Brooks

G504 · 11-24-2004, 03:15 PM

I love everyone\'s passion, but unfortunately I\'m suppose to be working, so I had to skim some of the longer posts, so I alopogize if I repeat a point that\'s already been made:

First of all, let\'s not romanticize Brees or even Big Ben just yet. They\'re not the first young QBs to have break out seasons then slumped into fighting for a spot on the bench in pre-season.
Second, I live in Philly so I fully conseed anyone\'s \"did you actually watch the game\" points. Force to stare at a stupid helmet moving across my computer screen on nfl.com, I read a lot of stats. And the one that stands out to me are \"longest\" yards of the opposing players. In a typical Saints game, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd recievers will ALL have a longest play in the 20\'s or 30\'s. Correct me if I wrong, but that tells me the D is missing assignments or missing tackles or both. Denver\'s RB had a 51 yard TD. Knowing my Saints, I KNOW we were probably tripping over our own feet, running into each other, and grabbing handfuls of jersey just to hit the tuff empty handed while the RB skipped into the endzone. That\'s a problem!
In an effort to keep it short, my last point will be: Brooks is the only Saints QB to win a playoff game, against the riegning Superbowl Champs, no less. Now THAT was a beautiful game!

11-24-2004, 03:15 PM	#11
G504 100th Post Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Miami Posts: 424	Brooks I love everyone\'s passion, but unfortunately I\'m suppose to be working, so I had to skim some of the longer posts, so I alopogize if I repeat a point that\'s already been made: First of all, let\'s not romanticize Brees or even Big Ben just yet. They\'re not the first young QBs to have break out seasons then slumped into fighting for a spot on the bench in pre-season. Second, I live in Philly so I fully conseed anyone\'s \"did you actually watch the game\" points. Force to stare at a stupid helmet moving across my computer screen on nfl.com, I read a lot of stats. And the one that stands out to me are \"longest\" yards of the opposing players. In a typical Saints game, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd recievers will ALL have a longest play in the 20\'s or 30\'s. Correct me if I wrong, but that tells me the D is missing assignments or missing tackles or both. Denver\'s RB had a 51 yard TD. Knowing my Saints, I KNOW we were probably tripping over our own feet, running into each other, and grabbing handfuls of jersey just to hit the tuff empty handed while the RB skipped into the endzone. That\'s a problem! In an effort to keep it short, my last point will be: Brooks is the only Saints QB to win a playoff game, against the riegning Superbowl Champs, no less. Now THAT was a beautiful game!
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