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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; What can Brown do for them? Shortsighted Saints miss a chance to improve "D" By Ken Bikoff (kbikoff@pfwmedia.com) April 29, 2005 It isn’t difficult to figure out why the Saints have been treading water for the last four seasons. Defense ...
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What games was he watching last year... so what Deuce got 1000 yards, we had a horrible line last year and we need to shore that up! No protection for Brooks, Deuce should be nearing 2000 yards. With a back like him we should/need to use him to every bit of his ability and that means BLOCKING to its finest. I like the Brown pick and felt we should have gone after a OL in round one from the begining. Defensively, if they actually step up and coaching comes around. we will be fine with some more additions but where we were sitting I think the Saints did the right thing in round one.
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Bullocks is a ball-hawk, who is better versus the pass than he is the run. Bullocks plays the pass great, plays the run about average. He was the 2nd rated safety in the draft. But I guess you gotta spin it to cause controversy. I don\'t know why they have to do that, most of the article was good.
Many scouts and team officiasl think he can be something special. But I guess he\'s gotta make it look like the whole league thought this guy was crap, except the stupid ole Saints. Its a shame. Eighty percent of the article was dead-on. But this type of slanting really irritates me. Like this...
Project QB? Aren\'t all QB\'s drafted after the 2nd round pretty much projects? This kid is a bit more than some 5th round QB project though. Good article, other than the unnecessary slants. [Edited on 29/4/2005 by Danno] |
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I don\'t like when folks try to convince me that we suck and we\'re always going to suck as long as Haslett and co. are here.
But, I can understand why folks feel that way! Haslett and Loomis go into every offseason talking about how our defense is going to improve. They talk about how the current players just need to \"gel\". They talk about how current players just needed more time in the system. They\'ve told us how much they believed in Orlando Ruff. They\'ve told us how much Tebucky Jones was going to help the secondary. But, the bottom line is that our defense has actually gotten worse each year! And here we go again! The current players just need to step up. The last 4-games proved our defense isn\'t that far away. You know how much of that I really believe? Not much!! However, I\'m not going to sit here and say we\'re gonna have one of the worst defenses in the NFL. Even though we could. Because the defense did show some REAL improvement over the last 4-games. But I have to see more before I\'m convinced. And for the 1st time EVER, I think we have a solid secondary. But ... we\'ve still got the same ol\' questions on defense !!! Are ANY of our linebackers able to do their job effectively? Can our defensive tackles do their job? For me, it all comes down to our Defensive Tackles and our Linebackers. 1. Courtney Watson 2. James Allen 3. Colby Bockwoldt 4. Jonathan Sullivan 5. Brian Young That\'s \"half\" of the defense that are HUGE question marks. It\'s not exactly a ringing endorsement that our defense is going to be what we need them to be. We\'ve got 5-positions on defense that are HUGE risks. The only way I see our defense making a huge leap is if Albert Fincher and Jonathan Sullivan step up. And that\'s asking a lot. But, we\'ll see. |
04-29-2005, 12:39 PM | #7 |
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I\'ve actually read that he\'s not that bad versus the run either..it\'s just that he\'s better versus the pass. |
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1. Courtney Watson Not much of a Question mark. Looks at worst pretty decent, at best a solid player. 2. James Allen. Question mark yes, HUGE question mark? OK I guess. I\'ll give you that one. 3. Colby Bockwoldt. We officially have 9 WLB\'s on the roster, and 2 MLB\'s that can swing over. Colby may be a questionmark, but that position isn\'t. I wouldn\'t call it a HUGE question mark though. Maybe just a concern. 4. Jonathan Sullivan HUGE question mark. And I mean HUGE!!!!! But we have 4 guys who may replace him anyway. Bryant, Leisle, Green, or even Jefferson. But its probably the biggest questionmark on this team. 5. Brian Young. Why is he even on this list? He\'s probably the farthest thing from a questionmark I can think of. |
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I like it too. 1000 yds aint nothing no more. 1500 to 2000 is the new mark for the top RB\'s. Improving the O should help the D. Maybe we can run the ball more , control the clock more. This would let the D rest a little more insted of having to stay on the field the whole 1st half. Our O-line really sucked last year, and i think it was a problem that needed fixing.
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04-29-2005, 12:46 PM | #10 |
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If a player is good versus the run, but excellent versus the pass, you can bet your last dollar some Saints reporter will write, \"the Saints draft a guy who can\'t tackle\" I\'m so sick of that carp. |