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Saints Pulse
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Saints Defense Starts Strong |
The Saints start out 2006 with a win against the Colts and a loss against the Bucs. The Colts win was a strong overall performance on both sides of the ball while the Bucs game was a clunker by the offense. Overall it's an uneven start that doesn't really give us a clear understanding of the team and its trajectory for the season.
Here's a look at each game with some commentary on the performances:
Week 1
New Orleans Saints 24
Indianapolis Colts 10
The Colts had a 10-9 lead at half, but the total yards would tell the story in this game as the Saints dominated 421-184. They also dominated time of possession 30:21 to 13:39.
A little background to this game. In the offseason, the Colts traded Peyton Manning to Denver and the new starter in town is Chris Simms. Simms may eventually be a star QB but he is no Manning and that really helped our defense. Simms has 78 AWR, 90 THP, and 94 THA. As I said not bad. But Manning has 99 AWR, 96 THP, and 98 THA. He's just at another level. The difference between the two was noticeable in week one.
The game flow was Saints with the ball and either in the lead or really close. This allowed us to run the ball with the RB tandem of Deuce McAlister and Michael Turner. McAlister ran the ball 22 times for 91 yards and 2 TD's. And Michael Turner ran the ball 12 times for 66 yards. This type of ball possession offense took the pressure off of Ben Roethlisberger. We were presently surprised with the rushign attack in light of the revamped offensive line. The rookie LT-Andre Whitworth has been very solid in both games and the same is true for 3rd year RT-Sean Bubin who moved from LT this offseason.
Meanwhile Roethlisberger was very good in this one completing 15-17 for 213 yards. The effectiveness in both the run game and pass game led to 22 first downs which was also a pleasant surprise.
The defense showed up in a big way too, holding the Colts to 184 yards and 7 first downs. Our rookie first round draft pick, CB-Jonathan Joseph, had his first interception late in this one as well. Both defensive ends register a sack a piece too.
The game was very much in the balance until late in the 4th quarter after the Colts failed to convert on a 4th down and goal. The Saints took the ball and went 98 yards in 6 plays capped off by a short Deuce McAlister run that put the game out of reach.
The Saints win week 1 by a score of 24-10.
Week 2
New Orleans Saints 3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23
For all the good vibes that we experienced in week 1, week 2 brought on all the bad vibes and it started with it being a rain game. I hate rain games! In fact, unless I manage the Eagles, I do everything I can to manage a dome team (like the Saints) since I hate rain games and being a dome team guarantees at least 8 games without the rain. Anecdotally, rain games have more turnovers and greater variance in performance. I've convinced this is true, though it's possible I could be wrong.
To the specifics of the game. The Bucs came out early in the 1st quarter and dominated including a 64 yard TD catch by a 5th round draft pick who is 5'8" and has 34 AWR. Unbelievable but it happened. Two players in the secondary ran into each other and Owens was off to the races. It was 13-0 fast and the Saints kep stalling just as they passed midfield. In fact, the Saints never got in the Red Zone the entire game. Offensively the team was just bad. Roethlisger threw two interceptions, and McAlister fumbled the ball once as well. Just not good.
Despite scoring 23 points, the Bucs only gained 291 yards . And 111 of those yards came on two long pass plays. So even though this game wasn't close, it wasn't really on the defense. Rookie CB-Jonathan Joseph had his second interception in as many games. And he's off to an impressive start. Rookie LOLB-Anthony Schlegel registered his first sack too. We are very encouraged by the defense's performance. Currently the defense is ranked #1 in yards against, just barely better than division rival Carolina. Now we face Tennessee this week, so we are not likely to stay in that top position. But we will cherish it while we can.
