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'Dark horse' Demario Davis has been one of NFL's best free-agent signings

METAIRIE, La. -- Only one player in the NFL has at least 100 tackles, five sacks and 10 quarterback hits this season.

Only one player in the NFL did it last season, too.

In both cases, it was Demario Davis -- even though he switched from playing inside linebacker for the New York Jets to weakside linebacker for the New Orleans Saints.

Maybe it's time for him to stop flying under the radar.

Davis, 29, considers himself a "dark horse" who has never made a Pro Bowl or really enjoyed much of the spotlight in his seven-year career spent with the Jets, Cleveland Browns, Jets again and Saints.