Saints @ 49ers last year (4 Viewers)

[Boondock]

Canton, so base on your logic, it is the Saints Offensive fault for scoring only 32 points against the #1 defensive. And the Saints Defense bear no responsibility for allowing an inept 49ers Offense to score 36 points. Really....?

The GREAT field position that the Niners offense got from our turnovers definitely helped them get those 36 points. 3/4 of the game our D had it's back against the wall, because of turnovers. Whether it was because of our offense or special teams turnovers.

 

[Kris]

The Saints lost because San Francisco took advantage of some lucky breaks and scored more points than the Saints. Good game by SF. They aren't the better team, but for that 60 minutes they pulled it off.
They hopefully will be put in their place this year.

 

[Vacherie Saint]

Canton, so base on your logic, it is the Saints Offensive fault for scoring only 32 points against the #1 defensive. And the Saints Defense bear no responsibility for allowing an inept 49ers Offense to score 36 points. Really....?

Its hard to play good D when you are on the field the entire game, but I agree that the defense does bear some responsibility.

That said, this has never been a smothering defense, and without the turnovers, the 9ers only scored 19 points. If we keep the ball on those 5 possessions, don't you think we could have scored at least the 17 they scored on us? Then you are looking at a painfully lopsided victory for the Saints.

The point is, don't look at the game in terms of a single drive or even a single unit. It was a team loss. We had some key offensive people out, the D was predictable, and I recall it was very windy that day with a wet field. For me, its just too hard to overlook the offense and special teams continually breaking the golden rule of football "no turnovers".