What has to improve most for Saints to have a successful 2023 season? (1 Viewer)

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

I agree with a team full of talented players arent always the winner. A good GM can be a great assembler of men. But the great coaches are leaders of men. Some coaches such as Nick Sabin lead by fear by throwing tantrums therefore the players fight not to be embarrassed. Some coaches such as Bill Belichick lead by fear as well, but it’s the silent type, where the player puts the fear on himself. Some coaches such as Dan Campbell lead by unity and us vs the world mentality. SP led by fear no question, but Drew Brees was such a respected player amongst the team, that the players were also led by unity. It will be interesting to see what dynamic arises from DA and Carr.

Tough, smart, god fearing FB players

 

[RaginCajun83]

Improved coaching
Aggressive playcalling
Forcing turnovers in defense

 

[44slayer]

For me it's a tie between better luck with injuries and more explosiveness leading to more points scored on offense.

Believe it or not I felt even though lapses occurred the Defense played well overall. Even without yielding alot of turnovers they had their moments stopping teams when it mattered most minus the Bengals game.

Its coaching. And its not close.

 

[faceman]

Wow, that is surprising, seems a lot of our key guys were out for extended periods though......but, it's the leadership (lack of) and the coaching staff that concern me the most really.....

Yeah, it's only a total games lost stat. It doesn't say who is injured. Losing a starting QB or O- Lineman for
the season is obviously worse than your 5th Wr.

 

[44slayer]

Yeah, it's only a total games lost stat. It doesn't say who is injured. Losing a starting QB or O- Lineman for
the season is obviously worse than your 5th Wr.

I dont think this team gets to use injuries as an excuse at this point. This is the nature of the beast in how the FO does business. Availability is not in the priority order in what they are looking for. They draft based on potential and athleticism over prior availability. We are constantly looking for the guy who slid in the draft, or was released by a prior team because of injuries. They believe, repeatedly, that they can fix the injury issue - despite having a notoriously poor medical staff. Sometimes it works. But when you bring in a guy with an injury history, and he gets....injured, you cant really say its bad luck. Its just history repeating itself.

We are sort of like a not so attractive 35 year old lady with a biological clock ticking. We see a guy thats interested, and he just wrapped up his 5th marriage......she thinks she can be the 1. Ultimately she will just be #6. We think we can be the 1 to fix the injury issue.

 

[dvdman]

Reduce the number of turnovers and take advantage of scoring opportunities.more The kicking game was poor overall.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

Turnover differential for one. Then, we can't have crucial defensive penalties to prolong the opponents drive. Then, we can't be predictable like we were last year (Pass for a yard on 1st, run for 3 on 2nd, Incomplete or get 2 on 3rd-punt. Frustrating to say the least. Get Taysom 12-15 touches a game.

 

[VinSaint]

For me, the two most important aspects that need to be significantly better are better O-line play and more explosive/impact plays from the TE position.

 

[COACHTDL]

Be a disciplined team. Need to reduce penalties significantly. Must take the ball away more than give it. If those 2 items were at league average last year, we more than likely make the playoffs. And making field goals would be helpful.

 

[2024InjuryApocalypse]

For me it's a tie between better luck with injuries and more explosiveness leading to more points scored on offense.

Believe it or not I felt even though lapses occurred the Defense played well overall. Even without yielding alot of turnovers they had their moments stopping teams when it mattered most minus the Bengals game.

I agree with you in general. The defense was 2nd in passing yards and top 10 in points allowed. If the defense needs to improve, it's with stopping the run but last year's defense was not the reason we missed the playoffs.

We have had terrible luck with injuries the past two seasons, and I think with even mediocre injury luck we make the playoffs the past two seasons (DEFINITELY in 2021, I think it's quite possible last year as well). And yeah, the offense needs more consistency across the board. O-line struggled, Dalton missed enough throws to remind you why he'd been bouncing around the league as a backup/spot starter, receivers dropped some balls, Kamara seemed ordinary, Ingram was clearly washed up. Each offensive weakness exacerbated the other weaknesses.

 

[Whodat GT]

QB play and a more aggressive offense

 

[jessy]

Head Coach

Dennis Allen's HC record: 4-12, 4-12, 0-4, 7-10.

I don't have much confidence, I think we'll be somewhere around 8-9, I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

Head Coach

Dennis Allen's HC record: 4-12, 4-12, 0-4, 7-10.

I don't have much confidence, I think we'll be somewhere around 8-9, I hope I'm wrong.

If we can be healthy, we'll be at least 11-6.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

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1. Run the damn ball
2. Stop running the damn ball so much
3. Fire Pete
4. Fire DA
5. Tank for a QB in next year's draft
6. Sign and trade for every high calibre player who might be available
7. On low priced, one year "prove it deals"
8. But also don't "kick the can down the road"
9. And don't trade any future picks
10. Sign all them Tulane boys
11. And them LSU boys
12. Cut all those bums filling up that depth chart
13. Moar WRs.
14. Always moar WRs.

Ah the old "get in front of valid arguments by making fun of them before they're made" tactic. Tried and true

Anyway, coaching and injuries...that's the 2 that we need to be better with

 

[Stalwart385]

2022 NFL Most Injured Team | StatMuse

2022 NFL most injured team

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We were actually near the bottom when it came to games lost due to injury.