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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; With NFL week 4 mostly in the books, it's kind of scary. If we had not mounted the comeback vs the Falcons in week 1 ... The Falcons at 3-1 would be in sole possession of the NFC South right ...

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Old 10-03-2022, 02:56 AM   #1
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The Falcons win still looms large

With NFL week 4 mostly in the books, it's kind of scary. If we had not mounted the comeback vs the Falcons in week 1 ...


The Falcons at 3-1 would be in sole possession of the NFC South right now.


The Saints at 0-4 would have the worst record in the NFL, with no wins or ties on our record.



As difficult as 1-3 is right now, I'm thankful. This is the doomsday start we barely avoided.
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Old 10-03-2022, 07:25 AM   #2
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With the game yesterday, whilst we still committed bad turnovers, I think that kind of performance beats the Panthers and maybe even the Bucs.

The key difference was Winston panicking and just throwing dangerous passes.
Dalton, whilst not perfect, looked much cooler in the pocket.
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With the game yesterday, whilst we still committed bad turnovers, I think that kind of performance beats the Panthers and maybe even the Bucs.

The key difference was Winston panicking and just throwing dangerous passes.
Dalton, whilst not perfect, looked much cooler in the pocket.
Between the differences with Dalton and Murray this looked like a better team.
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Old 10-03-2022, 08:27 AM   #4
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Re: The Falcons win still looms large

Originally Posted by dizzle88 View Post
With the game yesterday, whilst we still committed bad turnovers, I think that kind of performance beats the Panthers and maybe even the Bucs.

The key difference was Winston panicking and just throwing dangerous passes.
Dalton, whilst not perfect, looked much cooler in the pocket.
There's no triple coverage throw Jameis Winston doesn't like.
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Old 10-03-2022, 08:31 AM   #5
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Between the differences with Dalton and Murray this looked like a better team.
Much more so in the second half.
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Old 10-03-2022, 09:39 AM   #6
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Between the differences with Dalton and Murray this looked like a better team.
Murray really brought it.
He is a tone setter and the way he plays gets you fired up.

There was a play as the Saints were driving away from where we were sat, simple dive to Murray.

A defender crossed the path and bam, Murray put foot in the turf and changed his angle, as the defenders tried to follow his gap, bam other foot in the turf and straight back to the A gap.

In real time those moves were within half a second of each other and he gained around 8 yards.

I know it's nothing to crown anyone about, but for most of the day it felt like Ingram was tripping over for 2 yards.

Everyone felt the change when Murray came in.
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Murray really brought it.
He is a tone setter and the way he plays gets you fired up.

There was a play as the Saints were driving away from where we were sat, simple dive to Murray.

A defender crossed the path and bam, Murray put foot in the turf and changed his angle, as the defenders tried to follow his gap, bam other foot in the turf and straight back to the A gap.

In real time those moves were within half a second of each other and he gained around 8 yards.

I know it's nothing to crown anyone about, but for most of the day it felt like Ingram was tripping over for 2 yards.

Everyone felt the change when Murray came in.
Mark Ingram/Roll Tide has always been a team player that I enjoyed watching run the rock. He was another multiple round drat pick player that took time to live up to his draft status after developing turf toe playing half his games on turf in the Super Dome. But frankly, the only reason he is here now is because the Saints were so thin at RB that we traded for him before the deadline last year. He does fire up AK-47, but lately AK has been injured and Ingram can't carry the team on his back no matter how fired up he gets.

Letting Murray go was a business decision when we were up against the cap and had to make a ton of tough cuts to veterans for under performing younger cheaper players. I did not even know Murray was back on the team before I saw him ripping off long runs when Ingram lost a fumble and was benched. It was good to see him back hitting holes with authority that no other RB seems to be able to find lately, not to mention punisihing defenders and falling forward for several yards after contact. Murray certainly seemed to give the team a much needed spark.

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Re: The Falcons win still looms large

Since the topic is Atlanta, did anyone catch their highlights vs the Browns?

Marcus Mariota was STRUGGLING so guess what the OC/HC did? ... ran the ball 15 straight times. They refused to abandon it.

Meanwhile, the Saints O coordinator erases a PRODUCTIVE LTrain in favor of Ingram (barely got 2 ypc) for almost an entire quarter. Stick with what's working. Tire out that Vikings defense & DB's.

Coaching has to be better.

Seattle game won't be a gimmie either.
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Re: The Falcons win still looms large

Part of me feels like this:


But another part of me feels like….


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Re: The Falcons win still looms large

Originally Posted by Boston Saint View Post
Part of me feels like this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xa9whWCL8EI

But another part of me feels like….


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB...ature=youtu.be
Ha!! I hear you....
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