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subguy 09-09-2010 10:29 PM

D looked good!
 
Not worried about our offense....and our D really looked good. Any thoughts?

dizzle88 09-09-2010 10:30 PM

Yer we seemed to force more 3 and outs than last year, coverage was pretty tight, would have liked to get more pressure but I think sed Ellis had a great game. Our o should get on track soon

|Mitch| 09-09-2010 10:31 PM

If our D plays like that when our O gets going, gonna be A LOT of blow-outs!

73Saint 09-09-2010 10:32 PM

What's up w/ all the dropped balls?

21Hilliard 09-09-2010 10:43 PM

Sorry, but I wasn't at all impressed with our run defense tonight. Peterson had way too many carries for 4+ yards. I screamed for someone to stop the run all through the draft because we had the same problem last year. guess we are still looking...

Pass D looked good though. Vilma had a pick, and Jenkins *ALMOST* had another one coming across from center field. But on the Viks touchdown drive, we got burned on miss-matches on two long passes.

Grade: C, maybe a B-.

C17-BING 09-09-2010 10:45 PM

Really?

I thought our D was TERRIBLE in the first half and for that first series in the 2nd half ... We couldn't stop the run to save our lives, but then we pulled it together.

I think GWill got less aggressive and everyone calmed down ... That helped. Plus, in the first half our LB's couldn't find the flats if you would have put a naked Saintsation in them ...

SmashMouth 09-09-2010 10:48 PM

We still killed them in yards ... 288 to 253 .... lmao

|Mitch| 09-09-2010 10:49 PM

We held them to under 100 yards on the ground, after last year I'll take it.

subguy 09-09-2010 10:55 PM

I thought considering it was AP and he had no fumbles tonight we did well.

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Originally Posted by |Mitch| (Post 244248)
We held them to under 100 yards on the ground, after last year I'll take it.


RailBoss 09-09-2010 11:08 PM

Fujita is gone and Sharper is out, just a few adjustments in players needed. AP was a monster to stop tonight must have been knocking back Red Bulls before the game. Favre looked like he missed a lot of workouts and looked drained in the second half. Drew played cautious and the Coach kicked up the running game. Important to get the win because this game could have slipped away.

breesfan27 09-09-2010 11:14 PM

Stop the run!

They seemed to get their momentum back in the second half, but I think we gave up too many yards in the first half.

TheEnigma 09-09-2010 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 21Hilliard (Post 244232)
Sorry, but I wasn't at all impressed with our run defense tonight. Peterson had way too many carries for 4+ yards. I screamed for someone to stop the run all through the draft because we had the same problem last year. guess we are still looking...

Pass D looked good though. Vilma had a pick, and Jenkins *ALMOST* had another one coming across from center field. But on the Viks touchdown drive, we got burned on miss-matches on two long passes.

Grade: C, maybe a B-.

I think our D played great. Peterson broke off some good runs on us, but nothing major. Offensively I don't think we were that good. I know it is only the first game of the year and we were also playing against a fairly good Vikings D , but we had too many dropped balls that were very catchable. I would go with a B- grade maybe a B.

st thomas 09-09-2010 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by |Mitch| (Post 244195)
If our D plays like that when our O gets going, gonna be A LOT of blow-outs!

two dat mitch

st thomas 09-09-2010 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by breesfan27 (Post 244301)
Stop the run!

They seemed to get their momentum back in the second half, but I think we gave up too many yards in the first half.

g.w. is the king of adjustments bf27. alot of 3 and outs

saintsfan1976 09-09-2010 11:20 PM

Secondary was solid.

LB's were 50/50 - as was the d line.

I thought the O line was solid. Bress was crisp. RB's played well.

WR's were 50/50.

Biggest area of concern for me is our ability to control the clock

First game. I'll take the win vs a huge opponent on a huge stage.

Media will make a big deal of this... but our run game will improve.

st thomas 09-09-2010 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rfenasci (Post 244202)
What's up w/ all the dropped balls?

that really got me all them catchable balls, meach touchdown. would have liked to see henderson dive for the overthrow, moore was no where near his money hands of last year. but we won and those boys will get it done better sooner.

strato 09-09-2010 11:40 PM

So we broke A.P little record of no 100 yd opener?..pretty good there Hililard..the O left them out to dry..that was coaching and dropped passes...D was good

Crusader 09-10-2010 12:50 AM

We held AP from hitting any long runs but his average was still way to high. He's backup did get stuffed all the time thou. Jenkins laid the big hit and made som nice tackles, i think he'll turn out allright.

