Who What?: Sean Payton expects to see lots of blitzing
The Vince Lombardi Trophy on display at the Super Bowl. It's troubling for Falcons fans that their hated rivals actually own one of these. (D. Orlando Ledbetter/AJC)
FLOWERY BRANCH – Got to check out the guys on Inside the NFL last night on Showtime and Cris Collinsworth, Warren Sapp and Phil Simms were making their picks.
Sapp and Simms picked the Falcons to beat the Saints. Collinsworth picked the Saints to win.
Earlier, a few members of the media chatted with Saints coach Sean Payton on the conference call. We didn’t ask him to pick a winner.
NFC South foe New Orleans coach Sean Payton.
But here’s what he had to say on a few subjects leading up to the 82nd regular-season meeting between the Saints and the Falcons.
ON THE SAINTS JAGGED SCHEDULE TO START TO SEASON: “I think part of that comes with winning. When we came here in ‘06 I think every game was at 12 noon and we had one Monday night game. That was the result of losing. When you do start having success I think you find yourself playing on some of those time slots. Sunday evening, Monday nights, Thursday to open the season, Thanksgiving; there are about five of them this year. It can be challenging, but I think it’s really what your goal was in the beginning; is to put yourself in that position.”
ON HIS PLANS TO REPLACE REGGIE BUSH: “I don’t know if you replace him. Your packages change. Probably, similarly in Atlanta with them (losing) Norwood. There are certain things you do and maybe certain things you stay away from with the player out.”
ON DREW BREES INSTINCTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF HIS PASSES: “I do think he has good instincts. He spends a lot of time studying film and defenses. It’s not often that he’s surprised with something he sees. I think half of the battle with protections at that position is at least knowing when you are protected or when you might be short (of protection). He is certainly one of those players that understands that. I think he has a quick release and he’s able to key and diagnose, make decisions fast. All of those things serve him well.”
Safety Thomas DeCoud "congratulating" Saints quarterback Drew Brees on Monday Night Football on Nov. 2. The hit led to a Falcons touchdown.
ON THE FALCONS REVAMPED DEFENSE: “Certainly, when you watch them, they’ve got exceptional team speed. They run to the ball. They are very aggressive. They give you a lot of looks. . . We saw a lot of pressure last year in both of our games. Certainly when you watch the early part of this season, you see the same thing again.”
ON THE FALCONS RUNNING GAME: “Atlanta has always had an outstanding running game. When you go back to since Coach Mike has been there. It’s certainly been big part of what they want to do. They have great balance. They do a great job with their play action and can pass off of that. The numbers the other day were certainly staggering when you consider the amount of yards they rushed for.”
ON MALCOLM JENKINS AT SAFETY: “He’s playing well. He is someone that is very intelligent. He’s a quick study. I think he’s got good football instincts. We are pleased from the first two weeks with the way he’s play.”
ON PENCHANT FOR SAINTS CREATING TURNOVERS: “The one thing we’ve seen in our league the last 8 to 10 years is the emphasis placed on tackling the ball and ball disruptions. I had this conversion recently with a coach. Teams do such a good job now of emphasising that now that ball carriers, the receivers, the tight end and the running back, all of those players that have the ball in their hands, are certainly mindful of it. We were able to come away with four turnovers Monday night and that was big in our win. One thing that hasn’t changed is that statistic still wins and loses game.”
ON RODDY WHITE’S START TO THE SEASON: “He’s got great speed off the line of scrimmage. He’s an extremely talented receiver. He can hurt you down the field. Certainly you see Matt’s confidence with him. He’s a special player.”
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124 comments Add your comment
rkcola
September 23rd, 2010
12:18 pm
first
Marcus
September 23rd, 2010
12:23 pm
2nd, Matty Ice style.
Section 108
September 23rd, 2010
12:24 pm
Sean Payton is gonna be reaching for his secret stash of painkillers after our Dirty Birds are done with them….
Let’s Go Falcons!!! Rise Up!!!
Marcus
September 23rd, 2010
12:25 pm
I hope Payton sees a smaller no. on the scoreboard next to his teams’ name. Now the key is which player will step up. Eitehr we have blowouts or last second wins with N.O. historically, so I expect this one to be tight.
Matty Ice
September 23rd, 2010
12:26 pm
Sean Payton is a pretty good coach and you can tell he respects the Falcons and Mike Smith….
Falcons rule, baby!!!! Go Falcons!
First!?
Matty Ice
September 23rd, 2010
12:26 pm
Fifth! As in, give me a fifth of vodka!
