tanis136
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I must admit Sean Payton's play calling was pissing me off in the first half. A vision of past performances began to creep into my mind as we adamantly relied on the pass in the first half regardless of its lack of effectiveness. (I think we only ran the ball 4 or 5 times vs passing for 20+ in the first half)
Miami knew Payton was going to rely exclusively on the pass. This is evident by how they blitzed consistently and played the pass on every play. To make things worse, Payton refused to mix in the run to throw them off balance so the passing lanes would open up. As a result, Brees was repeatedly pressured, sacked and threw 2 ints putting our D in an impossible situation, which ultimately lead to a 21 point deficit.
Then the second half came and we gave the Dolphins a good dose of Thomas, Bell, Bush and Evans. This opened up the passing lanes and Brees picked them apart. A younger Payton would not have made this transition and we would have lost. However, Sean has grown, G.W. has our D creating turnovers and the Saints did marched on to Victory.
All I can ask from Payton now is that he doesn't take so long in the future to make that transition. Against a better team we not have been so fortunate.
Miami knew Payton was going to rely exclusively on the pass. This is evident by how they blitzed consistently and played the pass on every play. To make things worse, Payton refused to mix in the run to throw them off balance so the passing lanes would open up. As a result, Brees was repeatedly pressured, sacked and threw 2 ints putting our D in an impossible situation, which ultimately lead to a 21 point deficit.
Then the second half came and we gave the Dolphins a good dose of Thomas, Bell, Bush and Evans. This opened up the passing lanes and Brees picked them apart. A younger Payton would not have made this transition and we would have lost. However, Sean has grown, G.W. has our D creating turnovers and the Saints did marched on to Victory.
All I can ask from Payton now is that he doesn't take so long in the future to make that transition. Against a better team we not have been so fortunate.