Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Glad we locked down Nick this off season. He was very disruptive and was a bright spot on defense. Enjoy ;).

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

From what Ive heard he killed 3 players on contact last year. Eats kittens and plays golf with baby seals as the ball on his off time. His hobbies include mixing concrete in his stomach, going back in the past to change the vietnam outcome, and Ballroom dancing.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Beast mode

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Ferocious? Lets get a perspective on this

Love when he plays for a contract.

#1 worry is his play when he gets that contract.

Sit back and pray the desire out weighs the wallet.

I still want to see improvement in these areas at the DT position. It killed us last year and the reason

We need a double teaming, space eating 43NT to step up to free up our 43DT, which both Nick and Rankins are.

No position on defense is as exposed as the DT in a 43. They are the corner stone on which all the others built on. Improved DE play is not going to help a DT. Improved 43DT plays has a trickle down effect on every position of a 43 defense.

Some of the none glamor stats i view as more important for DL evaluation

Defensive Hurries huge penetration stat, pocket push to get the QB off their spot. the key pansy Cam stat lol.

3 Geno Atkins CIN DT 16 36
4 Aaron Donald LA DT 16 31
16 Tyrone Crawford DAL DT 14 23
23 Ndamukong Suh MIA DT 16 21
27 Fletcher Cox PHI DT 16 21
29 Malik Jackson JAX DT 16 20
30 Mike Daniels GB DT 16 20
33 Gerald McCoy TB DT 15 19
46 Jurrell Casey TEN DT 15 17
49 Kawann Short CAR DT 16 17
52 Calais Campbell ARI DT 16 16
59 Jordan Phillips MIA DT 16 15
58 Jamie Meder CLE DT 16 15
61 Grady Jarrett ATL DT 16 15
65 DeForest Buckner SF DT 15 14
67 Kyle Williams BUF DT 15 14
73 Chris Jones KC DT 16 14
76 Corey Liuget SD DT 16 13
78 Dontari Poe KC DT 16 13
85 Karl Klug TEN DT 14 12
89 Nick Fairley NO DT 16 12

Total Tackles and Assists
276 Nick Fairley NO DT 29 14 43

Stuffs and Stuff Yard Leaders Surprised me a bit
103 Nick Fairley DT NO 4 9

Snap Count Stats
192 Nick Fairley DT NO 16 723 1,050 68.9%

https://www.sportingcharts.com/stats/nfl/player/

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

I would argue Fairley has had to sit behind a "better" player most of his career. When he would come on the field at the same time, he would have to play a different position than the 3 tech you saw him here with the Saints. We are certainly a better defense with him than without. You can never have enough playmakers on either side of the ball. Get the defense where it needs to be before Drew is done.

I've seen nothing that would cause me to think Nick would pull a Haynesworth on us + he wants to be in New Orleans.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

DTs who can put up 6.5 sacks and be 2nd in pressures on a team do not grow on trees. Those are rare.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Nick had 5.5 sacks and 6.0 sacks for the Lions, neither in contract years.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Damn... that's the best I've seen the Saints defense look in 25 years. Not sure what that happened... LOL


He also works out with this machine.

http://www.worldhighways.com/Easysit...ustomSizeId=14

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

More stats: 3 out of 4 is 75%

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

I'm sure glad he is back.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

or the defense was not all that great as a unit in the first place

Inconsistent production?

6.5 sacks is good but 21st ranked DT in hurries?

I would have to say Inconsistent production.

Not his fault really as I wrote about.

Lets see what another year as a unit does

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Saints color rush jerseys were bad ass

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

I noticed they have a bunch of them for when they break on his one on one drills.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

I surely would have loved to grab a NT myself Hagen. Could have made the front 4 something to contend with. Maybe next year?

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

How many 4-3 teams really have good NT's nowadays? I'm talking about really good NT's not just ok players like Tyeler Davison. With pressuring the QB at a premium it doesn't seem like there's a lot. I can't really research it right now but off the top of my head: Giants (Damon Harrison), Bills (Marcell Dareus)... I know there's a few more but I'm having a brain fart.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

Right! If they were readily available every team would have them. If one was out there that had more overall value to the team than whomever we picked up instead ... can someone point them out? Free agents? Drafted rookies that are nothing more than a gamble?

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

I hear good things about the mammoth we stole off someone's practice squad at the end of last year.

Re: Nick Fairley || "Ferocious" ᴴᴰ || 2016 Highlights
 

No slump this year