Grading the Saints Safeties in 2021

Boston Saint · 01-22-2022, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by dizzle88

I think a lot of people forget the other defensive backfields during the Payton era. Some awful ones.

Kevin Kaesviharn, Josh Bullocks, Usama Young starting at safety just to mention a few.

This defense is championship caliber, unfortunately year after year one side of the ball ends up dragging the other down.

I’m not disagreeing at all Dizz. Saints have truly had some overall really bad Defenses over the Payton era. But, the way I see it, the D (even this year) has always been the side to let the team down under Payton, and that includes this year.

Hear me out. Go back to the Marshown Lynch “Beastmode”
run. Look at Vernon Davis Beating Scott Stanley in the Niner Playoff game. Look at the Minnesota Miracle and even look at the Rams No-call game where the D let up a lead.

This year’s D was the strength of the team no doubt, but the performances against the Giants and the first Atlanta game were examples of the D blowing late game leads AGAIN. It’s the same sad story in my opinion.

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Boston Saint 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 5,137	Re: Grading the Saints Safeties in 2021 Originally Posted by dizzle88 I think a lot of people forget the other defensive backfields during the Payton era. Some awful ones. Kevin Kaesviharn, Josh Bullocks, Usama Young starting at safety just to mention a few. This defense is championship caliber, unfortunately year after year one side of the ball ends up dragging the other down. I’m not disagreeing at all Dizz. Saints have truly had some overall really bad Defenses over the Payton era. But, the way I see it, the D (even this year) has always been the side to let the team down under Payton, and that includes this year. Hear me out. Go back to the Marshown Lynch “Beastmode” run. Look at Vernon Davis Beating Scott Stanley in the Niner Playoff game. Look at the Minnesota Miracle and even look at the Rams No-call game where the D let up a lead. This year’s D was the strength of the team no doubt, but the performances against the Giants and the first Atlanta game were examples of the D blowing late game leads AGAIN. It’s the same sad story in my opinion. Rugby Saint II likes this.
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