Joe Horn
September 23rd, 2010
12:41 pm
Falcons beats the Saints Sunday and restore order to the alternative universe we have been forced to live in since the Saints won the SB. If I see another Saints commercial I am going to puke.
Samuel
September 23rd, 2010
12:43 pm
Well, Coach Payton knows alot about the Falcons strenghts, but didn’t mention anything about their weaknesses. I think he’s very Intuitive and mindful not to give anything away. If Matt Ryan has an A game against the Saints, I think he can steal some of that Vickism that’s going around the league.
DJ Sniper
September 23rd, 2010
12:50 pm
I don’t expect a big drop off in the Saints offense due to Bush’s absence. On the flip side, losing Bush hurts the Saints worse that losing Jerious Norwood hurts the Falcons. Bush is a bigger part of their offense than Norwood is for ours.
As far as blitzing, we all know that Drew Brees is pretty good at beating blitzes. Our secondary is much improved, so I’m interested to see how much we blitz. Also, the Saints run the screen pass as well as anybody in the league. Pierre Thomas is capable of making things happen, so it’s imperative that we figure out how to snuff out that option.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
12:50 pm
Payton should be more worried about what the Falcons running game has done to his team instead of the “numbers the other day”.
Turner tends to roll over Saints who are trying to strip the ball. He better preach some tackling.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
12:51 pm
Sean Payton is a classless whiner. Who gives a dam what he has to say about anything.
No one likes the Saints. Its all just pity from the league. Saints fans are and always have been the drag on the bell curve in this league.
And by the way, Sean, the Falcons will be just fine without Norwood. Cant wait for you to meet Antoine Smith and Jason Snelling. But I think you just admitted that your team has to change to accept the Bush injury.
Snelling and Smith are the future @ RB. Depth Chart: Turner, Snelling, Smith. I am happy with this.
Brian Hunt
September 23rd, 2010
12:51 pm
Coach Payton should tell the Saints to buckle their chin straps tight because the Falcons are going to lay the wood to those boys this Sunday.
JONESBORO SLIM
September 23rd, 2010
12:55 pm
Saints when you lost Reggie….we got a chance to see all of your “screen plays”.and I mean ALL …so have the RED carpet out because were coming at you………..
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
1:00 pm
Joe Horn…..what ever you do, dont buy Madden 11. Its all about how the Saints are just the greatest team ever….
Yeah, right.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
1:07 pm
I cant remember a time when the Falcons were deeper at RB.
1982 Gerald Riggs and William Andrews comes to mind…..
This is the best group of RB I think this team has ever assembled at one time.
It is really sad that Dimitri Nance got away.
james
September 23rd, 2010
1:17 pm
I see alot of bloggers disappointed that Nance got away. But in watching preseason games, I felt Antone Smith outplayed Nance, and in the acquisition of Gartrell Johnson the loss of Norwood is neutral to the offense (at best). I mean what had Norwood really done for us after the St. Louis game in 2008?
Saints LSU
September 23rd, 2010
1:17 pm
please blitz brees game over no wind in the super dome one on one with your DB’S
Season Ticket Holder
September 23rd, 2010
1:18 pm
Saints! We are here to bring the pain!!!! Go Falcons
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:20 pm
7-1 against Atlanta since I have signed with the Saints in 06… hmmm We love “Dirty Bird” gumbo in New Orleans!
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
1:26 pm
Drew Brees: Coach, I hear the falcants might start William Moore again, you hear anything on that?
Payton: I’m counting on it Drew. We’re going to burn him like Prudhomme puts the fire to blackened redfish!
Drew Brees: I love it coach! I love it! Throw something in there just for Dunta too.
Payton: Yeah, got a lot in there for him, got something special for Spoon too. It’s going to be like shooting fish in a barrel. Let’s go install it!
Drew: Oorah!
NO LA
September 23rd, 2010
1:28 pm
time for the aints to reappear… ol’ reggie is out and the field position will suffer. Birds capitalize, shut down Thomas and run a ball control offense all day long. ATL 31 NO 28
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
1:30 pm
Wake up B4 u r dreaming.
Go watch some highlights from last years Saints-Falcons games. The homey ref calls alone should cheer u up.
reckingball
September 23rd, 2010
1:32 pm
Is Peyton still sleeping with that trophy?
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
1:33 pm
Birds will be in Brees face all day and will make the whiny little head coach of the Saints cry out loud. Go Falcons. Time to put this Saints team in their proper place. Their little party is about to be over.
james
September 23rd, 2010
1:33 pm
I definitely agree with alot of the bloggers who feel the Saints get a “free pass” from the NFL and the media and get to remain on this sort of honeymoon with them. Somehow we are supposed to feel sympathy for them and believe that their winning the Superbowl over a “white collar”, businesslike Colts team was divine justice. Meanwhile their organization is milking it for all its worth and the majority of the American public are just taking the bait. And let’s not even go their about the breaks they get from the officials who seem to also be in bed with them.
