K Major

Probably not a popular opinion but I’d like Akeim Hicks on that D line.

When healthy, he’s trouble.

iceshack149

Certainly not popular with Akiem...

Boston Saint

I genuinely LOL’d at that one Ice!!!

AsylumGuido

He's moved past that according to Hicks himself.

Akiem Hicks finally burying the hatchet with the Saints

“Do I appreciate how I was cast aside?” Hicks told Nathan Smith for ChicagoBears.com. “I wasn’t good enough to play for that team? No, I don’t appreciate those things. You never forget, but you can’t carry hate in your heart, you know what I’m saying? I would also say that, man, you just appreciate those moments. I wouldn’t say it loses its luster.”

A recent trip down memory lane — a highlight reel of Marques Colston’s biggest plays during his and Hicks’ time together in New Orleans — turned the big man sentimental, and he found himself catching up with an old friend in Saints captain Cameron Jordan.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

SmashMouth

But more expensive now. We have some younger players that are stepping up now, like Ringo, etc...

jeanpierre

Constant rotation of the DTs, along with Ryan Nielsen's coaching, was huge for this unit; only criticism was few sacks, but lots of pressures, collapsing the pocket...