Chris Manhertz felt good when he was able to write down that he had one year of pro experience on a questionnaire handed out by the Saints last week.
There were zeros next to the sections labeled “high school” and “college,” but he was able to scratch a line in the column that counts.
The number means a lot. It means that Manhertz is no longer a rookie. It means that he survived a season and is back for another one. It means that the former basketball player has now been playing the sport for a year.