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This defense is just awesome to watch

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I really just want to see this defense put one of those teams and make another look like they dont belong

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This defense!!!:bng:

...this offense....:doh:

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Did O understand. West had and INT ?

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I was so sure they’d throw a flag for roughing the passer on that INT.

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Exactly what I was thinking!

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You sure about that boss? Sam is gonna feel it tomorrow & he damn sure didn’t look like Montana to me.

Our defense continues to be a strength of the team.

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We won!!! Yay!!

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No Ramz, Armstead, McKoy or Peat. Ruiz plays like a borderline 2nd teamer.

Go get better backups this off season Coach.

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The CDC needs to study Cam Jordan because he caught Covid and came back so much better. Whatever he’s doing is the cure.

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surprised they only used SCam on 1 play

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Of maybe he should have been allowed to keep playing because nothing was actually wrong with him...

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Made that comment on the second drive of the game. Don’t know if you watched the game but the defense looked lackluster early on. Very happy they turned it on.

I got nothing but love for the defense as a whole, they’ve carried this team all year. I have praised them all year

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Yeah, watched the entire game but it’s funny when folks start trashing the defense after one or two defensive series.

Saints are probably a 5 win team without the heroics of the defense week end and week out.

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I agree, without this defense we probably aren’t even a 5 win team.

It is ok though to call them out when they’re not performing to their standards which they weren’t at the start of the game. No need to try to be a troll and bring up something from the first quarter when they were lackluster. I have high expectations for them and they slept through that first quarter. Nothing but respect for how they brought it those last 3 quarters. It’s truly amazing this team has a chance to make the playoffs and that’s all because of the defense.

On to Atlanta and hopefully we can get some help from the Rams who haven’t clinched the division. Who Dat!

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For a passing minute thought you were talking about Aaron Brooks.

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Looks like putting off Costco was the right call bro!

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I didn't get the game but checked the scores. We won. Yay! Apparently, we've still got a shot for an early exit from the playoffs if we win next week too.

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I know we don't have the guns to go much further, I would just like to beat the Dirty Birds. After that whatever happens is a plus in my book.

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With our defense we can upset any team in the playoffs. We've already got four wins (Patriots, Bucs twice, Packers) against the field. Getting back the few remaining pieces eligible to return on offense will make a big difference.

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We still don't have an NFL receiver or QB. That hurts.

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Believe it or not there are plenty of receivers in the NFL worse than the ones we currently have. I have been at the games. There are receivers open on every play, but the QB's have had very little time to find them. Or should I say Simian and Book had very little time. My wife even pointed out open players several times against the Panthers Sunday asking why they weren't thrown to. At least Taysom has the ability to move and buy enough time to find one on occasion. As for QB's, there are teams out there in worse shape than us with Taysom under center and a defense that can keep him in the game.

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Just to put a bow on the Carolina game ...

https://sports.yahoo.com/saints-pff-...185507680.html

Cesar Ruiz ... you gotta do better. I've never treated PFF as the gospel, however in this case it's quite accurate (38.1 run blocking). His play has been below avg all season.

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Don’t follow PFF but all I know Ruiz does not pass the eye test. Every Olinemen will occasionally whiff on a block but Ruiz regularly will not engage / recognize a defender to block until the defender already past him.

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It’s a good thing Taysom & Ian B are mobile QBs.

I’m waiting for Nick or Deuce Windham to break down his play. It will be good to see other assessments of Ruiz in those trenches.

But you’re right, so far he looks lost.

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How much of that has to do with the lack of continuity around him? As Mike Triplett points out below the Saints have fielded 10 different offensive line combinations thus far this season. Ruiz remains the only lineman to play every snap. So much of offensive line play is trusting the man beside you. I'm not saying this is absolutely the case, but as Paul Alexander, the great Cincy offensive line coach (1994-2017), has pointed out, what appears to be a missed block by one player is often the responsibility of another. He's basically been thrown to the wolves this season.

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What about last season? Get better in film study. He was surrounded by healthy studs & still graded poorly on the interior. We didn’t need a center and Cesar just hasn't developed at guard. Guys are running right past him. Head scratcher pick.

2022 will be year 3. He either steps up his game and start winning those battles or the Saints need to find someone else to do his job.

He’s no 4th, 5th round draft selection.

Like I said, I’ll post more in depth film study when it becomes available on his overall play this season.