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FinFan 10-19-2009 03:31 PM
FinFan Here
 
Just wanted to say good luck this Sunday although I think we may be the ones that will need some luck more then you. Wow the Saints have just looked unstoppable this year. I am really happy for you guys after everything your city has been through you truly deserve a great team. I just hope your one loss comes against us and then I'm pulling for you the rest of the way. Unless of course we both make it to the SB but we are still missing a couple of pieces so I'm not seeing that this year but maybe next.

Anyway on to the game. In all honesty this game is a huge match up problem for us (and every other team in the league) Our secondary is very talented but young and prone to make mistakes. If our running game can't keep you off the field this could be a long day for us FinFans.

I think this game could be a lot like the Colts game for us if everything goes right. We just need to finish drives and tackles. We had the ball 45min to 15min and still lost that game because we gave up to many big plays. The problem I see that you have even more weapons then the Colts so our coaches need to come up the game plan of their lives on defense.

On offence we now have a QB behind center that has a big time arm unlike Penny who couldn't throw the long ball his life depended on it. This will at least spread the field and help our runners with even bigger holes. We both have great 'O' lines

Sorry this post is kind of all over the place but I'm writing it kind of fast and figure I'll be able to talk in more detail about the game when I respond to your comments.

WhoDat205 10-19-2009 03:46 PM
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Thanks for a civil post. Everyone on here is on cloud 9 with the team. It's hard to find much to complain about.

But I really hope we don't have a let-down game against the Phins. It's tough to come off a win like the one we just had and keep that level of intensity up.

Plus, the phins are built to be momentum killers with that clock-controlling run game.

We may be without a starting OLB (Fujita has a strained calf and is questionable) and one of our run stopper DT has been out for the last 4 games (he's close to being ready, though). We'll need both of them to slow Ronnie and Ricky down.

Henne has looked really good in limited action, too. I didn't realize he had such a cannon. Definitely a new wrinkle for a team that was dangerous to begin with.

Good luck.

QBREES9 10-19-2009 03:57 PM
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I can't wait to see how the Saints D is going to stop the Wildcat.

foreverfan 10-19-2009 03:57 PM
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Don't worry... we're already finished off most of the division for you.
Just 2 more to go.

neugey 10-19-2009 03:59 PM
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Thanks for the respect, FinFan. The Dolphins have been playing well in prime-time games and are a little underrated right now. Hope Jason Taylor makes the HOF someday, he is a class act.

Donuts32 10-19-2009 04:10 PM
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Welcome to the Board. You guys were good against the Jets. That was my first time watching the wildcat. Henne is a darn good Qb and Ginn looks like he could have a breakout year. I feel sorry for Pennigton he seems to never catch a break and was always critcized for his arm strength.

FinFan 10-19-2009 04:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverfan (Post 171273)
Don't worry... we're already finished off most of the division for you.
Just 2 more to go.
I started a post bringing up the fact that while winning this game would be a big boost, you guys may very well beat the whole division anyway and the loss wouldn't really be as big a deal as many would think. We play Saints/Jets/Pats in our next 3 and if we can go 2-1 in those we are still in good shape because our schedule gets somewhat easier the rest of the way. If were gonna go 2-1 in our next 3 a loss to you guys would be the least painful.

Of course I got jumped on like I just called Marino a homo or something. Some fans can't put wins and losses into perspective. With that said I really hope we can pull this upset because it would give us a huge leg up on the rest of the East. Plus the perfect season thing, it's always nice to knock off an undefeated team to help keep that record here in Miami. From what I've seen your the only team with any kind of shot at doing that this year.

FinFan 10-19-2009 04:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QBREES9 (Post 171272)
I can't wait to see how the Saints D is going to stop the Wildcat.
I think in reality you only need to slow it down a little and it may be enough. I do think some new wrinkles will come out of it this week. Should be a lot of fun to watch.

WhoDat205 10-19-2009 04:28 PM
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Another wrinkle is the Payton/Parcels history. Payton basically came up under Tuna and when we went to Dallas in 06, we straight up embarrassed them on national TV 42-17. Payton had Brees kneeling on the Cowboys 4 yard line with 2 minutes to play.

I know Tuna isn't calling the plays, but he's still "buying the gorceries" and I doubt he's forgotten that.

