OFFICIAL SAINTS VS JETS GAMEDAY THREAD

[DISPLACEDFAN]

no but not running the ball more than 13 times calling a end around with a TE and going to jimmy grahm all day are things he controls

[|Mitch|]

Originally Posted by DISPLACEDFAN

no but not running the ball more than 13 times calling a end around with a TE and going to jimmy grahm all day are things he controls

Last time I checked Graham had 9 catches for 119 yards and 2 TD's so I can see why he was trusted.

[DISPLACEDFAN]

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

Last time I checked Graham had 9 catches for 119 yards and 2 TD's so I can see why he was trusted.

I agree he's trusted and should be but there are other guys out there. Just seems its becoming a one man receiving corps out there

[Jack Vegas]

The thing that annoys me is we were really running the ball well today and they just wouldn't stick with it. When your top two running backs are averaging 4.3 ypc between them you need to be pounding that rock. PT looked amazing today and if we find more ways to get him the ball I think we could've won.

[rezburna]

Originally Posted by DISPLACEDFAN

no but not running the ball more than 13 times calling a end around with a TE and going to jimmy grahm all day are things he controls

Sean Payton doesn't control ball distribution. Drew Brees does. Jimmy Graham is NEVER the only player running a route on a play. Brees usually always has a check down option open. He just doesn't take them as much as he used to. Ever since we got Graham he began force feeding him the ball. And we got down and abandoned the run game to conserve clock. Which worked. Just didn't execute on the last drive. 3rd and 19 and Brees lofts it up even though its 4 down time? Instead of trying to get 4th and decent, he throws it up for grabs. This was all about bad execution. Even on defense.

[Halo]

Originally Posted by rezburna

Sean Payton doesn't control ball distribution. Drew Brees does. Jimmy Graham is NEVER the only player running a route on a play. Brees usually always has a check down option open. He just doesn't take them as much as he used to. Ever since we got Graham he began force feeding him the ball. And we got down and abandoned the run game to conserve clock. Which worked. Just didn't execute on the last drive. 3rd and 19 and Brees lofts it up even though its 4 down time? Instead of trying to get 4th and decent, he throws it up for grabs. This was all about bad execution. Even on defense.

I can't disagree with this.

What I will say is, the Saints under Sean Payton have never been known as a ball control, running team. What I do notice is imbalance in pass vs. run. We start throwing every down in the 1st quarter!

I think we CAN run the ball. We ran into this in 2010, where in 2009 we had balance of pass vs. run, like 60/40. In 2010 pass vs. run was like 70/30 or less. We MUST try to gameplan the run and not just run when it's 3 and 2!!! (and sometimes then we just throw the ball)