Diante Lee

You have a chance.

If you believe that what you saw from Jaden Daniels, his rookie year,

is real and something that he can replicate or thereabouts, why wouldn't you feel excited about that if that's your offensive lineup?

And if you're a Commanders fan and you want to be a little delusional, you say, hey, we brought in all these guys who are veterans who have produced in other places.

Maybe Odafe Owe is on the rise in his career.

We might be right back in the thick of things in the NFC East, you know, while other teams are pretty vulnerable right now.

I think he's a very complimentary player.

Taking everything we've already discussed about his upside and setting that aside, and the fit here in New Orleans, focusing on that, he's a very complimentary player to Chase Young, who's a good run defender, great power rusher, pocket crusher type.

Now you can take that speed element and put him opposite of Chase Young, and I think that he can add a lot of value there.

I think that for me, and you look at the way that New Orleans played defense under Brandon Staley last year, and when they really started finding their stride there,

Still, with everything they were doing well from a coverage perspective and being able to stack the box and take away runs on early downs as well, the one thing I still felt that they did not have was instant speed off the edge.

I think that a lot of what they were doing in terms of making quarterbacks uncomfortable came from playing great coverage and forcing quarterbacks to hold the ball or these kind of pocket-crushing, very manufactured pass rush lanes between Young and their interior defenders.

At his best, David Bailey can be a, we're going to line you up in the widest nine you can imagine, and you just go, right?

You just go.

Don't worry about if they run a draw or a screen on third down.

We want you to go impact the game that way.

We want you to be our Nick Benito, and I do think that he can be that.

Especially when you look at his ceiling because of his speed, his arm length and what he can give you.

You know, if he is able to add a couple more things to his repertoire, I feel really excited about what that can be.

And if you're to take, you know, on the other side of things and you want to make an argument for what New Orleans can do offensively.