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LKelley67 · 03-31-2005, 12:11 PM

32nd, dead last. and in the last 5 years the trend is going downhill. whatever reason venturi has been kept has to be a major issue in continued poor play since the talent level and performance has been quite varied and erratic in nature. i would have loved to have seen, as what i termed in another thread, an extreme makeover. i have noted before but must repeat that i love what the vikings have done. their m.o. has been much like the saints- high flying offense/no defense, skirting the edge of the playoffs. they now have the makings of a badass defense imo. they will have the opportunity to add still another vital component to it with 2 first round picks as well. in my extreme makeover thread i suggested moving brooks. i am not a brooks basher, he does have talent no matter how wildly inconsistent he is. my thought is not so much of him as a problem or fault but that the personality of the team needs changing. the same basic approach these past few years has not yielded the desired results is bottomline to me. i do not see a strong growth or trend either. i see the same: bad D, erratic play, looking like world beaters sometimes, then looking like a high school (LOL) at others. so if i was king, i would do like the vikings, shake it up and try a different formula. it is more a truth than axiom to me that defense wins championships. so? get some damn defense then. tweaking is not the answer when you have been getting worse and have reached bottom.

that said, i am a saints fan so i will always hope for the best. maybe there was some ongoing reality to the final four games of last season. maybe with dwight smith and a couple of good defensive draft picks they can be good enough to go from 32nd to 20-24th in defense. a veteran LB from moving howard would help more than anything to me. if so, and if deuce has a big year, if stallworth continues to progress, if devery can catch a few balls, if gandy and mayberry don\'t get too old too fast, if brooks can go another year without a major injury, then a playoff appearance could occur. when ya get there, ya never know what can happen.

03-31-2005, 12:11 PM	#10
LKelley67 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: baton rouge Posts: 2,540	Just one guys view 32nd, dead last. and in the last 5 years the trend is going downhill. whatever reason venturi has been kept has to be a major issue in continued poor play since the talent level and performance has been quite varied and erratic in nature. i would have loved to have seen, as what i termed in another thread, an extreme makeover. i have noted before but must repeat that i love what the vikings have done. their m.o. has been much like the saints- high flying offense/no defense, skirting the edge of the playoffs. they now have the makings of a badass defense imo. they will have the opportunity to add still another vital component to it with 2 first round picks as well. in my extreme makeover thread i suggested moving brooks. i am not a brooks basher, he does have talent no matter how wildly inconsistent he is. my thought is not so much of him as a problem or fault but that the personality of the team needs changing. the same basic approach these past few years has not yielded the desired results is bottomline to me. i do not see a strong growth or trend either. i see the same: bad D, erratic play, looking like world beaters sometimes, then looking like a high school (LOL) at others. so if i was king, i would do like the vikings, shake it up and try a different formula. it is more a truth than axiom to me that defense wins championships. so? get some damn defense then. tweaking is not the answer when you have been getting worse and have reached bottom. that said, i am a saints fan so i will always hope for the best. maybe there was some ongoing reality to the final four games of last season. maybe with dwight smith and a couple of good defensive draft picks they can be good enough to go from 32nd to 20-24th in defense. a veteran LB from moving howard would help more than anything to me. if so, and if deuce has a big year, if stallworth continues to progress, if devery can catch a few balls, if gandy and mayberry don\'t get too old too fast, if brooks can go another year without a major injury, then a playoff appearance could occur. when ya get there, ya never know what can happen.