For all their mouth to us, Cards fans have no confidence in their defense

saintfan · 01-12-2010, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

While I agree that the turnover will be a deciding factor, I don't necessarily see a shoot out. At least not one anywhere resembling what happened this past week in Arizona. With a healthy Greer and Porter back in place the Saints will be able to return to a defensive mode much like that during their early season success. That success involved pressuring the QB through the use of safety and corner blitzes, along with a smattering of the LB variety. This pressure killed many a drive with several ending in turnovers.

On the offensive side we'll be seeing Pierre Thomas, Mike Bell, Reggie Bush, Jeremy Shockey and Kyle Eckel all available for the first time in many weeks. This will enable the Saints to establish the run to a greater degree than they have since week nine. While the Saints can duke it out in a shoot out with anyone, I am expecting a balance attack more in line with the 50-50 percentage seen during the early run.

I like it. I'd love to see our first couple drives go for ~6 minutes each. Wear out their "D" early and then open it up. Get ahead, pin our ears back on defense and assume the victory formation 'bout mid-way through the 4th.

01-12-2010, 04:19 PM	#11
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: For all their mouth to us, Cards fans have no confidence in their defense Originally Posted by AsylumGuido While I agree that the turnover will be a deciding factor, I don't necessarily see a shoot out. At least not one anywhere resembling what happened this past week in Arizona. With a healthy Greer and Porter back in place the Saints will be able to return to a defensive mode much like that during their early season success. That success involved pressuring the QB through the use of safety and corner blitzes, along with a smattering of the LB variety. This pressure killed many a drive with several ending in turnovers. On the offensive side we'll be seeing Pierre Thomas, Mike Bell, Reggie Bush, Jeremy Shockey and Kyle Eckel all available for the first time in many weeks. This will enable the Saints to establish the run to a greater degree than they have since week nine. While the Saints can duke it out in a shoot out with anyone, I am expecting a balance attack more in line with the 50-50 percentage seen during the early run. I like it. I'd love to see our first couple drives go for ~6 minutes each. Wear out their "D" early and then open it up. Get ahead, pin our ears back on defense and assume the victory formation 'bout mid-way through the 4th.