Four things that went wrong against the Texans

Maverick2299 · 08-22-2011, 08:05 AM

I wish they would start someone other then Alex Brown on the LE for the first team....he just does not impress me.

Crusader · 08-22-2011, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Maverick2299

I wish they would start someone other then Alex Brown on the LE for the first team....he just does not impress me.

I'm with you on that. I had hoped Jordan would have beaten him out by now.

SaintsBro · 08-22-2011, 08:52 AM

The tackling thing annoys the heck out of me, but here's the thing: it's nothing new, folks.

Gregg Williams' D is all "dawg" and attitude, colorful cussing and hype about his blitzes and "remember me" shots...and not a lot of tackling going on. It's kinda been that way ever since he got here. I could probably name 3 games per year that were either lost, or made "ugly" by a lack of simple basic tackling on defense. How many big ugly touchdown runs did people break on the Saints in '09 -- I remember it was almost like there was one really idiotic-looking, Football Follies-type long TD run per game, where somebody broke one almost every week. So people talk about the Seahawks and the Marshawn Lynch run, but it didn't come from out of nowhere: look at the Ravens game from last year, the tackling was almost just as bad. Our offense had the 49ers on the ropes last year at Candlestick, and the defense couldn't tackle and let them back in the game, so we barely squeaked one out that should have been a blowout....The Redskins and Dolphins games in '09, were plagued by bad tackling as well...

I could go on and on. This is really nothing new. It is what it is, and it's pretty ugly.

08-22-2011, 08:27 AM	#2
Crusader Resident Swede Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Märsta, Sweden Posts: 8,030	Originally Posted by Maverick2299 I wish they would start someone other then Alex Brown on the LE for the first team....he just does not impress me. I'm with you on that. I had hoped Jordan would have beaten him out by now.

08-22-2011, 08:52 AM	#3
SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	The tackling thing annoys the heck out of me, but here's the thing: it's nothing new, folks. Gregg Williams' D is all "dawg" and attitude, colorful cussing and hype about his blitzes and "remember me" shots...and not a lot of tackling going on. It's kinda been that way ever since he got here. I could probably name 3 games per year that were either lost, or made "ugly" by a lack of simple basic tackling on defense. How many big ugly touchdown runs did people break on the Saints in '09 -- I remember it was almost like there was one really idiotic-looking, Football Follies-type long TD run per game, where somebody broke one almost every week. So people talk about the Seahawks and the Marshawn Lynch run, but it didn't come from out of nowhere: look at the Ravens game from last year, the tackling was almost just as bad. Our offense had the 49ers on the ropes last year at Candlestick, and the defense couldn't tackle and let them back in the game, so we barely squeaked one out that should have been a blowout....The Redskins and Dolphins games in '09, were plagued by bad tackling as well... I could go on and on. This is really nothing new. It is what it is, and it's pretty ugly. strato likes this.

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Maverick2299 100th Post Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: VA Posts: 368	I wish they would start someone other then Alex Brown on the LE for the first team....he just does not impress me.