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Is Alexander Still “the Great?”
Two years ago, having Deuce McAllister, Reggie Bush, and Shaun Alexander all in the same jersey would sound like an offensive coordinator’s wet dream. Now it’s actually a possibility for the Saints. Alexander is said to be visiting with the team this week for a possible tailback position.
Of course, the implications of him joining the squad are in no way as overwhelming as they would have been back in 2006. Deuce is coming off his second knee surgery and rehabbing to get back to at least an operable point, hardly the beast he was before the season ending injury. Reggie Bush is struggling to find himself as an offensive weapon in the NFL. And Shaun Alexander, who got his walking papers from Seattle this offseason, seems more like a shell of his former MVP self.
Just two years after signing an 8-year $62 million deal with the Seahawks, the tailback found out first hand what it’s like to be at the “tail” end of the NFL spotlight. During week one in 2007, Alexander suffered a fractured left wrist. In week 9, he twisted both his knee and ankle. The man who set the single season touchdown record just two years prior ended 2007 with only 4 touchdowns in ten games and a total of 716 yards. He only logged 20 yards on 9 carries and scored in Seattle’s playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers. Ouch.
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