Such conviction such passion its as if you are Football. I don't even know if you're a real person anymore I think its just the spirit of all past Football greats that has come together behind a laptop and decided to be a Saints fan providing years of football knowledge to any who dare make a statement deemed untrue by you BigB the all knowing OZ. BigB OZ of the NFL.
And I'm like the Scarecrow brainless skipping down the PSD yellow brick road of Saints forums spitting out stupid what ifs and changing players positions all willy nilly telling NFL Defensive Coordinators to run a 4-4 waiting for the great OZ to give me a brain and laugh HA HA HA and tell me Under you're a dumb@zz and I'm right.

Don't get mad Im just ****ing with you bro.
Seriousy though
If a CB slows down or shows Football skills that may not be at the CB level anymore sometimes he gets moved to Safety or Slot Nickel etc. right?
If a DE with a good bull rush gains weight maybe that bull rush would be better served as a DT coupled with the weight gain. Specifically, Where as a DE must be quick off the snap usually entails being faster than the man across from you Smith seems to have lost the edge in quickness there. But is he faster than a OG C or a DT probably so Advantage in that regard I'd say yes. Is he lighter Idk that he is he has obviously gained some weight I'm thinking he is 285-295 maybe Ellis is 305ish big difference I dont think so. Maybe Ellis in terms of strentgh upper body pumps out 35 reps Will isn t that much weaker bench Will maybe 30 but in lower body maybe Will is stronger maybe not but we do know Will can push pretty well driving from those legs.
A DT to be effective in essence just needs to clog lanes and if possible penetrate but most like just push the line backwards = Bull rush.
As a DE just pushing your man back isnt good enough routinely this is what Smith does he cant release and control that edge he doesnt have the goods anymore but his current skillset fits better as a DT than DE. Sure OG and C offer more of a resistance. Again Im just offering discussion debate not necessarily saying Im right just trying to offer a different point of of view. Again not trying to upset you guys jus talking about stuff for debate.