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Written by Mike Florio - During their march through the playoffs, the New Orleans Saints have battered and bruised (and nearly broken) two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks -- Kurt Warner of the Cardinals and Brett Favre of the Vikings.

They're now setting their sights on a third man whose oversized forehead eventually will be memorialized in bronze.

Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams recently told a Nashville radio station that the Saints plan to rattle Colts quarterback Peyton Manning by hitting him whenever they can, and that the goal is to knock him out of the game.

"This guy's got a great clock in his head," Williams told 104.5 The Zone, via ESPN.com. "The big thing is that he throws the ball so early that we're going to have to do a good job of finding ways to get to him and when we do get to him we're going to have to make sure he gets a couple 'remember me' shots when we get there."



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Sir Psycho Sexy

I love how we are now a dirty team cause we possibly put 2 HOF QBs into retirement. While the high/lo hit probably should have been called. the low hit was started by an obvious push the back that wasn't called.

braggbro1

As a Colts fan, I really hope that he tries. That is exactly the wrong way to defend us. Manning has seen Gregg Williams defenses before. Hell, he was in our division. We've already played the Ravens and Jets defenses in the playoffs. Gregg Williams isn't going to figure out how to effectively pressure Manning and, more, Gregg Williams knows this.

The best way to play us is to keep everything underneath and make us drive the field by picking up 4 or 5 first downs. We can do that too, but it's alot easier to screw something up and sometimes Manning isn't patient enough to not take a deep shot even when it's not there.

If you're blitzing us, two things will happen:

1. 90% of the time you won't get to Manning anyway. If, by chance, someone misses a protection, Manning just lays down so you won't be getting these big hits anyway. Check our last 2 games. 3 times when protection was blown, Manning sees it and lays down before the defender even touches him.

2. There will be receivers open downfield.

Gregg Williams knows this. I think he's just blowing smoke to try to make the Colts plan for the wrong thing. I'm not sure it's an effective strategy but Manning calls everything at the line of scrimmage anyway so everything will be determined at that time no matter what they think is coming beforehand.

SaintPauly

I'm going to say this, and flamers come on when I do, I don't like ANY of these special rules for QBs, and I will tell you why. He laces his shoes up, the exact same way, that a DB on special teams does, and you don't see anybody crying when that guy gets knocked out of a game. I love Drew Brees, I do, but I understand that he knew what he was getting into, when he played Pop Warner. He had MAJOR shoulder surgery, and wasn't even projected to play again, but he came back, and I haven't heard one cry baby word out of him about it. You know why? Because he's a man, and he knows that it comes with the territory.

I don't agree with SAYING in the media, that you are going to try and take someone out. That just creates controversy, and hippies coming out of the woodworks, trying to ban the sport.

If you want a sport, where everyone dances around, and loves each other, try figure skating, or gymnastics. This is a man's game, be a man, or sit in the stands.

What's popular is not always right, and what's right is not always popular.....

exile

I have noticed this from Manning. Although this probably loses more yards than necessary it sure saves him from some big hits. If the Saints can do either it should rattle him a bit though.

The Saints are a fast defense that likes to bring pressure from unknown places. I don't expect them to change now. Much different from the Ravens or Jets who are big physical type defenses that just punch you in the mouth.

If anyone can handle it Peyton can. We'll see how nervous he is after watching the last two Saints games. It should be FUN.

One thing I learned from drinking. You should always go Christmas caroling with a group. Oh, and always in mid-December.

Sir Psycho Sexy

Completely agree. Also agree Williams needs to watch how he says things. No need for bulletin board material. Though the media is given the SAINTS D so much bulletin board stuff it's not going to matter. Win or lose we will play hard and hit hard until the end.

CantonLegend

lol one of the greaters boxers in history, roberto duran was asked in one of the first live interviews what he says when people ask him what he does for a living..

his response......"I knock mother f***ers out"

thats what our defense does

we werent supposed to get to kurt warner.....we hurt him

we werent supposed to get to brett favre......we hurt him

we arent supposed to get to peyton manning.......we will see

Choupique

It would appear the Nation is divided.

There is the Who Dat Nation and those who whine about football being too rough. I'm not really referring to anyone in this thread, to be clear.

Unbelievable. I'd call them pansy douchebags but I am trying to make an effort to tone down stuff.

Manning can't be accurate with his pants on the ground.

Lest ye forget we pummeled Favre bean 16 times? Fairly constant body blows are actully worse than a sack now and then if'n ya think about it.

cajunvoodoo

Start by never typing the word douchebag again. hahaha....had to say it. No hard feelings.

Choupique

Yea, i was trying to bring humor. Guess it didn't work.