 12th season of
    covering the NFL on a national basis.
    Caplan can
    be heard nationally on Monday and Friday’s
    on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio (XM 87/Sirius
    210) from 2-5 pm ET all year.
    You can also hear him in various local NFL
    markets such as Minneapolis (KFAN 1130
    AM) and Houston (Sports Radio 790 AM).
    Caplan is also a contributing NFL analyst for
    Philadelphiaeagles.com
     
  7. Tiger_fan

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    tweets from Cleveland Brown fans:


    Josh ‏@Believeland16
    Jimmy Graham and Watson. I'm sorry but that's pretty scary.

    Benjamin Fast ‏@Ben_Fast
    #Saints got a nice pick up in Ben Watson. That team has gotten a lot better.

    Febreze ‏@FreshestCallari
    Brees is gunna make us look dumb for not resigning him

    TheSportsFixWHK ‏@TheSportsFixWHK (1420 AM WHK, The home for Cleveland sports talk)
    Wish we had kept him

    GABE SPIEGEL ‏@GABESPIEGEL (Anchor/Reporter for Fox 8 Cleveland)
    Lost a good one.

    Tom Withers ‏@twithersAP (AP Sports Writer covering Cleveland Browns)
    Will miss @BenjaminSWatson

    Adam Taylor ‏@ATunes84
    Will miss u in CLE

    Michael ‏@HolyBuckeyeOSU
    he will be missed here in CLE!

    NFL Browns Fans ‏@NFL_BrownsFans
    Sad to see him go

    Adam Copeland ‏@exiledclevelndr
    #Browns will miss him next year

    Madeline Rastatter ‏@Rastweeter
    Awww Ben Watson signed with the Saints :((( I love @BenjaminSWatson
     
  8. Tiger_fan

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    Anthony Becht ‏@Anthony_Becht
    Great sign by the #Saints

    (Becht is former 1st Round TE who played TE in the NFL for 12 seasons (3 with the Bucs), and is Co-host of the Bucs Pre & PostGame Show for Sports Radio WDAE 620 AM -- "Tampa Bay's Sports Station," "Home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers")
     
  9. Tiger_fan

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    more tweets:

    Jimmy Kempski ‏@Jimmy_Beast -- Founder of Blogging the bEast (NFCE), contributor at BGN (Eagles) and the Allentown Morning Call.
    Ruh roh. Watson and Graham sounds like a difficult TE duo to stop

    NFL: AroundTheLeague ‏@NFL_ATL
    Addition of Ben Watson gives @Saints one of the NFL's most imposing tight-end tandems

    ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk
    Ben Watson and Jimmy Graham will give the Saints one of the NFL's best tight end pairings

    On The Jon ‏@BlogOnTheJon
    Signing TE Benjamin Watson gives the @Saints a pretty scary tight end duo for @drewbrees to work with.

    Brett Ragas ‏@_MalibuB
    ben watson makes the saints offense even more scary

    tyler deagano ‏@tylerdeagano
    Saints just signed TE Benjamin Watson...Brees is gonna pick defenses apart even more than he has #Deadly

    Brett Guidroz ‏@BrettGuidroz
    Saints have Jimmy Graham AND Ben Watson! Drew Brees will have a field day against defenses

    Spencer Davis ‏@ESPNcer
    That has to be one of the best TE tandrems in the league

    Aaron Stafford ‏@aaronstafford_
    the #Saints signing Ben Watson is huge. Two big time talent tight ends on an offense that is already stacked.

    Dan Hope ‏@Dan_Hope
    Graham-Watson will be a strong tight end duo in New Orleans.

    Steve B. ‏@SteveB41
    Watson and Graham = awesome TE duo

    Christian Marin ‏@xianmarin
    Watson and Jimmy Graham are going to be an unreal duo.

    Patrick Clay ‏@patrickclay10
    A Jimmy Graham/Ben Watson 1-2 punch at TE will be dangerous. #Saints

    Robert Jackson ‏@Jekyll_Hyde87
    We may be on the cusp of a new era of TE tandems. #Patriots Hernandez and Gronk first, now Watson w/ Graham

    Cyrus Geller ‏@cyrusgel35
    Ben Watson signing with the Saints could be big..maybe their offense can function like Pats with 2 TE's making mismatches all over the place

    angelo ‏@kidkanYeWSSW
    I guess the Saints are going to try running the 2 TE scheme like the Patriots do after signing ex Brown/Patriot, Ben Watson.

    David Kromelow ‏@dkrom59
    NOLA trying to emulate Pats 1-2 TE punch

    Adam Begoun ‏@ambegoun
    Huge sign for the @Saints. Graham and Watson on the line together is bad news for NFL defenses.

