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PRAISE:
Jason Craft: Made a great interception that put us in scoring position. Made a great tackle on Steve Smith one on one. Great game from our nickel.
Charles Grant: Unstoppable all day long.
John Carney: Clutch and very interestingly handling kickoff duties extremely well.
Aaron Brooks: What else can you say. He made all the plays when he had to and led us to 1-0. I'm glad we had him and not the guy on the other side of the field.
Fakhir Brown: Slowly earning his contract extension.

NEED IMPROVEMENT:
Colby Bockwoldt: Missed way too many open field tackles for a loss.
Mike McKenzie: Did make a pick but also dropped a pick at the goal line that kept a TD scoring drive alive for the Panthers, and made the worst defensive play of the day on the Steve Smith TD reception. Also dropped the ill advised pitch from Howard. Speaking of Howard:
Darren Howard: Did not come up big today. Made a bone head pitch that could have cost us seven if not for the out of bounds stepping of the Carolina receivers. Did not play up to par with Grant and Will Smith.
Jermane Mayberry and Kendall Jacox: Neither was impressive run blocking against Brentson Buckner and Kris Jenkins' backup. They need to step it up in run blocking next week vs. the Giants.
Any Saints third WR: Did this position contribute at all this week. When do we dump the Az Hakim experiment and sign a good veteren like Free Agent Troy Edwards.
Mike Karney: Needs to do a better job on taking out LB's. Will face a stiff test this week against Giant's Antonio Pierce.