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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/sp...ints.html?_r=1 But in crafting the biggest win of his Cowboys tenure on the strength of his defense, he exposed the shortcomings that have been building in New Orleans for a least a month and could make the Saints vulnerable in ...
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12-20-2009, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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Cowboys expose Saints weakness (from NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/sp...ints.html?_r=1
The 14-0 hole was something we could have come out of. In hindsight, I'm sure Payton wished he had protected Brees more and maybe run more early. Can't wait to see how this team responds. |
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12-20-2009, 08:54 PM | #2 |
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Re: Cowboys expose Saints weakness (from NY Times)
I wish we ran a lot more. Thomas and Bell why wouldn't ya
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Yeah we shot ourselves in the foot early...and if were gonna start slow we should defer the opening coin toss if we win it..bottom line is we stunk for 3 quarters and Dallas came to play..lets hope this loss
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The beauty of hindsight.........
I still think they were trying to give Bell and Thomas lighter duty because of niggling injuries. |
12-20-2009, 09:04 PM | #6 |
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Re: Cowboys expose Saints weakness (from NY Times)
You know, something we really haven't discussed is the fact that Bush was having success until he came up lame. That really changed things.
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BUSH!!!!!!!!!...he was ..and we needed him to help on Ware...boy cant stay healthy..
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They said he was ok.....but maybe he wasn't. Payton doesn't really use Bush much late in the games.....Dunno
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12-20-2009, 09:37 PM | #9 |
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Re: Cowboys expose Saints weakness (from NY Times)
Dallas did come in with a nice game plan, has nice talent on defense, and to their credit, consistantly won some individual matchups. Brees was a bit off of his game, the teams concentration as a whole and intensity was the worst it's been in any game this year. Did Dallas outplay the Saints Saturday? Yes. Did Dallas lay the "blueprint" (I hate that word) for stopping the Saints? No. With our normal above-average execution, and decent talent on that side of the ball, the Saints offense can exploit any defense. Payton's general offensive design wizardry uses deception, imagination in creating favorable matchups, and multiple formations and personnel groupings allowing us to attack where the defense is most vunerable. We throw to all quadrants of the field both horizontally and vertically so that the defense can never load up on any one thing without taking a big risk. With Drew Brees' understanding, recognition, and accuracy, making it all click, Sean Payton's awareness of his own play calling tendencies and the importance of going against them on occasion, and the fact that most of our skilled people have been together, in this offense for 3-4 yrs now making the execution brisk, the Saints, when fairly healthy, are as close to indefensible as any team I've ever seen. The Cowboys certainly played well, no doubt but, I can't help but think that Saturday was an anomaly. Now if this article is saying all it takes to beat the Saints is jumping out to a 21 point lead, well, yes, that worked for the Cowboys and didn't work for Miami but i don't think it's anyone's game plan to get behind by 21. We're not the Chicago Cubs, we're not the pre 2004 Red Sox, and this organization as it stands now, has nothing in common with Saint teams of the past. WE WILL BE BACK AND WILL START A NEW STREAK NEXT WEEK. Any ******* questions???????????????????????????????????? |
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12-21-2009, 05:16 AM | #10 |
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Re: Cowboys expose Saints weakness (from NY Times)
Ok the saints got beat by a good club. Not like they were playing their best up to this point. It's the cowboys who are getting healthy and fighting for there playoff lives. Not the Saints. It is just the opposite. We are trying to get healthy before the playoffs and focus on that.
Cowboys went after our weakest link on defense. The rookie Jenkins. They took him deep and dragged him across the field. They attacked our back up DTs with the run game. Do not give the cowgirls any credit here, that was the Skins who exposed their old DC. Not Wade |
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