My Theory...

Euphoria · 11-01-2011, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Halo

Any given Sunday one NFL team can beat another. That's that. 0-6 or undefeated, it doesn't matter - any team can beat the next.

Saints underperformed and looked unprepared - in a funk. All credit goes to the Rams who handed the Saints their rear ends.

Happens all the time in the NFL after a big win. Remember how the Bucs played against us 3 weeks ago? Last week they came out stale and got beat. Happens in the NFL all the time.

Yes that is usually my motto... and so true.
"Any given team can beat any given team on any given Sunday".

But this team hasn't improved from the Seattle game.

73Saint · 10-31-2011, 03:10 PM

I think sometimes our coaching staff tries to get a little too cute. They may have preached to the team that this was a trap game, but we looked vanilla...schematically...from the get go.

They saw this as another opportunity for other teams to get good "tape" on us, so the coaches put together a vanilla game plan, and it backfired.

That and the O-line sucked balls.

Cory9289 · 10-31-2011, 03:32 PM

Honestly it seemed like we were trying to settle down too much and didn't catch any momentum. The Rams came out swinging and beat us at our own game, being explosive.

I don't think we'll ever fit as a conservative team, running on 1st and 2nd down.

Soldano · 11-01-2011, 08:06 AM

Play calling was awfull from the get go & entire game. Didin't play our game & went with silly run against the Rams stats for the calls. Plenty of matchups that would have worked. The reason as I see it for the loss was play calling..........

Euphoria · 11-01-2011, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Soldano

Play calling was awfull from the get go & entire game. Didin't play our game & went with silly run against the Rams stats for the calls. Plenty of matchups that would have worked. The reason as I see it for the loss was play calling..........

NO WAY.

The Rams came to play and were fired up. The Rams didn't show exploseness like the Saints at all. Steven Jackson had to fire them up just to hang on to their lead and not let us come back.

Play calling doesn't lose you games its the execution of the plays. Most of everything we did the Rams had an answer for. They played the best Defense against us.

Mardigras9 · 11-01-2011, 08:09 AM

O-line has to carry the load for this loss.

11-01-2011, 09:21 AM	#1
Euphoria 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 7,601 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by Halo Any given Sunday one NFL team can beat another. That's that. 0-6 or undefeated, it doesn't matter - any team can beat the next. Saints underperformed and looked unprepared - in a funk. All credit goes to the Rams who handed the Saints their rear ends. Happens all the time in the NFL after a big win. Remember how the Bucs played against us 3 weeks ago? Last week they came out stale and got beat. Happens in the NFL all the time. Yes that is usually my motto... and so true. "Any given team can beat any given team on any given Sunday". But this team hasn't improved from the Seattle game.

10-31-2011, 03:32 PM	#3
Cory9289 100th Post Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 275	Honestly it seemed like we were trying to settle down too much and didn't catch any momentum. The Rams came out swinging and beat us at our own game, being explosive. I don't think we'll ever fit as a conservative team, running on 1st and 2nd down.
Cory9289 100th Post Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 275

11-01-2011, 08:06 AM	#4
Soldano Rookie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 9	Play calling was awfull from the get go & entire game. Didin't play our game & went with silly run against the Rams stats for the calls. Plenty of matchups that would have worked. The reason as I see it for the loss was play calling..........
Soldano Rookie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 9

11-01-2011, 09:18 AM	#5
Euphoria 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 7,601 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by Soldano Play calling was awfull from the get go & entire game. Didin't play our game & went with silly run against the Rams stats for the calls. Plenty of matchups that would have worked. The reason as I see it for the loss was play calling.......... NO WAY. The Rams came to play and were fired up. The Rams didn't show exploseness like the Saints at all. Steven Jackson had to fire them up just to hang on to their lead and not let us come back. Play calling doesn't lose you games its the execution of the plays. Most of everything we did the Rams had an answer for. They played the best Defense against us.

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10-31-2011, 03:10 PM	#2
73Saint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NOLA Posts: 2,336	I think sometimes our coaching staff tries to get a little too cute. They may have preached to the team that this was a trap game, but we looked vanilla...schematically...from the get go. They saw this as another opportunity for other teams to get good "tape" on us, so the coaches put together a vanilla game plan, and it backfired. That and the O-line sucked balls.

11-01-2011, 08:09 AM	#6
Mardigras9 Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Land Mass between LA and AL Posts: 4,375	O-line has to carry the load for this loss.