Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960630)

I'm reading a lot of dogging of the Saints secondary here, but one must give Geno Smith a ton of credit. He made several great throws in which the defender had no chance to make a play. Some passes just cannot be defended.

Just a couple here.

https://twitter.com/ByLukeJohnson/st...38263244967937

https://twitter.com/nick_underhill/s...43564144775168

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960600)

- Once again, Dalton looked serviceable, but at this point of his career is clearly just a backup. He doesn't appear to be able to make an explosive throw downfield like Winston.

- Taysom is a monster and perfectly suited for the role he is currently playing. Finally mixing in the pass was overdue, but adds the threat as someone mentioned earlier.

- Kamara is a difference maker. We need him in the game badly.

- Seahawks fans were gracious in the loss and just wanted to head to Bourbon to drown their sorrows.

- Geno Smith showed why he was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week last week. He looked big and looked to move well and was extremely accurate on those two deep TD throws.

- The defensive front looked very solid in stopping all but one run and put great pressure on Smith when called upon.

- The Saints came out on top on two very close calls, the Metcalf "fumble" and the Olave "TD". Those have in the past have commonly gone against us.

- Opening drive. Once again the offense marches right down the field on scripted plays and then stalls in the red zone on conservative play calling with what appeared to be from the far end of the field two right tackle dive plays for two and three yards. Dalton then misses Olave on a short pass to end the drive.

- Injuries are plaguing the whole league right now. Harty and Olave both go down, but so did Penny for the Seahawks. I can't remember this many injuries this early throughout the league.

- It was nice leaving the Dome a winner and the crowd was alive as it has been in a couple of years. A win is a win!

- Penalties looked more under control with only six on the day, half of what Seattle managed to commit.

- Gillikin is human with that late shank at a key time of the game. He looked disgusted while leaving the field.

- Thought the offensive line did a good job of protecting Dalton and run blocking. Only one sack given up and a season high 235 yards on the ground.

- Can't wait to get players back for the Cincy game next week. Expecting obnoxious LSU fans in the seats pulling for Burrow. Also expecting to see him on the ground a half a dozen times.

:bng:

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 960638)

We made Geno look better than he is and the rest of this season will show it.

Originally Posted by Boston Saint (Post 960641)

Gotta see what happens here 76. Geno, I believe, had set a record for highest completion % over 4 games in NFL history. The put up 40+ the week before. I’m not saying Geno is a great/good player, but throwing to those WRs had been working for them. I pointed that out before the game and Guido shut me down.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960630)

https://twitter.com/nick_underhill/s...43564144775168

Originally Posted by dizzle88 (Post 960649)

Look at Tyrann just standing there watching.

I was perhaps a bit too hard on Marcus Williams at times, because he's 5 times the player Tyrann is.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960715)

This here. It may be hard for some to accept, but ...

https://twitter.com/RosvoglouReport/...49025436258306

Originally Posted by K Major (Post 960720)

Smdh.

He’s doing what he is SUPPOSED to do :brood:

Good for Ruiz. It’s year three.

Bring it EVERY WEEK.

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 960726)

LOL

Ruiz plays "at least serviceable...and a little bit more" and you drop a a twitter post like it's supposed to change the fact that he's severely underperformed expectation...

C'mon man.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960731)

Positivity, my friend. Give it a try. It might help you sleep at night. :D

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 960737)

I'm positive Ruiz is not the guy you're willing him to be.

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 960759)

The problem though is that he's nothing more than a serviceable guard, at best.

No matter how many times you attempt to promote him (oooh look, he had a goood game) - Ruiz is and will always be less than what we'd all hoped.

If that changes, you can fire up the crow. I'll bring a bib and won't leave the table until the bones are clean. But that 'aint often...

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960762)

By the way exactly what was it that everybody realistically hoped Ruiz would be? My personal expectations were for him to be a solid starter for the next decade.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960762)

By the way exactly what was it that everybody realistically hoped Ruiz would be? My personal expectations were for him to be a solid starter for the next decade.

Originally Posted by Saintsfan4ever (Post 960564)

I respect your opinion.
However, I'm of the opinion that he can be a starting QB if used properly, not Pete's vanilla play calling, but a dynamic offense designed for Taysom's strengths & run-threat.
The dude trained to be a TE this season and so far he's been our most effective QB, and still gets labeled as a gadget?... ok, whatever.

Originally Posted by Rell&Gold (Post 960852)

Andy has been the most effective QB. Taysom was Taysom Hill AK Olave did what they do as well as Trequan.

Originally Posted by SaintFanInATLHELL (Post 960850)

Who's being realistic? The expectation is that every 1st round pick must instantly be an All-Pro and play in every game for a 12 year career. Anything less, then they are a bust.

So far Lattimore has lived up to the hype. The others?

SFIAH

Originally Posted by Boston Saint (Post 960851)

Did the guy who starts each year predicting an undefeated season just use the world “realistically”??!! 😝


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 960858)

Realistically speaking, I go into every game expecting the Saints to win. Sometimes circumstances arise that interfere with that expected outcome. Yet, since I have that individual game expectation does it not make sense that I have the same expectation for the sum of those games on a season long basis? As in with individual games sometimes circumstances arise that interfere, however.

Originally Posted by Boston Saint (Post 960865)

Zzzzzzzzz

Originally Posted by jnormand (Post 960867)

I think someone has the word “expectation” confused with the word “hope.” I don’t expect to win a million dollars every time I scratch a lotto ticket. I’d drive myself crazy.