Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 575825)

2 minute warnings in every quarter and the ball turns over to the other team at the start of each quarter instead of only at the half.

Originally Posted by blackangold (Post 575836)

Whoever that RT is for the cowboys is awful ... getting Brees killed

Originally Posted by Utah_Saint (Post 575829)

That seems like a pretty radical change in how the game plays. Any idea why they would turn the ball over at the quarters too? Are they hoping to encourage more prevent defenses?

Originally Posted by alleycat_126 (Post 575894)

I think the new format, made the game a lot more interesting to me, the players seemed to have responded well to it. It wasn't confusing, at all to me and was for a change entertaining at the end......

Originally Posted by 44Champs (Post 575840)

Ugly uniforms.

Originally Posted by blackangold (Post 575836)

Whoever that RT is for the cowboys is awful ... getting Brees killed

Originally Posted by aintasinner (Post 575952)

Probably payback for recent Saints victories over the Cowboys. I'm not sure I understand the incentive for O-line guys from other teams to protect a QB who regularly beats them during the regular season. Probably why Brees made sure to get all of the Saints players on his team.

Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 575879)

The PB rules are not a test for regular season.. Too absurd.

In the first Qtr. Drew looked just like Drew does for all of our first Qtr games. Yep... I am gonna burn on Drew.

You have LeSean McCoy in the back field and you 3-out passing... TWICE?

Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 576047)

I agree with you Oak. I really hope this is not a sign that drew is starting to slow down. I know you said the playcalling was stupid but I also heard there were a lot of short passes.

A.qb like Brees should shine in the Pro Bowl, especially with the rules they play under.

Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 576048)

Yes... Again he made a lot of short under thrown passes. Also again just like the regular season he was always under heavy pressure....

Just my thoughts but I think the offseason will be just what he needs. You get blindsided enough as a QB and you start shortening your throwing motion so you don't fumble on the arm cock... Like we saw against Seattle. Do it enough and it becomes a rut. He needs to rework his mechanics.

Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 576050)

Even though he did have a few more interceptions than normal one thing I didn't see this year that I saw a lot of last year is him fumbling or throwing a pick because he tried to force the ball by just pitching it off as he was going down. Seems like he was a lot more willing just to take the sack this year than chance turning it over that way. Hopefully he will take a long look at his mistakes over this offseason and fix that as well.
A revamped offensive line wouldn't hurt either

Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 576053)

The comment about INTs is another one that may be because of the timing of the ITS he threw but in reality Drew had his lowest INT % (1.8) this season since 2004 tieing his all time low % of INTs/Attempts. As far as for total INTs he threw 12 and that brother is his third lowest number of INTs other than 2009/2006 (11) and 2004 (7).

Drew's passer Rating this season was a career 4th best at 104.7. Other than his completion percentage being down by 2.4% 2013 was a better year for Drew than 2009.
Drew Brees NFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

We can not put the monkey on his back. :bng:

Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 576058)

All I heard this year is how many INTS he was throwing. I never did take the time to look at his stats but it seemed to me that he was having one of his better seasons as for as taking care of the ball. and far less than last year.



Last year it seemed that every one he threw was due to a stupid decision and it seemed like almost all of them were avoidable and his fault. I didn't see much of that this year.

Like I said I just hope the accuracy issue isn't an issue and is just a result of shoddy protection. His accuracy is his money maker. He doesn't have the arm Manning or even Brady does and we don't have that elite receiver that can make up for an errant pass.