Saints rushing attack improving

I don't think there is a pattern. It's just that our defense was getting ripped to shreds, especially at the end of games when they'd been on the field way too long. I believe that our coaches realized that the quick score offense was killing our undermanned defense, and that became the message. We have to run the ball and run the ball successfully.

In games where our opponents were able to slow down our big play threat, we were left with nothing and our defense was left with nothing in the tank in the 4th. (Raiders and Giants games for example). So coach P put his genius to work making our run game viable, and more importantly, he stuck with it even when it struggled.

The 200yds one week 100yds the next week swing probably has more to do with who we were playing than anything else. Our O-line seems to have gelled, and now that our defense is looking like an asset than a liability, we have a team clicking on all cylinders and everything seems to work.

The only reason we're not leading the division right now is 3 blocked kicks and the NFL mandating that we lost to the Raiders in week 1.