Delvin Breaux Is Officially Done For The Year, And A Lot Of People Are Lucky That's Not Bigger News11/9/2017
More so than anything else, this news absolutely sucks for Delvin Breaux the person. I want to say that he can't catch a break, but the problem is that he actually caught more breaks than the incompetent doctors that were formerly paid handsomely to do just that. It seems like every time he scales an obstacle there another one waiting on the other side of it. The level of difficulty on the course that is his career feels harshly difficult given the fact that he did the unthinkable in overcoming a broken neck to play professional football. Obviously Delvin Breaux became a success story when he first stepped on an NFL field, but the nagging, repetitive, and misdiagnosed injuries that have kept him off that field are really limiting the amount of chapters in what already has the potential to be a pretty damn good book. I'm not one to complain about which particular players have contributed to somehow making the Saints' secondary the furthest thing from a primary concern. However, with all the bullshit he's been through, Delvin Breaux absolutely deserves to be an integral part of what suddenly has the potential to be a special season. As for the Saints themselves? Well, imagine...just imagine that this setback for the recovery of an injury that should have been spotted weeks prior came on the heels of what used to be a "just mark it in your calendar come Sunday" weekly lashing of a Saints' defense that couldn't even cover it's own ass. It wasn't too damn long ago that Delvin Breaux was considered this team's premier defensive back. It wasn't too damn long ago that the Saints were 0-2, Ken Crawley was sitting on the bench for some ungodly reason, DeVante Harris was getting torched quicker than the victory cigar of the person lining up across from him, and all the defensive problems of yesteryear appeared to be anything but fixed. It's not too damn long ago that losing the closest thing on their roster to a proven cover corner due to the malpractice that preceded a recurring, season ending injury would have had everyone invested in this organization's success screaming "oh, not this shit again". That fact that sky didn't immediately fall when this news broke is a credit to what has been an incredible turnaround led by a handful of rookies - most notably, Marshon Lattimore - that are playing far above their pay grade. However, let's not forget the harrowing sense of deja-vu that had even some of the most optimistic members of the Who Dat Nation sentencing themselves to the seemingly inevitable purgatory of yet another 7-9 season after yet another depressingly winless start. I don't know where this team is going but I know where it's been, and that dark, dastardly place is one in which the immediate future of the entire organization could have very well been put in jeopardy by Delvin Breaux's extended stay on the IR.
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