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
1:35 pm
We can beat them and the officials.
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
1:38 pm
Yep, I have really heard enough about this whole devine destiny crap. Get over it already.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
1:41 pm
Agreed K Bird. Mike Smith WILL NOT forget the rip off Grimes INT.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:41 pm
You clowns whining about the officials are laughable. All of a sudden the Saints win the title and the refs gave it to them. Have the Saints benefited from poor officiating? I would say absolutely and so has every other team in the NFL! You only remember what you want to with your selective vision. Take the Red and Black blinders off
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:47 pm
You know what’s funny is listening to the Falcons fans whine about that pass interference call on the Grimes/Meachem play like that was the difference in the game… when you should be whining about the wide open TD pass that Jenkins dropped earlier in that game. But no that would mean that you are accepting your own team’s dificiencies, it’s easier to just blame the ref’s and give absolutely NO credit to the team that beat you… 7-1 isn’t poor officiating, that is one team clearly being better than the other. Hope you don’t take butt whooping on Sunday personally
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
1:49 pm
Wrong Breesus. I remember bogus calls the official have no business making when the game is on the line.
The B Grimes interceptions are all over the net. You are too much of a yellow tail to look at it an admit the truth…homey refs.
FALCONS SORRY
September 23rd, 2010
1:50 pm
AINT BET A FEW MOR DAZE ENTILL DA FALCANS GIT TO RIZE UP AN PLAY THERE ARCH-ENIMEES BET YALL SHED BEE WURRIED MOR BOUT OL NOODLE ARM AN HIS WEEK ARM AND TERF TOZE. WANT EVEN BEE SHOCT TOO SEA DEM BERDS GIT SKERD AND STR8 4FIT DIS GAME. WATTS 1 GAME OUT OF 16 INN A MARCH TOO DA SUPPER BOWL N E WAY??? HAW HAW HAW HALE NAW!!!
Hollywould
September 23rd, 2010
1:51 pm
I put some vicodin in Payton’s juicy fruit.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:52 pm
Front Row,
Did the officials some how blow the call and the game for the dirty birds when Jenkins dropped that wide open TD pass right in his hands?
Gritz Blitz
September 23rd, 2010
1:52 pm
Sean Payton’s mouth may be a little dry by the 4th quarter Sunday. Better have the Juicy Fruit on stand-by.
bayou tattler
September 23rd, 2010
1:53 pm
Breesus just mad ’cause he’s got a small peesus.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:53 pm
Front Row,
I guess the officials were also to blame in the other 5 losses Atlanta had last year right?
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:54 pm
bayou tattler,
You get a tip of the cap for that one buddy, that was actually really funny lol!
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
1:55 pm
No dork they blew the call when Grimes picked Brees CLEAN. The gift allowed RB to score a go ahesd TD; without it the Saints lose.
But your to yellow tail is too wimpy to admit the homey call.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
1:56 pm
And for the record Front Row, I never said it was the right call, it was definitely questionable and I can see why you view it as a bad call. I am not arguing whether that was or was not a penalty. What I am saying is that one play didn’t decide the game anymore that Jenkins dropped TD pass but you fail to see it that way because it’s easier for you to blame the refs than to give the Saints any credit
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:00 pm
Absolutely. The Greer pick 6 replay clearly shows J Vilma pushing R White to the ground with the ball in the air (interferce in everybody’s book). NO WAY THE REF MISSED IT – homey non-call.
I’ll give you both games free in 2007 but rememeber the Saints almost lost to the quitter coach. 2008 we split and 2009 was the worse homey ref season I’ve ever seen.
Even last week the Saints benefitted from multiple non-calls concerning blocking and linemen downfield on pass plays. Voodoo all you want; the tapes exist and they don’t lie.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:00 pm
Yea that’s kinda what I thought, still don’t want to own up to that dropped pass…
I hope the Falcons players are as worried about the refs as you are Front Row, that will mean another easy W for the Saints. You keep blaming the refs and we’ll keep working on polishing that Superbowl Trophy
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:02 pm
Not to mention the tapes of Frank Gore ripping the Saints like he was Michael Turner.
Sid
September 23rd, 2010
2:04 pm
The Vince Lombardi Trophy on display at the Super Bowl. It’s troubling for Falcons fans that their hated rivals actually own one of these. (D. Orlando Ledbetter/AJC)
Hey D, it don’t bother me one bit, that was last year, this is this year. Saints are going down!
