12-14 on defensive 3rd down

[Jorgie]

i get the defense is young, but if there really is a standard for starting, that is not acceptable under any circumstance. especially with their missing starters; the stat is skewed by a few last minute drives too. and yeah you can say this year was supposed to be a rebuilding year etc etc etc but i think its clear that were passed that. im sure the team is upset by this as they should be, and it was probably a combination of play calling and play but all in all, a really bad showing. love the promise of the team, think theyre doing great, but i think theyre too good to treat them like little kids on this one

[jfra78]

Yea we cant get off the field on third down and we cant stop teams from scoring TDs.  Lack of experience and lack of depth.  

[Rags]

Happens when you leave the middle of the field wide open and very few players taking risks or jumping plays. Everyone's reacting a step late.

I'm not a fan of the rush 3 drop everyone else style but I'd be lying if I said I don't understand it. If we don't play that way we'd be getting burned a lot more. 

[Shocker]

That was bad but seriously the Saints executed extremely well today on 3rd down.  Brees and company do this to people.

The zone scheme didn't work well against them today, clearly.

[Jorgie]

3 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Yea we cant get off the field on third down and we cant stop teams from scoring TDs.  Lack of experience and lack of depth.  

100% accurate. its a tough pill to swallow but thats whats going on out there. should make for a decent season but as a competitor its gonna be tough to watch the games against good teams cause well be good enough to be in it, but probably gonna lack that edge, which hurts my soul but it is a building process

i like what im seeing, in a season or two those excuses are gonna run dry and they have to stay really sharp in their recruiting process to avoid that noise and be privileged with the noise that comes along with being good

[JawnyBlaze]

Yea it’s not good but it’s not like it was against some scrub team.  That is still one of the best coached, best quarterbacked teams in the league regardless of who they have at WR. Before Michael Thomas they never had any star receivers. They were always just made to look better because of Brees and Payton.  So while it wasn’t good at all, I can live with it. Still only 27 points and 7 of them were gifted by the refs.