Saints Starting Rookie Terron Armstead At LT Sunday...

[the butch]

Put up or shut up time for Hardy. He wants to get paid? Dominate on Sunday. If he has a disappointing game in a game of this magnitude vs. a rookie, no way would I pay him mega millions.

 

I know you don't have the most popular opinion around here, but I 100% agree.  Time to live up to your name, Hardy.  I'm looking for at least 1.5 sacks and 4 QB hurries.  Star and Cole need to capitalize on Hardy's penetration, too, to make his pressure turn into good defensive plays for us.

[rayzor]

Put up or shut up time for Hardy. He wants to get paid? Dominate on Sunday. If he has a disappointing game in a game of this magnitude vs. a rookie, no way would I pay him mega millions.

 

tho i'm confident he will beat on the rookie...i agree. if you can't just destroy this rookie then you are really going to have a hard time making a case for getting a big contract.

 

it's kind of like all the weak teams that we blew out this year...that's what you're supposed to do when you're significantly better.

 

one thing i will mention, tho...i seriously doubt that armstead will be on an island alone with hardy. i fully expect them to get him some help with the blocking...of course they do this and they take one weapon off the field, which is a win for us in this matchup. if hardy plays strong enough to warrant an extra blocker on him the whole game, it won't matter if he doesn't have big stats at the end because he will have done his job in making it easier for everyone else to do their's.

 

[CRA]

hopefully CJ will be back to full form.....bc Saints will likely opt to dictate action away from the rookie LT.

[rayzor]

this is awesome...

 

LarryHolder 10:44am via TweetDeck

Terron Armstead hasn't taken a single offensive snap this season. Every snap has been on special teams in his four active games.

 

[mr beauxjangles]

Hopefully McDermott moves our pass rushers around and doesn't just send Hardy his way. Sure, Hardy can dominate anyone in the league when at his best, but when a new guy enters and hasn't played a single snap, throwing multiple different guys that bring different attributes and physical qualities at them can really cause some trouble.

[PhillyB]

you can bet your ass they'll be dedicating extra blockers to hardy's side. this will allow better matchups for guys like star and short and CJ, so i wouldn't necessarily judge hardy's performance based on raw numbers.

[AceBoogie]

While we're telling Hardy to up his game, we as fans need to do the same. It's our job to make sure the rookie can't hear a damn thing in his first game and have at least two false starts. That's how you impact the game as a fan.

[ajax4132]

We gotta come hard at this kid, Armstead is a STUD.

 

Don't sleep on him, prototypical elite LT in the making

[RelaxImaPro]

Y'all fugers that have tickets better be loud as poo at this game.  I'd love to go, but the ticket prices are too damn high right now from what I've seen.

[General Mills]

Sean wouldn't make this move without a backup plan.  He is either going to keep Brown active in case Armstead falters or he will move Strief over to LT.  Watson is going to have to stay in and block and the RBs are going to have to chip.  Best case scenario is that the Saints have a solid new LT.  Worst case is that we have the reverse of what happened 2 weeks ago.  It'll be interesting to see how the Saints perform.  We all know the Panthers will be ready and full of energy.  They get off to a fast start and the Saints are going for the wild card.  The season has been entertaining for sure.  I have a funny feeling that we are playing each other 3 times this year and whoever has the HFA is moving on.

[Fox007]

We barely got any pressure on Brees last time.....

 

 

They better fuging have realized that last game plan did not work.

[hepcat]

Honestly, even though he's going up against a rookie, I'd like to see Hardy lined up in the middle more.  He seems to be better at generating pressure up the middle with his quickness against guards.  Tackles always seem to bounce him outside and force him to come in from the side and behind when the QB steps up in the pocket.  Let's have the 6'4 Kraken screaming in 5'11 Brees's face.  Put the tallest players in the middle and get their hands up, force Brees to move around to find throwing lanes.  More time in the pocket = more sacks.  

[SOJA]

well this is an interesting development 

[0115]

I remember watching him at the combine. I was impressed. But he's a rookie so, I'll hope for mistakes.