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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; The team that wins the third down battle should win with no other factors involved like turnovers.....or Drew Brees lighting it up!...
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01-11-2018, 12:37 PM | #11 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
The team that wins the third down battle should win with no other factors involved like turnovers.....or Drew Brees lighting it up!
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01-11-2018, 12:52 PM | #12 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
And maybe even more important is winning 3rd downs defensively.
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01-11-2018, 01:08 PM | #13 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
The past 3 times Brees has thrown to Coleman on third down, he has fumbled. So that doesn't help at all.
Twice vs Jets and once last Sunday. They look like they are trying to outsmart themselves on third down all the time, we used to go throw slants, curles or option routes for easy first downs in years past. |
01-12-2018, 11:47 AM | #14 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
Coleman had the ball hanging out a foot from his body. You would think he would be aware that he has been fumbling the ball lately.
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01-12-2018, 12:03 PM | #15 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
Originally Posted by dizzle88
Yes, but actually that was a converted 3rd down because Ingram recovered the ball. Biggest problem I see is play calling. It's 3rd and 5 and we're going for 35.
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01-12-2018, 01:56 PM | #16 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
It is a puzzle how we go from one of the best into the middle of the road. Someone mentioned earlier lack of TE. BUT even when we had a fair complement of TEs we were having problems.
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01-12-2018, 02:40 PM | #17 |
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01-12-2018, 07:59 PM | #18 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
If you look all around 3rd down conversion percentage it actually tells a different story.
Saints 4th Down conversion Percentage 80% (#1 in the league) Saints 3rd Down attempts 194 (lowest in the league) Saints Yards per play 6.3 (#1 in the league) Saints 1st downs per game 20.7 (tied for 7th with first only being 24.3) Its as though we found a way to make 3rd less relevant. |
01-12-2018, 08:27 PM | #19 |
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Re: Cause of third down conversion problems
i think it is TE situation and of receiver option
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