Sack heads talkin some kinda smack
Falcons gonna beat them with a ground attack
Brew Wheeze will be taken down
gonna get hurt when he hits the ground
Bush got his leg broke it’s just the beginning
Aint’s fans heads are gonna be spinning
talk all you want but that was last year
we are flyin’ at you like a bombardier
After we embarrass you with a shot to the solar plexus
So sorry we won’t see you in Arlington, Texas
Paper or plastic sack heads, we are nuts over your women http://tinyurl.com/2bsh9p2
Kim Kardashian's Colon
September 23rd, 2010
2:04 pm
If the Saints lose this one, I’d hate to think of the consequences…
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:05 pm
No refs involved in Jenkins dropped pass.
No business for the refs to throw the flag on Grimes…its a homey call; don’t get it and the Saints don’t score i.e. the refs helped the Saints score on that drive.
THEY DO IT EVERY GAME! So much so the Saints fans in the dome last year were thanking the refs. So much so that EVERY incomplete Brees pass includes multiple Saints calling for INT flags.
Face it, you guys are used to it.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:06 pm
Jenkins dropped pass means nothing if you make your field goals earlier in the game.
And, yes, it most definitely is easier to show the officials mistakes. But they are on both sides of the ball. I agree you have to overcome adversity like that.
However, the pity party that this country shows for that city of felons, rapists, and overall losers is pathetic.
PLEASE pick on Duanta and Grimes. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use the 7 step drop and try to throw it deep.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:06 pm
Your right Front Row, you have discovered the mystery that is the Saints success and it all hinges on illegal screen passes and bad calls. There are 32 teams in this league each with their own scouting departments and ability to go to the NFL front office to bring attention to calls they feel should be a penalty, but some how the Saints keep running those darn screen plays and no flags are thrown. It’s a conspiracy!!!! The Saints are taking over the NFL 1 illegal screen pass at a time!!! lol Clown!!!
Mike Jay
September 23rd, 2010
2:07 pm
Seenthisb4,
Said this in the last blog: “The defending World Champions are going to expose the falcants soft and slow defense”
His coach just said this: “ON THE FALCONS REVAMPED DEFENSE: “Certainly, when you watch them, they’ve got exceptional team speed. ”
Oppps. Prove that saints fan lack any intelligence due to wearing those paper bags over their heads for so many years.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:07 pm
Breesus…you dont polish tin foil. They have already pawned the real trophy and all the rings.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:10 pm
What is an illegal screen pass? Havent seen one of those, ever.
The only thing that the Saints repeatedly get away with is using the OLB as a pick against the nickel back so their slot receiver gets open on the slant faster.
But the NFL officiating has become a joke.
Did you see the obviously incomplete pass they allowed to be played out as a fumble in week 1?
CTK
September 23rd, 2010
2:14 pm
B4, Breesus, hiram, FALCONS SORRY- Make sure you bring your sorry behinds back after Sunday! Don’t wait to show back up in November.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:15 pm
Yep. That is one thing Payton is good at. The Saints bend the rule until the ref starts throwing flags for it.
Look at the Farve beat-down. Williams basically dared the refs to throw roughing flags and they never did. By the end of that game the Saints were teeing off knowing no flags were coming.
Both games last year showed Grimes has Brees’ number. The only way out was for the refs to get out the hankies.
NOT THIS YEAR!
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:17 pm
And the refs were throwing the flag on Grimes as a result of Payton whining on the sideline to them.
I sit on the front row / visitor side and I heard it myself. You are most likely a TV watcher and therfore missed it.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:19 pm
Front Row,
The Saints were called for roughing the passer twice in the game you reference. Grimes made a hell of an athletic play in that pic in the Superdome last year, but he was also burnt toast on 5 more plays… So I am not really worried about Mr. Grimes. You really come across as a sore loser with all this whining lol. Do you every post comments on any of the Minnesota Vikings blogs?
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:21 pm
Receiver pick is OFF INT. Linemen downfield is illegal screen.
Payton teaches both.
Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans
September 23rd, 2010
2:22 pm
DOL, could you tell if Payton had a buzz? Narcotics, like the ones he lifted, can cause slurred speech.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:24 pm
I expect the Saints to make a few plays. What I don’t expect and what I hate paying for is seeing the refs make up for the times the Saints (or any team) don’t make plays.
