And the 2004 Billy Carpenter Award goes to.... HAZ08

DT - Sullivan - young, not real experienced, what experience he does have was considered by the coaches as a let down, not real mature, overweight.

Paks response: was a rookie last year, might be overweight, but that b/c he added muscle, not fat :P

DT - Young - undersized a sometimes starter in St. Louis. Also, we have a rookie to throw into the lineup. Yippee!

Paks response: might be considered small but so is la\'roi glover, has a big motor and plays with passion, something we lacked last year on D

OLB - Hodge, Allen, Smith, Rodgers, Will Smith, Cie Grant, Watson. Hmm - looks like chronic underacheiver, underacheiver, decent but getting old, not a LB, no experience with only what 1 yr in college as an LB, rookie. Solid baby, solid.

Paks response: Hodge got hurt in the texans game an never was the same after missing 4 games, allen was a 2nd year LB who played sparingly but is projected to start this year so he has to be improving, rodgers is just a lil over 30 and still can play for another 5 years, smith wont be playing LB unless its the buck position, n that is coming off the end, he kinda reminds me of derrick thomas, the KC chiefs LB who played on the end... grant was late to camp got hurt, dont know.... heard good things but heard bad things too...watson... looks good so far, definetly underrated and could surprise alot of people

MLB - See above... then add Ruff - a never starter who couldn\'t start here and is slower than me. 16-0 baby.

Paks response: ruff is a classic middle LB, he wasnt brought in to rush the qb but stay in da middle, which is what he did, but or DL was so fouled up last year that he aint have a chance, played well n showed flashes, still young

CB - Fred Thomas - solid but getting old and has always been too small and best suited as a number 2 CB. He\'s our number 1.

Paks response: uhhh solid but getting old? dunno what to add... plays with heart? lol

CB - Jason Craft - lost his starting job in Jax and then was replaced by a gaggle of CBs. Will be decent if he can stay healthy, but is hardly a number one type guy.

Paks response: lost his job to injury and a new coaching staff, wasnt one of del rio\'s \"guys\", if he can play up to where he was at before gettin hurt, will be a steal for us

CB - Ambrose. Old, slow, IMO is probably in his last year. His experience and \"knack\" for the game will be outweighed by WRs speed and quickness.

Paks response: old slow and IMO is prolly in his last year, his experience n knack fo da game will be outweighed by wr\'s speed n quickness was the same thing everyone said last year yet he always seemed to make a play when we needed one got several key turnovers and could help out our young guys brown n craver

CB - Fahkir Brown - potential. Lots of potential... that means, hasn\'t done a thing yet.

Paks response: played well down the stretch, will play up to all that potential this year

CB - Craver. Overweight, bad attitude - god help us if this kid gets in the game.

Paks response: hes a good special teams player? lol knows how to enjoy the true side of New Orleans

S - Mel Mitchell - a kid who is in his third season and has never started a game and is coming off a major injury. Yeah, that\'s solid.

Paks response: was expected to start in only his 2nd year, that has to say something about the kid, was hurt n preseason n never got a chance to show what he could do on the field.... if he gets back to 100 %, things could be lookin up...

S - Tebucky Jones - the guy can\'t tackle to save his life (or ours). Fantastic.

Paks response: doesnt need to tackle, wont be thrown at all year b/c of our super D Line
but in the event that a qb might get the ball off, he will wrap up this year all it takes is a lil coaching help, it will happen