The Titans will be yet another formidable test for us and we look forward to it. |
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The 2006 New Orleans Saints Starting Lineup |
The 2006 offseason has been a season of change in the Big Easy. The Saints have made a significant overhaul on the defensive side of the ball. The hope is that the changes on defense coupled with the development of the younger players on offense will bring wins to New Orleans. Here's a look at who gets the starting nod at each position:
QB-Ben Roethlisberger- 27 years old | 6'5" | 240 lbs. | 2nd Year Starter
82 AWR | 86 THP | 96 THA
Drafted 2.9.04 by Saints
HB-Deuce McAlister- 28 years old | 6'1" | 232 lbs. | 4th Year Starter
93 SPD | 78 STR | 79 AWR | 90 AGI | 95 ACC | 85 CAR | 99 BTK
Original Roster
FB-Lousaka Polite- 25 years old | 6'0" | 245 lbs. | 3rd Year Starter
76 SPD | 71 STR | 63 AWR | 79 AGI | 85 ACC | 80 CAR | 41 PBK | 4 8RBK
Drafted 6.28.04 by Saints
WR-Kassim Osgood- 25 years old | 6'5" | 220 lbs. | 4th Year Starter
93 SPD | 65 STR | 64 AWR | 89 AGI | 97 ACC | 90 CTH
Drafted 1.17.03 by Saints
WR-Matt Jones- 24 yeras old | 6'6" | 222 lbs. | 2nd Year Starter
92 SPD | 61 STR | 50 AWR | 95 AGI | 91 ACC | 78 CTH
Drafted 1.5.03 by Saints
TE-Patrick Estes- 24 years old | 6'7" | 310 lbs. | 2nd Year Starter
77 SPD | 74 STR | 58 AWR | 79 AGI | 77 ACC | 71 CTH
Drafted 2.5.05 by Saints
ROOKIE- LT-Andrew Whitworth- 25 years old | 6'7" | 330 lbs. | 1st Year Starter
66 SPD | 92 STR | 49 AWR | 63 AGI | 82 ACC | 82 PBK | 77 RBK
Drafted 2.9.06 by Saints
LG-Kyle Turley- 31 years old | 6'5" | 309 lbs. | 4th Year Starter
57 SPD | 88 STR | 82 AWR | 62 AGI | 67 ACC | 90 PBK | 90 RBK
Original Roster
C-Tony Wragge- 27 years old | 6'4" | 311 lbs. | 2nd Year Starter
57 SPD | 93 STR | 65 AWR | 62 AGI | 66 ACC | 85 PBK | 85 RBK
Signed 2005
RG-Ben Sobieski- 25 years old | 6'5" | 307 lbs. | 3rd Year Starter
65 SPD | 86 STR | 61 AWR | 66 AGI | 76 ACC | 87 PBK | 87 RBK
Drafted 4.17.03 by Saints
RT-Sean Bubin- 25 years old | 6'6" | 306 lbs. | 3rd Year Starter
68 SPD | 99 STR | 62 AWR | 72 AGI | 82 ACC | 86 PBK | 86 RBK
Drafted 1.26.04 by Saints
LE-Charles Grant- 28 years old | 6'3" | 282 lbs. | 4th Year Starter
82 SPD | 87 STR | 68 AWR | 81 AGI | 87 ACC | 90 TAK
Original Roster
ROOKIE- DT-Kedric Golston- 23 years old | 6'4" | 330 lbs. | 1st Year Starter
61 SPD | 94 STR | 52 AWR | 63 AGI | 68 ACC | 72 TAK
Drafted 4.9.06 by Saints
DT-Jerry DeLoach- 29 years old | 6'6" | 335 lbs. | 1st Year Starter
61 SPD | 91 STR | 73 AWR | 63 AGI | 67 ACC | 76 TAK
Trade with Bills 2006
RE-Darren Howard- 30 years old | 6'3" | 275 lbs. 4th Year Starter
80 SPD | 72 STR | 74 AWR | 76 AGI | 82 ACC | 89 TAK
Original Roster
ROOKIE- LOLB-Anthony Schlegel- 25 years old | 6'0" | 251 lbs. | 1st Year Starter
85 SPD | 70 STR | 58 AWR | 86 AGI | 86 ACC | 78 TAK
Drafted 2.27.06 by Saints
MLB-Ryan Fowler- 25 years old | 6'3" | 250 lbs. | 3rd Year Starter
85 SPD | 91 STR | 68 AWR | 78 AGI | 91 ACC | 80 TAK
Drafted 2.18.04 by Saints
ROLB-Victor Hobson-24 years old | 6'2" | 254 lbs. | 4th Year Starter
86 SPD | 71 STR | 67 AWR | 80 AGI | 90 ACC | 91 TAK
Drafted 2.17.03 by Saints
CB-Greg Brooks- 24 years old | 5'11" | 182 lbs. | 3rd Year Starter
99 SPD | 75 STR | 65 AWR | 99 AGI | 99 ACC | 31 CTH| 99 JMP | 67 TAK
Drafted 2.20.04 by Saints
