4thandinches

one of the talking heads on ESPN is predicting MT for Jordan Love :lol:

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Saints won’t have either one of them on the team next year….

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There's actually just as good, if not a better chance, that the connection happens in Green Bay...

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I am sick of our DBs grabbing receivers they have good coverage on.

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Our DBs don't even attempt to find the ball. DB's in general don't look for the ball now-a-days. It's a league-wide phenomena. It's especially true for our guys though. Marcus Williams' PI in the GB game was pathetic. If he would have just turned his head and located the ball, he maybe could have made a play on it and definitely wouldn't have got the PI.

Hard to believe he's making more than Peat this year. That will obviously change next year.

Discipline and the guard play.

First of all. GB is a good team. Rodgers is great. They'll be there at the end. Losing this game was always within the realm of possibility.
The real issues are the guard play and discipline. The penalties are unacceptable, nothing more to say there. Secondly, GB had a significant competitive advantage using the hard count often and on late downs. They weren't necessarily looking for offsides (though we did give it to them), more just trying to slow down our D-line off the ball and get pre-snap intel. Any normal Sunday night, the dome would be rocking and they'd be in a silent count for 90% of the game.

Lastly, the guard play has been atrocious. Not really sure what's going on with the rookie, but Nick Easton is a liability. I know Peat isn't the most popular player around these parts, but he is our best guard, and losing him will hurt. We've all been watching Brees since '06. This is hands down the most uncomfortable he's been in the pocket since he's been a Saint. Pressure up the middle has always been Brees' weakness. He doesn't trust the interior line, and it's obvious.

He's a 41 year old man with 300 lb 20-something-year-olds bearing down on him... and people wonder why he hasn't been his usual 70+% accuracy passer. He's missed Mike too. Can't replace a guy like that.

TLDR; CSP and company have to get the penalties fixed.
Don't fall for the media's shite. Brees can throw the deep ball still, it just hasn't been there because of time or the coverage.
Mike coming back will provide a resurgence.
Losing Peat is a huge problem. The Rookie gotta step up.
Cut Nick Easton.


We'll be fine y'all. :cheers:

Hopefully I'm not the only one to think this, but when I watch other teams play, I see defensive backs make plays and think after "that would have been PI on us." I'm not a conspiracy guy, nor do I think that ultimately there's some bias involved, but man. I really feel like our guys have to play up to impossible expectations in coverage to be effective without giving up PI's.

For example, as a DB you're taught at 5 years old to have your trailing arm "around" the WR, and reach out your leading arm to defend any crossing route (slant, dig, drag, etc). I see that called as PI at an alarming rate.

OTC is showing 4 million in dead money being paid to Teddy... Can someone explain this? Is this money we still owed him on his contract?

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Seen a few trade Thomas threads, and an AK for Hopkins trade thread. Putting on my Madden cap, here goes.....
AK and a 4th to Texans for Hopkins.
MT13 and our first this year, 2nd next year for pick #1(Burreaux

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Tampa’s o-line can’t block a ball from rolling down the hill. Jameis was sacked 47 times and hit over 70 last year......

Brady won’t survive the season.

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My guess is his cap number will be about $30 mil this year and $40 mil next year

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We’re going to void the 2nd year of the contract and pay it over a 3 to 5 year span. Whatever the maximum is. This was a very team-friendly deal. Right now, I believe we have something around 7mil in cap space. And you know Loomi$ always has something up his sleeve....