Sean Payton didn't know it was fourth down; Drew Brees went for it anyway

RaginCajun83 · 11-16-2015, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Barry from MS

Nope. Bogus. Brees was waving off the punt team. You could see it during the game. Drew took over from the field.

That is actually worse than Payton not knowing if it was 4th Down or not. A person can make a mistake (yeah, that is a HUGE mistake for a HC), but for a player...even a fuuture HoFer like Drew...to override the HC inside the 30 yard line in a blowout on the road on 4th down in the 4th Qtr? 52 other players saw that. The rest of the staff saw that.

The defense had to go out there and defend 20 something yards after we didn't make the 1st down around the 25 yard line. Don't think the defense was mad about that? They were already the laughing stock of the NFL before that happened. This kind of thing divides a team...if it hasn't happened already, that is.

I've seen Brady and Manning do it at different times in their career so its really no BFD that Brees did it

Barry from MS · 11-16-2015, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by RaginCajun83

I've seen Brady and Manning do it at different times in their career so its really no BFD that Brees did it

Was Brady & Manning getting beat down by 30 points in the 4th Qtr and going for it on their own 22 yard line? Of course not.

The game was over & out of reach. Not making the 1st down put our defense back on the field to defend 22 yards down by 30 in the 4th Qtr. If I was playing defense, it would be hard to thank Drew for that. The defense was already embarrassed.

11-16-2015, 11:25 AM	#1
RaginCajun83 Hou Saints Fan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 5,050	Re: Sean Payton didn't know it was fourth down; Drew Brees went for it anyway Originally Posted by Barry from MS Nope. Bogus. Brees was waving off the punt team. You could see it during the game. Drew took over from the field. That is actually worse than Payton not knowing if it was 4th Down or not. A person can make a mistake (yeah, that is a HUGE mistake for a HC), but for a player...even a fuuture HoFer like Drew...to override the HC inside the 30 yard line in a blowout on the road on 4th down in the 4th Qtr? 52 other players saw that. The rest of the staff saw that. The defense had to go out there and defend 20 something yards after we didn't make the 1st down around the 25 yard line. Don't think the defense was mad about that? They were already the laughing stock of the NFL before that happened. This kind of thing divides a team...if it hasn't happened already, that is. I've seen Brady and Manning do it at different times in their career so its really no BFD that Brees did it

11-16-2015, 11:52 AM	#2
Barry from MS Site Donor 2014 Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEMPO VC Okefenokee Swamp Posts: 1,985 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Sean Payton didn't know it was fourth down; Drew Brees went for it anyway Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 I've seen Brady and Manning do it at different times in their career so its really no BFD that Brees did it Was Brady & Manning getting beat down by 30 points in the 4th Qtr and going for it on their own 22 yard line? Of course not. The game was over & out of reach. Not making the 1st down put our defense back on the field to defend 22 yards down by 30 in the 4th Qtr. If I was playing defense, it would be hard to thank Drew for that. The defense was already embarrassed.

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