New Orleans Saints defense gains upperhand again in Wednesday practice
 

It seems like each day brings the same news about the New Orleans Saints defense which fans don’t mind hearing. Not only are they good, but they are improving each day.
Quarterback Drew Brees and the offense on the other hand had a less than spectacular day with poor communication, routes, and dropped passes from usual sure hands in the likes of tight end Jimmy Graham.

Running back Chris Ivory lost even more ground today in his roster spot as he fumbled the ball for a second day in a row on a running play. Fellow running back Pierre Thomas also had a fumble caused by a strip from safety Roman Harper, but Thomas was able to recover.

Even wide receiver Joe Morgan had issues with Brees having to explain to him which route he was supposed to run on a certain play. The constant bright spot on offense seemed to be wide receiver Andy Tanner and running back Travaris Cadet who had another solid practice.

Brees attributed the offensive struggles to just what he calls the “dog days” of camp where focus wains a bit. While the offense is struggling with the “dog days” the defense is living in the “glory days”.

Linebacker Jonathan Casillas had another great practice where he read a route perfectly and jumped a Brees pass, intercepting the ball. Casillas is proving to have a great camp and if he can stay healthy, will become the player the Saints coaches knew he could be.

New Orleans Saints defense gains upperhand again in Wednesday practice

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I am going to personally hunt down GW next year if we end up with a top 5 defense this year.

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Great news! Steve Spagnoulo is the man!

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There is a difference between coaching players and designing schemes. It looks like we have a coach now. :smile:

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I would be lying if I said I wasn't starting to get a tad concerned about the offense. Love hearing the good news about the D but would also like to hear something about the O other than picks and fumbles.

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Which is very possible.

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We going to find out something in the next 2 preseason games on what the offense is doing.

I think the offenses woes in camp is the emergence of a defense like we never seen before.

You got to remember all the 1st round picks that is fielded on that defense.

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It takes longer for the offense to get into a rhythm. Defense is just read and react. We will be fine by the 3rd Preseason game. Now, if the Offense does not excel during the 3rd Preseason game ill start to worry.

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Just put a bounty out on him.

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[QUOTE=Vrillon82;428116] I think the offenses woes in camp is the emergence of a defense the Saints offense has never seen before.

I fixed it for ya!!

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I really hope they keep Tanner around. I really see a lot of potential in him and I think they should keep Cadet around too.

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its kind of odd with the defense the way it is that is even allowing guys like Cadet and Tanner to emerge as stars, Tanner has been on the PS for 2-3 years it seems. Roby as well who has been with us for 3-4 years and never really shined as a WR until now.

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I'm so psyched to see our defense this year!! And no, I don't have any concerns whatsoever about our offense. They're practicing against a totally different defensive scheme... and let's not forget that it was Spagnuolo's defense that handed us an embarrasing loss last year against the Rams. Which in reality is why Sean wanted Spags on our side.

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They're just trying to make Mike Smith feel good so he actually brings his boys here to play.

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Quite a few members of the defense have been practicing against the same offense day after day for a while now. It makes sense they have a pretty good grasp of what tendencies and plays come out of what formations.

Both sides of the ball will have their good/bad days, but the only thing that counts is the score of 16 games to get to the post-season.

The whole team's focus should be focusing and getting better for those 16 games - one at a time. Right now there is nothing after those 16 games that count, but...

"Move along, nothing to see here" - YET!

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What is it about Spags? He just has a way of dumbfounding quarterbacks... Drew probably has flashbacks of last years Rams' game daily... :bng:

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Which in turn will make Drew better.

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Those guys emerged as star potential in the preseason games... this may have justified more action in practice.