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At the end of the day though, the single biggest reason this defense isn’t an aberration, and why it’s a different defense from years past, is their rookie first-round pick. The effects of a No. 1 cornerback aren’t as obvious on television as that of, say, J.J. Watt. When Watt slips past a guard and barrels toward a QB, the footage gets replayed from every angle as the announcers gush. When a top cornerback sits perfectly on a double move and forces the quarterback to hold the ball an extra half second to get to his next read, there’s no 30-second montage. It likely won’t even get mentioned. Yet the effects are similar.

That is what Marshon Lattimore has brought to the Saints defense that it hasn’t had since Keenan Lewis’s first year in New Orleans back in 2013.

i kept trying to tell people who were melting over not getting a pass rusher

coverage creates sacks

Lattimore and Williams create coverage and we have Cam Jordan. sacks will come

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Posted by bonethug0108

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Posted on 10/19/17 at 2:33 pm to SlowFlowPro

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i kept trying to tell people who were melting over not getting a pass rusher

coverage creates sacks

Yup. It works both ways. We were clearly lacking more talent in the secondary than up front.

Having a talent like Galette can go a long way, but guys like that (from a pass rush perspective) are hard to find. He was consistently held nearly every down but it was never called because he'd just bend and keep fighting through instead of flopping like most people do.

Now that the QBs don't have those quick throws open nearly every play we are getting more pressure/sacks. Having a legit shutdown corner like Lattimore transformed the whole defense.

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