ROOKIE- CB-Jonathan Joseph- 24 years old | 5'11" | 1st Year Starter
84 SPD | 67 STR | 65 AWR | 97 AGI | 97 ACC | 66 CTH | 87 JMP | 73 TAK
Drafted 1.9.06 by Saints
FS-Josh Bullocks- 23 years old | 6'0" | 207 lbs. | 2nd Year Starter
89 SPD | 74 STR | 59 AWR | 89 AGI | 88 ACC | 57 CTH | 89 JMP | 73 TAK
Drafted 5.5.05 by Saints
SS-Darren Sharper- 31 years old | 6'2" | 210 lbs. | 4th Year Starter
85 SPD | 62 STR | 92 AWR | 85 AGI | 88 ACC | 72 CTH | 86 JMP | 71 TAK
Trade with 49ers 2006 |
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New Orleans Saints 2006 Draft Review |
New Orleans Saints 2006 Draft Review
1.9- CB-Jonathan Joseph- 22 years old, 5’11”, 186 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 90 SPD | 62 STR | 65 AWR | 95 AGI | 95 ACC | 67 CTH | 88 JMP | 77 TAK
Private Workout: 94 SPD | 67 STR | 65 AWR | 97 AGI | 97 ACC } 66 CTH | 87 JMP | 73 TAK
Post-Skew: 94 SPD | 67 STR | 65 AWR | 97 AGI | 97 ACC | 66 CTH | 87 JMP | 73 TAK
Skew: +4 SPD | +5 STR | +2 AGI | +2 ACC | -1 CTH | -1 JMP | -4 TAK
Commentary: We were otherwise engaged during the 1st round of the draft so we needed to alter our normal plan and do private workouts the day before. Trying to get the latest info on what teams above us were intending to do helped us to recognize who would likely not be there. We had actually explored trying to move up ahead of the Jaguars after they had traded up. While there were a few players that we were looking at if we moved up, ultimately we were looking at QB-Vince Young. This wasn’t as much about being disappointed with Roethlisberger as much as it was about how elite Vince Young has the potential to be. The combined 155 between AWR and THA is just plain elite. Yeah he is going to be a scrambler unless you pay the activity points to change him, but his value in a couple of seasons will be higher than any other player in this draft. But we couldn’t trade up and it actually worked out fine since the Vikings took him anyway. Fast forward to when we were on the clock, we didn’t see all the moves prior to our pick due to our commitments on the evening, but we made the assumption that at least one of three players would still be available. In order of preference they were #1- CB-Jonathan Joseph, #2- D’Brickashaw Ferguson, and #3- TE-Leonard Pope. When we went to the site there was indeed one player on the list. Somehow CB-Jonathan Joseph slid down the board to us at 1.9. We were initially confident that he would get to us since his pre-skew attributes were low, but as the mock drafts poured in the days prior to the draft, Joseph was rising up the board. Once we did the private workout and looked back at those mocks, we were concerned that enough GM’s had done the private workout that he wasn’t going to get to us. So it was a little nerve-racking waiting to draft. The two other players on the board we would also have been happy with. We needed another offensive tackle and with Ferguson’s skew up in acceleration we felt good about selecting him but he did not make it to us. TE-Leonard Pope is the exact type of player we like. Unique size at TE and with great athleticism. It looks like maybe the Raiders wanted him and thought we might go after him. It’s a reasonable assumption and that would have been where we would have turned had Joseph not been on the board.
