Saints experimenting on defensive line

hagan714 · 05-28-2012, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Agree with everything except the red. He's a 3-down DE who may slide inside occasionally, but he's certainly not a liability at all on obvious passing downs. I think thats a cliche he doesn't deserve at all.

thats why i followed it up with:

Do not be surprised if Jordans sack numbers increase with better play from the other side of the defense.

Smith needs to pick up his play or some one needs to replace him. Smith spottier play in the last 2 years will be more exposed if the WLB play improves as we all think it will.

i agree with you completely. i saw him stop his pass rush more than a dozen times last year and breakdown into containment. I blame that on coaching and the play on the weakside, which by the pretty much sucked the big one last year.

I believe with this system we will get to see why he is first round talent. He will be hard to take off the field by mid season imo.

05-28-2012, 06:02 AM	#1
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	Originally Posted by Danno Agree with everything except the red. He's a 3-down DE who may slide inside occasionally, but he's certainly not a liability at all on obvious passing downs. I think thats a cliche he doesn't deserve at all. thats why i followed it up with: Do not be surprised if Jordans sack numbers increase with better play from the other side of the defense. Smith needs to pick up his play or some one needs to replace him. Smith spottier play in the last 2 years will be more exposed if the WLB play improves as we all think it will. i agree with you completely. i saw him stop his pass rush more than a dozen times last year and breakdown into containment. I blame that on coaching and the play on the weakside, which by the pretty much sucked the big one last year. I believe with this system we will get to see why he is first round talent. He will be hard to take off the field by mid season imo. Danno likes this.
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