Pressure from the front 4
 

Was it just me or did we seem to get consistent pressure from the front four most of the night

Malcolm Jenkins interception was forced when kolb threw the ball before he wanted to because sed Ellis beat his man and got in th backfield

Sed Ellis planted kolb in the endzone, another great sign of d line pressure

MARTEZ GOT 2 SACKS!! Pretty much speaks for itself, the kid is a beast and the LB to DE switch is going well

What do you guys think?

i cant remember a time, if ever ive seen ellis get pressure like that where he was actually chasing down the quarterback. that was badass! love it.

Haven´t seen the game but that really sound encouraging. Can´t wait for the Regular Season to start

hell yeah... it looked like 1991.

Should have been one safety for holding in the endzone a play or two before Kolb was hurt. And on the play Kolb was hurt he was going down in the endzone.

We did get pressure most of the game that I saw... fell asleep by 1/2 time.

Our D-line won the LOS all night. It was probably the most impressive part of the game to me, and they're only gonna get better.

First preseason game so I won't put too much stock in it but at times the D looked good. Still see too much of the DE's crashing the line and losing containment which allowed RB's to bounce it outside. Spag's will correct that.

Now if Spags can get the rest of the eleven to do something other than run around like headless chickens....

Not getting to excited yet, ( i did like it) but I just want to wait till week one before jumping up and down. We got a looong way to go still

I agree. It was refreshing to see progress! I don't remember seeing our D doing anything other than a vanilla scheme. where as Arizona sent SEVERAL blitz's.

So for preseason game 1, the D line looked good.

Wilson is gonna be good this year, no doubt. The LB's looked good also, except for one.

I think if this had been a regular game with the 1's, I think it would have ended up being been a total beatdown, a 40 burger. The Saints were already starting to run away with it, when the starters came out. D line looked better than last year, that's for sure. Seems to me like guys have more "motor" to them than last year, more hustle.

What I came away with from last night's game is this:

Our defense is going to be better this year. I'm not saying we're going to see the return of the dome patrol, but the way the line got pressure was night and day. I know it's WAY early, and I'm not jumping up and down by any means, but I am definitely tweaked by the potential.

I thought Tez looked good, especially on the first sack where he made an inside rush (DL stunt). On the second one, he looked like he was shot out of a cannon from the outside. If this guy learns another pass rush move besides the speed rush (like a spin move) he could be really deadly.

Tyrunn Walker (#75) also impressed me. I know he was playing against 2nd and 3rd teamers, but he was impressive, Lets see what he can do if he plays against Tom Brady.

The DE's played very well. Cam Jordan looked powerful and aggressive. Tez is going to fit in beautifully at DE. I'm looking forward to seeing him progress even more. Sed Ellis looked good but I think most of his good plays came against the"back up" QB and the second string O-line. There were a couple of brights spots for the DT's but I was deeply disappointed in what I viewed as a failure at the line of scrimmage.jmho
As I watched the game I just really never saw that impact player that every team needs. The midle basically was stationary and stopped at the line of scrimmage mostly. We've got to get another DT. Either through trade or off the waiver wire. It's highly unlikely we'll find that player on the waiver wire though.

No one has mentioned Loften he's a beast against the run he looked good last night

First, it was Kevin Kolb in preseason...

Second, there pass protection (new offensive linemen, rookie RB's learning pass protection at the NFL level) is as suspect as their quarterback...

That said, even in those situations last season we got no pass rush with out a dime blitz, so yeah, it's progress...

I just hope Jenkins' INT, however easy it might have been, gives him some confidence.

Jenkins interception was so easy because the front 4 was putting on pressure. By design this should help all of our DBs get more catchable balls.

Maybe Hicks will be that bright spot when the regular season kicks off and his hand has healed up.

Anyway, it did seem like the front 4 was creating more pressure up front with the vanilla schemes they were running, but I reserve my judgment for later when I've seen them play more games and go against better O-lines than what the Cardinals have to offer. The Patriots should be a better yard-stick in this regard, since their O-line is vastly better than the Cards'.

On a side note, Marcel Jones looked good as the 2nd string RT, so the Saints might have another "diamond in the rough" O-lineman in him... he is from Nebraska so I guess it was a given. ;-)

Did Hicks play?

No.

At least I didn't see #76 out there, and I remember reading somewhere that the Saints held him back as a precautionary measure.

Ok. I am still very curious to see what he can do. He IMHO has the potential to be the steal of the draft.

I agree with you 100% - I wanted the Saints to pick him before the draft and I was so pleasantly surprised when they did. He has the ideal frame for the stereotypical D-lineman Spags has has success in the past.