Michael Thomas makes this offense (1 Viewer)

[El Caliente]

They say that the clothes don’t make the man, but tonight we saw that we were completely naked without Michael Thomas. I don’t want to rush him back, but we need to figure out a way to drag Drew’s corpse of an arm into a top 10 offense.

 

[j4m2b]

We need to attack down the field more. Defs are playing short yardage

 

[jesusfish]

There were open guys that Drew missed. Younger Drew would have shredded them with all the time he had back there today

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

They say that the clothes don’t make the man, but tonight we saw that we were completely naked without Michael Thomas. I don’t want to rush him back, but we need to figure out a way to drag Drew’s corpse of an arm into a top 10 offense.

His arm isn't dead. I don't know what his issue is but it isn't that.

 

[Mississippi Saints Fan]

We need to attack down the field more. Defs are playing short yardage

More Taysom. Let him run and throw some occasional bombs to keep them honest.

 

[El Caliente]

We need to attack down the field more. Defs are playing short yardage

We can’t, not with Drew’s arm we cant

 

[Mississippi Saints Fan]

His arm isn't dead. I don't know what his issue is but it isn't that.

He looked tired tonight. Some pretty wacky throws.

 

[saintsmarchin]

Its time to stop being in denial.. Brees without short accuracy is completely horrible.. because he can't throw the long ball. Its time to move on..

 

[El Caliente]

His arm isn't dead. I don't know what his issue is but it isn't that.

His arm isn’t dead, it just decided to take it easy.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Its time to stop being in denial.. Brees without short accuracy is completely horrible.. because he can't throw the long ball. Its time to move on..

He already proved last week that he CAN throw the long ball.

 

[perret318]

Michael Thomas doesn't play defense.

 

[saintsmarchin]

He already proved last week that he CAN throw the long ball.

Yeah.. but how many can he throw in the game accurately?

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Yeah.. but how many can he throw in the game accurately?

Accuracy has nothing to do with arm strength.

 

[El Caliente]

Accuracy has nothing to do with arm strength.

::Jamarcus Russell has entered the chat::

 

[breesgirl]

We didn’t lose tonight because of Mike‘s absence. We were actually more fluid on offense tonight than we were on last week.

One of the main problems was exactly what everyone else has said: Drew stunk it up. His timing was off and he seems unsure of when to throw the ball. Even with that Gruden took a chance on a 54 yard field goal rather than to punt the ball and give DB9 a chance to march back down the field. I don’t know if it’s mental or that the lack of Preseason and reps during training camp has thrown off his timing. Maybe we are looking at week three preseason Drew in the second week of our actual season. He is a creature of habit. Without arm strength, he has to completely lean on accuracy. That requires timing, which ultimately is built from reps. I won’t excuse his play. His arm strength is clearly diminished. I also think that we tend to come out of the gates shaky every season since 2014.

Side note: I have a funny feeling that we look better next week. The sports media is going to rip us to shreds for the next seven days. We tend to play up(and down) to the level of our competition.