Why didn't the Saints have more success during the Mora years?

WhoDat!656 · 07-16-2014, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Marlboro Man

Offensively we really didn't have even good WR's until we got Joe Horn. We had some really great RB's in Hilliard and Mayes and Gijan, but the reality was that injuries just killed us. We would get to the playoffs and by then we were decimated with injuries on defense which was our claim to fame and with such a mediocre offense we couldn't get past teams that would score on our depleated defense.

Eric Martin may not have been the best WR in the NFL then, but he was like Marques Colston.

Don't forget about Quinn Early

Jack Vegas · 07-16-2014, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by WhoDat!656

Eric Martin may not have been the best WR in the NFL then, but he was like Marques Colston.

Don't forget about Quinn Early

Eric Martin and Quinn Early were both good, starting-quality receivers. So was Lonzell Hill for a few years. Floyd Turner and Brett Perriman were good #3 types. In the later years of Mora when Everett was QB, Michael Haynes and Torrance Small were putting up good numbers too. We always had a revolving door of WR's but they were always productive for the most part.

If you could send Brees back in time to those teams I bet the offense wouldn't look much different, with Martin in the Colston role, Early as Lance Moore and Turner as the Henderson/Meachem field-stretcher.

We had all the parts on offense then, just not a QB. Now when Ditka took over, that was when we were devoid of talent on offense.

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07-16-2014, 03:27 PM	#1
WhoDat!656 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 16,086	Re: Why didn't the Saints have more success during the Mora years? Originally Posted by Marlboro Man Offensively we really didn't have even good WR's until we got Joe Horn. We had some really great RB's in Hilliard and Mayes and Gijan, but the reality was that injuries just killed us. We would get to the playoffs and by then we were decimated with injuries on defense which was our claim to fame and with such a mediocre offense we couldn't get past teams that would score on our depleated defense. Eric Martin may not have been the best WR in the NFL then, but he was like Marques Colston. Don't forget about Quinn Early

07-16-2014, 04:09 PM	#2
Jack Vegas 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,254	Re: Why didn't the Saints have more success during the Mora years? Originally Posted by WhoDat!656 Eric Martin may not have been the best WR in the NFL then, but he was like Marques Colston. Don't forget about Quinn Early Eric Martin and Quinn Early were both good, starting-quality receivers. So was Lonzell Hill for a few years. Floyd Turner and Brett Perriman were good #3 types. In the later years of Mora when Everett was QB, Michael Haynes and Torrance Small were putting up good numbers too. We always had a revolving door of WR's but they were always productive for the most part. If you could send Brees back in time to those teams I bet the offense wouldn't look much different, with Martin in the Colston role, Early as Lance Moore and Turner as the Henderson/Meachem field-stretcher. We had all the parts on offense then, just not a QB. Now when Ditka took over, that was when we were devoid of talent on offense.
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