I'm normally there with you on the defense. But as much as I want to try, I can not put this loss on the shoulders of the defense. Yes they gave up 159 yards to Stephen Jackson, and that is bad. But that offense gave them absolutely nothing. Not only did they give them nothing, but they compounded the problems for the defense.
Yes the punt block was bad. But the interception the Drew threw was infinitely worse. You just gave them a free touch down by having a punt block and you're going to turn right around and gift wrap another 7 points by throwing and interception on the very first play of the next drive. It was a horrible trow and decision by Drew. You go down 10-0 and it's manageable, you can still work your game plan. You go down 17-0 and you're pretty much done.
The defense shut the Rams down in the 1st half and sparked the team in the second half by causing the fumble that they recovered for the TD. It was all you can ask.
You finally work your way back to within 10 points and you have six minutes left in the game and a punchers chance. And what does the offense do? Goes 3 and out. Your defense gets the ball back again and you have 3 minutes left and what does the offense do? Interception returned for a TD. Game, set, match.
I can complain about the defense a lot, but not in this game. This loss is squarely on the shoulder of the offensive line and Drew Brees.