I work with a die hard Saints Fan

Her view on Manti is that he only played in their 3-4 sets, and they started playing more 4-3. He also came out in nickel situations. (Only two LBs in the field, and he wasn’t one of them.) Just isn’t as versatile as other LBs. (You May recall Manti struggled with pass coverage early in his ND career. I haven’t watched him enough in the pros to know if that remains a weakness.)