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hate the word ‘talent.’ I hate it,” Brees said. “Some of the best players I ever played with, or best teammates I ever played with, that wasn’t their best quality. Everybody’s talented. Their best quality was their work ethic, their leadership ability, their ability to fight through adversity, toughness, reliability. Those are the things I most value.”

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Most of our best players, including Brees, were taken out of the bargain bin. One thing they all had in common though; Great character.

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Good article.

I've said in the past that I felt like Payton had implemented a "system" in New Orleans and that similar to the Patriots we would always find "role players" who fit and excel.

I still believe that.

This is only the second year SP's Saints have been under .500 and only his third without double digit wins.

Clean it up. Get re-focused and win games.

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Well I hope the coaches know how to fix this mess. Because players were obviously not responding the way they had in the past.

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Well, we lost quite a few of them...

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We did lose a lot of players but good teams know how to regenerate the new talent coming in. For some reason this did not happen for the Saints it seems like there was a distraction that SP could not overcome. Whatever it was was deep rooted and affected the entire team.

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Losing Charles Brown cost us?!?

Again, evidence that Peter King doesn't have a clue...

And when in the article did Brees "open up"?!?

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Yep, that was obvious to me with this statement.......

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The front office missed in free agency and on the draft. The coaches and players were just lazy and without passion the whole season. The coaches are basically the same. They have limited to no funds during the free agent period. And unless the draft lands new starters at OLB, C, CB, G, RB, WR and K, the team is basically going to be the same in 2015.

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Shanle was by far the most underrated player on the roster, although not as far as many of the fans were concerned. However, the coaches and players respected him highly. That's one reason he was named the 2008 defensive MVP by the players. Was he flashy? No, but he did his job and did it well.

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What went wrong with the season

Because the Defense couldn't stop anyone, Brees felt that he had to play at a super human level and force passes into triple coverage

Offense - Easily top 5 in turnovers
Defense - Easily bottom 5 in forced turnovers

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Yeah, And I know what it was.

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If I had to pick just one item, it would be 3rd down %.

Our offense was best in the NFL, and our defense was worst in the NFL.

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Laugh all you want, it's my opinion and many won't see yours because you've been blocked by most....and now by me.

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You have a dangerously inflated view of yourself and knowledge level

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Why do you keep quoting him? My ignore option is useless. lol

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He was quoting the article dumbass. Jesus.

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Oh my bad, dude. LMMFAO

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Good Read,

“I hate the word ‘talent.’ I hate it,” Brees said. “Some of the best players I ever played with, or best teammates I ever played with, that wasn’t their best quality. Everybody’s talented. Their best quality was their work ethic, their leadership ability, their ability to fight through adversity, toughness, reliability. Those are the things I most value.”

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“The thing you can’t lose track of is those guys in the locker room,” he said. “Those guys as leaders, their presence. Especially when you have young players. Listen, every team is going to have youth. It’s just the nature of the league. A majority of your team is going to be made up of first- to fourth-year players. So that leadership and guidance and institutional knowledge are very critical.”

A lot of this is on Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis. They had a plan, and it failed

Bingo but were is Rob in this picture? What no one talked to him before all the adds and subtractions on defense to see if it fit what he was doing? sorry he was knee deep in this one. if the people in the front are so good at making player moves all by themselves they would be coaching. Rob once again walks away untouched.

no front office just picks players without talking to the coaches as to what players would fit what he is doing.

do not chase the wabbit down this hole

he agreed to most of the cuts and pushed for the players he wanted

he failed all around. end of story.

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A couple cuts and restructures should put us in a similar, if not better situation than last year's free agency period. I have faith in Loomis. Just need to chill with the early-round projects when it comes to the draft. Hopefully, our front office changes will help.

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lmao Brown looked like a pro bowler compared to the way Harris played. the last two years have been really a hard time for the kid. talk about the school of hard knocks as Drew can attest to.

that is why OT is so high on my off season list. no one has stepped up on the depth chart and shown enough to be an adequate fill in.

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Have to say this was an excellent point and well-stated...

Shanle may have been a middle-of-the-road linebacker sometimes beaten, but it was by elite talent playing at their very best...

The guy was always on his assignment and played all out...

Would love to have seen him in a 3-4 package with a little more protection around him...

But, it's no secret my affinity for a true 3-4 base defense...

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It's obvious now what went wrong. Internal conflict.