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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by blackangold I agree with the premise, but it's important to remember the 2009 defense wasn't very good at a lot of things. The 09 defense ranked poorly in YPG and were easily passed on, there were 2 ...

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Old 01-08-2015, 12:09 PM   #1
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Re: Fixing the Saints Part 3: Another Shut-Down Corner

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I agree with the premise, but it's important to remember the 2009 defense wasn't very good at a lot of things. The 09 defense ranked poorly in YPG and were easily passed on, there were 2 areas they excelled; turnovers and sacks.
People remember that team wrongly a lot. The 2009 defense was actually ranked top 10 most of the season. Didn't start falling until Greer, Porter, Gay and Fujita injuries. Even as late in the season as the Redskins game they were still in the low teens. And there was a whole lot of garbage time for our defense that year too, playing with a big lead quite often.
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People remember that team wrongly a lot. The 2009 defense was actually ranked top 10 most of the season. Didn't start falling until Greer, Porter, Gay and Fujita injuries. Even as late in the season as the Redskins game they were still in the low teens. And there was a whole lot of garbage time for our defense that year too, playing with a big lead quite often.
20th in points allowed.

25th in yards allowed.

You're right people do remember that team wrongly a lot...

Porter missed 4 games.
Greer missed 8 games.
Gay missed 6 games.

Injuries happen to every team, it's not an excuse.
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Injuries happen to every team, it's not an excuse.
The point was to illustrate the effectiveness of the Porter/Greer combo. When they were both healthy, the defense was easily a top-10 unit. That's the only point I was trying to make -

In the regards that having two very good but maybe not great corners is a solid foundation for a seconary. To say they "didn't do much well" is simply not true especially when they held maybe the greatest pure passing QB in NFL history to 17 points in a Super Bowl.
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The point was to illustrate the effectiveness of the Porter/Greer combo. When they were both healthy, the defense was easily a top-10 unit. That's the only point I was trying to make -

In the regards that having two very good but maybe not great corners is a solid foundation for a seconary. To say they "didn't do much well" is simply not true especially when they held maybe the greatest pure passing QB in NFL history to 17 points in a Super Bowl.
Not saying they weren't good, but as a counter point to what an earlier poster said they were not 'shut down' CBs even as a tandem.

Also, we all know Manning chokes in the playoffs. Well, at least the one named Payton does lol.
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