Article grading saints safeties (1 Viewer)

[WhoDat!5]

Saw this article this morning, didn't see it posted, and thought you guys would enjoy.

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[Swampy Saint]

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Grading the 2016 New Orleans Saints: Safety | The Saints Nation

Thanks for posting.

I'm looking forward to a much better defense next year.
This is going to be a fun off season trying to plug the holes that us fans believe will take us to the next level.

A play making LB that can drop back into coverage and a ball hawking corner, like Tradavius White just might give our Front four that extra second or two they need to pressure the QB.

 

[platinumvinnyv]

Spot on results. I'm on the fence about him. If he take a pay cut he's a good safety but not even prowbowl worthy when prowbowl players are not even that good . Cousins

 

[BarBar]

Feel bad for Byrd. That analysis made it clear that his injuries are preventing him from being the playmaker he used to be.

 

[Rdanderson91]

Has he done other position groups like this?

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

Feel bad for Byrd. That analysis made it clear that his injuries are preventing him from being the playmaker he used to be.

I don't fully disagree but I think lack of a competent secondary/CB's has been the majority of the cause. There were times this year he looked plenty enough explosive in short areas to me...but if a QB has all 3 options available to throw the ball to because of OK to bad coverage as a FS what route do you jump if they are all open?

 

[JackT.]

what would you think about adding Eddie Jackson to the secondary?

 

[Prodigy]

I love me some Kenny!

 

[BarBar]

I don't fully disagree but I think lack of a competent secondary/CB's has been the majority of the cause. There were times this year he looked plenty enough explosive in short areas to me...but if a QB has all 3 options available to throw the ball to because of OK to bad coverage as a FS what route do you jump if they are all open?

Good point. We have got to have better secondary coverage next year.

 

[WhoDat!5]

Has he done other position groups like this?

I don't think he has yet, but I think that he intends to.

 

[Feelindabrees]

this is exactly how i feel they should have graded out.

 

[Sumdude34]

Love me some Harper, but I agree that he is done. He wasn't brought in to play, however. That just kinda happened.

I think Byrd's ranking is unfair. I would give him a B+. He took away the middle of the feild all season long. That was a big part to keeping our very undermanned defense competitive. Byrd was extremely underrated and underappreciated this season.

KV grade is spot on. The dude is a baller and he was finally used properly this season for the first time in a while.

Bell, this will be unpopular, but I would give him a C. Early on, he played great espcially for a rookie. He made big plays and covered really well. But the last month and a half of the season he really really struggled. He broke down in cover two a lot and gave up some big plays and TDs. Plus he started having trouble tackling. I think a lot of that was because he had to play KVs position after the suspension and all of the different assignments just started to confuse him. I think he will be fine going forward. He proved that he is talented and I think his late seasons struggles were just a fluke.