Falcons made it to the SB once and, unlike you, I am totally willing to admit the Falcons got alot of lopsided referee help on the way.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:28 pm
Front Row,
I am gonna let you in a tiny secret…. EVERY team in the NFL runs pick plays where they use the umpire (one of the reasons they moved them behind the line of scrimmage) as interference or 1 of their own players. As long as the offensive player does not put his hands out and make it obvious this penalty is almost never called across the board in the NFL. The Saint’s surely aren’t the only team in the NFL that uses this to get receivers open.
Like I said, the Saints are taking over the NFL 1 illegal screen pass at a time, lol
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:28 pm
lol @ proud
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:30 pm
you were complaining earlier about offensive pass interference because the Saints start blocking before the receiver catches the ball. You obviously don’t even know the rules! It is perfectly legal to block while the ball is in the air as long as the pass is behind the line of scrimmage.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:33 pm
Using the ref as a pick is the same as when the goal posts were on the goal line and used the same way. The ref is part of the field. Thats not why he was moved. He was moved because they were getting their old man asses kicked by MLBs and RBs.
You don’t have to put your hands out for it to be illegal. Any NBA style pick causing a receiver to change his route is illegal.
I think what we all agree on is that the NFL officiating needs a serious review. This “carrying the ball through the ground” stuff is nonsense. Calvin Johnson caught that ball, had two feet down, and was down by contact before the ball came out. It would never have been ruled a fumble so how is it an incomplete pass.
The roughing the passer rules are stupid and allow all the umpires to call it differently. Did you see the ones in Week 2? How about Ray Lewis being called for tripping?!?!?!?
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
2:37 pm
Anybody know when was the last time Drew Brees threw an interception?
Let me give you a clue: cowboys.
If there’s any falcant fan out there who thinks that they have seen all the Saints screens, a bit of advice: keep thinking that!
Oh and PLEASE send that falcant blitz, please! Do it often! Cause that will shut down Drew Brees, in his tracks. So, go ahead, send it! Trust me, the Saints don’t have a clue how to exploit that!
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:40 pm
Wrong again Breesus. Last year at the GA Dome the Falcons got called for OFF INT twice; Saints NONE.
All pick plays (bubble screen, quick flanker, whatever u wanna call it) are illegal no matter where the hands are.
Behind the line is OK but when the offensive linemen is 5 yds downfield it’s a 5 yard penalty (referece P Thomas 4th quarter against the 49ers).
Those are plays are used by “finess” teams. The Falcons play smash mouth. I prefer the latter and I despise wimpy teams (Saints, former 49ers, Patriots) that can win without cheating.
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
2:40 pm
Ueediot, wow! You’re ancient! Either that, or a historian of sorts, probably both. You remember when the goal posts were on the goal line.
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:42 pm
it is spelled G-o.
Geaux is not a word. Mushmouths
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
2:42 pm
FrontRow: Most NFL players would say they are only illegal, if you get caught. So stop your whinning girl, man up. You lost. End of story. Nobody cares about blown calls.
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
2:43 pm
And neither is: Ueeediot!
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:43 pm
I agree that there are bad calls made seemingly almost every game. However, regardless of the teams playing, in almost every instance (Calvin Johnsons’s catch/non-catch being an exception because of the timing in the game) the team on the opposite end of a bad call has a chance to make a play. This has been the way football has been since it’s inception. It happens, the good teams, just keep playing and make their own luck despite whatever calls went against them. I agree that the pass interference call against Grimes was probably a bad one, but the Jenkins dropped TD hurt and last I remembered the Falcons had the ball on the last posession of the game with a chance to win and were stopped cold.
The thing with Calvin Johnson wasn’t really the ref’s fault because they interpreted the rule correctly, but it’s a stupid rule that needs to be changed, that is the responsibility of the competition committee. That indeed should have been a catch
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
2:46 pm
I never saw football when the posts were on the line except on TV. You know, TVs? Those things you loot from the neighbors?
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:50 pm
Not every game. The Falcons-Steelers game was really good (despite the outcome) partly because the refs stayed out of the outcome and let the teams play.
Being a Saints watcher, you are probably unaware that games are played weekly where the refs keep the flags in their pocket and let the players play. I’ve been to hundreds of games and the “let em play” games are the best as long as the non-calls are even.
But you fair weather Saints fans most likely have never seen one of these.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:51 pm
Ueeediot,
This post is about football right? Not politics correct? I mean I live in Atlanta, is there really a need to air all of it’s dirty laundry?
But then again, that’s all you have to go on when your team is mediocre, and deep down in your heart whether you will admit it or not, you know that it is! You can’t talk your way out of the Saints owning the Falcons since Brees singed
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
2:51 pm
Coach Williams: Hey Ayodele, Ellis, come ovahere!
Ayodele, Ellis: Yeah coach?
