Grading the New Orleans Saints' defense vs. the Falcons

DrewDat · 12-27-2011, 12:48 PM

LOL!!!! Dislike? Really? Every Big Play Is Blown Coverage From Harper. Every Play To Tony G Last Night Was On Him. He Was In The Wrong Defensive Scheme 3 Times LAST NIGHT....And I'm Only Talking LAST NIGHT...Ever Since The Game In Seattle Last Year He Sucked. He's Nothing But A Linebacker In A Safety Position

papz · 12-27-2011, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by DrewDat

LOL!!!! Dislike? Really? Every Big Play Is Blown Coverage From Harper. Every Play To Tony G Last Night Was On Him. He Was In The Wrong Defensive Scheme 3 Times LAST NIGHT....And I'm Only Talking LAST NIGHT...Ever Since The Game In Seattle Last Year He Sucked. He's Nothing But A Linebacker In A Safety Position

Arguably our best defensive player after Greer. How was every play Tony Gonzales made last night on Harper? You do realize he was hurt and missed time in the second half right? Man... Gonzo's 5 catches for 41 yards sure ripped apart our secondary last night(hope you sense the sarcasm).

Get over Seattle. It'll help you make an unbiased assessment how much Roman Harper means to this team... much less defense. Otherwise, you'd just be spewing poop out the wrong end.

crawgator · 12-27-2011, 12:56 PM

seems like a few defenses I have seen so far this year... Green Bay as well.. Give up lots of yards... But when get to the 30 tighten up.... With the offenses these 2 teams have they can take a gamble..If they give up 3 points oh well.. The offense will score 7.... If Green Bay and The Saints meet this year in the Playoffs It could turn into a instant Classic... I sure Hope it Winds up that way....

dizzle88 · 12-27-2011, 01:02 PM

Roman Harper is our best tackler, if you got rid of him you would see a HUGE drop off in our D, he's perfect for Greg Williams style of D.
Vilma missed tons of tackles yesterday, but im trying to think its because of rust

DrewDat · 12-27-2011, 01:10 PM

Vilma Is Still Hurt. And Dunbar Did A Great Job Standing In For Him While Gone. But I Agree He Is Our Best Tackler But We Also Pay Him To COVER And He Blows Alot Of The Plays Where He's Needed To Stop The Pass. I Was A HUGE Harper Fan Two Seasons Ago. But I Call Them Like I See Em..He's Going Downhill

DrewDat · 12-27-2011, 01:16 PM

LOL!!!!! Not Mad. I Actually Want To See Him Do Good Like Any Other Player On The Team!!!....Greer Is Def The Best Defensive Player But IN MY OPINION Harper Is Not Playing Good Anymore...Every Big Pass Play Is In His Area Of The Field..He's Getting Picked On Bro I'll Be Sure To Point That Out In The Carolina Game To You

Luda34 · 12-27-2011, 01:45 PM

They looked really good last night but I to keeping a dead horse but Jordan has to step up. Junior looks like our best pass rusher by for. I know Will got around the end a couple of times last night but came up short to get to Ryan.

Mardigras9 · 12-27-2011, 02:04 PM

We have certainly been down on the D for the majority of the season. They played well last night and are looking better each week. Shut the Dirtybirds down in the red zone and shut down Turner. The team, all around that played last night, can go all the way. That was a dominating performance.

ScottF · 12-27-2011, 02:35 PM

couple points:
don't cut Harper; He's actually pretty good
Jordan isn't getting the numbers, but did a great job taking on blockers, being where he was supposed to be, and spreading runs outside. Twice Greer made nice tackles bc Jordan extended the OT outside

Overall A-

Srgt. Hulka · 12-27-2011, 02:49 PM

I don't know who is responsible, but MANY times last night, and all season, quarterbacks have been throwing into our secondary and there has been NOBODY even in the same tv screen shot except the reciever. Our secondary has to come from 20 yards away to tackle the reciever. Ryan threw to the same spot all night, and nobody was there except his reciever. Did anybody notice that Skid Britches threw for almost 400 yards last night?! 400 yards! That's not a secondary shutting down the pass.

