Saints sign DT Isaako Aaitui
 

New Orleans Saints Agree To Terms With DT Isaako Aaitui

The New Orleans Saints announced Thursday that they have agreed to terms with defensive tackle Isaako Aaitui on a two-year contract. The announcement was made by Saints’ Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis.

Aaitui (full name pronounced e-saw-AH-co ah-ah-2-e), 6-foot-4, 315 pounds, originally joined the practice squad of the Miami Dolphins midseason in 2011, spending the 2012 preseason with both the Dolphins and the New York Jets. The Pago Pago native was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at UNLV, where as a senior in 2010, he was a third-team all-Mountain West Conference selection, appearing in 13 games with 12 starts and ranking second on the Rebels with five tackles for a loss.

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USDA will stamp out D-Line before this season. It's getting near Kobe quality!

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Not sure if he will make the Saints roster, but I'm wishing I could use his name in a game of Scrabble.

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Keep the compitition coming, that is the only way to get better!!

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True Dat!:bng:

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Can I buy a friggin consonant?

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"...Aaitui (full name pronounced e-saw-AH-co ah-ah-2-e)"

Cajuns will have fun saying his name!

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Preseason ticket to whomever can pronounce it correctly - on the FIRST try

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Where, you ask, is Pago Pago??

Look between Australia and Hawaii:


http://www.hawaiianairlines.com/publ...d=201303071339

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Well, I guess he's at least a PS player if they signed him to a 2-yr contract, but who knows what RR is cooking..?

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It all depends on the IF clause. "IF" the team keeps you around

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Nice.... can he dish out concussions?

I think we will be run defense improved...

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Young. Cheap. Big body worth a look.

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Isaako Aaitui

SI Grade
1.92
Grading System

Position: DT
Class: 5Sr
School: UNLV
Conference: Mountain West
HT: 6-2.5
WT: 300
40 Time: 5.12
Biography: Three-year starter who finished with 27/5/1.5 as a senior after putting up junior totals of 31/2.5/.5. Career-best numbers of 32/7/2 came during his sophomore season.

Positives: "Big-bodied interior lineman who flashes skill but shows minimal consistency. Quick off the snap, fights throughout the action, and is tough to move off the point. Built low to the ground and keeps his feet moving up the field. Changes direction well."

Negatives: "Gets tall as the play proceeds, makes himself an easy target, and can be controlled by a single blocker. Must improve the use of his hands. Marginal instincts and slow locating the ball. Minimally productive in college."

Analysis: Aaitui looked like a top prospect in the making after sophomore season but never improved his game. He has the skills necessary to be used on the inside of a four-man line but must take every aspect of his game to another level.

Projection: FA

Read More: Isaako Aaitui - 2011 Draft Tracker - SI.com

first practice with the Jets, Aaitui tore his ACL and MCL. sideline for the year

Dolphins do a pretty good job coaching up DL so lets see what we got. he got a full year and a half of rehab by being on PS. so he should be ready to go

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I like the poundage

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Sure wish we'd had draft Ogletree - with the beef up front and Ogletree anchoring the linebackers ...

No Run Success...

No Screen Success...

No Middle Pass Success...

But we'll trust Kenny Vaccaro is the goods...

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starting to look at next years LB already JP? watch some BYU and Stanford ball this year ok. some nice ones should be coming out the west coast

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Crap and so will my ass.

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WT?!?!?LOL

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Championship ?

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Damn competition is good