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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Saints are installing a new defense so the fact they're struggling against hurry-up defenses is not a surprise... Andre Johnson is gonna get his; now, did we take away the other weapons and stop the run is the real question... ...
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Re: 3 thoughts on Saints game: Pierre Thomas 'still has it'
Saints are installing a new defense so the fact they're struggling against hurry-up defenses is not a surprise...
Andre Johnson is gonna get his; now, did we take away the other weapons and stop the run is the real question... With the exception of Barry Sanders, I've never seen anyone run screens better in the NFL than Pierre Thomas... Did I see Kevin Reddick with the ones on a goal line defense package?!? Now that was interesting... See what the Saints ThinkTank sees in Patrick Robinson; he needs to cut the hair, lose the Hollywood, and just ball... It's a shame we've got bad contracts in Roman Harper, Will Smith, and (yes) Jon Vilma, because better players have been, are on the bench as of now... Tanner made a great catch and then followed with a post score let-down saving tackle; now his size and special teams play are disappearing as roster elimination points... Remember when we only needed another receiver on some good Saints teams; now depth is amazing and, though it's preseason, the Saints WR corps is six deep right now; if Roby catches two touchdowns next week, wow... Could Lance Moore become expendable?!? Sounding disloyal, but as free agents cite, it's a business and Saints still have needs at Outside Linebackers, Offensive Tackle... Not ready to jump on the Ryan bandwagon, but how a year and new talent make a difference; "(Foster is) gonna compete, not just to make this team but to compete for playing time..." was a great post-game quote... Only because Ryan's a rookie, but we are probably keeping three (3) quarterbacks on the roster this season; McCown looks like a solid Backup QB... Could Payton have designed to have his own college (Tulane, Curtis Johnson) to prep his quarterbacks... The front three are fine, and despite the additon of Keenan Lewis, we definitely need both outside linebacking positions able to pressure when just rushing four (3DL and one OLB); this was the year to trade back in to the first round, second round and this time, make the right grab in a 34 OLB... Not sure if it's scheme, coaching or some recipe of both, but Payton should have made a change in the offseason at special teams; understand having a friend, confidant staff member, even at a limited game phase, but despite having the best punter, kickoff specialist in the game the special teams have become a big liability... We've got some good drama developing for the final pre-season game; it'd be more suspenseful if we didn't have those three bad contracts... |
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