Go Back   New Orleans Saints Forums - blackandgold.com > Main > Saints

Curtis Lofton

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Guys. We can argue semantics all day long but our D is atrocious. If we are going to go down again this year id rather it be with the young guns than the same ole show from last year. To ...

Like Tree20Likes

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-26-2013, 08:33 PM   #11
500th Post
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 843
Re: Curtis Lofton

Guys. We can argue semantics all day long but our D is atrocious. If we are going to go down again this year id rather it be with the young guns than the same ole show from last year.

To me we should abandon the 3-4 this year and go back to a 4-3 with Foster in the DL lineup. Since we are hurting so bad at LB going back to 3 LB might make some sense.
westbankdaze is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:38 PM   #12
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Alexandria, La
Posts: 11,303
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by westbankdaze View Post
To me we should abandon the 3-4 this year and go back to a 4-3 with Foster in the DL lineup.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
|Mitch| is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:43 PM   #13
5000 POSTS! +
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Kenner, LA
Posts: 7,636
Re: Curtis Lofton

Lofton isn't very fast, and a liability in coverage; but he's smart and flies to the ball. He has a high motor, and he's a leader. Hawthorne has looked better, but we have to play players to their strengths and mask their weaknesses. Everybody has weaknesses. Patrick Willis isn't great in pass coverage either.
|Mitch| and TheOak like this.
rezburna is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:44 PM   #14
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cypress Tx.
Posts: 18,978
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by rezburna View Post
Lofton isn't very fast, and a liability in coverage; but he's smart and flies to the ball. He has a high motor, and he's a leader. Hawthorne has looked better, but we have to play players to their strengths and mask their weaknesses. Everybody has weaknesses. Patrick Willis isn't great in pass coverage either.
Drew Bree's can't punt.... We try to keep him out of that situation
rezburna likes this.
TheOak is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:45 PM   #15
500th Post
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 843
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by |Mitch| View Post
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Hey I was all for a 3-4 defense but let's face it we just don't have the LBs and now we have all this talent on the front line. It makes total sense.

Why is that insane?
Boutte and MarchingOn like this.
westbankdaze is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:45 PM   #16
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Alexandria, La
Posts: 11,303
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by TheOak View Post
Drew Bree's can't punt.... We try to keep him out of that situation
Wished he could play some LB
TheOak and rezburna like this.
|Mitch| is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:50 PM   #17
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Alexandria, La
Posts: 11,303
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by westbankdaze View Post
Why is that insane?
Because we brought in a coordinator who is 3-4?!

And if you always jump back to the comfort zone every-time you face a little toughness, nothing changes...
MarchingOn likes this.
|Mitch| is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 08:59 PM   #18
500th Post
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 843
Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by |Mitch| View Post
Because we brought in a coordinator who is 3-4?!

And if you always jump back to the comfort zone every-time you face a little toughness, nothing changes...
Yeah but we don't have any freaking LB's now! You don't think Rob Ryan knows how to run a 4-3? We are desperate, first thing we did today was pick up a LB.

Long term I think we should go 3-4 but, man, this season it might better we wait another season.
westbankdaze is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 09:05 PM   #19
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Alexandria, La
Posts: 11,303
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by westbankdaze View Post
Yeah but we don't have any freaking LB's now!
um, Galette, Wilson will be back for game 1; Atkins, Galette, Wilson, Johnson, Martin, not to mention the new Haralson...

That's 6 OLBs right there...

"I'm sorry, Rob... You'll have to throw 70%(random #) of your playbook away and adapt 4-3 in 2 weeks!" Total insanity
lsutigerfan and saintsfan403 like this.
|Mitch| is offline  
Old 08-26-2013, 09:10 PM   #20
500th Post
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 843
Re: Curtis Lofton

Originally Posted by |Mitch| View Post
um, Galette, Wilson will be back for game 1; Atkins, Galette, Wilson, Johnson, Martin, not to mention the new Haralson...

That's 6 OLBs right there...

"I'm sorry, Rob... You'll have to throw 70%(random #) of your playbook away and adapt 4-3 in 2 weeks!" Total insanity
Desperate times require desperate measures. Play to our strengths now. I'd take our four best DL over our four best LB right now.

As for Ryan's play book did you see how many times we were in 4-3 alignment on Sunday? We played in that formation for most of the first series.
westbankdaze is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/saints/59797-curtis-lofton.html
Posted By For Type Date Hits
Curtis Lofton This thread Refback 08-26-2013 07:43 PM 73
The Latest New Orleans Saints News | SportSpyder This thread Refback 08-26-2013 07:36 PM 5


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:21 PM.


Copyright 1997 - 2020 - BlackandGold.com
no new posts