RB Kareem Hunt visiting the Saints tonight; Saints also working out LB Anthony Barr

Dago said
Keep in mind that the third 'starting' LB is a bit misleading as most teams play in the nickel with 2 LBs on the field far more often than a base 4-3.

I am pretty sure I saw a stat where the Saints were in the nickel for nearly 60% of their snaps last season. If you don't count short yardage and goal line situations, that percentage is going to be significantly higher. One could definitely say that the nickel is our base defense these days

We had 5+ DB’s on 74% of our defensive snaps, and yes, nickel is becoming base for a lot of teams as 11 personnel continues to grow in usage.

Edit to correct a pop quiz. After the 49ers, which team did we utilize the most base or heavier defensive packages against (as a %)? We were base or heavier on 53% of snaps against the 49ers, it was 51% against the second team.