St. PJ
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Most of us salivitate and yearn for the Saints to make a big splash and maybe sign a big name CB free agent like Asante Samuels. I asked Randy Cross and Bob Papa what they thought about such a move and their response was that the Saints play a lot of man coverage, are a predominately man coverage team, and that that is not Samuels stregnth. He said our scheme would be better fit with someone like Asomugha from Oakland. Granted, Randy Cross was an offensive lineman, and this opinion would be more highly values coming from someone like Solomon Wilcox who played the position, but it is a fair point.
What is obvious is that CB is not the only need on defense. We could use two more starters at LB, an additonal CB, a DT, and some safeties who understand the term safety and don't constantly play out of position. I also believe we play the scheme that we play based on the personel that we have-- which wasn't much to work with and in all likelyhood we have very little choice as to which scheme we employ if we don't have the horses. My question is for those with a more intimate knowledge of the game, who know the X's and O's better than I do. Simply put, If we signed a top tier LB and CB, and upgraded at safety, or if we went in to the offseason with the plan to do so, would it not be easier to get the talent and develop a new scheme with the talent we aquire should they be more versatile as opposed to pigeon holeing players to play in a scheme we never really had the players to play to begin with?
What is obvious is that CB is not the only need on defense. We could use two more starters at LB, an additonal CB, a DT, and some safeties who understand the term safety and don't constantly play out of position. I also believe we play the scheme that we play based on the personel that we have-- which wasn't much to work with and in all likelyhood we have very little choice as to which scheme we employ if we don't have the horses. My question is for those with a more intimate knowledge of the game, who know the X's and O's better than I do. Simply put, If we signed a top tier LB and CB, and upgraded at safety, or if we went in to the offseason with the plan to do so, would it not be easier to get the talent and develop a new scheme with the talent we aquire should they be more versatile as opposed to pigeon holeing players to play in a scheme we never really had the players to play to begin with?