Saints Should Pursue DE/DT Calais Campbell

Saint Ace said

I agree with all of that. I think we'll also target Andre Branch and a corner in free agency.

But Campbell would be my first choice. Could potentially fill the Kruger and Fairley roles with one player. Assuming we have a pass rush specialist that pushes Campbell inside on passing downs.

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Nahhhh...don't agree. Not a fit...we clearly want a DE opposite Cam that presents what we have in Cooks/Thomas(balance). The problem with Kruger was that he didn't provide any base passrush...and neither would Campbell at RDE. We also already have Rankins who can play RDE in sub packages. We were the 11th ranked run defense this year.......We'd just be adding to a strength already.

We also already have a full rotation on the interior(Davison,Fairly,Rankins,Onyemata) at DT including Cam having the ability to reduce inside. Just would be an overload...very likely that the RDE will be an edge guy specifically and will not be the type to reduce inside on passing down...but possibly the type to kick over to LDE and give Cam a break while the 3rd down specialist kicks over to RDE or EDGE OLB(we've run Cam heavy the last few years....imagine how much more productive he can be if he was able to take some breather snaps and us not have to worry about the quality of end that replaces him. He'd be fresh as crap in the 4th)

If not Branch then securing a 3rd down rusher and maybe nabbing Taco Charlton would fit.


Though i hate to be the person who disagrees with everyone....the fit isn't there because of an already deep DT field.....unless you were to swap out Fairley for Campbell....but Campbell isn't the penetrator that Fairley is and you also have to go back to projecting how the guy fits......AND he's older.