NoSaint

Youve seen the last month of them, right? Not just tonight? also they only gave up 13 points tonight, despite not being sharp

I still think they are super bowl favorite

The dude got drilled in the ear hole and was stumbling getting up. It was honestly surprising to see him in the game.

I just don’t know how they call that PI but not the early one on the thomas play that was reviewed, for instance. Uneven crew (instances going both ways)

Saints aren’t a mystery - for 10 years its been interior pressure and a ton of speed at linebacker on defense to slow them down... plus some luck. Get in his face and take away rb2 in the passing game Much easier said said than done though.

let them score and hope to score twice?

Irrelevant to the play but how’s kamara not in protocol?

Huge fumble Cams quietly one of the best in the game

Refs not having a great player safety night

Yea, but who knows who’s there at 20 if we don’t take Edmonds. Heck, it could’ve been tremaine. Hard to guess but they got their guy and I do trust mcd with linebackers

With this defense if we add 2-3 pass catchers and a couple lineman what really separates us from the upper tier? Just qb, right? And you’d hope that those parts and a guy in year 2 would step up ala Goff, wentz, mahomes.... if you believe in this qb, coach and gm, then next year absolutely should be the first of a 3-4 year run where we as fans should expect to compete for a division title and be a team that can win a playoff game if you dont buy any of those three guys being legit, well 2 years from now isn’t a thing anyway. Again not arguing green specifically but this is the “make big moves” section of our story,

Fiesty come back to me noting that 8 completions isn’t a big enough sample to comment on YPC, or really much of anything. i think you are reading insults that aren’t actually being made, sir

With a young qb they are officially entering their best window. Time to build FAST. Not arguing either move is thevright one but it’s time for us to be that team that people say “how do they keep adding pieces” like the rams or chiefs. Rookie qb contracts are the magic ticket.

Hes firmly got his hand on the first rung of the ladder. We’ve had plenty of guys that missed completely and fell on their faces. So it’s big. Pulling himself up will now be the tricky part. He’s got about a year and a month to either get on there for real or wear out and slip off

If you want a premiere wr your talking a first or a couple day 2 picks, roughly. A fun prospect but not really the reliable #1 acquisition the thread seems to be seeking to find

Doesn’t that amount to “our OC doesn’t trust our qb so you can’t say the lack of attempts are a reflection on our qb?” Im not even knocking the guy, just saying you can’t get too high (or low) off the very limited amount he did... at their core I find your post defending allen more insulting to him than mine tempering expectations.

They lay a couple tough games a season. I’d rather now, get healthy and finish strong... though this certainly isn’t unwinnable. Score a road win on an off night would be great

Outside of Thomas, the saints group is pretty bad.

An interesting football 2018 thought.... if it’s incomplete isn’t it h2h defenseless receiver because the catch wasn’t completed? or does the bobble eliminate that? If so, how large a bobbles allowed?

It’s a big rivalry game- always see those played tough and some surprises.

Theyve used Bush, sproles etc... their rb2 is typically shifty and gets the ball in space. Like a punt return. For better or worse, but it hasn’t bit them tooooo badly yet. That last angle looked no catch... that said im not sure how it wasn’t PI but we’ve seen two flags on the saints. Not saying saints calls were bad, just seemed inconsistent

Looked like a catch to me. might be hard to overturn though

Even if you called him 11-14 on the day... I’ll say I had similar sentiments after tyrods big day against miami(?) where he was like 11-12 with a couple long balls. its simply not enough passing success to be an ok normal and it’s a small enough sample that it can’t be extrapolated to anything meaningful. he didn’t lose the game with his passing and found a way to win it with legs, defense, and playing bortles. You take it happily from a rookie but it can’t be the regular or something celebrated toooo much is all

I didn’t argue he was inaccurate but that he completed 4 passes in 45 minutes of game clock in a pass happy Nfl. Thats a concern. Any which way it gets dressed up. He overcame it but it’s a problem that had to be overcome. Coupled with only 8 catches and one being a 75 yarder... unless you think that’ll be a regular ratio, or somehow representative of normal play it’s pretty tough to lean on a YPC stat like that.

Unfortunately it’s just 8 completions. That’s not near enough of a sample to throw around YPC. He did some things very well, and had a solid Q1 passing.... but had to cover for the fact that he only completed 4 passes after the first quarter. Running is a great perk that helped makeup for the lack of passing success most of the game. Hopefully progress shows those rushing attempts turning into catches for someone as weeks go by...