actually kevin smith is in the same boat as PT....underrated by the rest of the league but pretty talented

brian westbrook is pretty good

thomas jones and leon washington are 2 good running backs behind a beastly offensive line

fred jackson isnt a starter but he is pretty good as far as backups go

brandon jacobs and ahmad bradshaw are studs on one of the best running teams in the league

id say that we shut down teams pretty well as far as the running game is concerned

also dont forget that making our opponents pass the ball early is a huge part of why our defense has been so successful.....

while it may be hard to stop the wildcat, if they cant stop our offense then they will be playing the way we want them to

I said PRIME TIME, not "pretty good" or "good". Ronnie Brown is one of the best backs in the league. We have not seen a back like him yet this season (Thomas Jones is close, but he only carried the ball 13 times in that game, and Brandon Jacobs is averaging 3.6 yards per carry this season). Nor have we seen the wildcat. Point is, this is a dangerous team when they're clicking, and they looked like they were clicking in their last game. I still think the Saints are the better team, but we need to take this game seriously.

brian westbrook and thomas jones arent as good as ronnie brown?

thomas jones has 481 yards on 96 carries and 6 TDs

Brown has 443 yards on 93 carries and 6 TDs

ahmad bradshaw has 423 yards on 68 carries with 3 TDs

fred jackson has 415 yards on 98 carries and hes a backup

i understand that ronnie brown is the ideal player to run a wildcat formation but as far as running backs go, ronnie brown is not a head and shoulders above the other running backs we have played....he may be slightly better, but not a ton

Your forgetting that those numbers are with Ronnie having a bye week. Last week he was #2 in yards and tied for 1st in td's. Ricky was #13 last week as well.

Most of Thomas Jones yards came last week against a garbage run D in Buffalo

Westbrook was one of the best in the league over the last few years but has dropped back into the pack a little now.

The Giants duo is very good I just think Ronnie and Ricky are a hair better.

A lot of people forget that 2 years ago Ronnie was leading the league in all porpuse yard and just starting to hit his stride when he got hurt and was out for the rest of the season. This is the 1st year he has been back to 100% since that happened.

On a side note you guys have a great running triple threat as well. Not that I needed to tell you guys that but I think a lot of people think you guys are an air it out all day team and don't give you credit for how balanced your attack is.

first i'll address the bolded.....most of thomas jones' yards came against a terrible run defense in buffalo.....but most of brees' TDs came against a terrible pass defense in detroit and nobody is discrediting him for his talent.....just saying.....you can only play the teams on your schedule and your job is to do well....jones did his job

in fact....we know exactly how ronnie brown felt because we had a running back named reggie bush who was leading the league in touchdowns before suffering an injury last year

the fact of the matter is that we have faced quality running games and while you may think ronnie brown is better than them all, the stats dont say that and our offense puts up too many points too fast for our opponents to commit to running the ball

i used to love the dolphins but they have fallen off my radar a bit.....i just cant see their offensive line holding up against our defensive blitz and i think we will score too quickly to allow the wildcat to hurt us

of course this is just my opinion and theres really only one way to tell what happens.....heres to a great game and my boys in black and blue coming out on top

In my opinion, their running game is very worrisome. The Saints haven't really faced a prime time running back yet this season, so we haven't really been able to see how they'll handle a good rushing attack. I've watched a couple of Dolphins games this year, and I will say that it's an impressive offense when the passing game gets going. If Henne has a good game, they'll be hard to stop because there are just so many options for them.

When Henne's off, it's easy to pack the box and stop the run, but he was pretty awesome in their win over the Jets.

The Dolphins are 2-3. If Atlanta can handle them, surely the Saints can handle them.

All 3 of those losses came with "Noddle Arm" Penny behind center. We are 2-0 with Henne "The Robot" as starter.

Don't get me wrong, we owe Penny a lot. With out him we don't win the division last year plus he was a great mentor to Henne.

This is an entirely different offence with Henne back there. Teams can no longer just stack the box because they now have to respect the long ball. With Penny every throw was underneath dump passes.