re: Roman Harper returning to the Saints

Roman can't cover in space. I mean, it's obvious. The Panthers obviously put him in better positions/schemes to do well. (that didn't involve covering anyone, I guess.) Sure he's a character guy, looks distinguished, but unless his speed and quickness have improved with age, this is really a fairly worthless move.

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Like I said in another thread, I like it because this team needs leadership. It's extremely young. I underestimated the value Harper, Jenkins, Vilma and Smith had in the lockerroom, which led to the rise of Junior and the arse clown committee.

Harper will be a good mentor for Vaccaro, can play in some packages and here's where it gets interesting...

Been a lot of talk recently about playing three Safeties. Sounds like we're going back to the 2013 D that worked really well. Harper is like another coach on the field and can help Allen with the install.

What's messed up about this entire situation is that it's becoming abundantly clear that Payton/Loomis completely botched the D the last two years. Rob Ryan is not without fault, but he was truthful in the statements about the change to the Seattle D.

Payton needs to just butt the hell out of the D. The only time we've ever had a good D in his time, is when he let Williams/Ryan do their own thing.

It's evident 2013 D is the scheme. Kikaha takes on the Galette role. Byrd = Jenkins, Vaccaro going back to his hybrid role, Bell will play the Rafael Bush role and Harris/Harper will do what Harper did that year.

Laurinitis takes over for Lofton and Ellerbe for Hawthorne and Anthony for Harylson.

They are placing a premium on smart players who know their assignment. This D was really good but didn't create many turnovers. It also looked weak after Jabari went down.

But with a healthy Lewis and Breaux and somebody from Williams and Swann stepping up, we should be pretty damn solid.

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I agree with 99% of this.