Yeah, they aren't getting any push in the running game and they were letting guys run free at Brees all night long. Hell on the Abraham interception it was only a 3 man rush and Bushrod let Abraham run right past him without even giving him a chip. Then he just stood there with nobody to block. Bushrod didn't touch anyone on that play and it was the same story on several other plays. I heard Brees say that play was a screen so Bushrod probably was not supposed to fully engage Abraham, but you have to at least give him a chip to give Brees a little time to get the screen off. And, it's a big part of the reason Brees is throwing interceptions. In addition to what Uproar said about him pressing to make up for the lack of running game, when you have no time to throw you are going to make dumb mistakes from time to time.
The middle of the line has played like crap all year, but they were better than the tackles last night. Bushrod was bad and Stinchcomb wasn't much better. He made one block on a screen last night and that's about it. He was great getting outside on the screens and sweeps last year, but he hasn't done that this year. It's probably not the right time to make changes going into the playoffs, but I hope to see some changes in the offseason. Nicks and Evans aren't going anywhere and they have the talent to be the best Guard combo in the NFL, but hopefully Tenant can take Goodwins' spot and Brown can take over at LT with the possibility of moving Bushrod to RT which would seem to be his more natural position.