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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; 28 . New Orleans Saints Top overall grade : DE Cameron Jordan , 92.1 Lowest overall grade: LB Craig Robertson , 51.2 This Saints’ defensive line featured one of*PFF’s All-Pro second team defensive ends, but that’s it. Nick Fairley was ...

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Old 01-17-2017, 05:06 PM   #1
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Saints Defensive Line ranked 28th by PFF

28. New Orleans Saints

Top overall grade : DE Cameron Jordan, 92.1

Lowest overall grade: LB Craig Robertson, 51.2

This Saints’ defensive line featured one of*PFF’s All-Pro second team defensive ends, but that’s it. Nick Fairley was the second-highest-graded player in the unit, but even he comes in at 76.9 .

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Sitting close to the bottom again which is a clear indicator of where our needs are in both players and coaching.
Brees couldn't put up enough points to overcome our swiss-cheese Defense.
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Re: Saints Defensive Line ranked 28th by PFF

Craig Robertson didn't play on the D-line. What am I missing?

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Nevermind, the ranking is for the front seven, not the D-line...

28. New Orleans Saints
Top overall grade: DE Cameron Jordan, 92.1

Lowest overall grade: LB Craig Robertson, 51.2

This Saints’ defensive line featured one of PFF’s All-Pro second team defensive ends, but that’s it. Nick Fairley was the second-highest-graded player in the unit, but even he comes in at 76.9. The fact is that, outside of Cameron Jordan’s ridiculous 79 pressures on 619 pass rushes, the rest of the New Orleans defense managed 170 total QB pressures on 2,202 pass rushes. That’s awful, considering that the Saints blitzed more than any other team in the NFL (41.3 percent of snaps).
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Craig Robertson didn't play on the D-line. What am I missing?
** Edit alert - Defensive front 7
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Makes me want another NT even more. Allen blitzes 41.3% of the time, all that tells me is we are not getting it up front, period. Blowing up the center of an O line is a must and helps everywhere else from the DE's, lb.'ers and the secondary.
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My philosophy parallels Jim Finks' in order of importance...

1st- Defensive Line
2nd - Linbackers
3rd - Secondary
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My philosophy parallels Jim Finks' in order of importance...

1st- Defensive Line
2nd - Linbackers
3rd - Secondary
Finks' was a smart man. I agree.
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Apparently there is a philosophy change on airline Dr. With new coaching and new players anything can happen. Who Dat!
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Going to need to spend some money on the front seven this year... I thought Robertson played well but maybe that's because it's been so long I forgot what good LB play looks like.
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Re: Saints Defensive Line ranked 28th by PFF

Originally Posted by Danno View Post
My philosophy parallels Jim Finks' in order of importance...

1st- Defensive Line
2nd - Linbackers
3rd - Secondary
Originally Posted by halloween 65 View Post
Finks' was a smart man. I agree.
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