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Opinions: How do we beat the Saints?

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Jmac

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Obviously one of the best teams in the league. We will be chasing them till late December when we play. No team is unbeatable and they very well may lose a game or two by then. 

Zone defense will not work against Brees, especially without a stellar pass rush. We can probably score points on them with Norv's inventive play calling and the emergence of our rookies.

Can the defense handle man to man coverage and sent blitz packages to disrupt his rhythm? Opinions on how the Defense can slow them down

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Man up the receivers, bring pressure, put Brees on his ass, and hope for the best. That's the best way that gives you a chance. If we employ the same soft zone like last year or our famous "play CBs 10 yards off the line" BS from this year, we are going to get ate up on defense. The only difference that gives me hope this year is we actually have a legitimate offense that can keep up for once. You are literally going to have to score over 30+ to beat the Saints.

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Punch them in the mouth. Be physical. This is not going to come down to planning but taking on a bully and reclaiming our dignity. Helmet on helmet. If any type of way is the way, I guess smash mouth ball control which everyone hates. Keep away from Brees is the game. When Brees does possess, punish him. Blitzing and knocking balls down at the line. Discipline and no turnovers are key against the Saints.

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Just now, t96 said:

People won't like it, but.... Control the ball and ToP and win the turnover battle.

Best thing is that is basically our plan anyway...except for all the huge plays we’ve sprinkled in lately.  I saw a very suspect secondary for the Rams today.  Not sold yet on that Saints defense yet either.

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1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We are terrible when we try to run a ball control offense, but I fear this is exactly what Ron is thinking too. We absolutely suck at playing stall ball.

We're not winning a shootout. We've won games by controlling ToP before and can certainly manage it against the Aints. That's how we beat them for the division last time we were both good...

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9 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Win a shootout. We're not stopping them, we gotta be prepared to outscore them. Win the turnover battle.

If we come in with the right attitude to beat them at their own game we can do it. If we could in with a game plan to try to eat clock and play D we'll get rekt.

Dont forget that we need to get the ball last.  

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The Rams defense stopped them a few times when they actually decided to tackle and bat passes

there were plenty of 3rd downs where a pass should have been batted away or a tackle made where the Saints would have been stopped more.

they can be stopped, we’ve played them a bunch and the team has seen their best.

we stop them like the Rams showed they can, but more with better tackling and batting some more of those passes down.

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