Coach Williams: #73 and #63, I want them out of the game, early, got me?
Ayodele: Yeah coach, no problem.
Ellis: On their first possession okay?
Coach Williams: Yeah, their first possession, make sure they don’t forget ya.
Ayodele: No problem coach.
Ellis: What about their QB coach?
Coach Williams: What are you kidding me, we want that fool to stay in the game! Just rough him up a little, make him feel at home.
Ayodele: Aw right coach, you got it.
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
2:54 pm
I never looted my neighbors…Wal-Mart maybe, not my neighbors!
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:56 pm
You’re right Front Row,
You are the only one in the United States with the appropriate football acumen to address the public masses on correct calls/proper officiating. I on the other hand, have never seen a football game that didn’t involve the Saints. Who knew they played football outside the Superdome? I was a season ticket holder for the 6 years preceding the hurricane (of which the Saints never made the playoffs) and went through alot of lean years 20+ yrs ago so I am hardly a fairweather fan
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
2:56 pm
B4, Breesus, et.al. I’ll bust your ‘nads about the game and the teams but, outside of calling you a wimp or a bonehead, I don’t get personal.
The fake names and out of bounds insults are not me.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
2:58 pm
You want to talk about bad calls, how about the Hoculi call where the ball was clearly a fumble and he ruled it an incomplete pass in the Denver/SD game? Denver should have lost because SD clearly recovered the ball, but they went on to score the game winning TD and 2 pt conversion… There is one very clear example of a ref screwing up that didn’t involve the Saints! Who kne that could be possible?
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
3:00 pm
Breeesus, thats exactly what I am arguing. The rules need to change. The refs interpreted the rules correctly. But what a crap rule. If it wouldnt have been a fumble because he was down by contact, how can it be an incomplete pass? This happens a lot. I agree a receiver coming down and hits the ground and the ball pops out…incomplete pass.
Receiver catches the ball, establishes possession and is down by contact? Play over.
All the arguing about Jenkins catch (deserved) and etc is moot if you have a FG kicker.
Same goes for the game in Atlanta last year. I think its obvious our (really terrible) backup QB outplayed the aints. As goes football…the aints got the breaks last year. Every team that goes to the super bowl has that singular issue in common. Throughout the year, when the ball bounced, it went their way much more often that not. Let’s see if it can continue.
It should really be interesting. Both teams have really good schedules that could easily put both teams in the playoffs. Unless one beats the other twice and helps themselves. The aints get the panthers, cards, bucs, and browns next. I think we can all agree the falcons schedule is more difficult than the aints.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
3:02 pm
Aww..that’s as close as you come to admitting your team is getting it’s fair share of official treatment.
How about we agree to hope for an evenly controlled game.
ReddJonn68
September 23rd, 2010
3:07 pm
Hey D-Led we gonna get a heavy dose of passes, they signed LaDell Betts yesterday, who used to play for the Redskins & can catch out of the backfield, much like Snelling. We will get a good look at our revamped secondary & find out if we really can rush the passer. Even though San Fran sacked Brees twice, none came at critical times in the game & Minn only got to him once. Our D is gonna win or lose this one for us, even if we come out on fire & go up a cpl of TDs, we all saw last year what Brees can do coming from behind !!! Should be a barn burner. Gooo Birds !!!!
Ueeediot
September 23rd, 2010
3:12 pm
Yes, the facts are 7-1 over the last 8 games. But that really is quite skewed. 2006…Mike Vick…our coach was terrible then too…the reopening of the superdome…lets agree not to include 2007, that cant count. Lets talk about Brees vs Ryan. you still are ahead, 2 to 1. But thats the only fair comparison right now.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
3:12 pm
I do hope that it is… I pull for my team by I am always objective about good/bad calls
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
3:17 pm
Ueeediot,
I thought that you and Ron Mexico were best friends? Now those 2 wins don’t count? lol
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
3:18 pm
The Falcons only sacked Anderson twice. However, he took alot of hits and in the 3rd qtr Mr. Moore popped his chops forcing a timeout. At that point, the game (as far as Mr. Anderson was concerned) was over.
I don’t think we need to do that. Falcons shut down the NO offense most of last year by filling lanes, getting their hands up, and the secondary doing a good job of turning their heads with the ball in the air.
Mr. Payton mentions the speed but I don’t think the Saints players will be ready for the difference in speed (and NASTY) between this year and last.
Or at least the Saint’s bloggers aren’t ready for it. Are you really encouraged to go up against Mr’s Witherspoon and Moore?
