saintsfan1976

The same coverage we always have fits with (and lose games)

halloween 65

I liked the way White played, he held his own. V played good and the D-line was good. The rest of the D well not so good and I really don't want to think about our high-powered O. But it was a lesson learned.

hagan714

i agree but that TD he gave up in end zone was and still is hard to take. Jenkins is taking the heat in the papers but he had his man covered and white his guy cross over away from the flow and turning him loose leaving Jenkins to cover two players going in opposite direction.

white screwed the poach on that play. turning his guy lose to dbl team another player or that was what he was suppose to and then i look to the play calling as piss poor.

after the way the game went and the defense was totally out coached and left out to dry by our coaching staff i have to put the blame on the coaches. the odds say it so.

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

kpak76

Hey Saints fan, Hawks fan here.

I wanted to come on here and say good game, but then I realized I probably would sound like a troll if I said that. Instead, I have to ask wtf happened to Brees last night? The Saints did not look like they were prepared at all for this game. There was several issues with the crowd noise that I know Brees was downplaying in his post game interview. There was 2 delay penality (only 1 called) and 2 forced time outs in the second half and that was mainly attributed to crowd noise. I could have sworn at the beginning of the telecast they said the Saints even had custom made ear plugs fitted and everything.

The way I see it, the Saints just played against a superior team in the Seahawks last night. I know reading from the pregame chatter on here, many of you will disagree with, but you just need to relook at last nights tape and hopefully even the most homerish fans would come to that conclusion. Given the way both teams played, I doubt playing in your dome would have changed the outcome other than the score a little. The Saints had no answer to our press, man 2 man coverage we ran all night (I don't know what Gruden was talking about when he kept mentioning zone, the Hawks play 1 deep and man coverage all the way around). I thought Graham would be making more noise once he found out he was going to be covered by a LB for most of the game.

Your WR really need to be better at beating press coverage. I am not sure how they have been all year long, but last night there was no seporation from them once our DB's got their hand on them. To me, that was the biggest problem you faced. I knew you guys would have a hard time running on our D. I know there was an article out there that painted such a pretty picture that our D can be ran upon, but that article was the poster child for twisting stats to fit an argument. In reality, our run D is just as strong if not stronger than our pass D. We have the big bodies that know how to play to be effective on run D.

If a rematch does happen, and I really do hope there is one, Payton needs to run more bunch and screen routes to get a guy free to make some plays. I can only remember once when you guys got into bunch formation, and that has been the worst formation for our type of defense.

saintsfan1976

Jeniks. 95 yds and a TD. and that crucial 3rd down, deep in their own territory, back shoulder throw for a first down.... that was a killer

hagan714

the attack was simple use our over aggressive and poor discipline against the saints defense. they did what the Pats did but were better at it. expect the panthers to the same

the defense attack was simple
phase 1
just beat up on the offense line and they will fold.
phase 2
coverage was basic because they knew phase 1 was going to work

leilung

The focus on D was Lynch... period. Almost like they ignored game planning against Wilson moving and creating plays. After getting burned EVERY time they touched the ball for a score in the first half, you would think that they would put someone on him as a spy, like they used to do with Vick. Keep him in the pocket and half of those throws downfield to wide open receivers never connect.

Vrillon82

Games like this dont happen just by being good or bad.

It could be something like Seattle knowing what the Saints were calling every play. Remember that crap on Loomis for wire tapping? I say go investigate that stadium for it.

onanygivenSu

Wilson and the Seahawks were bothered by Drew Brees and the visiting Saints in the same way lightning is bothered by an oak tree.

exile

If White catches that pick the oak tree may have tuned into a ground pole.