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Coach, QB talk about Sunday matchup with Saints

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach Raheem Morris and QB Josh Freeman talked to the New Orleans media this morning about Sunday's matchup with New Orleans and their 3-1 start, equaling their win total of 2009 in October. Below is a transcript of the conference calls:



Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach Raheem Morris


When this game came up on the schedule probably a lot of people didn’t expect the Buccaneers to be ahead of the Saints in the standings. Is that something that took you by surprise?

“No, I don’t think you can even say we’re ahead of the Saints. They’ve played one more game than us. . We’re going to be competing against a very good football team. They’re an offensive juggernaut. They got a great defensive scheme. I think it’s a good matchup game for our division. It’s an exciting game no matter what’s going on. The records never tell the story of the game. It’s never a factor. It’s always a fun, entertaining game.”



Do you think you’ll see a sense of urgency from the Saints coming off of a loss?

“They’re a well-coached team. They always have a sense of urgency. Unfortunately things bounced the wrong way for them last week. They’ll be looking to bounce back and they’ll come out here doing what they’ve able to do. We got to be ready to defend them and stop their defensive attack and also on special teams as well.”



Have you seen teams using cover two defenses against them and defending them so they can’t have the long pass?

“People do different things. You have to mix it up a little bit. When you’re playing a guy as talented as Drew Brees. They make a lot of checks at the line of scrimmage. They’re able to change their plays. You can’t just go out there and say you’re going to play Tampa two against the Saints because they’ll slice and dice you and get a bunch of yards against you. They have a different game plan every time coming in. You better be prepared every time you go out there and play them.”


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st thomas

they better tighten there straps because the saints are gonna get some revenge