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Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by QBREES9 (Post 429182)

Will this game be on the NFL Replay Ok I found it Monday at 10:30

It already replayed earlier today. As a Saints fan, watching this one again was about as fun as watching 2 roaches racing around a NASCAR track.

Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II (Post 429001)

Why can't we tackle? We can't practice tackling. I think that's pretty much it.

I would go as far as to say that it's 'league-wide' also. In the preseason games I've watched, the tackling has been, to put it mildly, poor. Watching some of the training camps, I see helmets w/no-pads and drills w/no contact ... come game day, I see missed tackles, blown assignments and players gassing like they've never been in pads before. Coincidence? I think not.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's preseason, but it gets worse every year, eh? How they practice is how they play and while some of these guys are talented enough to not practice & still perform on gameday, many of them are not.

Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by Halo (Post 429176)

Robinson really had a poor game. Totally agree here.

I think I have heard that once or twice before..... Hmmmmm

Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by spkb25 (Post 429143)

I wasn't arguing anything you said- matter of fact I hadn't read anything other than you saying the 85 Bears lost games. I was correcting that. They lost one.

And no I do not expect us to be the 85 Bears, where did you get that from anything I posted? Missed tackles is garbage for professionals making millions of dollars. There is no argument for missed tackles. PR being first game back I can understand, but not the rest.

I am fairly certain the Jags were missing both starting tackles last night and one of the best running backs in the game- Considering those facts I find our run D to be a bit of a worry. That's all.

I agree with you though- the expectation has to be tempered a bit

"There is no argument for missed tackles".

Perhaps. But when you've been playing on the road every game so far and you're not being worked out the same way as you normally would be in the regular season, the coaches probably aren't gonna want their players working so hard. Just look at what happened to chris chamberlain. Imagine if that had been Curtis Lofton. We don't need to work so hard that we risk losing people out for the season..... Even if it means missing tackles.

When you think about the fact that the saints(and pretty much every other nfl team) could care less about winning in the preseason, it didn't surprise me at all that the defense didn't give it its all.

The defense was disappointing that game, but it was nothing compared to how GOOD the defense looked against the pats and cardinals. The defense is not what will carry us. The offense. And in the jags game, we didn't have the complete set had of our offensive starters for most during the game.

Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by Halo (Post 429176)

Robinson really had a poor game. Totally agree here.

He did, and it looked like they were targeting him. Wonder if that was a coaches agreement before the game. Like hey we need to get this guy a lot of work???

Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by GoofySaint (Post 429278)

Definitely true, lets hope we look really good this week!

In soccer, we have a saying: the offense wins games, the defense wins championships!

Somewhere over the rainbow!

Re: Why Can't We Tackle??

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Originally Posted by Wilde18 (Post 429286)

In soccer, we have a saying: the offense wins games, the defense wins championships!

Somewhere over the rainbow!

That is starting to become less and less true in the NFL every year. Football teams are going to pass first offenses because thats what brings ratings and that is what Goodell wants.

Do Godhell rules the world? :P

Somewhere over the rainbow!

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Originally Posted by spkb25 (Post 429285)

Definitely true, lets hope we look really good this week!

Next week is our last week of the preseason spent at home and it's against the texans who are both strong on defense AND on offense(good test for both sides of the ball especially since the texans just beat the 49ers).

It will also be in front of all the saints fans in the dome. In which case expect EVERYBODY to be there. Expect the defense to try to repeat the pats game. Expect the running game to attempt to repeat the hall of fame game. And expect Drew Brees and his weapons to.......... well, do what they do best.

It's gonna be a damn good football game. Preseason or not.