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...

Hello sports fans,

It's been sometime since I've written an article but I've been bitten by the writing bug again, so here goes:

When I heard and even read rumors that Michael Vick maybe reinstated and maybe land in New Orleans, I really didn't know what to feel. The Saints have come such a long way in the character issue column that at first I thought it could never happen. Then I just got mad as hell that Vick still even has a chance to regain some if not all of...