In an earlier lunch discussion with Will, he wanted to know what I was thinking about my spot in the draft. I didn’t share all the details, but I did note I had an interest in Vince Young, which was definitely true. Had there been any shot on Brandon Marshall or Chad Greenway, I would have felt the same about them. I did point out, post-draft, my consistent philosophy that the first round for me is all about WR’s, CB’s, and occasionally OT’s unless there is a really elite player at another position that is a position we value. An example of how we think about the first round is that there are certain positions, we just don’t want to allocate first round resources to. One of those is DT. We were mocked for that position in several mocks and we didn’t have players on the roster at the position so that makes some sense. I agree that it was a need, but I was and am still unwilling to allocate first round resources to the position. This is also true of both the FS and SS positions. Which is where many people had us going last year when we ultimately went with WR-Matt Jones. So with all that background the pick was CB-Jonathan Joseph and we are thrilled to have him. He helps to address our greatest need as a team and that was pass defense. He will be a starter from day one.
2.9- LT-Andrew Whitworth- 25 years old, 6’7”, 330 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 64 SPD | 95 STR | 45 AWR | 63 AGI | 88 ACC | 84 PBK | 79 RBK
Private Workout: 66 SPD | 92 STR | 49 AWR | 63 AGI | 82 ACC | 82 PBK | 77 RBK
Post-Skew: 66 SPD | 92 STR | 49 AWR | 63 AGI | 82 ACC | 82 PBK | 77 RBK
Skew: +2 SPD | -3 STR | +4 AWR | -6 ACC | -2 PBK | -2 RBK
Commentary: The initial couple of tiers in this draft had pretty much come and gone and there was a clear choice in round 2. Be willing to draft older prospects or go with lesser talents players with lower upside. Neither choice is optimal, but we would rather have less years but higher ceiling players than more years of lower ceiling players, so with that conviction, we selected 25 year old Andrew Whitworth to be our starting LT. The physical talent is there. And the blocking skills aren’t far off, but the awareness and age combo is what allowed him to fall to us here. At the LT spot he can be somewhat shielded while he develops. The intent is to move Kyle Turley over the LG to block right next to him, but we are in need of activity points to make this happen. I wouldn’t call this a home run pick, but it’s going to look pretty solid by the end of next season.
2.22- QB-Brodie Croyle- 23 years old, 6’2”, 206 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 58 AWR | 82 THP | 90 THA
Private Workout: 61 AWR | 85 THP | 89 THA
Post-Skew: 61 AWR | 85 THP | 89 THA
Skew: +3 AWR | +3 THP | -1 THA
Commentary: The backup QB position is a really important position in Madden 08 regardless of your starter’s INJ attribute. QB’s get injured a ton and we wanted the best backup possible considering we moved one of the five best backups last year in a trade this offseason. When we looked at the three QB’s we currently had, we knew that the rookies in this class had the potential to be better right away than our current backup. So when Croyle was still available at 2.22, we took him. He doesn’t need to be the guy right now, he simply needs to be a really good backup which he can be with his current attributes. For whatever reason, the league has been downplaying THA, but we still see it as a valuable attribute for the QB. Croyle has a great starting THA already. We look forward to seeing what he can do in the league.
2.27- MLB-Anthony Schlegel- 245 years old, 6’0”, 251 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 86 SPD | 69 STR | 57 AWR | 86 AGI | 90 ACC | 53 CTH | 77 TAK
Private Workout: 85 SPD | 70 STR | 58 AWR | 86 AGI | 86 ACC | 54 CTH | 78 TAK
Post-Skew: 85 SPD | 70 STR | 58 AWR | 86 AGI | 86 ACC | 54 CTH | 78 TAK
Skew: -1 SPD | +1 STR | +1 AWR | -4 ACC | +1 CTH | +1 TAK
Commentary: One of the areas in particular that we have identified as a need is LOLB. We have Dan Klecko, who has been a three year starter there, but he has really low AWR at 55 and is really more suited for a DE role. The final few games of the season, we actually started Chris Canty at RE and moved Darren Howard to LOLB for the boost in AWR and it really did seem to help. But Howard is starting to regress and we need to plan for the future. When 2.27 came around we selected MLB-Anthony Schlegel to that guy. We will be moving him to LOLB where he will be an upgrade over Dan Klecko in every attribute except tackle. Now Schlegel is another over-aged prospect, so he’s actually the same age as Klecko, but he’s still going to get attribute boosts that will separate him even further from Klecko. We think this will work, but the first year could be a bit touch-and-go.
