blackangold

As far as the loss being on Brees:

After re-watching the game twice there are 4 passes which stand out.

1. Drew's incomplete pass intended for Toon at the 1 yard line. This was uncharacteristically poor from Brees as Toon was wide open and Bress had plenty of time to throw. He puts this ball on point and its a TD rather than a FG.

2. Drew's incomplete pass intended for Sproles. Sproles runs a great wheel route up the sideline and gets wide open (only person that would have stopped the TD was the safety 15yds away). Drew was under pressure and overthrows his target. I believe if Sproles caught the ball he goes in for a TD.

3. Drew throws to Jimmy when 3 defenders are with in 5 yds of him. They played inside, over the top and man coverage on Graham during this play but Drew tried to force it at mid-field. Jimmy turns into the defender on this play and managed to prevent the INT (great job jimmy).

4. Drew's INT. This seems obvious but is worth mentioning. There was almost a delay of game, Drew tries to take a TO (should have gotten it) but the ball is snapped and he looks flustered from the onset of the play. Drew gets almost no pressure on the play and throws a prayer up to Jimmy. The ball was to tall for even Jimmy Graham to handle and we have ourselves an INT. What really stands out was the down and distance 3rd and 12; a low percentage conversion down and distance, made worse by the field position.

Brees was uncharacteristically inaccurate. It's unlikely we see him perform so poorly again this season and I hope he explores other options aside from Jimmy and Sproles. Colston and Moore/Stills need to become more dangerous or risk becoming 1 dimensional.

Brees and Payton know more about football than I could imagine and I am sure they will make adjustments coming out of the bye week.

Season prediction holding strong at 13-3