Let’s be honest here

oodank said

the defense let this game get away. there is no excuse for giving up 18pts in the 4th qtr and not getting a stop when we needed it. both TDs were players not executing, the miss tackle on 4th&Goal and the fade route CB never turned around. make any one of those plays and Saints win.

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Its a bit short sighted to say that, but ultimately, sure. The defense was gassed because of decisions and lack of offense earlier in the game. Its a cumulative effect. They were on the field a while between 2 drives that bookended the Shaheed PR TD in the first half. We didnt sustain many drives, and had 7 punts. Allen shouldve sensed this.

Thats why I think the delay of game and punt was the turning point. Hell he couldve even just tried to pick up the 1st. A FG made it a 3 poss game, effectively the game wouldve been put away. Even with a gassed defense, there just wasnt time to flip a 3 possession game.

But we DennisAllen'd.

Something, anything to give your defense a rest. But he relied on the defense to the point he overworked them. Lafleur jumped on that and went hurry up, prevented substitutions.

Thats called strategy. Exploiting weaknesses. Lafleur simply outcoached Allen.