Jack Vegas

Loves:

-the D-line.
-Brees' touch on deep passes, that was missing sometimes last year.
-Preston Parker. We have a TON of good receivers.
-Mark Ingram looks like a stud. With this interior o-line and Collins throwing haymaker blocks, running inside will not be a problem at all.

Hates:
-Runs off the edge against our slow LB's. Yuck.
-Stills. The kid obviously has talent but you can't keep putting the ball on the ground like that. I hope they find a way to "redshirt" him to the IR the way they did with Morgan and Toon in their rookie years. There are too many other good receivers on this team right now.
-kick/punt coverage. Barf.
-I could only find the Chiefs broadcast to download. OMG, biggest homers ever. "I know Jimmy Graham is a quality tight end, but look at this Kelci kid on the Chiefs, he's gonna be just as good." Really??? REALLY????

hagan714

overall it was a typical first preseason game in my book.
i am getting ready to watch again and get into players.
the defense is what is and The Good The Bad and the Ugly probably will be their calling card all season.
Offense? saints line seemed to hold up fairly well. though the push up the middle at times was getting a little to deep for my liking. The line needs to keep and eye on that. Drew will needs to step up and slide right that is his comfort zone when avoiding the pass rush. To early to tell but the back up OL play made me feel a bit better or made me feel sorry for KC depth chart. not sure yet

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

Cruize

Brees looked very sharp.
Moore is the best, least known WR, in the NFL.
Watson is a GREAT pickup.
Evans is one of the best if not the best guard in the NFL.
Ingram ran well.
Hartley doesn't kick anything straight.
Warren, #63, looked real good a backup center.
Toon and Stills are NFL WR's.
Tanner and Parker run routes and catch balls.
Smith looks like an old DE trying to play OLB.
McNown is the backup QB.
Griffin is a project.
Vaccaro and Jenkins are two good rookies on defense who will contribute..
All of the backup defenders fly around.
Walker beats out T. Johnson for a roster spot.
Love the Ryan defense so far. Attacking.

SaintsBro

My observations on the game were only three.

1) The Saints have been rolling into the Dome wildly unprepared on special teams almost every game since 2006, so don't look for that to change any time soon. Instead we need to worry about how the defense handles starting on their own 30 at least once or twice a game, and how RR handles it, and how Brees handles it on our own possessions. What I saw with the first string defense and offense last night was basically the same Saints football as usual for the last couple of years, where we have to score on every offensive possession, and it usually takes 30+ points to win. That's nothing new or different.

2) Brees took a hit and got knocked down hard on the first drive. If we believe what everyone is saying, that the defenses are playing vanilla because it's preseason, then that's a worrying sign for the O line, if we are looking porous and getting manhandled by vanilla.


3)That reverse on 4th and 1 at the very end of the game, in the red zone, was PURE SEAN PAYTON. Welcome back!

homerj07

I did see Stills catch a couple of good ones late in the game. I will reserve judgement after a couple of more games.

RaginCajun83

Kenny Stills got robbed on that OPI call and will win the 3rd WR spot.

Will Smith needs to be cut ASAP

Defense looked aggressive once the "starters" were out

Rob Ryan looks like Matt Foley with longer hair

QBREES9

I though i was watching a game from last year. Man it's a preseason game.

ClintSaints

The play of Preston Parker and Glenn Foster was a nice surprise. Especially Preston Parker, who was pretty good with the Bucs a couple years ago. I think I would prefer keeping him over Kenny Stills. But all of a sudden we look pretty loaded at WR. Tanner had a nice game as well. And Toon looked great too.

But it was just one preseason game. So we shall see how this all shakes out.

At WR we definitely have Marques Colston and Lance Moore. After that, probably Nick Toon is pretty much assured. But after that, who knows? Steve Breaston? Courtney Roby (special teams)? Preston Parker? Andy Tanner? Kenny Stills? Saalim Hakim?

ClintSaints

An observation from the game: our special teams unit blew chunks. How many yards did we allow on punt and kickoff returns? Again, simply blew chunks.

ClintSaints

I just added it up: we gave up 239 yards on punt and kickoff returns for an average of 27 yards over 9 punts/kickoffs. That's pretty awful.