Saw the thread entitled ‘Meaningless Draft Grades’ while waiting on call at the office and the noodle began to percolate...

Grading a draft is part of being a football fan; it is an example of our western culture's checks and balances, along with continuing to buy the Saints Product based on a team's performance...

However, draft grades are not final, static; rather, they change over time and are dynamic.

This is what makes being an NFL fan, well, fun......

NewOrleansSaints.com,
Monday, May 04, 2009 - 4:46 PM



New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced Monday the 10 undrafted rookie free agents that have agreed to terms with the team. Joining the Saints are linebacker Jonathan Casillas, quarterback Patrick Cowan, offensive linemen Cedric Dockery, Alex Fletcher and Sam McNaulty, running back P.J. Hill, cornerbacks Danny Gorrer and Reggie Jones, wide receiver Kenneth Harris...

I live with a chocolate Labrador retriever named Lady Godiva. Lady is a dog that was found wandering around after Hurricane Katrina. She was sent to the dog pound twice, I eventually saved her from certain death at the pound. That is in and of itself an entirely different blog for another time.

As a lab, she's practically semi-aquatic. Labs have webbed feet and swim like fish. She doesn't get much from playing fetch per se, although she likes it, she really likes to go swimming....

Now what have the Saints done to improve the LB corp in 2009? Lets take a look. I have included a basic outline of each players role also. Remember Basic is the key word.

4-3 Outside Linebackers

Outside linebackers (4-3):

Will (weak side, or non-tight end side)
Sam (strong side, or tight end side).

The OLBs roles vary from defense to defense, but the basic idea behind it is covering an outside zone, the area between the hash and...

Many people all over the world suffer from this terrible issue insomnia. I for one am one of those people. Are there any other members on here that have this problem? I find that my mind cannot wind down at night and there are constant things running through my brain all night long. I've had to go drastic and start taking Ambien. It works a little bit but I can take a pill and still stay up on it; as I am doing right now All I want to do is have a good night sleep so I can feel normal the next...