Getty ImagesThe Saints cut bait on cornerback Johnny Patrick less than two years after they made him a third-round pick, but the NFL waiver wire has once again shown that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
Or at least another man’s opportunity to take a look at a 24-year old player deemed worthy of an early-round draft pick in the recent past.
The Chargers put in a successful waiver claim for Patrick on Wednesday and he is now part of their 90-man roster. It’s not a great sign for Patrick that he wasn’t able to keep a job with the Saints’ oft-toasted secondary despite an inexpensive $550,000 salary, but there have been other players to flop in their first stop and then find a role with another team down the line.
Antoine Cason and Quentin Jammer are each set to become free agents in San Diego, leaving the Chargers with Marcus Gilchrist and Shareece Wright as experienced corners in their system. If both Cason and Jammer leave the team, Patrick could work himself into the mix when offseason work gets underway.
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San Diego … reduced to dumpster diving. Eli Manning was so right.
Dumpster Diving on a young CB who had a terrible rush LB core to support his cover skills?
OOOOKAY!
The last ex-Saint was a complete bust and was a main factor in the Gm losing his job
At least this one we got for pennies on the dollar
Maybe this new GM knows something 31 teams don’t (sarcasm implied)
The Chargers are in desperate need of CB’s, just not third string CB’s….
This dude is garbage… He is 2013′s version of Jason David
He won’t be on san diego’s roster next season. Camp body.
Easily worst corner in the league. He got beat out by Corey White who was a rookie learning to play corner after moving from safety. I wish he would have took Roman Harper with him.
sounds like an aj smith type of move
Big difference between claiming a player and naming him a starter. Nothing wrong with a team taking a closer look at someone.
Better to give the Saints #4-5 corner 550k to be a backup than to give the Saints #4-5 receiver 10′s of mil to be a backup (Robert Meachem). With a little work, Patrick can shut down Meachem in drills.
@chargerdillon
Micky Loomis is still the GM…. Im sure you just got confused on what team you were talking about…..
With the worst 2012 defense in the NFL, don’t you think the Saints would have kept him around at a low contract number “IF” he had skills?
Not familiar with Patrick’s last few years, but apparently he’s so bad that the Lions passed on him. Nuff said.
Let’s see, now, The Saints gave up to the Chargers Robert Meachem and Johnny Patrick. The Chargers gave to the Saints, Darren Sproles and Drew Brees. Not a bad swap if you’re a Saints fan.
Give the young CB, Patrick a chance. The Saints don’t know what they doing…..Vicodin King Payton is back!!!!!!
The Chargers will take a look at him and see if he’s any good. If not he won’t make it past mini camp. Remember, Wes Welker was picked up after the Chargers let him go and we all know how that turned out.