gen. manager Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I'd bet they did. They don't respect receivers. They plug and play guys. Yeah it worked when Brees was younger but this is a 38 year old guy and Payton's play calling has become stale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aout Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Guys, our O isn't and never has been the issue, regardless of who's on the field. The issue is on the other side of the ball. Give our O 1 our 2 more weeks and we'll be back scoring 30pts/game. If it wasn't for a couple of unfortunate drops we would have scored 30pts today. Also we're missing our 2 starting T. Our O is fine. Our D isn't. SOMETHING has to be done. There has to be a CB better than Harris somewhere that we can trade for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 You don't think the offense was to blame for some of that loss last week? What game were you watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aout Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I was watching the Saints@Vikings game last week but I blame our "poor" offensive display on that ****ty playcalling. We ran the ball WAY too often for no gains. I remember we even ran the ball on 3rd and long. I haven't checked yet but I'm pretty sure we averaraged less than 2.5YPC last week. My point is that there's nothing abnormal with our offense starting slowly. New pieces in one of the NFL most complex offense who need time to adjust, a shaky OL missing its 2 starting T who got dominated by the Vikes front 7 = what we saw last week. I'm confident with our O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Play calling is part of the offense, you can't have one without the other. You have to run the ball to keep the defense honest, that's football 101. They didn't stick with one guy enough. Either Ingram or Peterson, with a dose of Kamara. RBs need to get into a flow. You can't just throw a guy in cold. And there is some abnormal about it because this is an offensive team. Your defense is already bad. If your offense is okay, this team doesn't have a chance. The hole they dig will be too big to climb out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 31 minutes ago, gen. manager said: You don't think the offense was to blame for some of that loss last week? What game were you watching? Sure it was, but the problems had more to do with crap running, blocking, and playcalling than poor receiver play. When Snead comes back, our receiver group will be fine. It may be alright now if we can fix our other issues. Brees hasn't been his usual elite self, but given the other problems, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. By far the biggest problem, is wet paper bag defense that completely destroys any offensive gameplan by the end of the first quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 The defense is bad but you can't tell me the offense hasn't take a big step back this year. They don't have any explosion this year. And poor receiver play? I've seen guys drop passes or just not get open. They don't have a dynamic guy on that offense right now. Who is the go to guy right now? Who scares an opposing defense right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, gen. manager said: The defense is bad but you can't tell me the offense hasn't take a big step back this year. They don't have any explosion this year. And poor receiver play? I've seen guys drop passes or just not get open. They don't have a dynamic guy on that offense right now. Who is the go to guy right now? Who scares an opposing defense right now? Yes, our offense has taken a step back. But out of all the problems on offense, receiver is my least concern. We need to figure out a way to improve this injured oline, especially in the run blocking department. And Payton needs come up with some better redzone plays. We drive all the way down the field, then very predictably run right up the middle twice for 1 yard gains and immediately put ourselves in third and long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Coleman was supposed to be red zone guy at 6'6 and he's been pathetic at best. This team has a playmaker problem. They just have a group of guys. There is no go to guy on that offense. Yes, hopefully Thomas becomes that, but two games in, he hasn't proven that he is. Offense was clunky the past two weeks and it'll be three this upcoming Sunday. Thomas gets taken away and...no one. You keep Cooks, you don't have that problem. That's easy but they have an obvious lack of respect for that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 You keep Cooks and we have no running game or passing game, as we would be missing both starting OT with no other options and Brees would be in a body cast right now with Chase Daniels coming in and probably being knocked out right afterwards. Then we have no QB, no running game, no offensive line, and then our offense would really be as bad as you are making it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, gen. manager said: Coleman was supposed to be red zone guy at 6'6 and he's been pathetic at best. This team has a playmaker problem. They just have a group of guys. There is no go to guy on that offense. Yes, hopefully Thomas becomes that, but two games in, he hasn't proven that he is. Offense was clunky the past two weeks and it'll be three this upcoming Sunday. Thomas gets taken away and...no one. You keep Cooks, you don't have that problem. That's easy but they have an obvious lack of respect for that position. I'll reserve judgement until Snead comes back. Considering the plethora of other problems we have, I'm not worried about receiver at the moment. And remember, if we had kept Cooks, then we basically have no OT right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 The offense isn't all that good right now, 20 points and 19 points won't win you many games. Blame the defense because it's easy to do. But the offense isn't helping those guys either. It's not like these are shootout games! If these games were 41-38, you'd have a point but they aren't. These are sound defeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 They found a way to get rid of Cooks, they could've found a way to find an OT through a trade. They just were tired of a guy who had enough coconuts to stir the pot and shipped him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Do you realize how hard it is for teams to score those averages we have over the years? Scoring over even 24 ppg in a season will typically get you in the top 10 of offenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen. manager Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Over the years, over the years. When are we going to all arrive in 2017?!?! This is 2017 and we're talking about over the years! What have they done this year? Nothing. Yes, defense is bad but the offense hasnt been lights out either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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