Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

METAIRIE, La. -- Rob Ryan demanded the blame for the New Orleans Saints' defensive collapse last season in his first interviews since the 2014 season.

Ryan, who spoke during pre-draft shows on WWL radio and the Saints' website last week, also detailed some of the specific problem areas that need to be fixed for a unit that fell from fourth in the NFL in yards allowed in 2013 to 31st in 2014.

"Look no further than me because, No. 1, obviously we never got the job done on defense, and that falls on me," Ryan said. "The rest of it, we didn’t tackle near as well as we did the year before. I think we missed the least amount of tackles in a season, and last year we missed the most. That can’t happen. Our third-down defense wasn’t near as good, we weren’t getting off the field. You go from second in the league on third-down defense to however high we were last year, it wasn’t very good.

"So we have a lot of work to do. And we’ve got the right people here. We’ve got the right coaches here. And we’re gonna make sure it gets done."


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Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Giving up 50+ yards on multiple plays when you know it's coming. That alone costs us 2 games. All I know is this draft, he got a full bag of groceries. Cheese sandwich is not going to cut it.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

"Look no further than me"

trust me i don't

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

With the Safeties we have its beyond me that we don't deploy a Seattle type D. In fact with so much hype about a revamped D I was almost assured it was happening.

There box /diamond coverage is pretty awesome and could create havoc with safeties running it.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Third downs should have been first on that list. I dont think ive seen so many third and long conversions in one season in my life.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Let's start by cutting the ten yard cushion by corner backs.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Worst 3rd down % in the NFL and nearly an NFL record

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

I can forgive the late season debacles when we had practice squad people at 5 starter positions. I can't forgive the early out of the gate disaster we saw with full starters.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Made me so mad!

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

I with you on that .I think that's what pissed me off more than anything with this defense last year. I swear I knew it was coming every f**kin time and there was nothing I could do to stop it! lol

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

I thought everybody knew Keenan Lewis was a press corner, And he spent the entire year cushioned like a feather bed.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Oh, ****... I had forgotten all about our D.C....

Damn...

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Total fail, he just sits at the top of the defensive pyramid. Each problem on defense made every other problem worse. The whole thing has to be fixed and I like the moves that have been made.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

You tried your best. That's all we can ask for.:apu:

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Thats an interesting quote.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Well the article is about the defense. So um...that's why we're all talking the defense.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Yards per game
Offense- 1
Defense- 31

Points per game
Offense- 9
Defense- 28

Passing Yards per game
Offense- 3
Defense- 25

Rushing yards per game
Offense- 13
Defense- 29

3rd down Conversion %
Offense- 1
Defense- 31


4th down Conversion %
Offense- 10
Defense- 18

Number of drives per game
Offense- 28 (5th fewest drives in the league)
Defense- 3 (3rd fewest drives to defend)

Yards per drive
Offense- 2
Defense- 31

Starting field position
Offense- 28 (We had to go farther per drive than 27 other teams)
Defense- 31 (Only 1 other team had farther to go per drive)

3 and out %
Offense– 4
Defense- 32

Points per drive
Offense- 5
Defense- 31

TD’s per drive
Offense- 4
Defense- 31

Turnovers
Offense- 28th
Defense- 28th

Yards per pass
Offense- 26
Defense- 24

Yards per rush
Offense- 9
Defense- 31

1st downs per game
Offense- 1
Defense- 28

Penalties per game
Offense- 2
Defense- 16

Penalty yards per game
Offense- 3
Defense- 19

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Danno, facts don't faze him. He'll just blow them off and make up reasons to support his own theories.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Oh I know, I have him on ignore.

I just posted it just in case anyone else actually began to believe any of that nonsense.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Thanks man. I tried everything from yelling at the TV to slapping my wife around and nothing worked. And what made things worse, the slapping my wife around thing kinda backfired on me. I can't even keep Slap Yo Mama in the house anymore.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

I really dont think you have to worry about people buying into his crap. I just wish people would stop responding to his post so I can get the full satisfaction of my ignore option.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Sorry offense??????
perhaps you might watch some film of Oakland or Jacksonville!
Our offense was very good even though we had O line injuries
If you think the offense has to improve and it doesn't matter what we have on defense you don't know much about football

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Yeah, the "Ignore" option really should include when someone responds to that user. I have him on there but someone always responds to him and I see his post.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

It was meeeeeeeew! Lmao!!

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

The worst part is even though I know I'm gonna be disappointed,I still read what he post through other people's responses! I think I'm just fascinated with the fact that that level of ignorance actually exist.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

The Cleveland game laid out the blueprint for beating our Saints...

Pound the front seven by toting the rock, usually gashing Galette's side who ran himself out of plays trying to make a sack...

Blitz, stunt the middle while sitting in zone and wait for a Brees mistake which usually was in a force to Graham...

And then let your quarterback, even Brian f***ing Hoyer, be a hero on the final drive against the accommodating Saints defense...

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Tell you who im interested in watching this preseason.

Kyle Wilson,i know he struggled at times in New York but he is still young and has talent. I cant imagine that Rob didn't speak to Rex about him.
The camp battle at CB for the 3rd and 4th Cb should be very interesting

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Kyle Wilson is a FA piece of toast for sure. but a change could be just what the doctor order

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Add Damian Swann to that list, for they will be the two key players competing for that key nickelback position...

Also looking forward to seeing what Delvin Breaux can bring to the table...

And did I mention we drafted PJ Willams, the former NCAA National Championship MVP who had three (3) interceptions in that game!

If CB isn't fixed now, it never will be...

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

With Dennis Allen in the mix, expect to see huge improvement at the corner position. As for Kenneth aka "PJ", I'm going on record & say that he will eventually become a solid starter and play maker for us. He approaches the game with a lot of aggression, has the skill set for press and is an amazing tackler. Outside of Anthony, selecting Williams was my 2nd favorite pick.

Physicality and swagger. Can't wait for training camp :bng:.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Anyone think all 9 draft picks make the roster? I do.

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

Between the veteran free agency additions, draft picks, and undrafted rookie free agents signed, it'll sure be tough for Outside Linebackers, Cornerbacks, Defensive Linemen and Safeties...

But Coach Payton has always enjoyed 'competition' as a healthy thing for any organization...

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

My captain obvious statement is that RR's gone after the season if our D finishes in the bottom half of the league

Re: Rob Ryan on what went wrong for Saints' D: Himself, missed tackles, third downs
 

[QUOTE=teddybarexxx;655379]if you think that our offense looked like a superbowl caliber offense then you dont know anything about football. i can give you quite a few examples of games throughout this season that our offense sucked. i can start with our first home game vs. the vikings. scored 14 pts in the first what 6 minutes of the 1st qtr and dont score again till the last few minutes in the 4th, what about the cowboys game where in the first 3 qtrs we were next to nothing. shall i continue?[/QUo

Most NFL games are decided in the final minutes by 7 pts or less. The first Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, San Francisco games were lost because of the Defense at the end of the game. You are NOT going to score 45 every week in this league. If our Defense is 10th-15th with last years Offense were in playoffs with a chance to win it all. I will now join the others and put you on ignore