The Klein Factor

[Jeremy Igo]

So, "revenge" games are mostly just talk. 

 

But Klein will be the one actually calling out the plays on defense and making the adjustments. He is the QB of their defense. That is a different story when it comes to any help it may give the Saints. 

The Panthers are changing up some of their terminology to counter, but Klein is a pretty smart guy. Not sure how long that will work. 

Will Klein's knowledge of Shula and his system play any role on Sunday? 

[tiger7_88]

Klein had a super opener against Minny, but came back down to earth against NE.

Hopefully he'll remain earth-bound this weekend. 

[Panthers8969]

He'll probably have a pretty good game just bc of the system knowledge etc, but that won't mean much for their atrocious D

 

y tf am i up rn

[ImTotallyNotBWood]

City loves him. The local sports reporters call him their first legit MLB in four years. Could be a factor but minor knowledge. He's just a solid player

[MurkN]

The Saints defense is so bad that they could know every play call before the snap and still get beat.

[Jackofalltrades]

While it gives them a slight advantage, it still comes down to execution. We have the more talented unit, but can we actually get something out of them?

[KendrickPanther]

If he draws 1v1 with Christian McCaffrey, just throw it to Christrian McCaffrey. He's a good thumper but not meant to cover space.

[KendrickPanther]

So if Klein makes a tackle.... do we give him the sarcastic "Luuuuuuuuuuuuke"?

[Jon Snow]

2 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

So, "revenge" games are mostly just talk. 

 

But Klein will be the one actually calling out the plays on defense and making the adjustments. He is the QB of their defense. That is a different story when it comes to any help it may give the Saints. 

The Panthers are changing up some of their terminology to counter, but Klein is a pretty smart guy. Not sure how long that will work. 

Will Klein's knowledge of Shula and his system play any role on Sunday? 

Never under estimate the incompetence of Mike run up the gut or everybody go deep Shula.  

It appears so far that it's going to be up to our defense to keep the score low enough for us to have a chance to pull these games out.  I'm not confident that Shula can dial it up enough to win a shootout.  NO defense may still be garbage but they will put up some points on offense.

[electro's horse]

he could tell the saints defenders who will have the ball, where the person is going, and what they like to do when they're about to be tackled, it won't matter. Saints are starting people out of the stands. 

If the Panthers can't get the offense going this week, or if Cam still can't hit anyone, there are some serious questions that will need to be asked. 

[Khyber53]

He'll know what we're doing and be able to predict plays in some situations. He does, however, have to explain it to 10 other Saints players who have to try and execute.

This should be incredibly different than our game against McDermott's Bills. Buffalo has a legitimate defense. New Orleans has a legitimate defender.

[Moorgan]

5 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

He'll know what we're doing and be able to predict plays in some situations. He does, however, have to explain it to 10 other Saints players who have to try and execute.

This should be incredibly different than our game against McDermott's Bills. Buffalo has a legitimate defense. New Orleans has a legitimate defender.

That's it right there. Except Cam Jordan is also good. So 2 legit defenders.

[stirs]

He is a solid starter in the league and glad he gets a chance with a team.  He is not a game changer like Luke or TD however.

Doubt he can sniff stuff out as well as McDermott and all the Olineman know him and his tendencies.

[rayzor]

weren't they the #1 defense in preseason?