FinFan 10-19-2009 04:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WhoDat205 (Post 171300)
Another wrinkle is the Payton/Parcels history. Payton basically came up under Tuna and when we went to Dallas in 06, we straight up embarrassed them on national TV 42-17. Payton had Brees kneeling on the Cowboys 4 yard line with 2 minutes to play.

I know Tuna isn't calling the plays, but he's still "buying the gorceries" and I doubt he's forgotten that.
In year 1 Tuna was way more involved at this point he is just a front office guy. This is 100% Tony Sparano's team now. Down here we think Tuna helps out with 1 more draft then he's gone, we also have a great GM in Jeff Ireland so him leaving isn't considered a big deal in these parts. Don't get me wrong we owe Tuna a lot for bringing us from the depths but his job here is almost done.

strato 10-20-2009 12:20 AM
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That frikin wildcat scares the **** outta me

SaintPauly 10-20-2009 01:57 AM
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Just promise me that Jlo won't sing the national anthem, and we are all good. :) J/K

boonedocksaint 10-20-2009 02:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FinFan (Post 171262)
Just wanted to say good luck this Sunday although I think we may be the ones that will need some luck more then you. Wow the Saints have just looked unstoppable this year. I am really happy for you guys after everything your city has been through you truly deserve a great team. I just hope your one loss comes against us and then I'm pulling for you the rest of the way. Unless of course we both make it to the SB but we are still missing a couple of pieces so I'm not seeing that this year but maybe next.

Anyway on to the game. In all honesty this game is a huge match up problem for us (and every other team in the league) Our secondary is very talented but young and prone to make mistakes. If our running game can't keep you off the field this could be a long day for us FinFans.

I think this game could be a lot like the Colts game for us if everything goes right. We just need to finish drives and tackles. We had the ball 45min to 15min and still lost that game because we gave up to many big plays. The problem I see that you have even more weapons then the Colts so our coaches need to come up the game plan of their lives on defense.

On offence we now have a QB behind center that has a big time arm unlike Penny who couldn't throw the long ball his life depended on it. This will at least spread the field and help our runners with even bigger holes. We both have great 'O' lines

Sorry this post is kind of all over the place but I'm writing it kind of fast and figure I'll be able to talk in more detail about the game when I respond to your comments.
thanks for the comments, dude. i, and many others, am worried about ya'lls wildcat offense. no one runs it better than you guys! we've gone up against the eagles and jets who run it some, but, they cant do it like ya'll can!

i'll be there at the game, so, i hope all the other fans are just as cool as you are! good luck to you guys. its gonna be a good game. :cool:

FinFan 10-20-2009 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by saintpaul25 (Post 171379)
Just promise me that Jlo won't sing the national anthem, and we are all good. :) J/K
Trust me nobody wants that to happen.

FinFan 10-20-2009 02:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boonedocksaint (Post 171382)
thanks for the comments, dude. i, and many others, am worried about ya'lls wildcat offense. no one runs it better than you guys! we've gone up against the eagles and jets who run it some, but, they cant do it like ya'll can!

i'll be there at the game, so, i hope all the other fans are just as cool as you are! good luck to you guys. its gonna be a good game. :cool:
Thats cool hope you have fun. Just to let you know there is like a 65% chance of rain so come prepared. As far as the other FinFans were only mean to our east rivals, especially the Jets.

saintsrule 10-20-2009 03:43 AM
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I hope no one gets hurt.

hagan714 10-20-2009 06:32 AM
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This is going to be a good game. Fins are solid and up coming. Hunger is a good thing with a young club.

how is Sean Smith looking to you guys. One of my favs from the draft

FinFan 10-20-2009 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by hagan714 (Post 171404)
This is going to be a good game. Fins are solid and up coming. Hunger is a good thing with a young club.

how is Sean Smith looking to you guys. One of my favs from the draft
A superstar in the making and getting better every week, also seems to learn from his mistakes pretty quick. He has been sharing duties with our 1st pick Davis and both have played really well. Both will defiantly get their biggest test yet come Sunday. But you already knew that lol.

