The Missing Pieces for a Rep

CantonLegend · 04-27-2010, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

Or perhaps since we know teams need to air it out to beat us, we play the pass more than we play the run. Therefore teams found success with draws and traps against a defense that was expecting pass.

End result... Saints 13 / Opponents 3

We played against 12 teams in the top 18 in the NFL rushing the ball and we were 10-2 versus those teams.

So who exactly is gonna crush us?

the problem is that you looked at the end result

saints 13/ opponents 3

the saints could've and should've lost a few more games but by the grace of breesus we managed to pull those games out of our butts

games like dallas, st louis, washington, miami, minnesota, etc all were able to move the ball against us fairly well if not at will

teams like the colts and the pats couldnt beat us because our pass defense was solid but we didnt have to worry about the run AT ALL

is it possible that we played the pass more often....yea in fact im sure it happened because we were almost always in the lead

however, the games that were close, that is an absurd statement because there is no reason to assume a team will pass if they have managed to keep the game close

especially if they hold us to 17 points.....no need for our opponents to panic if they hold us to 17 points

i think lots of things are possible....but it just wasnt the case unfortunately

12 teams in the top 18 in rushing and we let them run on us....that needs to stop

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04-27-2010, 11:27 PM	#20
CantonLegend 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 2,685 Blog Entries: 2	Re: The Missing Pieces for a Rep Originally Posted by Danno Or perhaps since we know teams need to air it out to beat us, we play the pass more than we play the run. Therefore teams found success with draws and traps against a defense that was expecting pass. End result... Saints 13 / Opponents 3 We played against 12 teams in the top 18 in the NFL rushing the ball and we were 10-2 versus those teams. So who exactly is gonna crush us? the problem is that you looked at the end result saints 13/ opponents 3 the saints could've and should've lost a few more games but by the grace of breesus we managed to pull those games out of our butts games like dallas, st louis, washington, miami, minnesota, etc all were able to move the ball against us fairly well if not at will teams like the colts and the pats couldnt beat us because our pass defense was solid but we didnt have to worry about the run AT ALL is it possible that we played the pass more often....yea in fact im sure it happened because we were almost always in the lead however, the games that were close, that is an absurd statement because there is no reason to assume a team will pass if they have managed to keep the game close especially if they hold us to 17 points.....no need for our opponents to panic if they hold us to 17 points i think lots of things are possible....but it just wasnt the case unfortunately 12 teams in the top 18 in rushing and we let them run on us....that needs to stop
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