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He's clutch. He's Mr. Clutch. He's......... Aaron Brooks!!!

Some say winning is all that counts. Well.....we're 2-1. '

Some say we don't deserve to be 2-1. ??

I say we deserve it more than than the teams we beat.

I just wonder if Brooks is getting any respect from his biggest critics? Probably not. I suppose it's just too painful for those guys.

Thank God for Brooks. Because if not for Brooks we'd be looking at an 0-3 record right now. Thank God for Brooks.

I just don't know how much longer Brooks can carry this team though.

No Deuce!!

No Defense!!

Poor Coaching.

All we have is Brooks and a couple of decent receivers.

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Who's with me???

What's up folks??? :casstet:

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I\'m wit ya dog! Brooks da man

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Man, you\'ve got some catching up to do. I know you\'re up for it tho. I\'m with ya...been fightin\' the battle as always. Whodat wants to come around Billy. I swear he does, but his moonshinin\' bretherin\' keep pulling him back down. But I\'m close...very close.

:soleil:

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saintfan --

I know you\'re keepin\' these chumps in line... ;)

I can only imagine what\'s being said by a \"select few.\"

This team doesn\'t look a whole lot different from years past. Except it\'s painfully obvious Brooks is NOT the problem. He never has been.

I\'ve talked to a few Books bashers here in my home town and it\'s pretty clear they\'re just waiting for us to lose so they can pin it on Brooks.

And we will lose some games if we don\'t find a defense.

IMO, Brooks has always been the heartbeat of this team. It\'s certainly not the defense. And it ain\'t Deuce either. We can win without Deuce. But not without Brooks.

Don\'t get me wrong... Deuce is a good back. I don\'t think he\'s great. But very good. Deuce disappears too much and doesn\'t get in the endzone enough. Maybe it\'s the offensive line, though? But that same offensive line blocks for Brooks and we know better than to use that as an excuse. Don\'t we?

In any event. Brooks keeps proving \'em wrong and I continue to love every minute of it. :P

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Hells yea, Brooks finally getting some due here in Nawlins. If ya don\'t believe it, insert Bouman or JT in, and watch the 0-3 record.

Go on Brooks, let em have it!!! :cheering:

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What would I do with some of my slower afternoons without him ....

:EVILLE:

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Where\'s the pro Brooks agenda talk from those who are so concerned with agendas?

Not a knock on you Dberce, but if I said that we\'d be 3-0 without him I\'d hear about my agenda for the next 3 years. Where\'s the defender of realism now?

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Billy,

Good to have you back. You are a few days behind though.

I\'m with you on this one. Brooks is the man.

I am still wanting to hear arguments as to Duece\'s mediocrity. I think he is one damn fine back! The problem for our running game is not Deuce, it is our offensive coordinator - Duece is a big back, but HE relies a lot on his speed, so I think one of our problems is coaching thinking that we should use him as a power back. When we got him the idea was to give him the ball less often for bigger plays (as opposed to the power game we used with Ricky). I think that coaching has forgotten this and tried to stick with a power game when we should be a passing game. If we sling the ball around a bit better, Duece is going to be THE MAN. So, to repeat, Duece would be all that and a bag of chips if our offensive coordinator did not suck. If people think otherwise, they need to provide more than a vague \"he fades down the stretch\"!

Cheers.

[Edited on 1/10/2004 by JKool]

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I think AB has been a pretty stable QB for two seasons. It\'s just plain sad that so many \"fans\" want to see him fail. No one in my other group wanted to hear his rating before he was injured. No cared about anything but his fumbles last season. All I heard was Waaaaaaaa We want Bulger back. Waaaaaaaaa We want Jake back. After AB eclipses them both,the haters are gonna be hollerin for Kilmer. One knucklehead wanted JT to start....

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I said before the season that Brooks\' inconsistency was the team\'s biggest problem and I\'m sticking with that. The thing is AB has played well for three straight games. He is definitely one of the main reasons we have a winning record so far.

I feel I was right after all because I said if he improves his consistency we\'ll win more games than if he doesn\'t and we just improve the LB corps or the coaching. Brooks has improved and we are 2-1 and we can\'t say it\'s because LBs or coaching have gotten any better. It\'s simply Brooks.

The maturation problem has taken longer than expected but it is very evident that he is growing in the game. Now, if we just had a defense, we might make the playoffs.

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Brooks\' inconsistency Saints biggest problem in the past. That\'s agenda-talk if I ever heard it. Where\'s Caption Reality? Where\'s the agenda-buster?

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Is this a football question or a personal attack? LMAO

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This start by the Saints kind of reminds me of the first year Haslett was brought on board. Him and his coaching staff didn\'t have a clue as to what they had offensively so they \"winged it \" into the playoffs. Well, here we go again...no Deuce...Horn hurting...new guys in the backfield...so McCarthy doesn\'t know what to do. Now Brooks is once again having to make things happen on his own and he is excelling at it. This is what the coaching staff should\'ve been doing with him all along, structuring around HIS abilities, not around the coaching staff\'s personal preferences as to what we should be doing against any given team. It\'s obvious McCarthy is an idiot, his game-planning isn\'t worth squat, his half-time adjustments stink, his play-calling sucks, the only hope he has is letting Brooks street-ball it into the playoffs. But once the coaching staff realizes it\'s getting out of their hands they\'ll start reigning him in again and it\'ll be back to normal. Do I think Brooks is stepping up to the plate and making things happen? Yes. Do I have any faith this coaching staff will alllow this to continue? No.

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I\'m not happy with McCarthy,either. Why was he tinkering with a no FB set? This team would be at its best with a 3 wide, FB set. That way, teams would have major problems in the guessing game. Well, McCarthy would still just run, run then pass.

