D_it_up

Good post....Of course, I'm going to be nit-picky, but your passing and receiving yards projections don't add up.

saintsfan1976

Not gonna do projections for players who catch 1 or 2 passes...

Darnell Dinkins? Lance Moore? Some Cardinals doucher...

Danno

I don't think we can stop the Cards, their offense is simply too good. But what we can do is limit them, and force turnovers.

During the GB game, I saw Cardinal WR's open by 5 to 10 yards. With Greer and Porter back to 100%, I just can't see their WR's getting that open.

Warner excells against the blitz, but I'm not sure what Williams does (in his 3-4 package, sending a 4th player) is actually what we normally call a blitz.

He will send a LB or Safety, but its basically still a 4 man rush, its just that you never know who that 4th guy is. Technically I guess its a blitz, but its not like we're sending 5 or 6 defenders.

Williams will certainly have to mix it up in order to get to Warner with a 4 man rush. What we must do as a defense is have everyone on the same page. If we have a breakdown, Warner will exploit it.

On offense it appears everyone is playing a 2 deep cover to keep us from going long. The answer to that has been hurt or out for several weeks. We have to exploit the holes left in the middle with Bush, Shockey, Pierre Thomas and David Thomas.

It also appears that teams are exploiting Bushrod. We'll probably chip with Shockey and Thomas which is fine since we want them available for the short to intermediate throws and screens.

To me, almost all of our bad play lately is due to Greer and Porter (and Gay to some extent) being injured. With both at 100%, it changes everything about this defense from top to bottom, not just on the edges.

Having Shockey, Bush, and Thomas back on offense also changes things quite a bit. Not as much as much as our defense, but enough to win by two scores.

I can not see losing this game unless we lose the turnover battle. If we're ahead or even in turnovers, we win.