burningmetal

This has been my issue with our offense in recent years. I've been in numerous discussions (or arguments) about how our offensive rankings are misleading. We chunk the ball around against bad defenses, and that's all good, but we just kick field goals against the better defenses, or we turn the ball over, and then pile on meaningless yards at the end.

When I think of the really elite offenses the Saints used to have, nobody could stop them. Some teams held them down, or created enough turnovers, but we didn't see the offense just disappear altogether. It was VERY rare at least.

And as you pointed out, Halo, this offense isn't void of talent. So who are we supposed to point to? It's got to be the head coach. We know what he is capable of, but he just doesn't call the games the way he used to, and I have no idea why.

Players certainly made some mistakes on offense tonight, and Drew failed to even look at a wide open Michael Thomas in the end zone, but it's mostly on the predictable, unimaginative play calling, in my opinion.

As for the defense, I already gave my thoughts on them in another thread. I'd like to forget about that side of the ball for the rest of the night.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.