“When I came in for the meeting during the offseason, they told me they were going to get into an attack defense up front, get in the backfield three yards, cause havoc and be disruptive,” he said. “As a player, that’s (been) my career, being able to get in the backfield and play off the block, get in their backfield and make havoc.”
Exhibit A, so far, was New Orleans’ preseason game against the Texans, a 16-9 loss on Saturday night at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Limited snaps didn’t limit Fairley’s impact – four tackles, a sack (for minus-four yards), a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry in the first half, spearheading a Saints defense forced three punts, produced an interception by P.