The Saints May Be Calling Shaun Alexander Soon.

I want Deuce to play more than anything this year. He is the backbone of the Saints, a leader on and off the field. Before Drew Brees and Reggie Bush, came onto the scene, Deuce was the most recognizable name on the Saints roster. He is a hometown guy, having played college at Ole Miss. However, facts are facts, he has had two season ending injury's over the last four years. He is now trying to come back from two surgeries over the last off-season. Now it can be done, and the trainers have said his progress is doing great. However, as we saw the other day, his knee started to swell. There has to be a lot of talk going on right now, about the chances of him being full strength in time for the season or if he will be ready at all. There are only a hand full of decent running backs left in the free agent pool. With Lamont Jordon being picked up earlier this week by the Patriots, Shaun Alexander is the only one left that does not have off the field problems, and the fact that the Saints spoke to him a ... (link)