TNF: Falcons @ Saints

Thursday night game so I'm expecting big numbers, falcons will crush the saints below-mediocre D

 

Short week....Saints go down and badly. I say 30-13

 

I've been extremely disappointed with the Saints passing game. The loss of Jimy Graham seems to have severely hurt them. Maybe Brees' shoulder is really bothering him, bc that team doesn't throw the ball past 20 yds EVER!

Ps. I love how Kyle Shanahan is able to get his playmakers lots of touches, it truly makes a defense account for specific people, then you hit them with a matchup problem and your complimentary players make plays. It's the exact opposite of Whiz' get everyone 3 touches philosophy.


Falcons 46
Saints 17

 

Saints have never been the deep vertical passing team people think they have been.

Brees is a dink and dunk expert who gets the ball out to the flat constantly. Rbs in that system rack up PPR rb1s like its nothing.

Once the defense bites down hard enough THEN brees takes his shots down the field. I think the Graham situation hurt the team only because of his prowess in the RZ and the slot match ups.

Cooks isn't scaring anyone lately

 

Divsion game on a short week, I bet we all expect a high scoring game and it actually stays pretty close and low scoring. I'll say 16-14 Saints to make it interesting.

 

Well I called the Saints winning, more scores then I thought though. Good job by the Saints. I think we can definitely win versus the Falcons...

 

Looks like the Levitre curse finally hit the Falcons...I didn't watch the whole game straight through so I'm not sure how many of those sacks can be contributed to his lazy arse but I did see him get called for a false start.