USA Today Saints Wire | Saints vs. Bears recap: Everything We Know After Overtime Victory

neugey · 11-02-2020, 07:28 AM

Positives -
- Played a cleaner game and penalties were lower, particularly PI and holding.
- Kickoff execution/coverage and kickoff returns were executed wonderfully. We are probably one of the best teams in the league at this.
- Did a great job taking Jimmy Graham out of the game
- Protected Brees as well as could be expected vs a pretty solid Bears pass rush
- TreQuan Smith looked better and made some key catches

Negatives
- The much-lamented OT clock management
- The redshirting of Baun and Trautman. I have a hard time believing both of them are coming along this slowly.
- Almost all of the time when we run outside, it seems to be to the left. The Bears caught on and crashed left and the right side of the field looked wide open. This killed a few of our drives.
- Morstead has looked very mortal this year with his punting. I consistently saw a lot better punting on Saturday watching college games. If he has another bad year we need to consider moving on.
- the dropsies by Kamara on the swing passes

Areas to improve
- get Taysom under center for short yardage. Make the defense have to worry about Taysom's raw power on a sneak and Kamara's shifty running.
- play under center more and take advantage of the rollout. Maybe it has to be Taysom on these plays if Brees does not do it well. Almost every other team in the league has this in their arsenal, even the Falcons. The Packers and Titans are an example of teams that do this quite well. Rollout plays are very difficult to stop and keep defenses on their heels. We're behind the curve.
- We are not putting a man in motion to dissect the defense and give ourselves route running advantages the way we should. Brees and Payton should be able to scheme players open for easy, safe completions and I don't see much of it anymore.
- The 2nd and 1 playcalling was quite conservative. QB sneak, FB dive on a down-and-distance where the offense has the greatest advantage doesn't make a lot of sense.
- Need more jet sweeps and misdirection for Tommylee, Deonte or Taysom to keep defenses from keying on Kamara.

Player to draft -
DE Ossai from Texas. That guy is a gamer, looks like Khalil Mack at this point.

11-02-2020, 07:28 AM	#6
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,834 Blog Entries: 13	Re: USA Today Saints Wire \| Saints vs. Bears recap: Everything We Know After Overtime Victory Positives - - Played a cleaner game and penalties were lower, particularly PI and holding. - Kickoff execution/coverage and kickoff returns were executed wonderfully. We are probably one of the best teams in the league at this. - Did a great job taking Jimmy Graham out of the game - Protected Brees as well as could be expected vs a pretty solid Bears pass rush - TreQuan Smith looked better and made some key catches Negatives - The much-lamented OT clock management - The redshirting of Baun and Trautman. I have a hard time believing both of them are coming along this slowly. - Almost all of the time when we run outside, it seems to be to the left. The Bears caught on and crashed left and the right side of the field looked wide open. This killed a few of our drives. - Morstead has looked very mortal this year with his punting. I consistently saw a lot better punting on Saturday watching college games. If he has another bad year we need to consider moving on. - the dropsies by Kamara on the swing passes Areas to improve - get Taysom under center for short yardage. Make the defense have to worry about Taysom's raw power on a sneak and Kamara's shifty running. - play under center more and take advantage of the rollout. Maybe it has to be Taysom on these plays if Brees does not do it well. Almost every other team in the league has this in their arsenal, even the Falcons. The Packers and Titans are an example of teams that do this quite well. Rollout plays are very difficult to stop and keep defenses on their heels. We're behind the curve. - We are not putting a man in motion to dissect the defense and give ourselves route running advantages the way we should. Brees and Payton should be able to scheme players open for easy, safe completions and I don't see much of it anymore. - The 2nd and 1 playcalling was quite conservative. QB sneak, FB dive on a down-and-distance where the offense has the greatest advantage doesn't make a lot of sense. - Need more jet sweeps and misdirection for Tommylee, Deonte or Taysom to keep defenses from keying on Kamara. Player to draft - DE Ossai from Texas. That guy is a gamer, looks like Khalil Mack at this point. jnormand and jeanpierre like this.