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I'm sick of the conservative plays.

When we get in the red zone, Brees never throws to the endzone anymore, we always throw short and try to make AK run it in. Super Vanilla and easy to defend.

You've got 7 foot Jared Cook and the best WR in the league on the team, be aggressive and throw them a ball down there.

I dont know if its play calling or Brees becoming captain checkdown - but we just arent that high flying offense anymore.

Before Brees could make a play out of nothing and make receivers better than they are - he cant do that anymore and that's why I notice the decline.

The protection has to be perfect for Brees now for him to make a play.

Re: Observations from the Saints' Loss to the Falcons
 

I'm really not sure why Sean Payton didn't use Latavius Murray more in this game. Also not having a true #2 is gonna cost us long term.

Ginn was terrible today and Cook was MIA 2nd half. All we have is Michael T at WR. The game was really lost in the trenches though. Worst O line (PEAT was bad pre injury) performance I've seen from the Saints in a while.

Anyway, I'm on to the Bucs.

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ATL is a decent team that was on a 7 game losing streak, it had to end somewhere.
Shame it was in a loss, but Demario Davis was a beast out there today.

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He certainly was. But I wish he'd stop celebrating when he makes a stop when we're getting pounded and the game is out of reach and almost over.

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I don't know what the game plan was. Zero rhythm. Nothing looked right and everyone was off. O-line got blown the hell up. But as soemone mentioned earlier Brees, Payton, and the team lays an absolute egg at least once a year. Division games are the hardest. Next week will show us where they are. Who Dat!!

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So looking at the stats over the last 10 games we are a better offense when Kamara is not playing... just the fact.

I think Payton and Brees relies too much on him.

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I think it should be noted that Armstead was playing with the flu. Combine that with the Peat/Clapp void at LG and it’s no wonder the O-Line struggled.

Re: Observations from the Saints' Loss to the Falcons