Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

If you really think about it, we weren't playing with the starters or back up corners last year, we were playing with players literally off the streets. The defensive line was able to apply some pressure

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

The pieces are all coming together brothers and sisters. The keys to this whole thing will be having a good draft and keeping guys out of the tub and on the field. I believe we had enough talent last year to be an average defense. But calamity struck and we lost a seemingly unending number of players to injury. No one knows the future, but I'm hoping and praying that won't happen again this year.

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

Couldn't agree more!

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

I'm loving what we are doing so far. If we nail it in the draft we are back in the playoffs.

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

That is a great interior line starting to form, we need to get someone opposite Cam Jordan and some OLB's, maybe some cornerbacks who don't get hurt tying their shoe laces and we'll be looking good.

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

Whoa Diz! Is that optimism you're spewing? Lol!

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

This is the best move we could have made in free agency, in my opinion. Keeping Fairley.

And the money isn't cheap, but I thought it could have been a lot more, and that would have likely meant he was going somewhere else. It doesn't come without risk, but we've had terrible luck (and often scouting) with DT's, for years. I remember saying some time back, after the season ended, that if we didn't re-sign the one guy who worked out over the last 15 plus years, it would be a huge mistake.

We've had some solid rotational guys, like Hargrove and the old version of Kevin Williams that we had for a year. But our starters have been bad up until Fairley. That's a long way of saying this is worth the risk.

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

Sweet...........now give me a pass rusher and our front four is looking damn good. :p

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

Underachiever. Had a decent contract year with the Saints. The staff knows him. He was cheapish in the overall scheme of things. Glad it's not my money. LOL. Hoping for the best. Rankins being healthy is the key to the DL. And hitting on whatever pass rusher the Saints draft.

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 

He underachieved BEFORE coming here. How could you call what he did last year an underachievement? C'mon dude.

He was constantly in the backfield. Does he have to get 20 sacks to get your attention?