The truth is Saints outplayed the Falcons (1 Viewer)

[St. Widge]

Got to feed the hot hand. Without demorrio out there, Allegeir's running style was brutal

While it was hot sure, but they even stopped using him and they didn't really use Robinson after his long TD got called back and barely used either of them early in the game. Frankly the way to attack the Saints D is to run the ball, especially with Damario and Willie Gay out. But they didn't bother to do it. Just really odd play calling and use of personnel. Allegeir only had 8 carries and Robinson only had 7.

 

[Rouxble]

While it was hot sure, but they even stopped using him and they didn't really use Robinson after his long TD got called back and barely used either of them early in the game. Frankly the way to attack the Saints D is to run the ball, especially with Damario and Willie Gay out. But they didn't bother to do it. Just really odd play calling and use of personnel. Allegeir only had 8 carries and Robinson only had 7.

They definitely should have ran the ball more considering the score and their success when running.

 

[SirLoinSaint64]

Love them participation trophies.

 

[MJ in Calif]

Saints absolutely "outplayed" the Falcons, yet they still found a way to lose.

 

[MarylandWHODAT]

Outplayed but a loss is a loss............

 

[mikedre]

I noticed that the Anderson pick six could have been stopped around the 5 yd line. Olave didn't put much effort in that play at all. He didn't need to tackle, he could have pushed him out of bounds.

 

[dvdman]

Last week too , loosing two games by a combined 5 pts is frustrating

Yesterday was worse because we gave them 7 in a 2 pt loss

We gave them 14 points.

 

[SaintsFanInLA]

No, we didn't outplay them. The problem is special teams plays count, and are usually MUCH more impactful than plays on offense and defense. Also, turnovers for DIRECT points count. They ALL count. And in the end, the Falcons made more important plays when they counted than we did. Now, what you could say is, if we eliminated the big play guffaws, we could have easily won. And that I'd agree with. You could also say, we made more consistent plays but none of that matters in the final outcome. Literally NONE OF IT.

For instance, let's say Team A had 10 possessions where they amassed 70 yards each for a total of 700 yards of offense, Team be had 10 possessions of 20 yards each for 200 yards of offense, but Team A had 10 turnovers all returned for TDs and lost the game 70-0. Can Team A say they outplayed Team B? Not really. This is exaggerated to illustrate my point.

 

[triumph]

We have outplayed every team that we have played this year essentially. The first two obviously, this week, and three quarters of the Eagles game. Could be 4-0, or 3-1, but 2-2 now. Have to be able to stop making self inflicted errors and pull games out.

I dont know about outplaying every team. I think the Eagles handled us but were hamstrung by their HC. Without efforts by their coaching, I don't think we sniff a chance at winning.

I think we've played pretty well and are exceeding the expectations that I had for the Saints.

 

[No2DC]

No such thing in pro sports, this sounds like a participation trophy.

 

[Snakehead]

I will never understand why Atlanta draft Bijan Robinson in the first round but refuses to give him the ball. I'm glad they don't but it's baffling. Allgeier is a good back but why draft Robinson if you aren't going to use him? I thought it was strange that they drafted Robinson when Allegeier was doing such a good job, but it's even stranger to draft Robinson and not really use him. I mean I don't think he really touched the ball after his long TD was caused back on the holding call.

If I were them I'd use up the 5th rounder Allgeier and save my Ferrari for the big plays. Allgeier is replaceable, but Bijan is generational so, IMO, it makes sense how they are using them this season. Last season made no sense.

 

[SaintsFanInNY]

We played a good game, but not a mistake free one.

Yep. Unforced errors killed us.

 

[timpoulos]

Seeing a whole lot of "sky is falling" posts, but the truth is we outplayed the Falcons. They won on three plays, one of which was a fluke.

Play #1: mistake by Shaheed trying to field a punt inside the 5 yard line. This was his mistake completely. Players shouldn't ever try to field a ball there. Let it bounce and hope it goes into the end zone. Instead, he muffed and Atlanta scores.

