Offense

The Dude · 12-18-2018, 10:11 AM

Yes, our offense has really played poorly over the past 4 games and if it keeps up we will no doubt be 1 and done in the playoffs. That being said I’m not too worried. Take away that weird Dallas game We have had a string of division games against opponents who know our offense well and ALWAYS play us tough. Our offensive line was playing lights out earlier in the season. We were putting up 40 plus points regularly with the same WRs we have now. When Armstead went down their was a huge drop off. He was the one that held the line together enough to give Brees the time he needed in the pocket to allow receivers to get open. He was masking the deficiencies. Since he went down others have been nicked up and things just haven’t been the same. Pressure Brees and he’s average out of the pocket. We beat the Steelers we can rest our starters against Carolina and give the linemen a little more time to get healthy. If our line gets back to form we will be hard to beat.
I think Payton is just holding out Armstead for the playoffs at this point anyway. If a loss yesterday would have caused detrimental harm to our playoff path I’m betting Armstead would have played last night.
Bottom line is I’m not too worried about the offense. I do want to see how they do against the Steelers but you can only take so much away from division games when it comes to assessment.

12-18-2018, 10:11 AM	#1
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,007	Offense Yes, our offense has really played poorly over the past 4 games and if it keeps up we will no doubt be 1 and done in the playoffs. That being said I’m not too worried. Take away that weird Dallas game We have had a string of division games against opponents who know our offense well and ALWAYS play us tough. Our offensive line was playing lights out earlier in the season. We were putting up 40 plus points regularly with the same WRs we have now. When Armstead went down their was a huge drop off. He was the one that held the line together enough to give Brees the time he needed in the pocket to allow receivers to get open. He was masking the deficiencies. Since he went down others have been nicked up and things just haven’t been the same. Pressure Brees and he’s average out of the pocket. We beat the Steelers we can rest our starters against Carolina and give the linemen a little more time to get healthy. If our line gets back to form we will be hard to beat. I think Payton is just holding out Armstead for the playoffs at this point anyway. If a loss yesterday would have caused detrimental harm to our playoff path I’m betting Armstead would have played last night. Bottom line is I’m not too worried about the offense. I do want to see how they do against the Steelers but you can only take so much away from division games when it comes to assessment.
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