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nola_swammi 03-09-2017 05:10 PM

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

frydaddy 03-09-2017 05:19 PM

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.

AsylumGuido 03-09-2017 05:31 PM

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 
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Originally Posted by frydaddy (Post 739671)
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.

Couldn't agree more!

darksoul35 03-09-2017 06:04 PM

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.

dizzle88 03-09-2017 06:07 PM

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.

jnormand 03-09-2017 07:44 PM

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 
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Originally Posted by dizzle88 (Post 739689)
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.

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

burningmetal 03-09-2017 08:19 PM

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.

Rugby Saint II 03-10-2017 11:22 AM

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 
Sweet...........now give me a pass rusher and our front four is looking damn good. :p

Cruize 03-10-2017 06:36 PM

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.

burningmetal 03-10-2017 09:49 PM

Re: Nick Fairley - 4 yrs / 30 million
 
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Originally Posted by Cruize (Post 739918)
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.

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?


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