Play #2: Nice job by the Atlanta lineman getting his hands up to knock down the screen pass. THIS IS THE FLUKE PLAY. Instead of the ball falling harmlessly to the ground, it bounced up in the air into the waiting arms of a Falcon who easily ran it in. This play was just bad luck, no way to prevent the ball not "bouncing your way" sometimes.

Play #3: 4th quarter. We have them, but Adebo panicked and gave up huge yardage by unnecessarily interfering n the pass. The receiver wouldn't have caught the ball. He shouldn't have interfered. That's a learning moment on him.

Three plays, two of which are completely fixable with coaching (and by the player being smart enough to learn from making the mistake). The other play was a fluke.

Other than that, we outplayed them completely. Their offense only managed field goals and was mostly anemic the entire game. Our offense scored 24 on them, well enough to win most games, especially when one's defense is shutting the opponent out of the end zone.

Yes, it's a game we should have won, but it's also a game to look at and see that our team is good, not bad. Even with a bunch of injuries, we were the better team on the field. To me, this game shows how much promise and talent we have, on the field and on the sidelines. I expect we're gong to go on quite a winning streak from here because our schedule is very easy once we're past next week.

And frankly, watching the Chiefs play these first four weeks, they are no great shakes so far. We have an excellent shot at beating them...unless, of course, the NFL already has decided we're supposed to lose.

Just my two shakes.

at the end of the year, we will not be worrying about the Falcons or the Bucs. Saints are better than both. Trust the season. Barring injuries we will win this division by 2 or 3 games.

 

[St. Widge]

If I were them I'd use up the 5th rounder Allgeier and save my Ferrari for the big plays. Allgeier is replaceable, but Bijan is generational so, IMO, it makes sense how they are using them this season. Last season made no sense.

I mean, I'm not sure how you only get Bijan Robinson 7 carries and 4 catches in a game and only get Allgeier 8 carries and 2 catches against a Saints team without Tryann Mathieu for a large part of the game and without two of it's best LBs for essentially all of the game.

That's only 21 touches between them. That's about how many touches Robinson alone should be getting in a game like yesterday.

 

[OldTimeGamer1966]

Seeing a whole lot of "sky is falling" posts, but the truth is we outplayed the Falcons. They won on three plays, one of which was a fluke.

Play #1: mistake by Shaheed trying to field a punt inside the 5 yard line. This was his mistake completely. Players shouldn't ever try to field a ball there. Let it bounce and hope it goes into the end zone. Instead, he muffed and Atlanta scores.

Play #2: Nice job by the Atlanta lineman getting his hands up to knock down the screen pass. THIS IS THE FLUKE PLAY. Instead of the ball falling harmlessly to the ground, it bounced up in the air into the waiting arms of a Falcon who easily ran it in. This play was just bad luck, no way to prevent the ball not "bouncing your way" sometimes.

Play #3: 4th quarter. We have them, but Adebo panicked and gave up huge yardage by unnecessarily interfering n the pass. The receiver wouldn't have caught the ball. He shouldn't have interfered. That's a learning moment on him.

Three plays, two of which are completely fixable with coaching (and by the player being smart enough to learn from making the mistake). The other play was a fluke.

Other than that, we outplayed them completely. Their offense only managed field goals and was mostly anemic the entire game. Our offense scored 24 on them, well enough to win most games, especially when one's defense is shutting the opponent out of the end zone.

Yes, it's a game we should have won, but it's also a game to look at and see that our team is good, not bad. Even with a bunch of injuries, we were the better team on the field. To me, this game shows how much promise and talent we have, on the field and on the sidelines. I expect we're gong to go on quite a winning streak from here because our schedule is very easy once we're past next week.

And frankly, watching the Chiefs play these first four weeks, they are no great shakes so far. We have an excellent shot at beating them...unless, of course, the NFL already has decided we're supposed to lose.

Just my two shakes.

That's a pretty fair take.