By John Sigler | Saints Wire
The New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans are set to help ring in the 2019 NFL season in the first Monday Night Football game of the year, kicking off on Sept. 9 from inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. To get an informed take on what Saitns fans should know going into the game, we reached out for a question and answer series with Mark Lane over at Texans Wire (read our responses to their questions here). Here’s what’s up: ...
1. Now that Jadeveon Clowney has been shipped out of town, who are the names to know on defense besides J.J. Watt?
ML: Watch out for OLB Whitney Mercilus, DE Angelo Blackson, OLB Brennan Scarlett, and rookie DE Charles Omenihu. One of the nice things about the Clowney holdout happening the whole offseason and training camp is it compelled defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel to cultivate other edge defenders in his scheme. Whether or not they have the ability remains to be seen. Mercilus did produce 19.5 sacks from 2015-16 when he was asked to rush the passer, but had a paltry 4.0 last year. ...
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