'NFL Total Access' recap: Can Rob Ryan fix the Saints' D?
 

Can Ryan succeed in New Orleans?


Heath Evans said he likes the way Rob Ryan will fit with the New Orleans Saints because he believes coach Sean Payton gets the best out of his coaches and his players.

Brian Baldinger added that he thinks Ryan could be a good fit, if he doesn't try to do too much so they don't end up beating themselves.

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if what?

they go back to an ideology of attacking? they did that and are good at it. a monkey can do this.

the real question will be this

will ego again lead to inflexibility in players positions or roles?

I do think Ryan can do personnel adjustments on the fly during a season

I will be watching his ability adjust game plans at half and/or during the second half

Ryan should do a solid job building the LB corp. He always has done a good job at this. The rest of the roster makes me wonder but the saints have gone out of there way to flood camp with defensive playerrs to look at

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I think we will do good not great on D this season, there are a few spots of concern, ILB{who will it be}, CB {who starts opposite of Lewis and can they do it} S {who will they be} I believe we do have the players at those positions to be highly effective except the ILB position. Our front line should be bad a$$ this year.

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There are the keys right there. Good call hagan. I've always looked at Sean as the master of the halftime adjustment (personnel permitting). I too am hoping Rob can make this happen.

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Damn I hope so

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I really have no idea what to expect from the D this year. I'm 50/50 on it. I feel like we will do good,but I felt the same way last season when we hired Spags. There's no way in hell we'll do as bad as last year-Sean won't let that happen!

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I would be delighted if he got the defense to the 15th - 20th range in terms of total defense. That would be a huge step in the right direction given that we will probably be a top five offense yet again.

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we have the players and they excel at attacking already.
34 switch is the only issue but most of the players have played it in college so that is a good thing

in no way do i expect a repeat from last year based on this. 25th ranking at the min coming out of the gate. coaching has nothing to do with it

now anything better than that i will be open to giving our DC some credit.

remember we won it all with a 25th ranked defense. but that defense had a knack for turn overs at the right time to make a huge difference in a game.

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We'll be a top 10 defense this year... At least two pro-bowlers and a defensive rookie of the year. Mark my words.

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That's a lot to ask for with a total defensive scheme change...

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Baldinger = the best name in pro football!

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There will be a lot of test this season 16+ I hope. Early in those test the tweaking should be of player position, when we figure that out is going to be key. After that the adjustments should be made. I surely hope they get a feel for one another quick. I still think we should stick Smith on the ILB and have him blitz out of it and through in Harper and it could free up a lot of packages to throw at QB's. Kind of like who do I watch now? Just a thought?

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Halftime adjustments on D would have won us two more playoff games.

Payton will not let that happen again.

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We hit Rock bottom last year. We can only get better.

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Spags over loaded the players..........I'm worried about RR doing the same thing.

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still not sold on DL or the ILB

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I'm totally sold on our DL.............we are big, athletic and quick. If we moved Wilson to inside that would shore things up nicely at an area of possible need. It's not like he's starting else where.

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oh yea of so little faith.

our defense is going to shock the world.

not all the world will be shocked. i'm expecting them to
have an enormous chip on their shoulder. motivation.

your doubt in them is likely the same.

2 dat.

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I agree on ILB, I think our D line will hold up.