3.1- LG-Davin Joseph- 23 years old, 6’3”, 313 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 62 SPD | 93 STR | 52 AWR | 53 AGI | 82 ACC | 79 PBK | 78 RBK
Private Workout: NA
Post-Skew: 54 SPD | 89 STR | 49 AWR | 56 AGI | 75 ACC | 78 PBK | 80 RBK
Skew: -8 SPD | -4 STR | -3 AWR | +3 AGI | -7 ACC | -1 PBK | +1 RBK
Commentary: This pick is the worst pick of our draft. I think there were three factors that made this a poor pick. 1) We picked to fill a need. Just not a good idea. If there is a player that’s got the talent, sure. But picking the best available at one position as opposed to all the positions, is the pathway to poor value. 2) We were too tempted by the pre-skew numbers. Joseph’s pre-skew numbers were good for the 3rd round. But if someone’s attributes look too good to be the final attributes in round 3, it’s likely because GM’s did the private workout and found out he’s not nearly as good as he looks. 3) The actual skew crushed Joseph: -8 SPD, -4 STR, -7 ACC. All three attributes that matter to us greatly. The pick wasn’t good and at least we can explain why.
4.9- DT-Kedric Golston- 23 years old, 6’4”, 330 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 52 SPD | 96 STR | 50 AWR | 66 AGI | 64 ACC | 72 TAK
Private Workout: NA
Post-Skew: 61 SPD | 94 STR | 52 AWR | 63 AGI | 68 ACC | 72 TAK
Skew: +9 SPD | -2 STR | +2 AWR | -3 AGI | +4 ACC
Commentary: There’s one starting spot on the team that still hasn’t been addressed and that is DT. We had two DT’s at the top of our board as round three was coming to a close. The Broncos took one of them at 3.32 in Anthony Montgomery. This made us nervous that a team in front of us was going to snag the other. But no team did, and so we were able to pick up Kedric Golston in round 4 and his final numbers turned out very well. The +9 SPD and +4 ACC were what we wanted to see but couldn’t have imagined. He will slot in next to Jerry DeLoach. We love the value of this pick here and patience at the position really did pay off. We wish he was a touch more athletic but his skew is going to get him to a starter quality easily.
5.8- DT-Claude Wroten- 23 years old, 6’2”, 295 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 61 SPD | 94 STR | 48 AWR | 62 AGI | 69 ACC | 75 TAK
Private Workout: NA
Post-Skew: 59 SPD | 89 STR | 47 AWR | 59 AGI | 73 ACC | 75 TAK
Skew: -2 SPD | -5 STR | -1 AWR | -3 AGI | +4 ACC
Commentary: Once you are in the 5th round you are just looking for value anywhere. And pre-skew Claude Wroten looked like great value. He’s on the small side for a DT, but we could at least see a scenario where he could be decent and so we selected him and hit the minimum roster requirements at the position. His skew wasn’t great but he did pickup +4 in ACC which is nice.
6.8- LT-Ryan O’Callaghan- 23 years old, 6’7”, 330 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 42 SPD | 85 STR | 51 AWR | 60 AGI | 65 ACC | 90 PBK | 83 RBK
Private Workout: NA
Post-Skew: 50 SPD | 82 STR | 51 AWR | 59 AGI | 67 ACC | 92 PBK | 87 RBK
Skew: +8 SPD | -3 STR | -1 AGI | +2 ACC | +2 PBK | +4 RBK
Commentary: In the 6th round we went Ryan O’Callaghan the big, tall LT. I saw another GM mention earlier on Discord how he was inclined to select players he has had in other leagues and that was true for us here. O’Callaghan was a 1st round pick stud RT in another league that we were in and so he becomes the sentimental pick in round 6. His blocking skills, height, and weight are elite even if nothing else is.
6.9- QB-Charlie Whitehurst- 24 years old, 6’5”, 226 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 57 AWR | 87 THP | 88 THA
Private Workout: NA
Post-Skew: 57 AWR | 83 THP | 87 THA
Skew: -4 THP | -1 THA
Commentary: A second QB in this draft? It’s where the value was. Right now rookie QB’s have real value because the overall league talent is so low at the position. We don’t need five quarterbacks, but Whitehurst is the most likely player to bring about the best return from this pick. He’s not particularly great and he’s another over-aged prospect. But he’s comparable to a few teams backup QB’s already and he will develop a bit in his first and second seasons.
