streetcar

Good game guys. I don’t think either side saw a score like that one. I have enjoyed posting with you this week and will continue to check in here, especially since ya’ll will be playing the rest of our division. I still like what I see with Edwards but he needs more help up front than he is getting right now. Your defense has plenty of promise. Someone asked me what kind of D can cause Drew to have a bad game. Well there you saw it. Good luck with the rest of your season. You play one hell of a division but you a good young team. Street

we are very happy with him so far. He was going to be played plenty at DE until Grant and Smith were allowed to play. He is now playing all along the line. So far, he is playing at a level for the Saints that will get him on the field one way or another.

thanks Gordio. I decided before I joined I would post after the game. I like the Bills as I do any small market team and either way, we will all be pulling for each other outside of this game since we have to handle the rest of the division for each other. thanks Lurking. That Panthers game was the one I couldnt (or wouldnt) remember. Goes back to what I said. I think a good running game and slow possesions are the best defense on Brees

I didnt tell you Brees didnt have a bad game. I said I cant remember. I do remember a game where he had a terrible start and finished "ok", I think it was one of the Tampa games but I dont remember exactly. We were average at best last year I agree but if you want to pin that on the guy who was 1 pass away from the all time passing record then you are taking a diferent aproach than anyone else. I do think that the fact that Brees "had" to throw so much or that Payton chose to is a key part of the problem but he didnt have many bad games and I just dont remember which they were. I can say this, there wernt any games that we hung the loss on him. In other words if there were ones that I dont remember, then there were too many other things going wrong for him to take much blame.

to be honest Steve, I cant remember any games where I thought Drew was just having a bad day but maybe its just selective memory. Thats not to say we didnt have bad offensive days but I remember more days where it seemed more a thing where Payton got to cute. Last year our run blocking stunk early on but after Nesbit got suspended in the starcaps mess, they put in Carl Nicks who as mentioned above is a beast. Both of our Guards are. Drew shakes off bad plays as good as anyone Ive seen. We went so long without a good QB that it seemed like a dream for us to have such luck to get him and have the shoulder do so well. I know you have been through some of the same and have to be happy with what Edwards has done and continues to do for you. I think your best defense to use on Drew will be your running back to be honest.

thanks Edwards arm and San Jose. I may have missed some but what i saw I will try to answer. BuffOrange, Our O-line is good and has been together in most part for several years so they are on the same page. Pass blocking is always good and run blocking has gotten better. Having said that we are without our probowl LT Brown for a few more weeks but his replace has played ok. Brees is so good IMO because of his ability to see the whole field. As far as weapons, Colston is not the only real one. Drew has confidence in everyone they send on the field and will throw to all of them. Even Henderson who used to get droppsies has been catching well. I agree San Jose that wind will kill a passing attack. They are capable of plenty of dink and dunk that could offset that. I am very interested in your pass rush. Edwards arm said it is hit and miss. I think we are fine up the middle but Im worried about the corner rush. Who brings it and who doesnt?

It sounds like Lance will play. It was a very slight hammy. I wouldnt say Lance is a non factor at all as sure handed as he is. He catches better than anyone but Colston. But there are enough weapons that if he isnt 100 percent they wont have to play him. Henderson and Meach are much faster than he is.

Ah, now there is an interesting question. Ive heard it argued both ways. Some say it will slow any offense down while others say that wide recievers get an advantage in their cuts since they know where they are going and the defensive backs do not. Drew hasnt seen much weather in the pros but he did play at Purdue. I for one am glad we are playing you guys in Sept instead of December to tell you the truth.

SouthGeorgia, I do think we will beat Atlanta but it will be tough. I think we will split with them head to head but they got the tougher schedule. They are well coached Ill say that. Our two teams always play each other tough even when one of the teams is bad and one is good. Those long time rivals run deep dont they.

they are going to play him at corner at least for a year or so. He came to camp late and hasnt won the nickle yet though he may by seasons end. He has been making his mark on special teams - one of the only guys who has.

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whipped in the playoffs?

Heyward was a piece of work. You are going back some to get to him though. He died of cancer a few years ago

thanks for that break down South Georgia. You may be right about most of that but I dont think our defense is 38 points bad. We are no better than middle of the pack D right now but most of the opinions you here from the National media are based on what they saw last year. They are capable of some stops and there are plenty of good players on our D. That is why I say shoring up our ST units is so important. If you get to 38 points, it isnt going to all come from your offense IMHO. I am concerned about your running attack and will be interested to see how we stand up up front. You couldnt tell much with Staford in game one and the stuff that the Eagles threw at us was crazy. They had some formations that looked like college ball. I give it to them for being that creative but it didnt pay off in the end.

Thomas is a good back although he gets banged up too much. He is probably really close to 100% right now and probably would have played last week if not for how good Bell has done. Though Im not a huge Reggie Bush fan, I expect this will be the first breakout game for him this year. Reggie and good TE play go hand in hand becuase one opens up the other by clearing guys out of the way. We havnt been able to throw a screen pass for about 3 years now but it looks like they have finally got it down and if they cant run into the gut of your line then they will use the short passes as an extention of the run. That is what works best for Bush anyway.