12-27-2011, 01:10 PM	#2
papz Problem? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,794	Originally Posted by DrewDat LOL!!!! Dislike? Really? Every Big Play Is Blown Coverage From Harper. Every Play To Tony G Last Night Was On Him. He Was In The Wrong Defensive Scheme 3 Times LAST NIGHT....And I'm Only Talking LAST NIGHT...Ever Since The Game In Seattle Last Year He Sucked. He's Nothing But A Linebacker In A Safety Position Arguably our best defensive player after Greer. How was every play Tony Gonzales made last night on Harper? You do realize he was hurt and missed time in the second half right? Man... Gonzo's 5 catches for 41 yards sure ripped apart our secondary last night(hope you sense the sarcasm). Get over Seattle. It'll help you make an unbiased assessment how much Roman Harper means to this team... much less defense. Otherwise, you'd just be spewing poop out the wrong end. iceshack149, Danno, DrewDat and 1 others like this.

12-27-2011, 01:02 PM	#4
dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11,541	Roman Harper is our best tackler, if you got rid of him you would see a HUGE drop off in our D, he's perfect for Greg Williams style of D. Vilma missed tons of tackles yesterday, but im trying to think its because of rust iceshack149 likes this.

12-27-2011, 12:48 PM	#1
DrewDat DOMEPATROL Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jacksonville,Florida Due To Military Obligation Posts: 479	LOL!!!! Dislike? Really? Every Big Play Is Blown Coverage From Harper. Every Play To Tony G Last Night Was On Him. He Was In The Wrong Defensive Scheme 3 Times LAST NIGHT....And I'm Only Talking LAST NIGHT...Ever Since The Game In Seattle Last Year He Sucked. He's Nothing But A Linebacker In A Safety Position

12-27-2011, 12:56 PM	#3
crawgator 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Ca Posts: 187 Blog Entries: 1	seems like a few defenses I have seen so far this year... Green Bay as well.. Give up lots of yards... But when get to the 30 tighten up.... With the offenses these 2 teams have they can take a gamble..If they give up 3 points oh well.. The offense will score 7.... If Green Bay and The Saints meet this year in the Playoffs It could turn into a instant Classic... I sure Hope it Winds up that way....

12-27-2011, 01:16 PM	#6
DrewDat DOMEPATROL Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jacksonville,Florida Due To Military Obligation Posts: 479	LOL!!!!! Not Mad. I Actually Want To See Him Do Good Like Any Other Player On The Team!!!....Greer Is Def The Best Defensive Player But IN MY OPINION Harper Is Not Playing Good Anymore...Every Big Pass Play Is In His Area Of The Field..He's Getting Picked On Bro I'll Be Sure To Point That Out In The Carolina Game To You

12-27-2011, 01:45 PM	#7
Luda34 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 1,219	They looked really good last night but I to keeping a dead horse but Jordan has to step up. Junior looks like our best pass rusher by for. I know Will got around the end a couple of times last night but came up short to get to Ryan.

12-27-2011, 02:04 PM	#8
Mardigras9 Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Land Mass between LA and AL Posts: 4,375	We have certainly been down on the D for the majority of the season. They played well last night and are looking better each week. Shut the Dirtybirds down in the red zone and shut down Turner. The team, all around that played last night, can go all the way. That was a dominating performance.

12-27-2011, 02:35 PM	#9
ScottF 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 6,324	couple points: don't cut Harper; He's actually pretty good Jordan isn't getting the numbers, but did a great job taking on blockers, being where he was supposed to be, and spreading runs outside. Twice Greer made nice tackles bc Jordan extended the OT outside Overall A-

12-27-2011, 02:49 PM	#10
Srgt. Hulka 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 4,417	I don't know who is responsible, but MANY times last night, and all season, quarterbacks have been throwing into our secondary and there has been NOBODY even in the same tv screen shot except the reciever. Our secondary has to come from 20 yards away to tackle the reciever. Ryan threw to the same spot all night, and nobody was there except his reciever. Did anybody notice that Skid Britches threw for almost 400 yards last night?! 400 yards! That's not a secondary shutting down the pass.