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The weather was pleasant, considering the possibilities of New Jersey in November. Still, it was chilly, in the mid 40's.

This looked like the 2012 Saints, a team making mistakes and a defense that was gashed all afternoon long.

The Jets lost to Cincinnati 49-9 a week ago. This is the NFL. Every week is different. These are paid professionals. If you don't show up with your best effort, you will lose. The Saints indeed lost in a sloppy 26-20 contest.

New Orleans made a talent evaluation to go with their clear miss investment in Mark Ingram over Chris Ivory. Does anyone think Ingram is a better runner than Ivory? Anyone?

The Saints were defined by their two plays on third and inches in the fourth quarter. First, you throw to the fullback in the flat. He drops the ball. Then, a tight end around? With Josh Hill? Seriously? This team cannot run the ball and has no confidence to even try to run. You needed an inch and had two downs to get it. I love Sean Payton's ability to call plays but this was a bit ridiculous. The fourth down call brought back memories of "Superdome Special." Again, I ask the question—why trade up and draft Mark Ingram in the first round if you don't trust him to make an inch?

Given a chance to win late, the Saints were simply not good enough to get it done. There were key injuries but the Jets had injuries as well. When you are favored to win, you have to take care of business. The Saints did not.
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pinch

I hope that series doesn't signify the turn-around of our season as well. Hasn't anyone ever heard of a QB sneak before?

Danno

Brees was already getting pummeled enough. I probably would have just run it twice with an extra O-lineman eligible.

But I get your point. Payton obviously has no confidence in his run game.

Papa Voodoo

He did run with Jed and Jed got the first. The time out made it so Sean went for the pass in the flat, a play Jed makes consistently. Wide open, perfect pass, and he dropped it. 3rd time the Jets had to be thinking up the gut/QB sneak so Sean went for the mis-direction because the Jets were going to jam the middle. It didn't work.

We definitley should have run a lot more in that game though, especially with the noise issues. Good lesson for Seattle (and the rest of the season).

mike27

Yea, that was kind of a bad spot, to start off with. He got the first down. I figured they'd try one of those Drew shooting the ball across the line then drawing back. But yea, it seemed like some bad play calling.

Still, they had their moments, and I've got to give it to the Jet's defense, pretty awesome this week. And add a goodly portion of luck with all the tips and interceptions--viola', game Jets. Didn't see this one coming, not after last week's performance, by the Saint's and the Jet's.

NEPASaint

You can't win when your team only has 3 rushing attempts in the first half. And how is a running back supposed to get anything going on only 2 carries in a half? Everyone is saying Ingram is a bad running back. But the guy needs carries to get it going. 5 to 10 carries a game is not enough.

ChrisXVI

Shhh... Don't criticize these things LOL.

hagan714

ya think ? shot off all our toes in this game and limping home

WHODATINCA

Yea, that's what worries me, if you play bad, generally you hurt yourself trying hard to win. I just pray Sproles is OK. We seriously need him.

ikecomp

Except for all the drops, I didn't see anything new yesterday. The one thing that concerns me is that all the flaws on this team become magnified when we leave the dome. I honestly don't know what team will show up on the road anymore and thats not good during the upcoming stretch.

Do I even need to mention carolina is only one game back?