the VG board football thread
one tell is that we make it painfully obvious we are running the ball 9/10 times that ingram gets on field. i also agree that the big problems on defense are the linebackers, jv not-included. the dude is still playing good football.
The real question is why it's so hard to run. I'm not buying the "giving away a tell" theory at all. Many teams run when you know they are running and don't have these kinds of problems.
I'd rather 3rd and 5 than 3rd and less than one on this team. Thats pathetic.
For some reason SR "villafies" certain players and others they give a free pass to due to bias. I don't get it. I love the Saints, not individual players. Well, except maybe for Brees. ;)
Players that get a free pass that I believe are part of the problem.
1) Vilma- yet everyone blames everything on Shanle. Vilma has just looked totally incompetent out there. Yet, it's always Shanle's fault when he misses a tackle from the opposite side. I'm not saying Shanle doesn't need to be upgraded but based on watching Vilma MLB almost appears to be our number one priority in the draft. I'm not buying the "defensive qb" theory. I just don't see it paying any dividends. We need an aggressive thumper that doesn't run around blocks that has a nose for the ball. I can't tell you what a Ray Lewis type(I realize this is an extreme example) would do for this defense.
2) Our all world guards. yet the entire reason we can't run is on Kreutz. This is hilarious and I'm not going to bother with it. Our guards are good but not the all world forces we think they are.
3) Ellis is good, but not great. Many times they single block him easily. This is not an all pro player by any means.
There's quite a few things that keep us from being the dominant force we were in 2009, and one of the main problems is things we think are "set" are far from it.