Saints Re-Sign CB PJ Williams
 

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Heck of a pay raise too...

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Not concerned about secondary. If our guys commit to training we’ll and keep their heads in the whole process, talent and smarts are there.

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Still need another DE who can rotate in and effectively pressure the passer. I'm hoping Ansah comes to Nola after the draft.

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Good signing!

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I hope so too. If the medical check comes back ok, I think he gets signed.

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I like that...I said many time last season that he was the best tackler in the secondary based on what I saw during the game. Really good in the open field and that is important for a slot CB.

I’m glad he’s back!

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PJ had his highs and lows in 2018 however I believe he's a starter for a lot of other NFL teams. Decent in zone and can play slot.

Definitely don't want to be looking for "just another guy" off the couch late in the season.

As others have stated, I'm glad PJ is back too.

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5 million for a cb thats 4th string and gets smoked every other play.

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Five million isn't what it used to be even recently as ten years ago.

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Tell that to the little people out there... :bng:

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Actually, Edwards was the starting DE in OAK across from Khalil Mack just a couple of years ago; he wasn't a great edge rusher, but was good for 4~6 sacks and decent pressure...

Edwards was signed before other edge rushers because of his versatility he brings as both a DT3 and SDE. In the depth chart excerpt I have here, you can kinda see where we are and illustrates my point...

DEFENSE

RDE (2) 92 - Marcus Davenport, 99 - Mario Edwards, Jr. (FA 2019)

NT (2) 90 - Malcolm Brown (FA 2019), 76 - Taylor Stallworth

DT3 (2) 98 - Sheldon Rankins (IR), 93 - David Onyemata, 99 - Tomasi Laulile (RFC 2019)

LDE (2) 94 - Cameron Jordan, 91 - Trey Hendrickson

Now, the injury to Rankins and possible looming discipline for Onyemata jumps out immediately and is why Edwards was signed as he can play at that DT3 spot...

As things are, we have a three-man rotation at DE (Jordan, Davenport, Hendrickson) and a three-man rotation at DT/NT (Brown, Stallworth, Edwards) to start the season...

Anything Laulile, formerly a DE, can offer is lagñiappe in addition to the 3-man rotation among the DTs, but he's likely a camp body, practice squad development project...

Point I'd make is there's no guarantee Rankins makes it back for this season; and, Big O likely misses four (4) games; so we have need for a true pass rushing DT3 to reduce wear, tear...

While Edwards can rotate as a DT3, you still need a big DE end that can set that edge; my criticism of record of the Davenport trade set aside, Davenport has yet to play a full season as the starting DE...

For my money, I'd leave Edwards right where he is, taking pressure off of Davenport and making the DE position one of strength, elite depth as it was last season...

Let's focus on getting a DT3 who can come in with Big "O" and offer some pop now, rotate with Edwards the first four games (hopefully) and give us options downstream...

And if Rankins, who's been on IR/PUP every season of his career, doesn't fully recover, the team having a young DT3 has options with impending contract extensions on the horizon...

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I’m not really sure why Onyemata would be suspended. He wasn’t arrested and he didn’t fail a drug test.

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He got better as the season went along. He’s decent in the slot. I think he found his spot.

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Solid move. He knows the system and have chemistry with the other players. Should be able to keep improving.

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I don't know much about Sherels besides he's a really good return man. I didn't even know he could play nickel corner. PJ Williams did a respectable job there last year and I'm glad he's back to keep growing in the system no matter where he plays when his name is called.

I feel good with him as a solid backup and five million is worth the peace of mind to me and apparently Loomis feels the same way.

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Communications is critical to the success to a secondary and the less turnover the better. To me, bringing back a capable CB is better than bringing in a new one with no on field experience with the others ... even if technically better.

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There’s no guarantee that PRob will even still have it this season. He’ll be 32 and coming back from torn ligaments in his ankle. We definitely need PJ.

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With the physical style I'd like to see him play some free safety.

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I look for Marcus Williams and Crawley to turn it around too. Williams can play like he did his rookie year this backfield could be scary good. Crawley could wind up being extremely solid depth or even take his job back from Apple.

Interested to see how a healthy P-rob changes things. He was doing pretty well before the injury on his own but our other guys couldn’t get on the same page. When he went down is when our DBs started to gel. I remember one or two of our guys, Marcus Williams being one saying they were having trouble getting it together with the “new guys”. P-Rob specifically. I really didn’t get that statement seeing as how NONE of them played together the year before and did fine.