The running game is no longer effective

[God]

Saints rush for 30 yarda and are super bowl champs.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

i guess them being the 6th ranked rushing team in the nfl during the regular season and 7th ranked in the postseason had nothing to do with getting them to this point?

[carolinanimal]

are you talking about 7th ranked out of 8 teams?

[Baschski]

The Colts defense was nothing to fear tonight. If the Saints tried to throw on a good pass defense (like ours) every play, they would have turned the ball over multiple times.

[Jase]

Ebb & Flow of the game. Some years the dominating running wins ballgames. Other years, it's predominately the pass.

[Wither]

are you talking about 7th ranked out of 8 teams?

Lmao. Give him a break, I almost believed that until I read your post.

[niblet]

Dink and dunk passing, which is the most boring style of offense, is now the name of the game.

[Mother Grabber]

It's very effective at making a mediocre team that gets 8 wins every year.

[blackcatgrowl]

Saints rush for 30 yarda and are super bowl champs.

Well, when the defense doesn't protect against the pass, why run?

Brees had a 82% completion rating. That's unhuman for a regular season game... but for the Super Bowl? Cmon man...

This SB was probably the worst I've ever seen.

[Mother Grabber]

Dink and dunk passing, which is the most boring style of offense, is now the name of the game.

Didn't the 49ers win a few rings that way?

[niblet]

Didn't the 49ers win a few rings that way?

Maybe. I was too young then. Either way, I still think it's boring.

[Mesmer]

the small passes are pretty much the same as a run game. there's no "end of the run game" or some stupid poo like that. the saints were more balanced this year than they've been in the past 3 years. if anything, it proves that you need an attack that's two-fold to have any kind of prolonged success.

thats like saying that passing is stupid because the panthers rushed for 5000 yards on the giants or something. whatever works, but you need both to have continual success throughout a season. against a defense that sucks, like the colts? who cares if you can throw it, throw it. it doesn't spell the end of the run game. it's doing what's the quickest/easiest way to victory.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

are you talking about 7th ranked out of 8 teams?

out of 16. that might not sound like much, but it makes a difference.

[Jangler]

12. 12 teams are in the playoffs.....sheeeessh.