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Also, maybe it's just me, but Payton kinda sounded at the whole press conference like he really didn't care. Flat, even-toned, he didn't sound angry or upset in the least. It's like the whole team is just cruising on auto-pilot at this point.

Ashley

HA that was wonderful huh. Have we come down to faking punts because Payton has no confidence in his offensive?

Ashley

Come on we got the Best Tight end in the game. We have a Sproles clone now in Cooks, we have one of the best Qb's in the game. Dude we lost to Cleveland, almost Minnesota then the freaking Cowboys. ...... Please Who Dat.. Its just a rant I need more coffee

Barry from MS

That play was drawn up in the sand and someone actually said, "This might work! Screw'em if they see it coming." Unreal how dumb that was considering the circumstances.

Audiotom

this was worse than that end around in the Jets game last year

where is Payton's killer instinct

onside kick in Super Bowl is now
4 and 1 try to get them to jump and if not call a time out

I'd rather go down trying with our RB tandem and receivers than try to get an offsides or pull a stupid stunt like that fake punt

I didn't see anyone out there with a sense of urgency/will to win

Papa Voodoo

It reminds me of a play our fullback of all people drew up in high school. Center hikes ball between legs of QB to half back. Half back runs up the gut, turns, and pitches the ball back to the QB. Flea Flicker? Heck no, we're only half-way there.

QB then hands off ball to slot receiver who hands off to WR on a double-reverse. Total time for play development ~ 10 minutes. I'm the LT. We have to block the whole time.

Was the coach dumb enough to call it in a game? You betcha. How'd it turn out? Same as that dumb punt fake.

The problem with a quadruple misdirection play, aside from the German precision required to pull it off is that you actually fake out the D and then run right back into where they all were mis-directed to.

The funny thing is is that the coach was shown how bad of an idea this was in practice. He lined up at QB and on the snap our center did not snap it to the half back. The center hiked it to the QB (coach) who was unprepared for the snap and took the ball right to the nards, took 1 step back and kicked the center square in the butt.

Our season is looking like that play to me...

dam1953

Last night I needed something a heck of a lot stronger than coffee.

Barry from MS

You hit it. After seeing that fake punt (can we really call it that?) last night coupled with the last defensive play of the game against Cleveland, our Special Teams and Defense just might be "coached" by your high school fullback. Only if he is still 17 years old, that is.

SaintsBro

What really worries me about this stupid fake punt, is the possibility that the historic "epic fail" nature of this ridiculously dumb fake punt stunt, could linger on and spiral out of control, and take on a life of its own. If that happens, then coaches and teams and writers around the league who once used to FEAR Sean Payton, the man who brought the world "Ambush," well that is now going to be reduced to a bad joke, a laughing stock, and no one is going to EVER fear Payton or the Saints again.

Look around you. It's open season on the Saints today. Nobody is afraid of them - anybody anywhere in the league can hang the Saints up on the line and beat them like a cheap Oriental carpet. Fake punt. With a man in motion! Pfffft.

Watch out, if this thing goes viral beyond "Come On, Man!" and ESPN, it could get ugly, very quick.

Danno

It looked stupid. It was embarrassing.

Looking at the overhead replay, handing the ball off may have worked. It looked like he only had one man to beat for the 9 yards.

And I just don't understand why you don't just throw it up for grabs. Its 4th down, what do we have to lose?