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Philly had injuries going into that game and lost more key players during the game. No excuses.That’s fine. We played Philly tight and gave the Falcons game away muffing a punt on the 1 yard line. And Philly is when the injuries started. It wasn’t until they got out of control that our season went off the rails.
They did and the first 2 games proved when conditions were optimal (meaning health wise and team mentality) the team was dynamic. The MAJOR problem is we see now it wasn't a roster built to sustain any type of multiple injuries. Yes, there are teams with the same type of injury bug, but they are still fighting to win. We are at the bottom of our barrel and have other issues with morale.Injuries derailed our season.
You said it better than I did!They weren’t flukes - but maybe fools gold in that what we saw is not what we really were - or perhaps more accurately they were a house of cards - and I can sort of elaborate.
The team the Saints were in weeks 1 and 2 are what the team could have been without any injuries throughout the season. Pretty formidable.
The 2024 Saints week 1 starting lineup can match up with ANY team in the league.
Unfortunately the mark of a contender is having the depth available to fill gaps adequately when your projected starters go down - and they will, they always do.
This is where the foundation of the 2024 Saints house of cards gets toppled and everything else falls with it.
I think the reason that Loomis hasn’t fired Allen is because deep down, he sees what he’s done with his irresponsible cap management and knows that there isn’t a person in the building now who can come up and make this team any better than it is in its present condition.
The first two weeks were a sad reminder that the NFL isn’t just about skill and game planning but about roster management and depth. Because the NFL season is brutal.
We are a talented at the top of the roster team with very little underneath.
We did not have the depth to sustain what we built and we just have to keep adding to the team.They did and the first 2 games proved when conditions were optimal (meaning health wise and team mentality) the team was dynamic. The MAJOR problem is we see now it wasn't a roster built to sustain any type of multiple injuries. Yes, there are teams with the same type of injury bug, but they are still fighting to win. We are at the bottom of our barrel and have other issues with morale.
Basically, it is a poorly constructed roster (I picked that up from Outside the Lines podcast) at this point in the season it is most likely that any quality player will not be out there. Anything we get from here on out are stop gap JAG's.We did not have the depth to sustain and we just have to keep adding to the team.
This, but it’s the NFL…everything won’t be right 90% of the time. That’s what bothers me.I see the first 2 games as what we can be when things are right...
It sure helps the aging defense stay fresh when our offence is able to put together long drives. Being run heavy burns more clock and limits total time on field for our defense as well. Putting teams in blow-out situations also makes it easier on the D as the opposing offence has to abandon the run and get more predictable.Those two games showed how the team was built, meaning, when the oline and TAYSOM was healthy, the offense was able to run how it was built. Even after McCoy went down, they were able to operate how they wanted, evident by the first couple of drives in the Falcons game.
Now with the injuries mounting, it probably won't look the same even when Taysom returns, but we all see how it looks when there's somewhat good health. As for the defense, I think it's a combination of coaching, age, and lack of effort, especially the last 3 games.