Belair57

we are a soft dome team and it was proven...face it

saintsfan403

I wouldn't call us a 'soft dome team', we made mental mistakes and had sh*tty execution. A soft team would* have let Lynch and Gore run all over them.

_V3T_

I agree, years past we had soft fronts and leaky secondary... but one that were NOT under Ryan is soft (on defense). That being said, a big part of me making a new account and getting back on the B&G after so long was my sheer disappointment in Jimmy last night, and his "Fake toughness" thru a lot of meaningless first downs, but dropping key 3rd downs (a lot of which open) and hearing the footsteps. I need to see 80 make the catches he knows hes going to take the hit on. That mixed with White's terrible hands, I will say he's not bad in coverage and breaking up passes (good tackler) but terrible hands. Us losing that "fumble/pick" in the 3rd possesion really put the juice on their side and left us flat. We never bounced back offensively. D looked good in the second half, only giving up 7.

All in all we came out and got smacked in the mouth in a tough Seattle stadium and never bounced back. That definately reflects on Coach, Drew only passed for 9 yards in the first 3 possesions and we only accounted for 12 first downs (mind boggling) but us seeing THAT D, before going into these 2 with Carolina will only help us, and KNOWING that we will be back in Seattle for the NFC Championship; I'm fully confident that Coach will have us ready and Drew will get it done.

Who Dat Nation 619

DISPLACEDFAN

we definitely aren't a mean and nasty type team. I'd call it a finesse team which we seem to be vulnerable to the bully type team

WHODATINCA

What the hell are you talking about? Have you Displaced your mind? We are a top 5-rated defense and are tied for the most sacks in the league. Jesus -- got stats?

skymike

1. stats dont mean ****.

2. Jesus is not a cuss word.

Jack Vegas

Eh, I think it's more on the players than coaches. They let themselves get intimidated. They were tight and jittery and it showed.

I don't buy into the "soft dome team" theory at all, that's just a bunch of media-driven narrative BS. This team is physically and mentally tough, they just ran into a buzz saw tonight. They will bounce back against the Panthers.

WHODATINCA

I don't think we were intimidated. The game, as called against Seattle, was not working on both sides of the ball. This is on the coaches. If we have the players to get the job done -- then the game plan was wrong. Since nothing worked ( pretty much anywhere and we have the players on the roster to get the job done ) then the game plan was wrong. If it was only execution -- then the game would have been more uneven -- some things working, some things not, due to player execution. In this game, nothing worked.

Looks to me like no one was prepared, on our team, for Seattle. Almost, like no one watched any film. Or couldn't translate from film to the field.

Or, it could be that Seattle is just a better team, physically, better prepared and coached. But, initimidated, I don't think so.

Shutdown defense in 2017 = Championship!

DISPLACEDFAN

play calling is questionable at best when its 3rd and 2 you don't need to throw it all the way down the field just pick up the first down then take a shot on 1st and 2nd but we don't . we go run screen deep or run run deep

WHODATINCA

Agreed. Predictable.