Hola ....
... new guy to this board. Glad to have found it.
I saw all 16 games for the Saints last year. (they have been my NFC team for years, and when they signed my favorite college player it was a no-brainer)
The Saints OL is VERY overrated, and not a good run blocking unit at all. Even their best OL , the aforementioned Kyle Turley is , at best an average run blocker. Naeole got driven into the backfield on nearly every play, Fontenot is a wily veteran, but his physical abilities are almost completely eroded. On the left side you had, Wally Williams, who was so fat (listed at 320 , I'd guess he played some at 355 or so last year ...) that he could barely move, and the aged Willie Roaf (later Darrell Terrrell -- think a bad Folau, and you get the idea ...). That line was BAD.
The worst part was the playcalling. It was as bad as you have ever seen. Non-sensical, nothing was built from anything. There was no play action (even though they faced 8 or 9 man fronts all year ...) it was horrid.
The Phins OL will be better this year, and more importantly the play calling and schemes will be better, and will better take advantage of our resources. Having Wade come back healthy (I hope) and adding Searcy ,McKinney et al ... can only help. I think that Turner's schemes will benefit us more than the talent influx though. In San Diego last year, they had 1 NFL quality lineman ... and Norv was able to turn that smoke-n-mirrors show into a good North-South running football team. And outside of TE, there is not ONE position on offense that the Chargers are more talented than we are ...
I am getting so pumped ...
