NEW ORLEANS, LA – DECEMBER 24: Jairus Byrd
But the story in this matchup was much maligned Saints free safety Jairus Byrd who had himself a day. When New Orleans brought in Byrd from Buffalo as a free agent in 2015 he was expected to duplicate the role now imprisoned former Who Dat Darren Sharper had played in the Saints’ Super Bowl run, a ball hawking, center field playing turnover machine. To this point that hasn’t happened.
Byrd has been playing solidly though in the second half of this season. Black and Gold defensive coordinator Dennis Allen seems to have changed the scheme with Byrd.