Saints Cap Moves: $20,743,993 cap space ….. 7 restructures, 2 voids re-signed, 1 paycut, 1 release

St. Geezy said

So you think PFF knows Nathan Shephard’s assignments and is grading him on how well he occupies his responsibilities for run fits?

If our coaches thought he was essentially the worst DT in the league according to the PFF grade you hold as Bible, do you really think we’d have kept him on the team, much less given him an extension?

We could have just cut him for cap savings. He was one of the few guys where we could have just shed his dollars, but we opted not to and instead in fact want to hold onto him even longer.

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You can argue what his number ranking should be all you want but I think they know enough to know if he’s top of the league, middle of the league, or bottom of the league.

The grade didn’t say he was worst in the league lol he overall grade was 188/219 so below average. Run defense was the biggest issue and look at the team. We were one of if not the worst run d last year and collectively last 2-3 years we’ve been terrible. Bresee, Saunders, Shepard all cannot stop the run. Hence why we traded for Godchuax which stoping the run is the only reason he’s in the NFL. If our coaches loved our production in that area no trade would have been made.