saints4life25
Who Dat?!?!
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With all of the negativity on the board, I figured I'd highlight some encouraging play as well.
The good:
Drew Brees. This was one of his better games in recent memory. He was absolutely on fire. The 98 yard TD will get much more publicity, but the first Cooks TD was much more impressive. It was a dime down the seams. Vintage Brees.
Cooks-Snead-Thomas. I'm saying it now, this is the best group of receivers Brees has ever thrown to. Better than Colston-Meachem-Henderson. These guys catch everything. Snead is Jarvis Landry without the fan fare. He just wants it more than the defender.
Kenny Vacarro. Absolutely loved the way Allen used him. He played deep safety, MLB, and slot corner. 7 tackles, 2 PDs, a QB hit, and a TFL, but even those stats don't tell the whole story. Vacarro was everywhere.
PJ Williams. I'm putting him here, not because he was spectacular, but because he was solid in his first NFL game. PFF says he allowed 4 of 8 passes thrown his way to be completed, a good percentage, but also credited him with giving up nearly 100 yards (I think 30 of those were on a blown coverage by the linebackers, but what do I know). Solid game for a young guy we're going to expect a lot out of now that Breaux is out.
The oline. Opened up huge holes in the run game. Brees was only pressured on 16% of his dropbacks as well. Mack was non existent, no matter which side he lined up on. Peat got to the second level in the run game quite a few times and blew up linebackers. The majority of the big runs went left, behind Armstead and Peat.
The bad:
Dline. No pressure. Zero. Zilch. Carr was hit 3 times. 3. Times. Jordan was doubled all day. They weren't going to let him get to Carr. The interior was the most dissapointing. Fairley had a few run stops, but he and Davison got no push in the middle. Kruger was invisible. Have to get better here, especially with the group of young corners back there.
Ken Crawley. PFF says Carr had a 148 QB rating when throwing into Crawleys coverage, which is about what I'd expect. He clearly wasn't ready to be thrust into the lineup, but he made Crabtree look like Julio. The 2 point conversion was terrible. Crabtree looked like he was covered by a high schooler.
Jairus Byrd. I thought he had a decent year last year, once he got on the field, but he had a bad first outing. Those 2 30 yard plays to Cooper in the middle of the field are plays you expect Byrd to stop. I've been a supporter, because of his health, but we need better production for the money.
The good:
Drew Brees. This was one of his better games in recent memory. He was absolutely on fire. The 98 yard TD will get much more publicity, but the first Cooks TD was much more impressive. It was a dime down the seams. Vintage Brees.
Cooks-Snead-Thomas. I'm saying it now, this is the best group of receivers Brees has ever thrown to. Better than Colston-Meachem-Henderson. These guys catch everything. Snead is Jarvis Landry without the fan fare. He just wants it more than the defender.
Kenny Vacarro. Absolutely loved the way Allen used him. He played deep safety, MLB, and slot corner. 7 tackles, 2 PDs, a QB hit, and a TFL, but even those stats don't tell the whole story. Vacarro was everywhere.
PJ Williams. I'm putting him here, not because he was spectacular, but because he was solid in his first NFL game. PFF says he allowed 4 of 8 passes thrown his way to be completed, a good percentage, but also credited him with giving up nearly 100 yards (I think 30 of those were on a blown coverage by the linebackers, but what do I know). Solid game for a young guy we're going to expect a lot out of now that Breaux is out.
The oline. Opened up huge holes in the run game. Brees was only pressured on 16% of his dropbacks as well. Mack was non existent, no matter which side he lined up on. Peat got to the second level in the run game quite a few times and blew up linebackers. The majority of the big runs went left, behind Armstead and Peat.
The bad:
Dline. No pressure. Zero. Zilch. Carr was hit 3 times. 3. Times. Jordan was doubled all day. They weren't going to let him get to Carr. The interior was the most dissapointing. Fairley had a few run stops, but he and Davison got no push in the middle. Kruger was invisible. Have to get better here, especially with the group of young corners back there.
Ken Crawley. PFF says Carr had a 148 QB rating when throwing into Crawleys coverage, which is about what I'd expect. He clearly wasn't ready to be thrust into the lineup, but he made Crabtree look like Julio. The 2 point conversion was terrible. Crabtree looked like he was covered by a high schooler.
Jairus Byrd. I thought he had a decent year last year, once he got on the field, but he had a bad first outing. Those 2 30 yard plays to Cooper in the middle of the field are plays you expect Byrd to stop. I've been a supporter, because of his health, but we need better production for the money.
