First Half Impressions - not a lot to be happy about.

FrenzyFan · 09-25-2005, 02:00 PM

This is the first Saints game I've actually gotten to see this year. Listened to the last two on radio, because of Hurricane Katrina.

The win against Carolina came at a great time for me personally, and I hoped I was watching our team come together in the face of adversity. Sort of an "us against the world" attitude that would carry us all year. I remember the Panthers developing that attitude the year of their Super Bowl run.

Our offense is playing sand-lot ball, while the playcalling stagnates like the water laying around South Mississippi. AB's happy feet dance through every single play, pressure or no-pressure. His passing is inaccurate pressure or no-pressure. The O-line's pass-blocking is average at best, but then we didn't hire a bunch of pass-blockers, did we? These guys are "powerful run-blockers", so where are the holes?

Our defense is pourous, especially the secondary. I am tempted to blame Craft (because he rots), but it as much our all-star acquisition Smith who is blowing coverages in our cover two packages. Oddly enough, I thought our LBs would be the worst of our unit this year followed closely by the line. Not so, the LBs may be STRENGTH of this unit (that terrifies me). Where is our supposed killer pass-rush? Where are all these "speed-guys" who were supposed to be in enemy QB's faces all game? With the secondary picked apart and the D-line not even showing up for games, all we seem to have are LBs (who are sub-par, at best).

Special teams has hurt us almost worse that our pathetic offense the last two games. When is enough, enough? It's time for some changes all the way around.

Just my two cents.

09-25-2005, 02:00 PM	#1
FrenzyFan 100th Post Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 406	First Half Impressions - not a lot to be happy about. This is the first Saints game I've actually gotten to see this year. Listened to the last two on radio, because of Hurricane Katrina. The win against Carolina came at a great time for me personally, and I hoped I was watching our team come together in the face of adversity. Sort of an "us against the world" attitude that would carry us all year. I remember the Panthers developing that attitude the year of their Super Bowl run. Our offense is playing sand-lot ball, while the playcalling stagnates like the water laying around South Mississippi. AB's happy feet dance through every single play, pressure or no-pressure. His passing is inaccurate pressure or no-pressure. The O-line's pass-blocking is average at best, but then we didn't hire a bunch of pass-blockers, did we? These guys are "powerful run-blockers", so where are the holes? Our defense is pourous, especially the secondary. I am tempted to blame Craft (because he rots), but it as much our all-star acquisition Smith who is blowing coverages in our cover two packages. Oddly enough, I thought our LBs would be the worst of our unit this year followed closely by the line. Not so, the LBs may be STRENGTH of this unit (that terrifies me). Where is our supposed killer pass-rush? Where are all these "speed-guys" who were supposed to be in enemy QB's faces all game? With the secondary picked apart and the D-line not even showing up for games, all we seem to have are LBs (who are sub-par, at best). Special teams has hurt us almost worse that our pathetic offense the last two games. When is enough, enough? It's time for some changes all the way around. Just my two cents.
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