ScottF 09-10-2010 06:26 AM

Our bend-don't-break D was great tonight. B+, A- Just look at the stats.

Yes, we gave up a lot of second effort yards to AP, but he is the best back in the league (just ask him).
We gave up only two scoring drives to a pretty good offense.

I am in the majority that my biggest concern is LB- other than Vilma, they looked slow and slower. Thank God we put moved Harper to the TEe in the 2nd

SmashMouth 09-10-2010 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by st thomas (Post 244318)
that really got me all them catchable balls, meach touchdown. would have liked to see henderson dive for the overthrow, moore was no where near his money hands of last year. but we won and those boys will get it done better sooner.

That was a catch Moore had that was knocked out. We should've challenged.

subguy 09-10-2010 06:56 AM

I agree Scott, the point is AP is a premier back, and the Vikes have a decent offense. Favre does not look comfortable with his receivers. The D could have been part of the reason of him not looking comfortable, such as the adjustment made in covering Shiancoe. For a first game of the year, not a bad showing. I do see the LB concerns too, will be exploited if something isn't done.

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Originally Posted by ScottF (Post 244444)
Our bend-don't-break D was great tonight. B+, A- Just look at the stats.

Yes, we gave up a lot of second effort yards to AP, but he is the best back in the league (just ask him).
We gave up only two scoring drives to a pretty good offense.

I am in the majority that my biggest concern is LB- other than Vilma, they looked slow and slower. Thank God we put moved Harper to the TEe in the 2nd


Cruize 09-10-2010 07:14 AM

The defense looked good. Anytime you hold any team in the NFL to 10 points or less, you did your job. Yes, the Vikings looked out of sorts. Favre looked like a less than healthy 41 year old QB. They missed their top reciever in Rice. They missed C. Taylor. Harvin looked like he and Favre haven't practiced much. I personally think the Jenkins hit had more to do with it. But, Vilma is a beast. Greer is the real deal. Harper had a great game. With only 3 DT's on the roster, they kept Peterson as much in check as anyone can. Shanle and Dunbar showed up. Jenkins held his own. Overall I would give them an A.

papz 09-10-2010 08:32 AM

I didn't think we blitz'd nearly enough. That was a little puzzling considering every time we did, it rattled Farve.

I didn't like the package where we had Mitchell lined up 12 yards down the field playing like a safety. Even though on that one instance it worked out for us, that could have been disastrous. He had no safety help over the top, he's not fast, and he shouldn't have to play centerfield... he's a true MLB, not a hybrid linebacker.

Other than that, I thought we played great. We held the Minnesota Vikings to 9 points... 9 frickin' points. We held the great Adrian Peterson under 100 yards... so what if he pulls a bunch of 4 yarders? He doesn't it to everyone. He's a man child that keeps his legs churning at the point of attack. We did a good job containing him.

strato 09-10-2010 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by papz (Post 244500)
I didn't think we blitz'd nearly enough. That was a little puzzling considering every time we did, it rattled Farve.

I didn't like the package where we had Mitchell lined up 12 yards down the field playing like a safety. Even though on that one instance it worked out for us, that could have been disastrous. He had no safety help over the top, he's not fast, and he shouldn't have to play centerfield... he's a true MLB, not a hybrid linebacker.

Other than that, I thought we played great. We held the Minnesota Vikings to 9 points... 9 frickin' points. We held the great Adrian Peterson under 100 yards... so what if he pulls a bunch of 4 yarders? He doesn't it to everyone. He's a man child that keeps his legs churning at the point of attack. We did a good job containing him.


I liked our gameplan on D.. It confused him..and remember we blitzed on the only td pass he threw...now our offensive gamplan in the first half left a lot to be desired..

BIGEASY504 09-10-2010 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 21Hilliard (Post 244232)
Sorry, but I wasn't at all impressed with our run defense tonight. Peterson had way too many carries for 4+ yards. I screamed for someone to stop the run all through the draft because we had the same problem last year. guess we are still looking...

Pass D looked good though. Vilma had a pick, and Jenkins *ALMOST* had another one coming across from center field. But on the Viks touchdown drive, we got burned on miss-matches on two long passes.

Grade: C, maybe a B-.


And Shanle is not good in pass coverage. I too was upset the way Peterson was running on the Defense. Jenkins will taking over that spot if he continues to play the way he did. Other than Vilma we're missing the outside LB that can do both play pass and a beast in the run/blitz game.


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