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Opening Statement

“I’m proud of our effort in a good, hard-fought game. I thought our guys played real smart, and we did what we needed to do here to get a good, road victory. It wasn’t always perfect or clean in the second half, but it was good enough. We played well.”

On The Saints’ overall performance and not giving the ball away

“I thought we did a good job with that. Defensively, we did some things structurally to try to force and integrate some problems for their protections, and I thought that happened. I was pleased with that, so overall we won the turnover battle, all of those things. That was important.”

On The Saints’ special teams’ performance

“I thought with a return man like {Devin} Hester, I thought they came up big. We covered well. With field goals, especially that last one, you go back-and-forth with that fourth down call, sudden scores, possibly a kick, a block, a pick, a scoop up, you wrestle with those decisions and I thought he hit it solid. It was really an important kick for us. Overall, I’ve been really pleased not only with how they played today, but the way they’ve been playing this season. We’ve had some good returns. Overall, I thought that really helped us with our field position. It felt like the first half, we were on their end of the field for most of the half.”

On Drew Brees’ performance

“I thought he did exactly what he needed to do to win a good, tough game on the road. He made smart decisions.”

On if winning for the first time in Chicago meant anything extra

“No. It was game five. Extra is the amount of tickets. We stopped scholarshipping tickets with guys showing up in Bears uniforms."

On the way Jimmy Graham continues to be involved

“It’s tough because it dictates the coverage. You take a tight end and you put him outside the formation, it makes it hard defensively to kind of disguise man or zone. I thought he came up with some big plays for us, certainly the big play down on the one {yard line} at the end of the half after we converted the fourth down. There were a couple plays. He’s a big target. It’s a challenging match up, and to credit him, and Drew, the timing, all that stuff has been good.”

On if Jed Collins getting a lot of touches was part of the game plan

“Yeah, just a little bit in that heavy personnel. We felt like that nose did a good job, especially Lance Briggs. Those guys do a good job of flowing to the backs. They were running strong with the full back and the half back and they’re tough to block, and so that little belly play allowed our guys to fit on that steed of a defense. That’s a real good front and those are tough yards.”

On The Saints’ performance against Jay Cutler

“From a schematic standpoint, we did a few things that really helped us. We got home on a number of pressures where there was an unblocked guy four or five times and we got some sacks. He’s a tough sack. He came out of a couple of them with extended plays because he’s pretty strong in the pocket. That was good. Defensively, I thought that was important for us.”

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homerj07

I agree with coach. Worry about next week.

Rugby Saint II

Great game plan coach!