Eli Apple

His overall pass defense skills were good prior to coming to the Saints. The question was his tackling skills. One of the complaints out of New York was his lack of tackling and holding his edge on running plays. He had a good game last night and lead the team in tackles. Overall the improvement in tackling has lead to the defense's resurgence. They are doing a much better job of open field tackling. When you force a team's QB to drop back 55 times to pass the football that is a winning formula. Ole Matty was their leading rusher.