Martez Wilson....LB'er or DE?

jeanpierre · 01-22-2013, 04:01 AM

Should the Saints be in a 3-4 defense - this would be where current personnel would likely line up reflecting current free agents not on the roster...

LDE Cam Jordan, Junior Galette
NT Brodrick Bunkley, Akiem Hicks
RDE Will Smith, Tom Johnson

MIKE Curtis Lofton, Ramon Humber
SAM David Hawthorne, Will Herring
WILL Jonathan Vilma, Jonathan Casillas, Chris Chamberlain
JACK Martez Wilson

LCB Jabari Greer, Elbert Mack
SS Roman Harper, Rafael Bush
FS Malcolm Jenkins, Isa Abdul-Quddus, Jerico Nelson
RCB Patrick Robinson, Johnny Patrick

As you can see there are many issues - the most obvious is at LB...

Vilma departed the Jets because he couldn't play in a 3-4; that, along with his cap number would definitely make him a cap casualty; Casillas has shown an inability to shed blockers, stand ground, or make plays so he'd be gone...

Hawthorn and Herring would be fine at the SAM; but Herring's Cap Number would would require he start at the WILL Backer...

Lofton and Humber at the MIKE; actually, I think Lofton would do well in the MIKE position...

While Martez Wilson needs to see the field, there's no depth behind him should he go down and moving Galette to OLB would be a disaster as he would have been drafted for that position if he had this quickness/speed...

Which leads to the DE position where Will Smith would not make a good 3-4 DE because his inability to hold the point of attack and occupy multiple blockers as the DL in a 3-4 must do to allow the attacking LB to make tackles, plays...

So, at the least, we'd need another DE, three more LB; and that's before we fix a dysfunctional secondary...

Disclosure - Now, I like the 3-4 and I loved to see Wilson at the JACK position; but this is what drives me crazy about the Saints Personnel department; if you can't max him on film to command a good compensation in a trade, and you're not going to play him, then WTF are you drafting players like this?!?

And this is why I'm so critical of Loomis and how he should already be improving the personnel department of this team that has really let this franchise down...

01-22-2013, 04:01 AM	#1
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Martez Wilson....LB'er or DE? Should the Saints be in a 3-4 defense - this would be where current personnel would likely line up reflecting current free agents not on the roster... LDE Cam Jordan, Junior Galette NT Brodrick Bunkley, Akiem Hicks RDE Will Smith, Tom Johnson MIKE Curtis Lofton, Ramon Humber SAM David Hawthorne, Will Herring WILL Jonathan Vilma, Jonathan Casillas, Chris Chamberlain JACK Martez Wilson LCB Jabari Greer, Elbert Mack SS Roman Harper, Rafael Bush FS Malcolm Jenkins, Isa Abdul-Quddus, Jerico Nelson RCB Patrick Robinson, Johnny Patrick As you can see there are many issues - the most obvious is at LB... Vilma departed the Jets because he couldn't play in a 3-4; that, along with his cap number would definitely make him a cap casualty; Casillas has shown an inability to shed blockers, stand ground, or make plays so he'd be gone... Hawthorn and Herring would be fine at the SAM; but Herring's Cap Number would would require he start at the WILL Backer... Lofton and Humber at the MIKE; actually, I think Lofton would do well in the MIKE position... While Martez Wilson needs to see the field, there's no depth behind him should he go down and moving Galette to OLB would be a disaster as he would have been drafted for that position if he had this quickness/speed... Which leads to the DE position where Will Smith would not make a good 3-4 DE because his inability to hold the point of attack and occupy multiple blockers as the DL in a 3-4 must do to allow the attacking LB to make tackles, plays... So, at the least, we'd need another DE, three more LB; and that's before we fix a dysfunctional secondary... Disclosure - Now, I like the 3-4 and I loved to see Wilson at the JACK position; but this is what drives me crazy about the Saints Personnel department; if you can't max him on film to command a good compensation in a trade, and you're not going to play him, then WTF are you drafting players like this?!? And this is why I'm so critical of Loomis and how he should already be improving the personnel department of this team that has really let this franchise down...
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