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METAIRIE, La. – Patrick Robinson said being pulled from the starting lineup last week is a big thing. But the New Orleans Saints cornerback said there’s only one way to respond to it.

“That’s something big, but you still gotta deal with it, no matter if it’s hard to deal with or not,” Robinson said. “You know, you mess up, you gotta own up to it. And try to get better from there.”

Saints cornerback Patrick Robinson has had plenty of misses in the first two weeks of the season. The Saints haven’t given any indication yet this week if they plan to make a permanent change at the No. 2 cornerback job.

Robinson was replaced in the Saints’ base defense by cornerback Corey White last week at Cleveland after a handful of early miscues. Robinson came back onto the field in nickel packages and had a couple more highs and lows in the 26-24 loss to the Browns.

The most costly error was Robinson’s 19-yard pass interference penalty on a third-down play in the first quarter when he didn’t turn back to locate the ball in the air. Also in the first quarter, Robinson also allowed a short touchdown pass and was penalized for jumping offsides on a field goal attempt (though safety Kenny Vaccaro actually jumped first).

Late in the game, Robinson was also penalized for defensive holding, which was declined during the Browns’ final 28-yard pass play that was loaded with defensive breakdowns.

Robinson echoed the thoughts of teammates and coaches throughout the week that all of those things are big issues – but small details that can be corrected.

“As far as me not playing, that’s a lot of motivation for me, pretty much. You know, to fine-tune my small details, like my eyes. And instead of turning to the receiver, turn back to the quarterback and look up, and not look back,” Robinson said. “Small things like that, you know, that make a big difference if I make the play or if it’s pass interference.”

Robinson said the message sent to the entire team this week has been, “We’ve just gotta play fast and smart.”

“You know, we made some dumb mistakes that cost us games, plain and simple,” said Robinson, who also was beaten on two mid-range passes in a Week 1 overtime loss at Atlanta. “We’ve gotta play smart, and we’ve gotta play faster than we are. … It’s as simple as that, to be honest.”

New Orleans Saints CB Patrick Robinson owns up to mistakes - ESPN

FinSaint

Playing tight man-to-man would be a nice start...

Jack Vegas

Agreed.

How are you supposed to "play fast" when you're backing off the line at the snap? The defensive scheme this year is retarded, I feel like I'm on crazy pills.

QBREES9

Learn from your mistake.

jnormand

Idk. He's playing like he's afraid to get beat deep. If this defense doesn't show up against the lowly Vikes, I don't know what's gonna happen to my Saints hat. It took a brutal beating in week 1 and 2. Its got teeth marks on the bill and was thrown all over the house.

NOLA54

I hate that we are talking about this. I'd rather be talking about a 2-0 start instead of 0-2.

Halo

Starting 2 - 0 and going 2 - 2, people would freak.
But we're 0 - 2 and if we go to 2 - 2, there will be relief.

FinSaint

C'mon, you need to recognize that this year's Vikes are far removed from the miserable bunch they were these past couple of years. They outplayed the Pats this past Sunday in a number of ways, but made a lot of dumb mistakes that ultimately destroyed their game-plan. The AP situation clearly affected the players, but I'm sure they'll be more focused this Sunday.

jnormand

Ok. But they're still the Matt Cassel led Vikes with no AP.

Cruize

The have to press and knock the WR's timing off. So far, the QB's have set and threw to open recievers. Any NFL QB can do that.