Do you remember the INT Smith had in our preseason match up?

mikesaintfan 10-20-2009 08:46 AM
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welcome to the board..B&G is a great bunch of fans and some of these guys REALLY know their football..as someone else said, nice to have a cival post from a fan with a different favorite team who can be respectful and not just come in calling people names and such..once again welcome and good luck(not too much) next week

bobad 10-20-2009 09:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FinFan (Post 171305)
This is 100% Tony Sparano's team now.
Been wanting to ask a Fin fan for a long time:

Is Tuna totally on board with the Wildcat? If so, was he for it from the beginning?

Reason I ask is, it doesn't seem like something he would like. I think
Tuna would like the power running aspect of it, but not the
"unconventional" aspect.

Good luck! No injuries or bad officiating!

WhoDat205 10-20-2009 09:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobad (Post 171431)
Been wanting to ask a Fin fan for a long time:

Is Tuna totally on board with the Wildcat? If so, was he for it from the beginning?

Reason I ask is, it doesn't seem like something he would like. I think
Tuna would like the power running aspect of it, but not the
"unconventional" aspect.

Good luck! No injuries or bad officiating!
The wildcat is actually the most conventional offense in the league. It's the same theory as what we ran when I coached 5th graders. 11-on-11 football, nothing fancy, just our guys are better than yours. I think someone on here made the point that it's basically a modified wishbone, and that's true.

FinFan 10-20-2009 09:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobad (Post 171431)
Been wanting to ask a Fin fan for a long time:

Is Tuna totally on board with the Wildcat? If so, was he for it from the beginning?

Reason I ask is, it doesn't seem like something he would like. I think
Tuna would like the power running aspect of it, but not the
"unconventional" aspect.

Good luck! No injuries or bad officiating!
Of course I don't really know the true answer but my understanding is Parcells is strictly a personal guy, Sparano and his staff do all game planning and play calling. We have a nickname for Parcells, Ireland and Sparano down here, "The Trifecta"

Like you mentioned in your comment, the wildcat is really just a power running play. The bonus is you get an extra blocker and some misdirection at the same time. Generally if you run a power run up the middle the 'D' can just meet the runner at the point but with the misdirection with Ricky sweeping across you can't fully commit all your momentum to the point or Ricky will get the edge on you. With Ronnie's power and quickness to the hole it's already to late by the time the 'D' knows and if he catches a defender standing up instead of coming forward it's over.

We also have a very nasty O-line that gets a big push along with a lead blocking FB (Lou Polite that reminds me of Lorenzo Neil) he punches gapping holes with bone jarring blocks.

The reason we can run the wildcat better then anybody is pretty simple really, Ronnie Brown. He may be the most versatile player in the entire league.

Here I'll put it like this, A lot of teams fans could say well why don't we throw the ball all over for like 400yards and 3-4 TD's a game like the Saints? Well because they don't have Drew Brees just like other teams that try to run the wildcat don't have Ronnie Brown.

Good luck and I'm hoping for no injury's.

bobad 10-20-2009 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by FinFan (Post 171445)
Of course I don't really know the true answer but my understanding is Parcells is strictly a personal guy, Sparano and his staff do all game planning and play calling.
I'm not surprised that Tuna kept his thoughts from the press and fans. He never did like talking to them. Fortunately or unfortunately, our coach seems to be emmulating him.

FinFan 10-20-2009 11:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mikesaintfan (Post 171420)
welcome to the board..B&G is a great bunch of fans and some of these guys REALLY know their football..as someone else said, nice to have a cival post from a fan with a different favorite team who can be respectful and not just come in calling people names and such..once again welcome and good luck(not too much) next week
Thank you, I have noticed there are some fans on here that know their X's and O's.

FinFan 10-20-2009 11:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobad (Post 171463)
I'm not surprised that Tuna kept his thoughts from the press and fans. He never did like talking to them. Fortunately or unfortunately, our coach seems to be emmulating him.
You guys have a good one in SP very underrated. I think a lot more people are gonna know who he is outside of N.O. here real soon.

Rugby Saint II 10-20-2009 11:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobad (Post 171463)
I'm not surprised that Tuna kept his thoughts from the press and fans. He never did like talking to them. Fortunately or unfortunately, our coach seems to be emmulating him.
After listening to some of our previous coaches talk to the media I am very happy with Paytons approach to the press.

jn671 10-20-2009 02:21 PM
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Welcome finfan. I can't wait for this game to see gw has for the wildcat.. As for this I can't wait to see Ricky play against his former team. Lol that woulD be fun..


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