Since Niners game, I\'ve been thinking about Martz for OC. I think his days are numbered in STL. Hear me out before yall call both of us insane, Remember how they used to try to totally destroy teams, no matter the score ? Well, I think Martz would have comparable players here, as he did in his heyday.

Donte = Holt
Horn ÂÂÂÂ* = ÂÂÂÂ* Bruce
Pathon = Proehl
Devery = Hakim
Duece ÂÂÂÂ* = Faulk
Conwell = Conwell
Boo as lagniappe
ÂÂÂÂ*ÂÂÂÂ*AB = Warner? Maybe not, but AB wouldn\'t kill the team. AB simply dosen\'t rattle. I don\'t think anyone besides Peyton could match what Warner did. I was hoping AB would make a Pro Bowl run, but there\'s Vick, Pepper, and Uncle Brett just won\'t go away. McNabb is having a career season. He\'s still called overrated, though. ......
ÂÂÂÂ*ÂÂÂÂ*ÂÂÂÂ*ÂÂÂÂ*
Martz wouldn\'t be such a bad move, He just needs a sound HC to reign him in from stupid decisions, like he had in Vermeil. Plus , we could keep our RB & Wrs fresh, having depth. I think Martz would do fine with our weapons.

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Hey Does it really matter what happened last year or even last week for the matter as long as AB keeps throwing TD, no INT\'s and holds on to the damn ball he is the man and AB is a hell of alot more mobile than Warner ever was and Warner was a product of the environment he was in.

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AB dosent have the accuracy of Warner\'s passes. His are often behind, below, or above WRs. Warner throws to where Wrs are GOING. If Warner was merely a product of the Rams\' system, why is he doing so well in NY? Mobility is irrelevent, when you have a QB with a quick, accurate release. Ask Marino.

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And lineman do not have to hold their blocks as long ???

Yac numbers are usually higher when receivers are capable of catching the ball away from their bodies at velocities under 90 M.P.H.

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

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Just wanted to cosign on this. My sentiments exactly.

SFIAH

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<clearing throat>

Just thought I\'d resurrect this little thread after today\'s shellacking.
Today we got to see the other side of Erin Brooks. :brood:

By the way anyone still wanting to dump Deuce for Erin Stecker now? :doh:

:kerry:

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Anybody still think our O-Line \"excels\"...uh hmmmm...at anything? ;)

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Penalties.

:kerry:

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I still didn\'t see anything that would allow you to hang this game on Brooks. He had one bad fumble on a play we should have been kicking FG on anyway. And the play before that he was awesome. No, he wasn\'t as sharp as in the past two weeks, but the rest of the team looked to fall on their faces well before AB.

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Good Point.

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i agree scotty ro

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Brooks is predictable in the passing game . Pure and simple the Cards were playing the under routes well against the Falcons it was safe to assume they would stay with it with the poor mans Vick ....


[Edited on 3/10/2004 by saintz08]

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You\'re right when you say that we shouldn\'t have gone for it on 4th down (Haslett, I\'ll kill you!). But regardless, it was Brooks\' fault that we fumbled. HE caused the fumble, not LeCharles.

Brooks did not play well today. He held on to the football WAY too long on many plays, and he was either forced to
a) throw the ball away.
b) take a sack
c) force the ball to a receiver.

But it wasn\'t his fault that this team lost today. The whole organization deserves the blame.

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We are not a bad team.....

.............. we are a bad franchise.

BTW - All the pundits are trying to decide if the 49ers ot Cardinals are the worst.

Yest the Saints lose by the most points difference to the Cardinals; and scraped past the 49ers.

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About that fumble, I honestly would\'ve gone for it, but handed it to the FB. Here\'s some news for the haters: WE DO NOT WANT AB INJURED. Especially on a play like that. By the way, nine or ten dropped passes makes most QB\'s stats look shabby. We couldnt get drives going. I\'m not even gonna start in on the O line. How many penalties? Now, I have a migraine . I\'m gonna finish watchin the Simpsons and let my hunni keep plying me with beer. Thank God for nurses.

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Yep we looked like the predictable Saints and the predictable AB on the masterful first drive but............well we all know the but. Coaches dont cause fumbles, the ball carriers do. That is not to say I agree with the call. I remember one play where AB had what seemed like 15 minutes only then after pump faking scrambling east-west...with acres of open pasture in front of him, only to decide to run. I applauded,yelled, screamed because he finally ran the ball. Yes he waited \'minutes too long\", but he ran. At least it wasn\'t a wasted or stupid pass. Brooks is an issue..........but not the biggest area of concern. :eck13:

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oh sub guy ur so off on our problems its sad

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gatorman i agree but its not brooks\' fault

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well ur right gatorman except for special teams

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I don\'t want to dump Deuce but they could\'ve given Stecker more than 8 rushes

[Edited on 4/10/2004 by bayouking318]

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Y\'know, it\'s funny, I thought McCarthy was infamous for being so stubborn in his playcalling. He ran the 2 TE set endlessly against Seattle. I never thought he\'d abandon the running game altogether.

Yes, I know that Stecker is no Deuce. Yes, I know that the Cards D stuffed us when we tried to run. But to completely abandon the running game is absolutely retarded. That\'s a whole dimension of the offense that McCarthy decided to eliminate. Now, if you\'re the Cards\' D coordinator, and you\'re seeing this \"adjustment\" how do you react?

I hate McCarthy. When you\'re down by 4 points in the 3rd quarter, you don\'t have to give up on the running game. Why don\'t you just start telling the other team what you\'re doing, \'cause that\'s no different from the way you call games now! :cussing:

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Are we ready for a really embarrasing stat ???

I save a few ...... :EVILLE: