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voodooido 05-02-2012 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MistaBigXXL (Post 402689)
I believe this is going to hurt us a lot more than some of you guys think (Most importantly Vilma). He was the "quarterback" of our defense, and even though his physical play has declined a bit, his football intelligence was top notch.

The bright spot is that the organization planned for this situation and made some great moves in the off season that will help us deal with it.

Cut Vilma and sign him as a advisor for the lb corps. Resign next year if it deems ness which I doubt it will.

FinSaint 05-02-2012 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by voodooido (Post 402863)
Cut Vilma and sign him as a advisor for the lb corps. Resign next year if it deems ness which I doubt it will.


They'll gain more cap space by him being suspended (base salary won't count towards the cap) than they would if they were to cut him.

|Mitch| 05-02-2012 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 402835)
I'd assume the depth chart looks like
LDE-Jordan
DT-Ellis
DT-Bunkley
RDE-Galette

SLB-Wilson
MLB-Lofton
WLB-Hawthorne

I can live with that.

I like it! On paper that's way better than last year!

mattmandel21 05-03-2012 12:08 PM

Poor Vilma
 
Poor guy. Would've been nice to get a phone call. Saints are gonna struggle on D this yr

|Mitch| 05-03-2012 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mattmandel21 (Post 403146)
Saints are gonna struggle on D this yr

Really? Losing Vilma and adding Lofton, Hawthorne, and Chamberlain not to mention Spags new scheme and we're gonna struggle?

Danno 05-03-2012 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by |Mitch| (Post 403266)
Really? Losing Vilma and adding Lofton, Hawthorne, and Chamberlain not to mention Spags new scheme and we're gonna struggle?

If by struggle you mean we won't be the 2000 Ravens...OK.

If you mean we'll be worse than the last 3 or 4 years, I disagree completely.

We have more talent on defense than we've ever had this century.

I think Lofton is un upgrade over Vilma, and the loss of Will Smith will hurt only a little. Some may say not at all.

Even without Vilma, our 2012 LB corp is still better than anything we've fielded since the dome patrol...on paper.

And yes we all know everything is pure speculation this point. Why do I feel compelled to add this to every post I make during each and every off-season? :rolleyes:

Its like the weekly power-ranking articles. YES we all know nothing matters except wins and losses.

FinSaint 05-03-2012 06:55 PM

To add to what Danno said, they'll be playing with a chip on their shoulders and with an Us vs Them mentality, which will bring them closer as an team and as a defensive unit - I pity the fools who are gonna face them!


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