6.32- CB-Tye Hill- 24 years old, 5’10”, 185 lbs.
Pre-Skew: 93 SPD | 73 STR | 56 AWR | 82 AGI | 88 ACC | 56 CTH | 79 JMP | 60 TAK
Private Workout: NA
Post-Skew: 88 SPD | 69 STR | 54 AWR | 89 AGI | 89 ACC | 55 CTH | 82 JMP | 61 TAK
Skew: -5 SPD | -4 STR | -2 AWR | +7 AGI | +1 ACC | -1 CTH | +3 JMP | +1 TAK
Commentary: The final player in the New Orleans Saints draft class comes off the board at 6.32. The talent level was low, so when the Saints saw Tye Hill on the board still we took him. It was a position of extreme weakness last season (See comments on Jonathan Joseph above). And so why not add more bodies to the room. Hill is over-aged but he’s better than what we had last year and depth is a good thing in this league as we found out previously. He skewed way down in SPD and STR but way up in AGI. So he’s serviceable.
Overall we are very happy with this draft class. We lacked both talent and depth and this class helped with both. It looks like there will be four starters from this class, 3 on the defense and 1 on the offense. Assuming they perform well, that would be a huge get in one draft. |
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Saints Address Biggest Need in Three Ways |
The Saints finished the 2005 season with a record of 6–10. In doing a review of what went well in the season and what didn’t go well in the season, there was one obvious problem. Sure there were tons of injuries and that was definitely a factor. Sure there were like three games with an inferior backup quarterback, and that didn’t help either. And yes, the offensive school positions, particularly wide receiver, quarterback, and tight end are young and lack awareness. But the offense finished 13th overall in yards per game and were in the top 10 for most of the season.
The real reason the Saints lost as many games as they lost and were as bad as they were in 2005 came down to the secondary. And here’s the key stat that will tell you that this was the case. The Saints were dead last in the league in opponents quarterback rating. The opponents quarterback rating against the Saints in the regular season was 97.09. The only other team that was even close to that number was the Carolina Panthers. And the Saints had been dead last pretty much the whole season.
If you dig deeper into the numbers, you’ll notice that the completion ratio against the Saints was only 50.43%. That’s actually pretty middle of the road. The real issue is that they gave up 35 touchdown passes to only 13 interceptions and the average yard per attempt was 9.45 which was also dead last in the league. This year I was able to watch all of the games on replay and again it became really clear what the problem was and it’s the same story, the stats told. It was the secondary. And specifically we were consistently being beat on long pass plays.
When you dig into the circumstances, you can see why. We started the season with a 99 speed Greg Brooks at cornerback who was then injured only a couple games in. Opposite him was Jason Sehorn as the other starting cornerback. To give you a sense of Sehorn's speed, or lack there of, he entered the season with the same speed or less than both of our defensive ends at 81. Our nickel cornerback was Jeff Burris with 83 speed. After the first two weeks of the season, we knew we were in trouble. We did draft a corner back in the second round of the 2004 draft in Antonio Perkins. And while he had 93 speed to start with, he also entered the season with 53 awareness. And we were pretty unwilling to put him in a starting spot with that low of awareness. And so the team pretty much suffered the entire season. Eventually, Perkins got playing time because we were so bad and that helped him develop and so he got better by the end of the season. But we only had one guy who had 92 speed or more in Perkins. It was a long season and we resolved that this off-season we would do whatever we could to come into the next season with a much better secondary.
So we’ve addressed this in three ways:
First, Greg Brooks received the injury and toughness boost. So instead of eight injury, he now has 35 and instead of 2 toughness he now has 31. That still doesn’t get him out of the woods from potential injury, but it does at least make him a lot more viable as a legitimate option.
Second, Antonio Perkins received his first year attribute boost, and then also is receiving a training camp boost. So he will start the season with 95 speed 65 awareness, 93 agility and 94 acceleration. He’ll be in a much better place to shoulder significant load in the secondary.
Third in the 2005 draft with our first pick we selected cornerback Jonathan Joseph. Joseph comes in on day one with 94 speed 65 awareness 97 agility and 97 acceleration. He’s one of the best players in the draft we believe.