    Dawgs By Nature ‏@DawgsByNature
    nice tandem between he and Jimmy Graham

    Richie Bradshaw ‏@NFL_Bradshaw
    #Saints offense just got a lot more dynamic with the addition of Ben Watson to the Tight End spot across from Jimmy Graham

    Nnaemeka #34☝ ‏@Nigerian_Dunker
    Saints will be set at Tight End, Graham and now Watson too

    Brad James ‏@BroncosItaly
    I'm sure @DrewBrees is happy

    Michael ‏@MJH3Bucs
    Yikes man. Good pickup

    IWasHacked_ ‏@Abstract_cool
    Damn Saints signed Benjamin Watson

    Miah Montana ‏@Miah_thegreat
    Wow. Saints got Ben Watson

    Dwayne Poche ‏@Dwayne_Poche
    Saints sign B. Watson ... Hmm this should be good

    Jalen Trimacco ‏@JTrimacco9
    Ben Watson is gonna eat with the Saints.

    Robert Frank Martin ‏@manW3_1stnames
    HUGE

    Daniel Dees ‏@dandeesisajerk
    A+ move

    Matthew Schwerha @MatthewSchwerha
    Rich get richer.

    Frank Midolo ‏@FranksYanks23
    What a pickup for Saints

    William ツ ‏@LegendaryMonk
    thats a great pick up

    Tristan's Dad ‏@ChampIAN_33
    underrated part of Watson signing for Saints is that Ingram was a much better runner out of 2TE Singleback at BAMA. Will be #1 RB

    Steve Geller @SteveGellerWWL WWL AM/FM - Sports Talk Producer / Writer /Reporter
    LOVE this move
     
  10. Tiger_fan

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    here's what Watson ranked in the receiving categories during his three years with the Browns:



    RECEIVING YARDS

    2012 (QB Brandon Weeden)
    805 -- WR Josh Gordon (first year with Browns)
    647 -- WR Greg Little (second year with Browns)
    501 -- TE Ben Watson (third year with Browns)
    367 -- RB Trent Richardson
    298 -- WR Travis Benjamin (first year with Browns)
    254 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (fourth year with Browns)

    2011 (QB Colt McCoy)
    709 -- WR Greg Little (first year with Browns)
    518 -- WR Josh Cribbs (with Browns from 2005-2012)
    410 -- TE Ben Watson (second year with Browns)
    324 -- WR Evan Moore (third year with Browns)
    384 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (third year with Browns)
    268 -- WR Jordan Norwood (first year with Browns)

    2010 (QB Colt McCoy)
    763 -- TE Ben Watson (first year with Browns)
    483 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (second year with Browns)
    477 -- RB Peyton Hillis
    346 -- WR Chansi Stuckey (second year with Browns)
    322 -- WR Evan Moore (second year with Browns)
    310 -- WR Brian Robiskie (second year with Browns)


    RECEPTIONS

    2012 (QB Brandon Weeden)
    53 -- WR Greg Little (second year with Browns)
    51 -- RB Trent Richardson
    50 -- WR Josh Gordon (first year with Browns)
    49 -- TE Ben Watson (third year with Browns)
    24 -- RB Chris Ogbonnaya
    18 -- WR Travis Benjamin (first year with Browns)

    2011 (QB Colt McCoy)
    61 -- WR Greg Little (first year with Browns)
    41 -- WR Josh Cribbs (with Browns from 2005-2012)
    37 -- TE Ben Watson (second year with Browns)
    34 -- WR Evan Moore (third year with Browns)
    31 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (third year with Browns)
    23 -- WR Jordan Norwood (first year with Browns)

    2010 (QB Colt McCoy)
    68 -- TE Ben Watson (first year with Browns)
    61 -- RB Peyton Hillis
    40 -- WR Chansi Stuckey (second year with Browns)
    36 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (second year with Browns)
    29 -- WR Brian Robiskie (second year with Browns)
    23 -- WR Josh Cribbs (with Browns from 2005-2012)


    RECEIVING TDS

    2012 (QB Brandon Weeden)
    5 -- WR Josh Gordon (first year with Browns)
    4 -- WR Greg Little (second year with Browns)
    3 -- TE Ben Watson (third year with Browns)
    2 -- WR Travis Benjamin (first year with Browns)
    1 -- RB Trent Richardson
    1 -- TE Jordan Cameron (second year with Browns)

    2011 (QB Colt McCoy)
    4 -- WR Josh Cribbs (with Browns from 2005-2012)
    4 -- WR Evan Moore (third year with Browns)
    2 -- TE Ben Watson (second year with Browns)
    2 -- WR Greg Little (first year with Browns)
    2 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (third year with Browns)
    1 -- WR Jordan Norwood (first year with Browns)
    1 -- TE Alex Smith (first year with Browns)

    2010 (QB Colt McCoy)
    3 -- TE Ben Watson (first year with Browns)
    3 -- WR Brian Robiskie (second year with Browns)
    2 -- WR Mohamed Massaquoi (second year with Browns)
    2 -- RB Peyton Hillis
    1 -- WR Josh Cribbs (with Browns from 2005-2012)
    1 -- WR Evan Moore (second year with Browns)
    1 -- TE Robert Royal (second year with Browns)

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    Cleveland Browns tight end Benjamin Watson (82) battles Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne (24) during the second half of a Cowboys game Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 in Cowboy Stadium
     

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