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Saints-Eagles film study: Conservative approach, Brees' brilliance pay dividends for New Orleans Saints in big win
By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
September 23, 2009, 12:30PM
A review of the game film from the Saints’ 48-22 victory against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday:
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH: Sean Payton said the Saints’ plan was to play conservatively in this one and that philosophy was reflected in their play-calling on both sides of the ball. The Saints were still aggressive but they picked their spots to attack more judiciously. They employed only six personnel packages on offense, which might prove to be a season-low total at season's end. They traditionally use between seven and nine. The Saints were less exotic in part because of strategy and in part because of necessity. A hamstring injury to Lance Moore prevented the Saints from running four-receiver sets. Once the Saints built the big lead, they went almost exclusively to their 1WR/2TE/1RB/1FB package, which they employ to ice games using the power running game. The Saints ran this package on all eleven of their snaps in the fourth quarter and for a game-high 24 reps overall.
On defense, coordinator Gregg Williams played almost exclusively in their base 4-3 scheme and picked his spots to blitz. By my count, the Saints blitzed 15 times in 75 snaps but most were garden variety pressures. Williams once again wasn’t afraid to send defensive backs after the quarterback. Randall Gay, Roman Harper, Pierson Prioleau, Malcolm Jenkins and Chris Reis all blitzed at least once. Once the Saints grabbed the big lead, Williams chose to sit back in a base two-deep safety set and rarely blitzed.
More: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/09/saints-eagles_film_study_conse.html
By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
September 23, 2009, 12:30PM
A review of the game film from the Saints’ 48-22 victory against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday:
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH: Sean Payton said the Saints’ plan was to play conservatively in this one and that philosophy was reflected in their play-calling on both sides of the ball. The Saints were still aggressive but they picked their spots to attack more judiciously. They employed only six personnel packages on offense, which might prove to be a season-low total at season's end. They traditionally use between seven and nine. The Saints were less exotic in part because of strategy and in part because of necessity. A hamstring injury to Lance Moore prevented the Saints from running four-receiver sets. Once the Saints built the big lead, they went almost exclusively to their 1WR/2TE/1RB/1FB package, which they employ to ice games using the power running game. The Saints ran this package on all eleven of their snaps in the fourth quarter and for a game-high 24 reps overall.
On defense, coordinator Gregg Williams played almost exclusively in their base 4-3 scheme and picked his spots to blitz. By my count, the Saints blitzed 15 times in 75 snaps but most were garden variety pressures. Williams once again wasn’t afraid to send defensive backs after the quarterback. Randall Gay, Roman Harper, Pierson Prioleau, Malcolm Jenkins and Chris Reis all blitzed at least once. Once the Saints grabbed the big lead, Williams chose to sit back in a base two-deep safety set and rarely blitzed.
More: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/09/saints-eagles_film_study_conse.html