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It should be noted that no team has passed as many times as the Saints and we have given up only 8 sacks thru 11 games. 8 sacks I'm sure Brees is happy with the play of Faine. I would think Brees or the offensive line coach would have some serious problems putting Faine back in as a starter if he blew every blocking assignment and tackled our rb every play. I would like to apologize for not knowing the blocking assignment on every play the Saints run but I just wonder how some of ya'll fans do. How can you watch the game and know the blocking responsibilities of the o-line? Do you watch every play and rewind it 5 times looking at every lineman?
Okay here is my biggest problem with the Faine bashing. The wonderful screen pass. Our big slow o-linemen allow the d-line to rush the passer then they get out in space and try to block a cb or safety. I dont want the value of a o-linemen to depend on if he can block a cb. I think the advantage in space goes to the smaller quicker player I dont think he is avoiding contact. Most screen plays run by this team and all other teams involve a couple big slow guys running around trying to block small quick players which I dont think is the main attribute of the position. Is this how it would read from Mel Kiper "Really an undersized center cant run or pass block but he is great on the screen passes. Should get drafted in the top ten."
I think sacks are an important stat to keep up with as far as the health of qb and limiting negative plays for the offense. I'm not to sure how one o-linemen will get the credit for limiting sacks unless he blocks 2 guys at a time. It seems like you would have to say the o-line played great not allowing any sacks. This is a team game and one great player on the o-line cannot carry the rest of the unit. Say we have a great RT why wouldnt the other team rush through the LT. This entire o-line played a good game and if you want to slow-mo and look for a couple bad plays I'm sure other players will be on your list for needing to be upgraded.
With this o-line we went 10-6 last year if we dont want to give them any credit for that they deserve no blame for being 5-6 (2nd in the division and only 1 game back after Sunday). Lets see we are ranked 4th in passing yards we must have gotten most of that when Faine was injured. Not to sure but I think we are 12th in total offense. We have the 2nd fewest penalties on offense. This is a good offense and they are good at what they do. We have a smart accurate qb and we will go as far as Brees takes us which was the division championship game last year.