Heck, I don’t know about you but as a Saints fan myself it dang well makes me feel better. Let’s get to the news first, sound like a plan? Early this morning around daylight a Raiders news site posted an article about Nnamdi Asomugha that went unnoticed by Saints fans, likely because it was posted as Raiders news.

The original story was posted in the Press-Telegram in Long Beach. They made the point that the San Fransisco 49ers had never offered Nnamdi Asomugha a deal the entire time he was visiting them. They also confirmed earlier reports indicating that the 49ers were in “serious discussions” to sign the impressive veteran free agent were in fact baloney.

Consider this fact: A lot of free agents were signed in the initial frenzy. In each and every case when a team was truly serious about signing a player, they never let him get near the door without throwing a contract offer at him. In most cases the players who were signed early were signed by the first team they visited. How serious could the 49ers have been if they let Nnamdi walk?

Another free agent, defensive back Charles Woodson also visited the 40ers that day. An ex-Raider, now NFL analyst Akbar Gbajabiamila played with them both. Sunday he tweeted that talks with both players were in a “holding pattern”. So far when the 49ers wanted someone they signed them, like Anquan Boldin, Glenn Dorsey, Dan Skuta and Craig Dahl. They’ve let several other players take a walk without an offer.

Both those sites put a spin on the news: They tried to make it sound as if the 49ers were so easy-going that they let Nnamdi Asomugha wander around without a leash as he listened to offers from every other tom, Dick and Harry. Supposedly the 49ers are content to let him exhaust all his efforts before making him an offer. If you’ll believe that you’ll believe the 49ers wouldn’t run the score up on us in the Superdome.

I can only interpret that one way. The 49ers wouldn’t mind having him, but only if the price drops into the basement because nobody else will make him a decent offer.

I see Sunday going down something like this: Nnamdi Asomugha knew before coming that Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis were in Arizona, and he couldn’t get a contract offer before he left. Still he came like a pit bull sizing up a pork chop. He hung out with his old pard Rob Ryan, talked trash about the “old days”, and talked about a possible future with the New Orleans Saints.

There’s no way in hell that Ryan didn’t text Sean to call during lunch to speak with Asomugha on the phone. The conversation would have been simple, perhaps something like this:

“Nnamdi, I want you on my team; Drew Brees wants you on our team. Drew wants to see highlight films of you making daredevil catches for huge plays this season with you wearing a Saints uniform. Drew believes in you, Rob believes in you, Mickey and I believe in you. The team needs you, and I’ll prove it as soon as I get back. All you have to do is call me and we’ll make it happen“.

That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it…

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