Going Back To The Big Easy - Saints Talk

[Seabiscuit36]

I love Westbrook on Turf, he looked great against Indy, yes it was indy but his speed really shows up in the Dome.

[Eaglez]

I don't know about 'perfect' but they need to play considerably better than they did in the 2nd half of yesterday's game.

They need to repeat what they did in the 2nd quarter yesterday for four quarters.

[Eagles 3x]

farg the saints!  the eagles played like garbage in their earlier meeting & had no running game at the time.  it was one of those games where they passed twice as often as they ran.
...and the saints still needed a last second field goal to win.

Exactly! Bring em on. We'll kick thier arse. Ok, just win the game. The only fly in the ointment is no Lito. Its up to JJ and all the DBs to do the best they can to minimize Lito being out.
Wouldn't it be sweet if we won on a last second FG?

[rjs246]

Bree's had a fantastic year. 554 attmps. with 356 comps. for a percentage of 64.3%. 26 TD's and 11 int's. A 96.2 passer rating. He leads the NFL in yards with 4.418. His 26 TD's are third behind Manning and Palmer. He's third in Passer rating. He's without a doubt the best qb in the NFC, and is on the best team also.

And if thier passing game isn't good enough, as a team they rushed for 1761 yds. Deuce had 1057 with a 4.3 avg. and 10 TD's.


Screw the Bears 13-3 record, the Saints are the best team in the NFC.

Winner.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The fact that, as hunt and Bobby pointed out, that the Eagles had to deal with a piss poor play on STs (Moats) and the fact that Andy was infatuated with the deep ball to Baskett and still almost won is a good thing. Tighten up those things and maybe its a different outcome.

They also had the Saints stopped on that final drive but that is when Gaither had that 12-men on the field penalty.

Another thing that may or may not matter;

The Saints starters haven't played in forever. They only played a series or two against Carolina in the final week. Then they had the bye. Plus Joe Horn has been hurt and I don't remember when he last played. They were saving him for the playoffs.

[Zanshin]

It's a winnable game, but I don't like the idea of giving Payton an extra week to plan.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Joe Horn burned us last time. I'd like to see Darth knock his friggen' block off.

Was it my imagination, the weather, or does Garcia look like he has a tired arm?? Some of his passes were floaters, wounded ducks. He has to do better against the Saints. He could have easily been picked twice yesterday. He was lucky, damn lucky. I was hollering for Feeley there at one point in the first half, can't remember just when.

That is how Garcia throws. That is one of the reasons why I called for Feeley after Donovan went down. Watching him in camp and during the pre-season you could tell he lacks the zip to make some of those throws. Especially in camp when seeing him so close you can tell he has a "hump" in his throws. They have too much air sometimes. But he certainly has played well. Like hunt said - he admitted to being too hype yesterday. It took him awhile to get under control.

One thing he needs to get better at is the swing passes/sideline stuff. Not so much the out routes but when he has a guy leaking out he needs to hit them. He missed Westbrook a couple of times in the beginning of this run on wheel routes. He also missed Baskett on that 3rd and long yesterday and overthrew Smith at the Meadowlands after he rolled out.

[Seabiscuit36]

He also had that Shuttle pass but was scared to make the toss.  Either way,  Garcia > Mcmahon

[The BIGSTUD]

Payton worries me more than anyone they have. He has always seemed to have the Eagles' number. The Eagles can't afford to miss opportunities in the red zone like yesterday and have to force some turnovers and give up none to win this game.

I love the underdog role, let's go. Bring on the Saints.

[shorebird]

Another thing that may or may not matter;

The Saints starters haven't played in forever. They only played a series or two against Carolina in the final week. Then they had the bye. Plus Joe Horn has been hurt and I don't remember when he last played. They were saving him for the playoffs.

I don't think that the week off will hurt them more than it will help them. Ask most players and they will say they love the buy week going into the playoffs so they can heal up. At this point of the season, there are hardly any players out there who aren't playing without some kind of injury, and a healthy Joe Horn mean nothing good for us.

One thing he needs to get better at is the swing passes/sideline stuff. Not so much the out routes but when he has a guy leaking out he needs to hit them. He missed Westbrook a couple of times in the beginning of this run on wheel routes. He also missed Baskett on that 3rd and long yesterday and overthrew Smith at the Meadowlands after he rolled out.

Yeah, I saw that too. Why he didn't hit Bwest is beyond me.

[BigEd76]

Salisbury says the winner of this game will go to the Super Bowl.  He picked the Saints though...

[PhillyPhreak54]

And then showed Stuart Scott the picture of his wang...

[Seabiscuit36]

Thats how Stu's eye got so farged up.   

[Eaglez]

Jeff is very good at throwing between the hash marks. When he has to throw an out pattern or to the sidelines from the pocket he usually lacks the arm strength to get it there quickly. That is one of the reasons for the roll outs and also Jeff feels more comfortable outside the pocket.

I think that is why they try to establish the outside with Westbrook in running the football as well. It's to spread out the defense and give Jeff throwing lanes in the middle of the field.

I trust Garcia throwing the ball in between the hashes because I think he makes good decisions in the middle of the field and can read a defense well, but on out patterns or patterns to the sideline and swing passes scare me because the lack of zip on his throws permits a DB to get a good jump on the ball and either tackle the receiver immediately/swat the ball down/intercept the pass.

[MadMarchHare]

Reid didn't play the starters for 2 games at the end of the season, got the bye week, then kicked the shtein out of Minnesota.  Don't count on the rest being a factor.