Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

Anyone can see Harp has hands of stone. No one's ever suggested otherwise.

But he's a heck of a lot better than most here give him credit for, he just can't catch a football to save his life.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

Your right. Ive never seen a player used worse then he was last season.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

He's done okay catchin' quarterbacks though.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

I appreciate the Black and Gold goggles bro, but the Saints LB core is far from crowded with talent. I'm not sold on Vaccaro. He's a good tackler with average speed. Sounds like Harper to me.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

I beg to differ:

90 Butler, Victor LB 6-2 245 25 5 Oregon State
56 Chamberlain, Chris LB 6-1 238 27 6 Tulsa
93 Galette, Junior LB 6-2 258 25 4 Stillman
57 Hawthorne, David LB 6-0 246 28 6 Texas Christian
54 Herring, Will LB 6-3 241 29 7 Auburn
53 Humber, Ramon LB 5-11 232 25 5 North Dakota State
59 Johnson, Rufus LB 6-5 272 22 R Tarleton State
50 Lofton, Curtis LB 6-0 241 26 6 Oklahoma
55 Martin, Eric LB 6-2 250 21 R Nebraska
52 Reddick, Kevin LB 6-1 246 23 R North Carolina
46 Shipman, Ray LB 6-5 242 23 R Central Florida
91 Smith, Will LB 6-3 282 31 10 Ohio State
58 Thomas, Chase LB 6-3 241 23 R Stanford
51 Vilma, Jonathan LB 6-1 230 31 10 Miami (Fla.)

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

I can actually understand the skepticism with our linebackers(doesn't mean I agree), but Vaccaro and Harper do not sound alike. Vaccaro is combo safety athletic enough to cover slot receivers and more in the mold Malcolm Jenkins as opposed to Harper. Scouts have compared him to Eric Weddle... and Roman Harper is nothing similar to that. You're in a whole different ball park.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

Notice he stays away from their crotch?

Poor ball handling skills.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

Agreed, he'll never be a Polomalu (a pure stud SS) or an Ed Reed (a pure stud FS), but he can be a very solid combination of the two, which is fine by me.

In the new age of pass happy offenses, he's the new breed... FSS (Free-Strong Safety).

Of course its only paper speculation for now.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

I agree, I like his ole' school ways, I do wish he had good hands though.

Re: Vaccaro intends to add to Saints’ new-look defense
 

I knew someone was gonna give me a list of names. I know all the names and I'm optimistic too, but is there one pro-bowler in that bunch? The dome patrol had 4. That was crowded.