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poydras · 08-25-2012, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

Have you noticed anything different about our team? I haven't. And I think that's his point.

Now that you mention it; not really. Charge out of the gate into a 14 point hole: check.... get back in the game with a drive and then a weird TD off a fumble return on the ensuing kick off: check... they take the lead we get it back: check ... get hosed by the refs: check.... take the eventual lead after a review that we probably won't get in the regular season: check .... hartley miss a dang field goal that would have clinched the game: check ... survive some really questionable play calling by our coaches and win or lose on what happens in the final 10 seconds: check..... ok, I guess that's pretty much business as usual

|Mitch| · 08-25-2012, 11:09 PM

Holding a pretty damned good Texans first team offense to what 24 points? I find that pretty awesome... but what can ya say haters gonna hate...

poydras · 08-25-2012, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

Holding a pretty damned good Texans first team offense to what 24 points? I find that pretty awesome... but what can ya say haters gonna hate...

The problem there is that we only faced their first team for half a game and they scored 24. You really want to give up 48 points a game AT HOME?

|Mitch| · 08-25-2012, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by poydras

The problem there is that we only faced their first team for half a game and they scored 24. You really want to give up 48 points a game AT HOME?

we scored 24 points in the first half as well, against their defense who was ranked #2 last year...

And we had 3 starters on defense out, Lofton, Hawthorne, Greer... Cassillas was at MLB for some of the first half and had never played a game at MLB... give them some credit...

The Dude · 08-26-2012, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by poydras

The problem there is that we only faced their first team for half a game and they scored 24. You really want to give up 48 points a game AT HOME?

We scored 24 too, and it was against their top ranked defense. I would love to be putting up 48 points on top ranked defenses all year.

burningmetal · 08-26-2012, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by poydras

Now that you mention it; not really. Charge out of the gate into a 14 point hole: check.... get back in the game with a drive and then a weird TD off a fumble return on the ensuing kick off: check... they take the lead we get it back: check ... get hosed by the refs: check.... take the eventual lead after a review that we probably won't get in the regular season: check .... hartley miss a dang field goal that would have clinched the game: check ... survive some really questionable play calling by our coaches and win or lose on what happens in the final 10 seconds: check..... ok, I guess that's pretty much business as usual

Well if you want to look at it in the negative sense, then yeah. But my point is things are not being run any differently, or at least not in any way that is obvious at this point. The Saints always look bad in preseason.

You remember in Payton's first year with us, we played the Cowboys in preseason and lost something like 31-13, I wanna say? Everyone was freaking out. We went on to make the playoffs and beat those same Cowboys 42-17 along the way.

Last year, we got embarrassed by the Texans in the preseason, then beat them in the regular season. There are certain things, like missed tackles and mainly injuries, that you can take away as negatives in these games, but everything else you have to take with a grain of salt. Considering the amount of success we've had, I'll gladly take business as usual... But I do think the defense will be much better this year.

08-25-2012, 11:05 PM	#1
poydras Team Doctor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Deep South Posts: 856	Re: What other team... Originally Posted by burningmetal Have you noticed anything different about our team? I haven't. And I think that's his point. Now that you mention it; not really. Charge out of the gate into a 14 point hole: check.... get back in the game with a drive and then a weird TD off a fumble return on the ensuing kick off: check... they take the lead we get it back: check ... get hosed by the refs: check.... take the eventual lead after a review that we probably won't get in the regular season: check .... hartley miss a dang field goal that would have clinched the game: check ... survive some really questionable play calling by our coaches and win or lose on what happens in the final 10 seconds: check..... ok, I guess that's pretty much business as usual spkb25 and 73Saint like this.

08-25-2012, 11:29 PM	#3
poydras Team Doctor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Deep South Posts: 856	Re: What other team... Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| Holding a pretty damned good Texans first team offense to what 24 points? I find that pretty awesome... but what can ya say haters gonna hate... The problem there is that we only faced their first team for half a game and they scored 24. You really want to give up 48 points a game AT HOME?

08-25-2012, 11:32 PM	#4
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: What other team... Originally Posted by poydras The problem there is that we only faced their first team for half a game and they scored 24. You really want to give up 48 points a game AT HOME? we scored 24 points in the first half as well, against their defense who was ranked #2 last year... And we had 3 starters on defense out, Lofton, Hawthorne, Greer... Cassillas was at MLB for some of the first half and had never played a game at MLB... give them some credit... spkb25, B005TED and CharityMike like this.
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08-26-2012, 12:19 AM	#5
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,055	Re: What other team... Originally Posted by poydras The problem there is that we only faced their first team for half a game and they scored 24. You really want to give up 48 points a game AT HOME? We scored 24 too, and it was against their top ranked defense. I would love to be putting up 48 points on top ranked defenses all year.
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08-26-2012, 04:25 PM	#6
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: What other team... Originally Posted by poydras Now that you mention it; not really. Charge out of the gate into a 14 point hole: check.... get back in the game with a drive and then a weird TD off a fumble return on the ensuing kick off: check... they take the lead we get it back: check ... get hosed by the refs: check.... take the eventual lead after a review that we probably won't get in the regular season: check .... hartley miss a dang field goal that would have clinched the game: check ... survive some really questionable play calling by our coaches and win or lose on what happens in the final 10 seconds: check..... ok, I guess that's pretty much business as usual Well if you want to look at it in the negative sense, then yeah. But my point is things are not being run any differently, or at least not in any way that is obvious at this point. The Saints always look bad in preseason. You remember in Payton's first year with us, we played the Cowboys in preseason and lost something like 31-13, I wanna say? Everyone was freaking out. We went on to make the playoffs and beat those same Cowboys 42-17 along the way. Last year, we got embarrassed by the Texans in the preseason, then beat them in the regular season. There are certain things, like missed tackles and mainly injuries, that you can take away as negatives in these games, but everything else you have to take with a grain of salt. Considering the amount of success we've had, I'll gladly take business as usual... But I do think the defense will be much better this year.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

08-25-2012, 11:09 PM	#2
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