GAMEDAY THREAD -- Saints @ Falcons 9/29/24 (7 Viewers)

[saintmike23]

I don’t really know how to make a dirty martini, but i put cayenne pepper in it and it slaps!

Now we need to slap these dirty birds cross the face and take the dub

 

[St. Widge]

Will Falcons score in 29 seconds?

Sorry man. I know you were really hoping that they would.

 

[LiterOCola]

Carr, 10-14 for 70 yards and an INT.

Offense struggling because Carr cannot be trusted to throw.

 

[Centmssaint1]

So the last 3 Saints drives have stalled at midfield or in Falcons territory, in part because the OL is not holding up.

Meanwhile, the Saints DL is not getting much pressure against the Falcons' injured OL.

I wouldn’t say the stalls were on the oline more than they were due to Carr’s decisions. Look at 2nd and 3rd downs on the last drive. Could have dumped off to AK41 for the first down, but wouldn’t.

 

[SubmarineMike]

The pass rush was cooked the moment posters started talking about them feasting on Storm Norton and the back up center lol. It’s a tale as old as time.

Maybe they turn it up in the second half. Our secondary is elite else we’d be way worse off.

I think I would rather face a team of genuine All-Pro players than a team comprised totally of players who washed out of Saints training camp.

 

[WhoDat6278]

Maybe I’m overreacting but I’m ready for this era of mediocre Saints football to end. Plenty of promise that goes nowhere because of too many bad mistakes and a HC/QB duo that have never really succeeded. Time to at least try something different.

 

[Centmssaint1]

They do use Johnson to block but he’s undersized as a blocker when competiting against DEs/OLBs

All he has to do is get in their way.

 

[Judge_Smails]

I don’t really know how to make a dirty martini,

Add a splash of olive juice.

 

[inetnawlins]

Taysom went out and the run game went with him. Puts Carr under more pressure,

 

[Saviorbrees]

Hopefully taysom is ok. He is key contributor in this new scheme offense. Defense has trouble keying on what’s going on when he’s on the field with Kamara

 

[saintlyn8]

That is who he has always been. I don't know why anyone would expect anything more.

Those first couple weeks had some of us almost fooled… almost. I expect things to even out and be another year like last year. Silly mistakes that make us worse then what we are and a couple unexpected wins to put us right around 9-8 zzzz. Hope we are better than that obviously, but not as hopeful any more.

 

[bclemms]

I think Carr hit one pass that traveled more than 5 yards down field in the first half. He's had a really ugly 6 quarters. Taysom makes our offense go and relying on a one of a kind 35 year old to play 88 snaps a game is not a good recipe. Such a weird offense through the first 3.5 weeks. If we don't jump out to a lead we're going to struggle this year. When we make stupid plays like that interception or inexplainable decision by Shaheed, it makes winning really hard.

 

[St. Widge]

Not going to blame him. You can’t outscheme people who can’t get out their own way. I’m about done with Carr at QB. The good just isn’t outweighing the mediocre and the bad.

Carr is fine if you give him protection but after the second TD drive, the middle of the OL had been giving up way too much pressure in Carr's face. And given our OL injuries and it being mediocre at best even when it's healthy, they are going to be a major liability in two minute drives and drives when the defense knows you have to throw the ball.

 

[EvilMike]

Trying to keep it to ones you would understa

Trying to keep it to ones you would understand.

We're all Saints fans, and you chose to start with the insults so I have 2 words and they rhyme with duck shoe.

 

[St. Geezy]

Losing an all-pro center is a big deal, guys. Remember that.

I know we have to live with it, but let’s not lose sight of that fact.