What does life look like for the New Orleans Saints without Demario Davis? The veteran linebacker ****** erted himself as one of the best players at his position, aging like fine wine into the 2020s. He's the headlining member of our All-NFC South Team of the 2020s at linebacker, but he isn't alone. At the same time Davis was taking point for the Saints, Lavonte David was doing the same with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now both teams must move on without their longtime leaders. Here's a look at both of them and other linebackers in the division who might take up their mantle.
One key stat we're relying on is Approximate Value from Pro Football Reference, which PFR defines as "an attempt to put a single number on the seasonal value of a player at any position from any year." In practice, that means giving higher numbers to player who start more games, play more snaps, and do more to help their team win by racking up yards, scoring touchdowns, creating turnovers and sacking quarterbacks, and so on. We're also ****** igning point values to being named a first-team All-Pro (ten points), second-team All-Pro (five points), and Pro Bowler (three points). And then we're adding those numbers together. Remember, these are all-decade teams for the NFC South, which didn't exist until 2002, and only contributions on the four teams in the division factor into our formula. So Drew Brees earning a Pro Bowl nod with the San Diego Chargers in 2005 doesn't help him, for example.
Team: New Orleans Saints (2020 to 20205)
AV: 76
Awards: All-Pro second team (4), Pro Bowler (2)

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