The Saints are 4-4 at the half way point and we’ve got 8 games of grades to go with now. Overall the grades are pretty good in some cases, but of course the offense is up compared to last year and the defense is way down.
As a general point of reference:
Above 3.00 is excellent
Above 2.70 is good
Above 2.50 is considered decent
Between 2.33 and 2.49 is considered slightly better than average
Between 2.00 and 2.32 is considered average to mediocre
Below 2.oo is poor
Below I’ve listed every player I’ve graded, through 8 games, from best to worst. To “qualify” you had to play a minimum of 3 “graded” games. Just so I’m clear, playing in 4 games doesn’t necessarily constitute 4 “graded” games, as I don’t grade every special teams kick coverer. My offensive player of the midseason is Michael Thomas, my defensive player of the midseason is Kenny Vaccaro and my special teams player of the midseason is Thomas Morstead.
Michael Thomas 3.38 (8 games graded)
Drew Brees 3.33 (8 games)
Thomas Morstead 3.29 (8 games)
Max Unger 3.08 (8 games)
Terron Armstead 3.07 (5 games)
Andrus Peat 2.95 (7 games)
Zach Strief 2.92 (8 games)
Brandin Cooks 2.92 (8 games)
John Kuhn 2.92 (8 games)
Kenny Vaccaro 2.90 (7 games)
Jake Lampman 2.89 (3 games)
Willie Snead, IV 2.86 (7 games)
Jahri Evans 2.75 (8 games)
Josh Hill 2.73 (5 games)
Craig Robertson 2.71 (8 games)
Wil Lutz 2.71 (8 games)
Cam Jordan 2.63 (8 games)
Senio Kelemete 2.62 (7 games)
B. W. Webb 2.61 (6 games)
Nick Fairley 2.58 (8 games)
Daniel Lasco 2.58 (4 games)
Mark Ingram 2.54 (8 games)
Tim Lelito 2.52 (7 games)
Nate Stupar 2.50 (8 games)
Tim Hightower 2.50 (8 games)
Brandon Coleman 2.48 (7 games)
Vonn Bell 2.48 (7 games)
Sterling Moore 2.40 (5 games)
Tommylee Lewis 2.34 (6 games)
Tyeler Davison 2.33 (7 games)
John Jenkins 2.33 (7 games)
Coby Fleener 2.29 (8 games)
Darryl Tapp 2.29 (7 games)
James Laurinaitis 2.22 (3 games)
Jairus Byrd 2.21 (8 games)
Michael Mauti 2.19 (7 games)
Ken Crawley 2.08 (8 games)
Travaris Cadet 2.00 (8 games)
David Onyemata 2.00 (8 games)
Paul Kruger 2.00 (7 games)
Chris Manhertz 2.00 (3 games)
Brian Dixon 1.93 (5 games)
Kasim Edebali 1.92 (8 games)
Roman Harper 1.88 (8 games)
De’Vante Harris 1.67 (6 games)
Stephone Anthony 1.55 (3 games)
Non qualifiers:
Delvin Breaux 2.84 (2 games)
Dannell Ellerbe 2.67 (1 game)
P. J. Williams 2.34 (2 games)
Sheldon Rankins 2.33 (1 game)
Erik Harris 2.17 (2 games)
Landon Turner 2.00 (1 game)
Tony Hills 1.67 (2 games)
Chris McCain 1.67 (2 games)
Justin Drescher 1.67 (1 game)
Marcus Murphy 1.33 (1 game)
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