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I know Scott Walker's sister, Sherry, very well. Her sons swim on the year round USA Swimming squad on which my son is head coach. She was over here at our house last month.

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You know, the more I look at this schedule, the more I like it this season...

We may not be getting as many night-time games in the Dome that we'd like...

But we've got the opportunity to beat some Big Market teams and still fly under the radar...

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There should be a league rule that no regular season schedule should have a team facing the same opponent in less than six weeks...

This Falcons thing is Bullshinski...

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This looks like the result of an, "Oh whatever. Let's schedule the important teams first then we'll throw in the rest wherever we can fit'em."

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^New England, Kansas City, Seattle.

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The concern is the 5 days rest for the defense. Don't think they can shut down Minny and then turn around and do the same thing against NE. And this FO best save the big stuff on O for week 2 instead of wasting it on the vikings. Last year, and in recent years, hardly ever were there back to back offensive outputs of a high magnitude especially with short rest of 5 days or less in between. After every big game offensively, the offense looks less than desirable the next week and takes a couple weeks to recharge.

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And Dallas even when they do...

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Don't know if it's the three 7-9 finishes, anxiousness of all the new roster additions, or getting swept by the ATL which has been rare under Coach Payton...

But getting to the regular season is feeling like a marathon...

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All of the above.

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Season to start? I'm 100% hyped on training camp.

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For some strange reason Payton has owned Green Bay. Schedule looks tough the 1st 6 games. We'll know what we got after that?

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And he has us going 8-8 for these reasons.........

No one opposite Cam(unless Kikaha stays healthy and is the answer which he said was a LB)

Peat isn't a good oline player yet

The pass rush won't be good enough to help the secondary

Situational pass rushers are not the solution, which he called Okafor.

Therefore with all this said, If Kikaha does not excel consistently as a DE and someone does not fill Fairley's void, then the secondary better be ready to play lights out and going for the ball because that's the only way our defense will improve(unless Nolan's coaching makes the LBs play better)

And Peat.......he better be ready to step up because Ram can't do his dirty work for him as a rookie.

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Wait a minute ... what? That sounds pretty narrow minded. Peat played LT 60% of last year when Armstead was injured and proved he could do the job. Yes, for now he (Peat) is our LG and a pretty solid back up to a injury prone LT. Ramczyk hasn't played a down yet at this level.

Up this way in DeathStar nation I hear their coaches preach "solidifying the O line" over and over. There have been several highly rated tackles taken in the past few seasons who ended up fitting best at guard. A good/solid LG is also a good LT ... priceless. Peat has good value.

Training camp awaits.

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Do you take Walter's word or not? He's the one who said Peat wasn't good enough. If he's right, that's my point. And because he will be lining up on the same side as Ram, then any missed assignments by him and Ram has to do the dirty work Streiff did for Evans(at times)/Kelemete in 2015. Of course maybe he didn't know what he was talking about because Peat hasn't played at LG consistently since the first few weeks of last season.

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Okay, this guy is relying on WalterFootball.com as his bible for evaluating the Saints. Walter's says that there is a competition at LG between Peat and Kelemente that is open. Willy boy is being so misinformed. Oh, and because he is "ignoring" me someone else needs to set him straight.

:rolleyes:

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I do like WalterFootball. I think the writers there are very knowledgeable. That said, I think they're overly concerned with Peat. I think most of us were worried about Peat before the season last year but it looked to me that he not only held his own, he excelled at the guard position.

Football Outsiders ranked offensive lines in different ways. They not only measured how successful a team is running the ball but also uses different metrics to try differentiate between how much of that success was due to the RB and how much of it was due to the offensive line.

They ranked the Saints #1 in Adjusted Line Yards which gives an offensive line 100% credit for gains of 0-4 yards, 50% credit for gains between 5-10 yards and 0% credit for gains of 11 yards or more and 120% credit for losses. And then adjusts all that for every others team average against the same RB.

The Saints ranked 9th in Power Success which measures a team's success on 3rd or 4th down and 2 yards or less to go. Also goal line runs of 2 yards or less.

The Saints ranked #2 in "Stuffed" rank which measured the percentage of runs that were stopped in the backfield.

The Saints ranked #19 in "Second Level Runs" in which the RB gains between 5-10 yards. And #10 in Open Field Carries, in which the RB gains 11 or more yards.

Their pass blocking metrics are much simpler. They simply divide the number of sacks given up into the number of pass attempts to determine sack rate. The Saints ranked #5.

Given how high the Saints ranked last season with Peat in the lineup, he must've been pretty solid.

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Can't wait.

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Hit Play for a Brees' PreGame Rally...

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If the saints start out 2-0 and both good offensive games, then something from last year stinks big time and its name is Payton.

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2017 Strength of Schedule Rankings
(2016 record of all 16 opponents, Opponents Winning %)

1. Denver Broncos: 147-107-2, .578
2. Kansas City Chiefs: 147-108-1, .576
3. Los Angeles Chargers: 145-110-1, .568
4. Oakland Raiders: 144-111-1 .564
5. Buffalo Bills: 143-112-1, .561
6. Miami Dolphins: 140-116-0, .547
7. Washington Redskins: 138-116-2, .543
T-8. New York Giants: 135-117-4, .535
T-8. New York Jets: 137-119-0, .535
T-10. Dallas Cowboys: 134-118-4, .531
T-10. Philadelphia Eagles: 134-118-4, .531
12. New England Patriots: 135-121-0, .527
13. Atlanta Falcons: 133-122-1, .521
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 132-123-1, .518

15. New Orleans Saints: 130-125-1, .514

16. Carolina Panthers: 129-127, .504
17. Los Angeles Rams: 121-130-5, .482
18. Green Bay Packers: 122-132-2, .480
19. Chicago Bears: 122-133-1, .479
20. San Francisco 49ers: 119-132-5, .475
T-21. Detroit Lions: 119-135-2, .469
T-21. Cleveland Browns: 119-135-2, .469
23. Arizona Cardinals: 118-135-3, .467
24. Baltimore Ravens: 117-137-2, .461
T-25. Seattle Seahawks: 115-138-3, .455
T-25. Houston Texans: 115-138-3, .455
T-27. Minnesota Vikings: 115-139-2, .453
T-27. Pittsburgh Steelers: 115-139-2, .453
29. Cincinnati Bengals: 115-141-0, .449
T-30. Jacksonville Jaguars: 111-142-3, .439
T-30. Tennessee Titans: 111-142-3, .439
32. Indianapolis Colts: 107-146-3, .424


NFL Scheduling Formula, since 2002

Each NFL team plays 16 games as follows:

• Home and away against its three division opponents (six games).
  
  
• Four (4) IntraConference, non-division games, rotating three-year cycle - Four (4) games
  
  
• Four (4) InterConference, non-division, non-conference games, rotating three-year cycle - Four (4) games
  
  
• Two (2) IntraConference games based on the previous year’s standings - Two (2) games, matching first-place teams vs first-place teamss in the two same-conference divisions that the team is not scheduled to play that season based on earlier stipulated rotation. Second-place, Third-place, and Fourth-place teams in a conference are matches are styled in same way.*

* In 2010 adjustment was added to pairings so AFC West and NFC West Divisions wouldn't be req'd to make two West Coast trips when other teams in their division had none.

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PFT: New Vikings stadium may be too loud for the home team’s liking

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F*** Me...This can screw a lot of things up...