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[Saint KayBee]

Do everyone remember Jeff Faine? He was consider a bust by the Browns where they paid Bentley. Then they basically gave him to the Saints you put him between Evans and Nicks and he was named a pro bowl alternate and then the highest paid center in the game by the Bucs surpassing the guy who replaced him. I not saying we have Evans or Nicks on the team, but I saw a video where someone pointed out having him between Fuaga and McCoy he may go to the next level. Look at Becton last year. He was a bust with the Jets and one year with a good line and everyone here wanted him. I wanted to kick the tires last year to replace Penning. If the coaches thinks he can come in and start I'm down.

Faine also routinely whiffed on blocks. He’d just straight-up miss the guy expecting to be blocked by him. It’s intentional on draws and screens, but there would be plays where he’d go the wrong way and let a DT or MLB just run anywhere they wanted.

One of the most “giveth, and taketh away” offensive linemen I’ve ever seen.

 

[St.Dan]

Faine also routinely whiffed on blocks. He’d just straight-up miss the guy expecting to be blocked by him. It’s intentional on draws and screens, but there would be plays where he’d go the wrong way and let a DT or MLB just run anywhere they wanted.

One of the most “giveth, and taketh away” offensive linemen I’ve ever seen.

Considering both your post and the one you replied to, I think it's all about scheme and fit, just like with the team overall. Putting a line together is all about fit and chemistry, all those things.

Folk talk about how lucky we got with Brees' shoulder in the beginning. But the two most low-key bullseye draft picks during the Payton era were Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks. Those two guards let Brees step up in the pocket and deliver all those seam shots and deep shots we all remember. I'd tell people if Drew steps up cleanly, you can make a bet to yourself in that instant that the pass will be completed.

 

[WxM]

Faine also routinely whiffed on blocks. He’d just straight-up miss the guy expecting to be blocked by him. It’s intentional on draws and screens, but there would be plays where he’d go the wrong way and let a DT or MLB just run anywhere they wanted.

One of the most “giveth, and taketh away” offensive linemen I’ve ever seen.

Yup. Faine was the number one reason we were consistently poor at running the ball in short yardage situations in the first years of the Payton era.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Considering both your post and the one you replied to, I think it's all about scheme and fit, just like with the team overall. Putting a line together is all about fit and chemistry, all those things.

Folk talk about how lucky we got with Brees' shoulder in the beginning. But the two most low-key bullseye draft picks during the Payton era were Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks. Those two guards let Brees step up in the pocket and deliver all those seam shots and deep shots we all remember. I'd tell people if Drew steps up cleanly, you can make a bet to yourself in that instant that the pass will be completed.

I remember first watching the Payton-Marrone-Brees blocking scheme. The tackles were pushing the defensive ends way out wide, which worried me because wide is also where the DEs want to go, but the key to it working involved the tackles staying within themselves and not letting pass rushers win on their second move. The interior linemen just had to not get beat so Brees could step into space and make the throw. He was so good at finding the sight lines and making things happen, instead of any of the other less-preferred outcomes like relying on extremely deep drops or a high volume of rollouts, or having lots of passes knocked down at the line.

 

[St.Dan]

I remember first watching the Payton-Marrone-Brees blocking scheme. The tackles were pushing the defensive ends way out wide, which worried me because wide is also where the DEs want to go, but the key to it working involved the tackles staying within themselves and not letting pass rushers win on their second move. The interior linemen just had to not get beat so Brees could step into space and make the throw. He was so good at finding the sight lines and making things happen, instead of any of the other less-preferred outcomes like relying on extremely deep drops or a high volume of rollouts, or having lots of passes knocked down at the line.

To paraphrase Weird Al, Brees was indeed like a surgeon out there

 

[3ParStillDriver]

I remember first watching the Payton-Marrone-Brees blocking scheme. The tackles were pushing the defensive ends way out wide, which worried me because wide is also where the DEs want to go, but the key to it working involved the tackles staying within themselves and not letting pass rushers win on their second move. The interior linemen just had to not get beat so Brees could step into space and make the throw. He was so good at finding the sight lines and making things happen, instead of any of the other less-preferred outcomes like relying on extremely deep drops or a high volume of rollouts, or having lots of passes knocked down at the line.

Add to that, it also worked very well because Bree's typically only needed 2 seconds to throw. He diagnosed the defensive play pre-snap so well that he very, very rarely every needed to go to his 3rd progression. To top that off, he went through progressions extremely fast. So even if he needed to go to this 3rd, we're talking maybe 2.5 seconds. Him needing to hold onto the ball for 3.2 seconds or more was rare and mostly ever occurred if were baiting off the safety for a deep throw.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

Good

 

[RaginSaint93]

Dare I say it? Championship!!

 

[St.Dan]

Same as Amadi. Depth piece I agree with. The position is fairly high priority for the first few picks, as is CB.

 

[DeuceMcAllisterFan]

The team can now go into the draft and go after the BPA and will not be forced to reach for a need.

 

[Tulsa Saint]

Gives us some decent depth at along the line which was needed at a cheap deal.

Still need to probably draft a G though.

 

[AARPSaint]

I hope that the guard the Saints draft will beat him out for starting left guard. Depth, depth, depth.

 

[Brennan77]

Can he play safety?