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15 Apr 2014

Champ Bailey: The Numbers, The Tape, The Verdict

The New Orleans Saints have had a better offseason than most NFL teams. Adding Jairus Byrd, retaining Jimmy Graham and signing Champ Bailey should go a long way to aiding their push for a place in the Super Bowl. Bailey is the least celebrated of those three moves, in spite of his status as a future hall-of-fame player.

In 2012, Bailey was still a high-quality starter, but he struggled in 2013. Projecting forward, it's important to understand exactly why Bailey struggled in 2013.

Posted by: Cian Fahey on 15 Apr 2014

2 comments, Last at 20 Apr 2014, 4:49pm by LionInAZ

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by Blak :: Wed, 04/16/2014 - 12:09pm

Thanks for the analysis, but your gifs are too low quality to follow. I assume this was done for bandwidth reasons. You should check out http://gfycat.com/about as a tool if you're concerned about 5MB gifs.

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by LionInAZ :: Sun, 04/20/2014 - 4:49pm

Hell, I'd love to be able to follow this series, but the site keeps crashing the browser on my tablets. I think the problems are deeper than low quality gifs.