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
3:36 pm
The 1 thing the Saints have proven over and over again, is that regardless of the opponent their offense can’t be stopped. Teams have slowed them down, but no one has been able to just shut them down. So I don’t think it matters who the Falcons brought in. I still don’t think Matt Ryan is ready for prime time. You find out when you have a great QB and leader when you start to consistently lead your team to victory on the road. Ryan has not proven he can do that yet, so I give the Saints the edge because they are at home. Ryan will make a mistake at some point that will kill your dreams! Just like he did in the Superdome last year
Falcandoit
September 23rd, 2010
3:40 pm
Start William Moore and Chris Owens over Erik Coleman and Brent Grimes, and the Falcons will win.
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
3:47 pm
thats a good lookin’ trophy isn’t it!
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
3:48 pm
i’ve not read any post but i’ll bet front row is already boo- hooing about something. good practice , though , for sunday afternoon
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
3:50 pm
I beg to differ. In the toilet dome game, the Saints offense scored 1 TD in the second half. In the GA dome they had 13 points in the 3rd before the fake hankies came out.
First game Saints got 28 in the first half and 7 in the second. Next game they lost with only 17 points. The adjustments made at the half of the first game are matriculating throughout the league hence lower output this year.
Matt did not make a mistake – first pick J Vilma layed the reciever out with the ball in the air. Second pick J Vilma made a great play.
Does Vilma have the speed this year to have his finger in that position? So far the Saints LBs as a whole have looked very slow.
They really really need to fix what was broke against SF. If not, Turner Turner Turner.
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
3:54 pm
well , i’ve read a number of post and as usual , i’m right! front row crying like a little schoolgirl. all the falclowns fans using the new tactic of the pre-emptive excuses. no wonder the nfl won’t give you a lombardi- y’all are always crying abvout something and never seem to be able to man-up
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
3:57 pm
@ front row—wah wah wah. maybe the refs will give you 1 of those errant hankies so you can dry your little punkie girl tears. what a friggin’ cry baby!
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
4:00 pm
Good calls/ bad calls, don’t care. Just be back on this blog Breesus after the Birds hand the Aints their arses Sunday, and take your medicine.
DrJ
September 23rd, 2010
4:01 pm
After watching the last Saint’s outing, we mainly have to keep a tremendous amount of pressure on Brees. But I don’t see us blitzing that much, as Brees is so good at beating the blitz. He is going to be surprised by the improvement in our secondary, and he will need some band-aids after the game.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
4:02 pm
Just reality. Falcons gotta beat the stripes to beat the Saints.
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
4:05 pm
wah wah wah wah wah wah- i’m front row and all i know is how to whine- want a little cheese to go with that?
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
4:08 pm
No, we will have Aints arse with a beer.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
4:12 pm
Front Row,
The Saints lack of scoring to end the season was due to the team being tired. If it was teams “scheming” that stopped the Saints, then how do you explain them scoring 45, 31, and 31 in the post season stretch?
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
4:14 pm
How can you live in Hiram but be an Aints fan? That has got to be some kind of messed up. I mean, even Paulding County is not as bad as Lousey-Anna.
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
4:14 pm
Maybe that’s all your hear cuz you are a Saints fan. Give me a 10-9 defensive battle any day over a drama logged hanky filled Saints game.
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
4:15 pm
Only thing teams are doing differently is playing off and keeping the safeties deep to keep the Saints from going over the top. That’s also why Brees is completing 75% of his throws and the Saints don’t have a turnover this year. Pick your poison, either way the Saints will get it done
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
4:16 pm
Lets see how many short passes Brees completes from the prone position.
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
4:17 pm
I’ve fallen andI can’t get up!!!
K Bird
September 23rd, 2010
4:19 pm
See how whiney coach calls plays from the fetal position!
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
4:21 pm
k-bird– is that like kfc which is what the falclowns are gonna feel like sunday afternoon
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
4:22 pm
you shouldn’t talk about smitty like that , it’s only happened to him once
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
4:24 pm
Correct Breesus. Keep the passes in front of the chains and make the receivers get the YACs.
Oh by the way we have a new LB and SS just for that purpose. Both are quick, fast, and carry a large piece of wood they bring out on every play. The kinda guys that make J Shockey lose his cool.
The 49ers did a pretty good job of it. It was their bumbling that did them in.
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
4:27 pm
a rookie???? wow—eaux neaux it’s 3 & eaux feaux the superbeauxl feauxty feaux champs
Breesus
September 23rd, 2010
4:28 pm
We shall see, I will be back Monday. You do the same. Dirty Bird gumbo will be served this Sunday in New Orleans
FrontRow
September 23rd, 2010
4:30 pm
10 y.o. gumbo. Dirty Bird is so 90s.
