I was hoping to provide a full re-cap of Sunday's game by now, but this week is going to be crazy busy and I just don't think I'll have time to put my thoughts into coherent sentences. With that said, below are the notes I made during the impressive comeback win over N'Awlins.
As always, feel free to comment (or share your own thoughts).
Hail.
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First Half
01. Carlos Rogers personal foul call (throwing out of bounds) -- absolutely, 100% unacceptable
02. Timeouts (burning all 3 in the first 12 minutes?!)
03. Turnovers -- good work by Rocky McIntosh
04. Lack of capitalizing on turnovers... throwing to Portis with his back turned on the 4 when they need to at least get to the 2?!
05. Randle El -- you gotta hold on to the ball on punt returns!
06. Loss of Jason Taylor? Ouch.
07. Missed field goal -- nothing to show for the nice Portis-led drive... 4th and 1 from the Saints’ 11 yard line -- taking a chance by going for it? Will chances ever be taken?
08. Three drives inside the Saints’ 20 resulting in 2 field goals. Two missed FG by Suisham -- one from 49, one from 30? Bad hold by Durant Brooks... was cutting Derrick Frost a mistake?!
09. Great overall playing by the defense -- Rocky McIntosh playing very well
10. No urgency at all! Do they work on a 2-minute drill? You’ve got momentum -- use it!
11. Third and 9 from the Saints’ 20, Campbell rolls out, fakes a handoff (to nobody!) and overthrows the endzone by 10 yards
12. Confusion on the line -- even after a timeout! What is being discussed during timeouts? Are plays being called, or are guys just catching their breath?
13. Letting them roll right down the field and get a field goal just before half -- weak
14. Controlled the entire first half on defense -- failed to capitalize on offense, but held them strong... lost all momentum by letting them drive in the final 60 seconds
Second Half
01. Came out real flat on defense... weak coverage... no pressure... open on the outsides on 3rd downs... letting the Saints drive the field with ease
02. Good overall play by Jason Taylor
03. What happens to this team at halftime?!?! They just got completely burned to open the second half on all accounts
04. Offense is moving the ball well but can’t finish!
05. Campbell gets very fixated on certain parts of the field, has trouble rolling out and seeing more options than the initial receiver that the play was called for
06. Great plugging away by Portis -- finding holes well and making room when there is none
07. Good TD run when it looked like he could’ve been stopped shortly past the line of scrimmage
08. Going for 2 -- good move or bad?
09. Suisham doing well kicking the ball out of the endzone
10. Why the fuck did the Skins cut Derrick Frost?!
11. Terrible punt by Brooks, terrible hold -- not a good game
12. LaRon Landry repeatedly talking shit to Reggie Bush... I understand it’s part of the game, but that may have just sparked that punt return for a TD
13. Santana Moss is having a pretty decent game -- why not take chances and go deep? Rather than throwing directly down the sidelines, can’t he cut back in 15-20 yards down the field and get hit in stride? Does Campbell not have the accuracy or confidence to hit those plays?
14. The Saints’ secondary is very depleted -- Brian Baldinger has been talking about it all day... why not try and take advantage of that?
15. Lack of smart play-calling? Again?
16. Third and 12 -- throwing it 6 yards... what is that going to accomplish?
17. 28 yard punt! Who decided to keep this guy?
18. Randle El pretty ineffective on punt returns... hasn’t been able to get a good first step... always tries to cut back and often loses yardage
19. Great sequence of throws to Randle El, Cooley and Moss with +/- 8 minutes to play... good escape by Campbell on the throw to Randle El
20. 7:02 to go, first down throw to Randle El... he got out of bounds, so why didn’t the clock stop?
21. Another great run by Portis for a TD -- very solid overall game
22. Unbelievable throw by Campbell to Santana Moss!
23. Great great great two drives by the B&G
24. Who is Chris Horton?! Two interceptions in place of Reed Doughty! Great game
25. Awesome games for Moss and Portis
As always, feel free to comment (or share your own thoughts).
Hail.
--
First Half
01. Carlos Rogers personal foul call (throwing out of bounds) -- absolutely, 100% unacceptable
02. Timeouts (burning all 3 in the first 12 minutes?!)
03. Turnovers -- good work by Rocky McIntosh
04. Lack of capitalizing on turnovers... throwing to Portis with his back turned on the 4 when they need to at least get to the 2?!
05. Randle El -- you gotta hold on to the ball on punt returns!
06. Loss of Jason Taylor? Ouch.
07. Missed field goal -- nothing to show for the nice Portis-led drive... 4th and 1 from the Saints’ 11 yard line -- taking a chance by going for it? Will chances ever be taken?
08. Three drives inside the Saints’ 20 resulting in 2 field goals. Two missed FG by Suisham -- one from 49, one from 30? Bad hold by Durant Brooks... was cutting Derrick Frost a mistake?!
09. Great overall playing by the defense -- Rocky McIntosh playing very well
10. No urgency at all! Do they work on a 2-minute drill? You’ve got momentum -- use it!
11. Third and 9 from the Saints’ 20, Campbell rolls out, fakes a handoff (to nobody!) and overthrows the endzone by 10 yards
12. Confusion on the line -- even after a timeout! What is being discussed during timeouts? Are plays being called, or are guys just catching their breath?
13. Letting them roll right down the field and get a field goal just before half -- weak
14. Controlled the entire first half on defense -- failed to capitalize on offense, but held them strong... lost all momentum by letting them drive in the final 60 seconds
Second Half
01. Came out real flat on defense... weak coverage... no pressure... open on the outsides on 3rd downs... letting the Saints drive the field with ease
02. Good overall play by Jason Taylor
03. What happens to this team at halftime?!?! They just got completely burned to open the second half on all accounts
04. Offense is moving the ball well but can’t finish!
05. Campbell gets very fixated on certain parts of the field, has trouble rolling out and seeing more options than the initial receiver that the play was called for
06. Great plugging away by Portis -- finding holes well and making room when there is none
07. Good TD run when it looked like he could’ve been stopped shortly past the line of scrimmage
08. Going for 2 -- good move or bad?
09. Suisham doing well kicking the ball out of the endzone
10. Why the fuck did the Skins cut Derrick Frost?!
11. Terrible punt by Brooks, terrible hold -- not a good game
12. LaRon Landry repeatedly talking shit to Reggie Bush... I understand it’s part of the game, but that may have just sparked that punt return for a TD
13. Santana Moss is having a pretty decent game -- why not take chances and go deep? Rather than throwing directly down the sidelines, can’t he cut back in 15-20 yards down the field and get hit in stride? Does Campbell not have the accuracy or confidence to hit those plays?
14. The Saints’ secondary is very depleted -- Brian Baldinger has been talking about it all day... why not try and take advantage of that?
15. Lack of smart play-calling? Again?
16. Third and 12 -- throwing it 6 yards... what is that going to accomplish?
17. 28 yard punt! Who decided to keep this guy?
18. Randle El pretty ineffective on punt returns... hasn’t been able to get a good first step... always tries to cut back and often loses yardage
19. Great sequence of throws to Randle El, Cooley and Moss with +/- 8 minutes to play... good escape by Campbell on the throw to Randle El
20. 7:02 to go, first down throw to Randle El... he got out of bounds, so why didn’t the clock stop?
21. Another great run by Portis for a TD -- very solid overall game
22. Unbelievable throw by Campbell to Santana Moss!
23. Great great great two drives by the B&G
24. Who is Chris Horton?! Two interceptions in place of Reed Doughty! Great game
25. Awesome games for Moss and Portis
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anyone else feel a 15-1 season coming on?
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