saintsfan1976

#1 & #2 in sacks last year - Justin Houston & JJ Watt

#1, 2, 3 in QB Hurries? Watt, Galette, Houston.

No its not exactly sacks but it's damn close.

hagan714

this is the huge impact his loss will create. Last year he was getting pressure but all QBs did was step up in the pocket and move to their left underneath his speed rush to the outside.

No pressure up the middle from the nose tackle. no pocket containment or collapse from the DE position. could not blitz LB because the secondary was getting toasted all over the field. worried about coverage everyone at the second level was a step or two behind in reacting. missed tackles? that a mental and a desire mistake in my book.

That was the issue. defense did not perform like a unit. it look like a three legged dog chasing its tale all year long. even when everyone was healthy

lets face facts. the blown drafts on defense have left the saints with a poor rotation of the front 7. this year it appears we might have a solid beginning to a rotation. more are needed. DE is a huge ????

Jr still is not a three down LB IMO but he is a great OLB for passing downs to force a QB up into the pocket were the DL is suppose to benefit in sacks from the hurries. he is on the field way to much and over used.

Real question now is Cam ready to step up and lead this DL as a veteran leader or not? He must take over Smith role. LB has enough veterans that i hope someone steps into that role back there. secondary is loaded with head cases so i feel that will not be an issue.

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

DrewDat

We're worried about productivity and we using Twitter posts as a reason w accept players???? Wow

dizzle88

I'm glad we've got depth at that position to counter this.

Wasn't galette facing a suspension for the start of the season?

vtiger72

Losing Galette for any length of time is not a good thing for the defense. Can it be overcome? Possibly. However, the defense would have been a surer thing with Galette than without him. We need to hope that the injury does not require surgery.

saintsfan1976

"Don't sleep on..." "Cancer in the locker room..."

jeanpierre

Payton considered cutting him early this off-season after they were unable to trade him...

Loomis contract with Galette was definitely premature...

That said, we had a good draft and free agent addition that, at the least, could rotate and find matchups that will be more than effective...

I'm not sweating this also because early in these OTAs it was reported that his role was going to be specific to pass rush situations...

Losing some depth may be a concern, but you can only keep four OLBers anyways with NFL roster limits...

ScottF

cutting or trading him would have cost us $10.75 million this year. Considering where we are against the cap, there was no way that was going to happen.
There are 'reports' that we shopped him, but nothing was substantiated, just as nothing was confirmed on the 'locker room cancer'.

The Dude

Maybe Payton gave a "sweep the leg" order.

jeanpierre