It’s gonna be NASTY gumbo.
Frustrated, Inc.
September 23rd, 2010
4:33 pm
Why did you not ask coach payton about his vicodin addiction? What ever happened to that story? Did the ole drunk benson make this disappear like a State witness does from time to time into the thin air down on bourbon street?
D. Orlando Ledbetter
September 23rd, 2010
4:40 pm
Jeff Schultz is picking the Falcons to win. http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2010/09/23/weekend-predictions-even-vegas-is-down-on-dogs/?cxntfid=blogs_jeff_schultz_blog
Sirius Radio’s Rich Gannon is also picking the Falcons to win.
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
4:48 pm
really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jeff schultz is picking the falcons???????????????? what a revelation!!!!!!!!!!!!–@ frustrated- it was settled in arbitration and as advertised , payton wasn’t involved . it was all an extorsion scheme
ln29576
September 23rd, 2010
4:53 pm
Saints are going to win this game. and that is all I have to say, Oh wait, Who Dat, Go Saints
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
September 23rd, 2010
5:39 pm
Real simple to win on Sunday…..Reggie Bush got knocked out of the game by the 49ers so all the Falcons need to do is knock Brees out on Sunday….easy win!!!!
tjhook
September 23rd, 2010
6:18 pm
I got enough love for our Saints visitors to say we can’t continue to complain about the refs calls. That admitted, if Mularkey shows any stones to moving the ball aggressively, we will officially end the “Party with the Lombardi” in New Orleans.
truefalconsfan23
September 23rd, 2010
6:29 pm
ok did everyone forget that we won the superbowl first back in the 90s, and the one yall one last year was a gift we earned ours, i loved all the non calls through the playoffs last year the refs helped the saints win, bret favre should have just ran it and kicked the field goal because hearing the air headed saints fans worship their team like they are the chosen ones is crazy do you know the percentage of teams that repeat in the superbowl? not a high percentage falcons will be a better team this year. last week your unbeatable team should have been beaten by the 49ers but a certain call let them march down the field and kick the game winning feild goal and you dont have reggie bush so i say the falcons win 31 to 10 and take first place away from a team not deserving of it. we have better rbs than you better recievers and a better defense we have only allowed 2 tds how many have your good defense allowed? just think bout it and when you see it happen on sunday dont blame the refs because they wont be able to help you this time
SeenThisB4
September 23rd, 2010
6:48 pm
truefalconsfa23: You’re an embarrassment even to your own fellow fans!
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
hiramsaint
September 23rd, 2010
7:50 pm
hate to tell you this truefalconsfan23 but the ‘cons lost and the trophy resides in it’s rightful place in denver. maybe you missed the game. are you really front row ? you cry almost just like she does!
What happened?
September 23rd, 2010
9:21 pm
Falcon’s coaching staff and players sunday afternoon
bcinbuford
September 23rd, 2010
11:18 pm
I love how the Saints fan like to talk about the teams Atlanta has played this year, and don’t mention the teams they have barely scraped a win over. The 49′rs? Granted I will give you that they are a better team this year than last, but when any team hands you the football “FOUR” times and you have to pull off a field goal as time expires to win, that does not impress me at all. The Vikings have proven to be a high caliber team so far this year also (for those of you from New Orleans, that is an example of sarcasm). When are the Saints fans going to admit that they have a real problem this year? They have not played a decent team but seem to think that they can barely beat bad teams and win the Super Bowl. The only thing they will win this year with the way they are playing is the Toilet Bowl. But it will probably take them to overtime to do it. Here are the cold hard facts. Atlanta vs New Orleans all-time record…Atlanta 44-37. Even with the Saints being 7-1 over the last 8 games, we own their sorry asses!
welikebaseball2
September 23rd, 2010
11:20 pm
LOL @ all these ‘Aints fans acting like they’ve got a dynasty in the brewing or something. You guys got a lot of breaks last year (as does any team that makes it to the Super Bowl), but the NFL has about the most parity of any other professional sports league & I guarantee you guys won’t even see the NFC championship game this year. If you’ve got any knowledge of the league’s history, you’d know not to put your foot too far in your mouth after ONE good season.
Klean
September 24th, 2010
2:10 am
This is the year the world reorients itself back right and we come out of the twilight zone!!
Falcons beat the Saints this weekend 28-17
Geaux Saints
September 24th, 2010
10:54 am
Down here in Nawlins we call the Falcons “Yum-yum”….
See you on Sunday!
Saints LSU
September 24th, 2010
2:43 pm
this is not the same team that played the 49ers there @ home means a lot