blackangold

Unfortunately these players do exists still and 2 of them at this point will be starting which concerns me. I only bring this article up to show we really should be looking into Safety for a draft pick. Hell, Woodson is still out there and would be a good band-aid much like Sharper was.

ChrisXVI

I'm kind of feeling the same way. Blame it on Spagnuolo's scheme or lack of pass-rush... But a blind squirrel still finds a nut every now and then. There really isn't any excuse for such horrible performances.

TheOak

No money for Woodson and I discount any article or grade that doesn't account for the Spagnuolo factor, which is huge.

blackangold

If you want to make that excuse ill post the previous years excerpt regarding Saftey.

Woodson hasn't seen much interest this FA so it is highly likely he will come cheap.

"S: I had a real bad feeling about this before I even looked it up. Roman Harper and Malcolm Jenkins were two of the worst graded starters on my player grades. Sure enough, Harper graded 82nd out of 86 graded players. Just horrible. Jenkins graded 42nd overall, or totally middle of the road, with a negative grade. There's 64 starting safeties in the NFL, so for one to grade as 42nd and another 82nd is horrifying. Basically top to bottom as you look through all the graded players, only our defensive ends (Smith and Jordan) came out as marginal, and one cornerback (Robinson) came out as pretty good. Everyone else graded as mediocre to horrible. Yuck. Our defense sucked even harder than I thought. I hate you Gregg Williams."

I really find the last two sentences funny considering how bad 2012 was.

Saints Nation: Pro Football Focus Scores for Saints Players in 2011 (Defense & Special Teams)

|Mitch|

Why worry about it when as fans, there is nothing we can do to change it? Just hope Harper and Jenkins improve under Ryan, nothing more we can do...