Coach Payton discusses tonight's loss to the St. Louis Rams
 

(On the game)
“That was pretty ugly. Obviously, it is a disappointing loss, extremely disappointing. I though in all three areas we didn’t play well at all. Obviously we didn’t get them ready to play, we looked flat coming out. I take responsibility for that. Much has been written about how we play on the road and how we play at home and you know what? That is where it is right now with this season. We come out here with a lot at stake having played an important game last week and we can’t line up and kick a field goal, we can’t get the run stopped, we turned the ball over. We did everything we talked about that you can’t do to get a road win. We knew that this team would present some tough challenges with protection and still with that being said, how we played today is unacceptable and that is on me.”

(On moving T Zach Strief to left tackle)
“I saw enough. I saw enough, period. It was enough penalties, pressures, sacks, it was enough. At some point you can’t just keep watching it. Feelings get hurt, it is tough.”

(On revisiting the move at tackle)
“I don’t think now is the time to discuss it.”

(On being concerned about K Garrett Hartley)
“Yes, not just his kicking, I am concerned about a lot of things. I am concerned about our protection, I am concerned about our inability to be consistent in regards to running the football and our ability to defensively stop the rushing team. All of those things are cause for concern. The first kick that is blocked I think is low, the second kick he pulls it left.”

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"and we can’t line up and kick a field goal"


Its pretty huge that this is the first thing he singles out.

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saints lay another turd on the road as a team. thats a lot of turds

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I don't think this can be fixed this year. They are a hot and cold team at best. When it is crunch time they don't know how to show up. Anyone still think we can take Seattle on at their place?

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Not Hartley!...I mean, hardly!

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Absolutely, because no one beats us; we always beat ourselves.
You almost never hear 'that was a hard fought loss'.

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Wow, I've never heard him rip a player like this before.

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You're not kidding. That dude is done here. If I was on the roster he'd put ME in 'just because'. Wow!

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I think Sean just answered the question about which position we upgrade first and foremost this off-season.

Loomis, Pace and Reiprish are updating their lists.

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Yes.

You said it yourself. They're hot and cold. If they get hot, they can beat anybody. If they're cold, they get beat by the 5-8 Rams. Gotta hope they can focus on fixing the little stuff and get hot at the right time. That's what most Super Bowl runs are. A team getting hot at the right time.

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Yeah Brown and Hartley. He is pissed. Sucks to be a player this week. He's going to kick the **** out of them.

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Those two are gone by the end of the year. So gone, that they need to go ahead and let their landlord know they are moving so they don't get a lease agreement fee.

I didn't get to see or hear the game. But after listening to the post game show... damn.

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well i was there and with me sitting there with a bunch of 5 and fans.. Kinda sad i was ghe one embarrased

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Never heard Payton this frustrated.

The issues are real.

Tough week of practice ahead.

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Should I waste my time and watch it on NFL rewind. I saw Drew throw the INT. What else is their to watch.

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No. It became almost laughable.

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Brown gave up 2 penalties, 2 sacks, 2 Qb hits.

Strief - 9 HUs.

Bryce Harris 1/2 as many snaps as Grubs and Strief ... 1 sack, 1 hit, 4 HUs.

So in answer to "could it get worse"? Yes... Harris did just as much damage in 1/2 the snaps.

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As I said in another thread, why stop with Brown? Jenkins and his inability to tackle cost 14 points.

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I think we all knew the O line needed to be upgraded as much a the defense did. It's hard to upgrade both when you have LIMITED CAP SPACE and draft picks. We did great in the draft with what we had, but IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE MORE CAP SAPCE to use on the O line. We have a great coach, a great QB, good TE's, good WR's, and goodRB's but yet when our O line started to diminish, so did our offense. Its no secret that when our O line plays good,we consistantly put up points in the 30's and 40's.

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He should be pissed. He has gone to bat for head-case Hartley all season, but enough is enough. The Saints struggle all day to try put points on the board, are trying to mount an impossible comeback, and Hartley kills the momentum with a chip shot miss.
Not that the Saints even slightly deserved a chance to win, but stranger things have happened.

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Oh he mad. Let the meme fun begin.

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No way baby!

Re: Coach Payton discusses tonight's loss to the St. Louis Rams
 

Hey coach! You can't win without effort. Where was the effort & motivation. We looked punch drunk! I don't think you have a clue on how to fix it otherwise it would have been fixed.