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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Nice little quick start preview of the Saints at Cowboys matchup for Sunday night. Time to stop talking about Corporal Munnerlyn and move on to Romo and Co. in the Jerry Dome. The Opponent : This is by no means ...

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Nice little quick start preview of the Saints at Cowboys matchup for Sunday night. Time to stop talking about Corporal Munnerlyn and move on to Romo and Co. in the Jerry Dome.

The Opponent: This is by no means the "Aints" of the pre-2000s era, but it's not the Drew Brees machine of years past, either. At least not yet. They picked up their first win of the season on Sunday against an Adrian Peterson-less Vikings team that also saw their starting quarterback knocked out of the game early, and it was by no means a convincing win.

Past Meetings: The Cowboys are 15-11 all-time against the Saints, but New Orleans has actually won eight of the previous nine meetings, including last season's 49-17 demolition in the Superdome. Prior to that game, the Cowboys had two close losses to far superior Saints teams, but last year's loss is still being felt around these parts as it was a low point for an awful Cowboys defense last season.

Key Matchup: Saints QB Drew Brees vs. Cowboys secondary — Orlando Scandrick should be back in the starting lineup for the Cowboys and supplant Mo Claiborne, who should be relegated to special packages. But against the Saints' offense, the entire secondary will probably be on the field for much of the night. Brees hasn't been spectacular this season, but a lot of things point to the fact Sunday night could be Brees' coming out party for the 2014 season.
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Old 09-23-2014, 12:23 PM   #2
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Sunday night baby...Let's keep the prime time dominance going!!
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I want to see three things in this game from the Saints: 1) finishing the game by playing tough and smart for 60 minutes, 2) takeaways -- whichever flavor will work for me -- sack-strip-recovery, or strip-recovery, or a pick 6 -- any of those would work perfectly for me, 3) limiting their run game to under 80 yards.
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This is the game where we put it all together and drop a 50 burger on Jerrys kids.
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Article talks about how unspectacular Drew has been this year, what it fails to account for is how dominant Drew has been in prime-time games throughout his career though
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Drew's numbers don't look spectacular because we're running the ball well. Those running backs are taking his touchdowns!

He's still 5th in yards and throwing at a 71% completion rate. May not be flashy but it's still damn good.
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the run game? what run game? atl 137 yards rushing (4 different backs), cleveland 171 yards rushing (4 different backs) and last week which is the most disturbing (because we were at home) 110 yards rushing (basically 3 backs). those numbers isnt dominating by any means. i feel if we win this sunday we need at least one of our backs to be at 100 yards rushing.
We're 6th overall in rushing and 5th overall in passing. Rushing has always been a way to open the pass for the Saints in the Sean Payton era. 6th overall is a lot different than, for example, Carolina who is 29th overall. Does it really matter if we get the job done by committee or one back gets over 100 per game??
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Two things I've noticed about prime time games.

Saints show up
Cowboys don't
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Drew's numbers don't look spectacular because we're running the ball well. Those running backs are taking his touchdowns!



the run game? what run game? atl 137 yards rushing (4 different backs), cleveland 171 yards rushing (4 different backs) and last week which is the most disturbing (because we were at home) 110 yards rushing (basically 3 backs). those numbers isnt dominating by any means. i feel if we win this sunday we need at least one of our backs to be at 100 yards rushing.
It's a very good run game. Those are very good numbers. The Saints are tied for 1st in the league in rushing touchdowns. 6th in the league in yards and 8th in yards per attempt.
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We make a lot of yards on 3 drives, no yards on the rest, usually 5-8 drives. Our 3-outs are the biggest problem. That and turnovers. And bad tackling. And the Smegma Defense.
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