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Saints five keys to victory (1 Viewer)
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ScottyFargo
Footballguy
Looks about right.
djcolts
Footballguy
1. Win the turnover battle
2. Get at least one big return (punt, kickoffs, turnover)
3. Know when to throw it short and when to throw it deep based on coverages. AKA - Don't force the deep ball in a soft cover 2 shell.
4. Find effective pressure packages to confuse the Colts O-line.
5. Get the running game going.
2. Get at least one big return (punt, kickoffs, turnover)
3. Know when to throw it short and when to throw it deep based on coverages. AKA - Don't force the deep ball in a soft cover 2 shell.
4. Find effective pressure packages to confuse the Colts O-line.
5. Get the running game going.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Football Critic
Footballguy
1. Keep Manning off the field
2. Keep Manning off the field
3. Keep Manning off the field
Thats about it!
2. Keep Manning off the field
3. Keep Manning off the field
Thats about it!
saintfool
Dead sexy
1. focus - don't let the whole superbowl experience get the better of you. it will keep penalties on both sides of the ball to a minimum. it will help you make a clutch catch, break a tackle for the 1st down or keep from giving up the big play.
2. 3rd downs conversions - it'll help you control the clock and sustain drives for opportunities to score.
3. attack! - make manning uncomfortable in the pocket; go deep to stretch the field.
4. run the ball - pierre and mike give the team balance. as tempting as it may be, this cannot be the drew brees show.
5. tackle - no big plays. make them earn every yard.
2. 3rd downs conversions - it'll help you control the clock and sustain drives for opportunities to score.
3. attack! - make manning uncomfortable in the pocket; go deep to stretch the field.
4. run the ball - pierre and mike give the team balance. as tempting as it may be, this cannot be the drew brees show.
5. tackle - no big plays. make them earn every yard.
boubucarow
Footballguy
1. Consistently run the ball up the middle
2. Force the Colts to prove they can run the ball before reacting to play action at all
3. Force the Colts to kick field goals
4. Run the ball in the red zone
5. And the obvious do not lose the turnover battle
2. Force the Colts to prove they can run the ball before reacting to play action at all
3. Force the Colts to kick field goals
4. Run the ball in the red zone
5. And the obvious do not lose the turnover battle
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
1-3. Hit Manning at every opportunity. I'm not saying late hit "The Forehead", but cleanly hit him at every opportunity even if he still completes the pass. He rarely gets anyone in his kitchen, so when he gets people into his grill consistently it CAN effect him. He doesn't like to get hit and it'll increase his chances of making mistakes. And if the mistakes happen, then the finger pointing at his OL starts, and the whining to the refs follows, etc. etc. In other words, it gets him off his game. So "sock him in the mouth" as much as possible and make him be thinking about getting smacked every time he drops back.
4. Run the damn ball. The Colts can't win if Manning isn't on the field.
5. No turnovers.
4. Run the damn ball. The Colts can't win if Manning isn't on the field.
5. No turnovers.
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David Yudkin
Footballguy
1) Win the turnover battle.
2) Control the line of scrimmage.
3) Make the Colts run the football.
4) Get pressure on Manning using just the defensive line and ballhawk underneath routes when Manning has to get rid of the ball quickly.
5) Effective clock management. Be the team that scores inside of two minutes in each half and by all means DO NOT leave time left on the clock in either half for the Colts to mount a last minute counter attack and come away with points.
2) Control the line of scrimmage.
3) Make the Colts run the football.
4) Get pressure on Manning using just the defensive line and ballhawk underneath routes when Manning has to get rid of the ball quickly.
5) Effective clock management. Be the team that scores inside of two minutes in each half and by all means DO NOT leave time left on the clock in either half for the Colts to mount a last minute counter attack and come away with points.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
1) Check.2) Mostly check.3) Sometimes check.4) Check.5) Check.
djcolts
Footballguy
1. Yep2. Yep 3. Yep4. Somewhat yep5. Didn't need it
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Sam Quentin
Footballguy
From what they did in the second quarter to recovering the onside kick, there was a long stretch of game with very little Manning.
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I heard Steve Sabol of NFL Films interviewed on Bloomberg the other day. They asked him his key for the Saints to win: "There have been 9 teams that have returned an interception for a touchdown, and all 9 won. The Saints have to return an interception for a touchdown."
Make it 10 for 10. Good call. And to have it be the back breaker as well.
Make it 10 for 10. Good call. And to have it be the back breaker as well.
Football Critic
Footballguy
I think a total time of an hour and a half I heard.From what they did in the second quarter to recovering the onside kick, there was a long stretch of game with very little Manning.
saintfool
Dead sexy
1. confirmed. once the jitters passed, the intensity and focus from the saints players was obvious.2. eh, not so much... colts had more plays and better 3rd down conversion %.
3. partial - colts took away the deep ball but the saints did harass manning all game.
4. again, not so much. pierre got lots of touches but the ground game did not really manifest itself.
5. confirmed. i thought the saints did a good job of hitting and wrapping up. manning didn't torch them as many predicted he would.
Grade: C-
Black
Footballguy
1. Know when to hold 'em2. Know when to fold 'em3. Know when to walk away4. Know when to run5. You never count your money, when your sittin at the table.Sabol is the man. But, I am pretty sure most folks agree that the Saints DEF were going to give up yards (24th this year in Total DEF?), but needed a takeaway or two to seal the win as they've done all year.What's interesting is that the media was so deep in the Peyton-Manning-genius-mistake-free mode all week, I didn't hear much about the Saints DEF.Personally, I would have thought the Saints needed to run more, but the short/intermediate passes to the middle of the field kept the clock running and chains moving. They ran 'enough'. My only complaint with the running game was bringing in Mike Bell on 3rd and goal. I'm a PT owner, so just highly sensitive to that, I guess.The other thing I didn't count on was S. Payton being so aggressive. In the past, it seems he tried to get clever, and it didn't work. This was more plain aggressive playcalling when he needed it. The last thing that worked for the Saints was fairly consistent performances by EVERYONE. Hartley is nails. L. Moore shows up for the first time this season. Henderson makes some important catches. Dave Thomas contributes. Shockey makes some good catches. Re Bush runs hard. P.Thomas looks good. And Brees...80.2% completion rate, completes his last 10 passes, uses 8 receivers the whole game. Wow. Excellent performance. Alot of that has to go to Bushrod and the line for keeping his jersey (mostly) clean. Freeney's ankle might have had something to do with it, but they did what they needed to.
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