So now instead of the majority of the season, having to play a 93 speed cornerback with 53 awareness. We will now enter the season with a 94 speed 95 speed and a 99 speed cornerback all with 65 awareness. We think this will definitely help us defend better against the deep ball and will help us address the most significant weakness we had as a team. Even if Brooks were to get injured again, we still have two guys who are you able to shoulder a load and that should make a huge difference. Now all three cornerbacks are 5'11" in height. And typically in other leagues, we would’ve wanted at least a 6 foot cornerback but it’s only a 1 inch height difference. We feel really good that these three guys are going to play very well in this league as long as they stay healthy. |
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Saints Resign, Restructure, & Trades |
The Saints signed and extended two players this offseason.
First, the Saints resigned the 28 year old RB-Deuce McAllister to a 4 year, 5.24m/23.77m deal. McAllister was one of the only value pieces to the original roster and he will get the chance to play for the organzation for up to four more seasons. His production was clearly playbook dependent. But that makes sense. The Rams playbook did him no favors. But the Packers playbook did. And the success he had in the second half of the season was with the Packers playbook.
Second, the Saints restructured ROLB-Victor Hobson to a 7 year, 5.95m/18.2m deal. He was original draft pick and has performed very well in New Orleans. The 24 year old will be given the opportunity to play with the organization for up to seven more seasons.
The Saints traded their 3rd round pick for SS-Darren Sharper. The team felt that they needed some more AWR in the secondary and so Sharper slides into the starting spot previously occupied by Deandre Eiland.
The Saints also traded QB-Luke McCown to the Pittsburgh Steelers along with the Saints 5th round pick for the Texans 2nd, Packers 2nd, and Panthers 3rd round picks. McCown was the backup and while we value backup QB's as a starting position. We felt like we needed only one low INJ QB in the room.
The Saints acquired DT-Jerry DeLoach from the Buffalo Bills for the Vikings 6th round pick. The DT position has typically been a veteran free agent spot, but we liked DeLoach and felt like he could be a serviceable starter at DT at a nice price point. |
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At A Glance
| TEAM CAPTAINS |
Off. Captain
QB Ben Roethlisbergr |
Def. Captain
CB Johnathan Joseph |
ST Captain
WR Kassim Osgood |
| INJURY REPORT |
| PLAYER |
POS |
OVR |
LENGTH |
| NFC South |
| RNK |
TEAM |
W-L-T |
PCT |
DIV |
| #1 |
 Falcons |
5-0-0 |
1.000 |
1-0 |
| #17 |
 Panthers |
2-3-0 |
0.400 |
2-1 |
| #15 |
 Buccaneers |
2-3-0 |
0.400 |
1-1 |
| #25 |
 Saints |
1-3-0 |
0.250 |
0-2 |
| SAINTS SCHEDULE |
| Preseason |
| WK |
DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCOUT/RESULT |
| P1 |
Fri |
vs  Bills #29 |
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| P2 |
Sat |
at  Bengals #21 |
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| P3 |
Thu |
at  Chiefs #16 |
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| P4 |
Thu |
vs  Dolphins #23 |
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| Regular Season |
| 1 |
Sun |
at  Colts #26 |
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| 2 |
Sun |
at Buccaneers #15 |
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| 3 |
Mon |
vs  Titans #6 |
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| 5 |
Sun |
vs Panthers #17 |
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| 6 |
Sun |
at  Seahawks #9 |
Match-up |
| 7 |
Sun |
vs Falcons #1 |
Match-up |
| 8 |
Sun |
at  49ers #22 |
Match-up |
| 9 |
Sun |
vs  Jaguars #27 |
Match-up |
| 10 |
Sun |
vs  Rams #2 |
Match-up |
| 11 |
Sun |
at  Texans #14 |
Match-up |
| 12 |
Sun |
at Panthers #17 |
Match-up |
| 13 |
Sun |
vs Buccaneers #15 |
Match-up |
| 14 |
Mon |
at Falcons #1 |
Match-up |
| 15 |
Sun |
vs  Cardinals #12 |
Match-up |
| 16 |
Sun |
vs  Eagles #8 |
Match-up |
| 17 |
Sun |
at  Bears #30 |
Match-up |
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