Saints sign Demario Davis (Mod Edit: Bumped old thread) (3 Viewers)

[Taker597]

Well, that is 2 levels of the D. One more piece.

 

[SAINTS 12]

@evansliva Davis led NFL in solo tackles (97) and #Jets in sacks (5) last season. Played 100% of NYJ defensive snaps. New #Saints MLB. twitter.com/diannaESPN/sta…

 

[desmondskiggers]

Thumper. I'm cabbage patching over here. Shades of Vilma.....

 

[BreesusSaves]

A still-in-his-prime former Jet now on the Saints... I've seen this movie before

 

[nosaints213]

Anyone have his PFF scores when in coverage?

 

[Saints 4 life]

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[Saint Spud]

Wow. Was very, very good in NY last year

 

[dvdman]

Hopefully one those "diamonds in rough" signings.

 

[SaintJ]

So out of Klein, Te'o, Robertson and Anzalone, who loses playing time here?

Look, I firmly believed we needed to add speed and thump to the front seven, so this is fine, but what does this do to our LB rotation?

 

[Eman5805]

Excellent sideline to sideline speed.

 

[KingNene]

Wow, I really wanted him but I didn't expect us to actually get him. Great signing. Looks like we're probably going tight end in the first round of the draft.

 

[desmondskiggers]

Hopefully one those "diamonds in rough" signings.

Or even one of those "ranks in the top 1/4th of the league at a position of need" signings. hrrrrmppph

 

[kackit74]

YAS!!! Davis is dope. W/the talent we have on D, he's the sideline to sideline talent we need at the MIKE. He also plays outside and can moonlight at the EDGE. LOVE IT!!! Now we dont need to reach on a LB in the draft.

Thanks didn't know anything about him, now I am happy.

 

[stadanko]

More PFF love. Apparently his week 3 game against the Dolphins was the best performance by a linebacker for the entire season.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-2017-top-game-grade-by-a-lb-demario-davis

On those 14 run defense snaps, Davis also managed to contact the ball carrier in the backfield twice and on the three occasions when Davis was the first defender to contact the runner, the offense lost almost an average of a yard on every play. All of this helped contribute to his run-defense grade of 88.7, his highest of the season and the fourth-highest run-defense grade of his six-year career to date.

However, as impressive as Davis was against the run, he was arguably even better when he was tested in coverage. Throughout the contest, Davis logged 44 coverage snaps and was targeted seven times. While he did allow six of those passes to be caught, he allowed just 18 total receiving yards, with just nine of those yards coming after the catch.

 

[Pdlc]

PFF: Demario Davis the highest-graded free agent linebacker

https://jetswire.usatoday.com/2018/02/14/pff-demario-davis-the-highest-graded-free-agent-linebacker/