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QBREES9 09-19-2014 11:50 PM

After further Review: Examining why the Saints defense stinks
 
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When scanning the defensive rankings for the New Orleans Saints, one will see a lot of numbers in the high 20s and low 30s, which is numerical code for this:

The Saints defense has been one of the league's major flops after two weeks.

New Orleans came into 2014 as a Super Bowl pick by many, and not just because of Drew Brees and the offense. This was to be the year that the Saints took their defense to a higher level, perhaps becoming one of the best units in the league.

So far, it's been anything but.

Here are the Saints rankings

30th in total defense
32nd against the pass
29th in yards per play
29th in sacks per pass play
27th in third-down efficiency
31st in points per game.








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AlaskaSaints 09-20-2014 03:08 AM

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Like I always say... SHOW ME.

I don't 'buy', sight-unseen.

halloween 65 09-20-2014 06:03 AM

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The D has to get it going. During pre-season they looked great, what has happened to them. The article is dead on about our lb.'s being slow, they are.

dizzle88 09-20-2014 06:11 AM

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Even when we do get pressure of the QB we still allow him to escape the pocket, the D line is not working together

Akiem hicks needs to get a bigger push upfront so the QB cannot step up or escape through the line, that in turn will let junior and Cam get to him from the outside.

Danno 09-20-2014 09:17 AM

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30th in total defense
32nd against the pass
29th in yards per play
29th in sacks per pass play
27th in third-down efficiency
31st in points per game.
Obviously our Offense is the problem here.

Euphoria 09-20-2014 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 612640)
Obviously our Offense is the problem here.

LMAO

Danno 09-20-2014 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by teddybarexxx (Post 612647)
statiscally our defense is horrible, but dont be fooled or deceived by the numbers. look who dats if you keep your defense on the field as much as our offense you're gonna get scored on. in our first 2 games the saints defense gave up BIG PLAYS that has a factor in those numbers. we still should have won the game if our offense didnt turn the ball over in the redzone and the pick 6. what is killing our defense is penalties. i had a conversation with a colleague of mines during the preseason and i told him that was my concern going into the regular season. i also said the one game i saw drew play he didnt look sharp. some of his passes were sailing on him and he wasnt that accurate but everyone shunned it off as "oh he's just rusty for not playing in the first 2 preseason games". i feel its just as much the offense as it is the defense.

Drew is ranked 5th in the NFL.
He ranks 6th in YPG
He ranks 7th in completion %

We rank 14th best in Time of Possession
We rank #3 in Total Offense
We rank #3 in Points Per Game

I just don't understand how anyone can say they're equal in blame.

dizzle88 09-20-2014 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by teddybarexxx (Post 612647)
statiscally our defense is horrible, but dont be fooled or deceived by the numbers. look who dats if you keep your defense on the field as much as our offense you're gonna get scored on. in our first 2 games the saints defense gave up BIG PLAYS that has a factor in those numbers. we still should have won the game if our offense didnt turn the ball over in the redzone and the pick 6. what is killing our defense is penalties. i had a conversation with a colleague of mines during the preseason and i told him that was my concern going into the regular season. i also said the one game i saw drew play he didnt look sharp. some of his passes were sailing on him and he wasnt that accurate but everyone shunned it off as "oh he's just rusty for not playing in the first 2 preseason games". i feel its just as much the offense as it is the defense.

Offense rankings 2014

Points per game - 3rd best
Total yards - 3rd best
Pass yards - 278.0 per game - 6th best
Rushing yards - 156.5 per game - 5th best
3rd down conversions - 57.69% - Tops in the league


Yes our offense could have done better at the end of the browns game when we needed a field goal, but when you have an offense that scores 30 points per game, nearly 60% of the time converts third downs, its the defense that is losing you games


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