"Ryan was under duress way more than he should have been against a defense that isn’t that talented."

Upon Further Review: Atlanta Falcons Week 1 - ESPN

Just goes to show you how well he actually covers the NFC South. Rarely ever talks about the Saints and when he does he calls the defense untalented. I hope this type of talk continues from the media, we need to keep flying under the radar for a bit longer.

I wonder exactly where these national media types get their criteria of who is "talented" and who is not.

Look, I was a sportswriter for 12 years, mostly high school and college football and a tiny bit of NFL. Sportswriters do not go to some magical "sportswriting school" where they learn the intricacies of analyzing game film or whatever. They see who has talent the same way any knowledgeable fan would. The problem is they can't go to every game, so they have to go by stats and reputation a lot of the time/

Having said that, Pat Y seems like an exceptionally lazy writer to me, and what's worse, he seems to have very little interest in covering the Saints even though that is supposed to be part of his beat. I stopped reading his stuff a long time ago because 99% of it is the same kind of uninsightful crap you can read on Bleacher Report.