Jabari Greer, Tracy Porter give New Orleans Saints winning edge
 

One thing has become abundantly clear in the past nine months.

Michael DeMocker/The Times-Picayune
New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter knocks a pass away from Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin during a 14-9 victory Thursday night at the Superdome.
The New Orleans Saints are a completely different team with Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter at cornerback.

With those two on the field, they are a dominant team, a championship team, perhaps the best team in the NFL.
When Greer and Porter teamed on the defensive flanks, New Orleans' defense goes to another level. They complement the club's high-powered offense and transform the Saints into a complete team.
Since Greer signed as a free agent and Porter returned to health in 2009, the Saints are 12-0 in games when they start in tandem. They've won those contests by an average margin of 15 points.
We know numbers lie, but there's no way to diminish New Orleans' defensive statistics in its past four games.
The knock on the Saints' defense midway through last season was that their takeaway totals were built on a schedule stacked with rookie and first-year quarterbacks -- players like Matthew Stafford, Kevin Kolb, Mark Sanchez and Josh Freeman.
But no one can now make that claim.
Few teams in NFL history have faced a gauntlet as formidable as the four-game stretch the Saints just completed.
In that span, which includes all three playoff contests from last season, New Orleans has stymied three Hall of Fame-caliber quarterbacks -- Kurt Warner, Brett Favre (twice) and Peyton Manning.
Against the Saints, they completed 98 of 154 passes for an average of 270 yards a game with three touchdowns and five interceptions.
Their combined passer efficiency rating was 77.2, well below their combined career rating of 90.7.
Pass defense doesn't get much better than that.

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Love these two guys, they are both awesome!!! Jabari had the second least completion percentage against him last year, revis were number 1

Yeah, they really are one of the best cornerback tandems in the league. In my opinion, they are THE best tandem.

And still flying under the radar for the most part

SOunds good - looks good!! I hope they both stay healthy for the entire season

Homer your words to Gods ears.

tree dat

Nice to our secondary is the strong point of the D...never thought i would see it..lol

tell me about it strat, 9 yrs old i saw my first game.

Best part is they're not even warmed up yet!

I'm glad they're on our team and hope they can stay healthy. Did anyone notice Patrick Robinson on the field at all besides special teams?

The Saints defense is built to compliment the #1 offense in the league. Consider: When we get up by 10 points in the 4th and teams need to throw, we have solid coverage with a good pass rush.

Who cares if teams want to run. This leads to FGs and we will be scoring TDs.

Yep and GW says when those two guys are on the field, they make him look like a genius.

Revis island?


Phhft.

Two dat island.

The Saints have two of the finest CBs in the game today.

Porter is going to have another great year. He is just getting started.

I was telling friends today that one of the first things Payton did was to start bringing in corners. Not all them have worked well but it was definitely a top priority when he came to town. He still did it after winning a Super Bowl by making his first pick a corner. Before GW we had a defensive coordinator who tried to put his opponents to sleep by watching us play.