New Orleans Saints positional analysis: defensive line

saintsfan1976 · 07-24-2013, 07:37 AM

Love our d line and secondary.

Skeptical on OLB - not rushing but in coverage.

Danno · 07-24-2013, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

Love our d line and secondary.

Skeptical on OLB - not rushing but in coverage.

Very good observation. Many are worried about getting a pass rush and rightly so, but with Wilson and Galette standing up that shouldn't be a problem. We have plenty of guys with off the edge speed.

Lofton isn't strong in coverage. Vilma and Hawthorne are (for ILB's), but we don't know much about the rest of them, especially the new kids.

How will our LB's do against TE's and RB's? One things for sure, we will find out very quickly.

dizzle88 · 07-24-2013, 08:20 AM

Maybe drafting Vacarro had alot to do with taking coverage responsibilities away from our OLB's?

Possibly let the OLB's blitz more often, keep Vacarro in the slot and play single high safety?

If not, then our OLB's are going to be the most watched group out of them all, for both pass rushing and coverage

07-24-2013, 07:37 AM	#1
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 11,086 Blog Entries: 3	Re: New Orleans Saints positional analysis: defensive line Love our d line and secondary. Skeptical on OLB - not rushing but in coverage.

07-24-2013, 08:06 AM	#2
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Re: New Orleans Saints positional analysis: defensive line Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 Love our d line and secondary. Skeptical on OLB - not rushing but in coverage. Very good observation. Many are worried about getting a pass rush and rightly so, but with Wilson and Galette standing up that shouldn't be a problem. We have plenty of guys with off the edge speed. Lofton isn't strong in coverage. Vilma and Hawthorne are (for ILB's), but we don't know much about the rest of them, especially the new kids. How will our LB's do against TE's and RB's? One things for sure, we will find out very quickly.

07-24-2013, 08:20 AM	#3
dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11,653	Re: New Orleans Saints positional analysis: defensive line Maybe drafting Vacarro had alot to do with taking coverage responsibilities away from our OLB's? Possibly let the OLB's blitz more often, keep Vacarro in the slot and play single high safety? If not, then our OLB's are going to be the most watched group out of them all, for both pass rushing and coverage

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