Defensive formation on 3rd and 16 in Eagles game.

SaintStephen1 said

Just watched Saints play again. 8 men on line of scrimmage and a 9th 7 yards from scrimmage on 3rd and 16! WTF!! NOBODY can defend Allen. A complete idiotic call. Just scream to Eagles “Run a cross and bump off DBs.” Hurts would never have driven them throwing balls into windows.

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He gave a fake pressure look, that's not uncommon..and neither is it uncommon for it to get beat outside the tacklebox.

Look man, up until thta point Dennis Allen called a great game, he was going to eventually make a costly play-call it happens. Offense can't go 1-5 in the redzone w/ scores. You just can't. The dam broke. Was it a bad call...yes. but hat's what happen when you let a team hang around in a close game. Add that to not taking the field goal (though I was ok w/ goign for it on that 4th...it was a yard) and it all comes down on Allen. But the offense wet the bed to a degree.