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Do you have the numbers on how many targets he's been getting of late?
Colston looked faster on Sunday, I know his back has been bothering him so maybe he is healthy.Colston drew a PI on a 45 yards pass in the endzone that was a sure 4th TD. I did not see what could have been #5.
on the FG drive by NO, he was targeted on a fade pattern, the ball wa a little long but he got his hands on it.
12 is higher than his normal which seems to be 7-8 targets. Thats what I would expect going forward
Jacksonville gave up huge passing games to Reggie Wayne & Joey Galloway the past two weeks. They are only 19th in passing yards allowed. #1 in passing TDs against though, but TDs are just to hard to predict.
"You are sooo money, and you don't even know it. You're like a big bear with claws..."
Colston is not the deep threat that Wayne and Galloway is. I am still not too happy with this matchup.
Got the big part right, but I thought the dude had some wheels, although I don't have any actual times to back it up. I just remember a catch last season (vs Carolina?) where he left 3 DBs in the dust. I don't think he can be categorized as 'slow'.
Ummm bush wasnt out of the game until the game was well out of hand in the 4th quarter
Saints homer here.Yeah, the play was against Carolina, and he looked FAST.He's certainly not a speed receiver, but the dude is deceptively fast. One of those guys whose 40 time isn't very good, but who has great game speed.
Brees was atrocious in the first few games, period. The whole team was, but Brees wasn't looking downfield at all, only dumpoffs to RBs and Johnson. I have been sitting Colston for a while, but another good week this week and I may have some more nice trade fodder or as a good reserve and trade Cotchery (have TO, Roy Williams and Braylon Edwards as my starters). I kept Colston, Cotchery and Edwards.Also, to the poster above, I remember that 80+ yard TD against Carolina as well. I wouldn't call Colston a speedster, but he seemed to have more than adequate speed. The big thing with Colston was that he was a red zone machine, even in last year's playoffs. He only ended with 8 TDs (in really 12 games in 2006), but he always was targeted by Brees around the end zone. If he keeps getting 10+ targets and the NO Offense keeps scoring, I wouldn't be surprised to see top 10-12 numbers from him for the second half.
Bush didn't return after taking a hit to the ribs with about 3 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter -- score was 24-3 at the time.bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
I think stating that Brees was terrible is inaccurate. It isn't like he all of a sudden remember what kind of QB he was last year. He was getting ZERO protection in the pocket. That's like saying a car is a terrible model because you happen to own it and it ran out of gas and will no longer work. It isn't the fault of the car. Now that Brees has protection and they've regained their confidence, Colston will be a top 10, if not a top 5, receiver the rest of the way. Same goes for Brees. They look almost unstoppable at this point.Brees was atrocious in the first few games, period. The whole team was, but Brees wasn't looking downfield at all, only dumpoffs to RBs and Johnson. I have been sitting Colston for a while, but another good week this week and I may have some more nice trade fodder or as a good reserve and trade Cotchery (have TO, Roy Williams and Braylon Edwards as my starters). I kept Colston, Cotchery and Edwards.Also, to the poster above, I remember that 80+ yard TD against Carolina as well. I wouldn't call Colston a speedster, but he seemed to have more than adequate speed. The big thing with Colston was that he was a red zone machine, even in last year's playoffs. He only ended with 8 TDs (in really 12 games in 2006), but he always was targeted by Brees around the end zone. If he keeps getting 10+ targets and the NO Offense keeps scoring, I wouldn't be surprised to see top 10-12 numbers from him for the second half.
Actually, I do think Brees was terrible. I kept Colston this year and drafted Bush (PPR) so I watched every play of the first couple games and while I think the whole team looked bad, Brees seemed to be gunshy and stopped trying to throw the ball deep. It worked OK for Bush because he got enough receptions to be OK early, but Eric Johnson looked like the #1 target early on and now Colston does again. He threw 8 or 9 picks in the first 4 games and I really do think that something clicked with him and the team. When I watched the early games, I was amazed at how few times Brees looked more than 10 yards downfield, even when they were way behind and how many mistakes/bad throws he made. His yards per completion in the first 4 games was a lot less than his ypc in the last four.Just an FYI, but I was shocked when the announcers said during the Jax game that Brees has only been sacked 4 times this year. 5 sacks (1 by Jax) is ridiculous protection for 8 games. Maybe he was getting a lot of pressure but still getting the ball out soon enough, but I think he has just as much to do with the 4 losses as the OL. He just looked different in every way to last year. Now, he looks like last year. I don't think it is far fetched to say he had some bad games and he is playing better now.I think stating that Brees was terrible is inaccurate. It isn't like he all of a sudden remember what kind of QB he was last year. He was getting ZERO protection in the pocket. That's like saying a car is a terrible model because you happen to own it and it ran out of gas and will no longer work. It isn't the fault of the car. Now that Brees has protection and they've regained their confidence, Colston will be a top 10, if not a top 5, receiver the rest of the way. Same goes for Brees. They look almost unstoppable at this point.Brees was atrocious in the first few games, period. The whole team was, but Brees wasn't looking downfield at all, only dumpoffs to RBs and Johnson. I have been sitting Colston for a while, but another good week this week and I may have some more nice trade fodder or as a good reserve and trade Cotchery (have TO, Roy Williams and Braylon Edwards as my starters). I kept Colston, Cotchery and Edwards.
Also, to the poster above, I remember that 80+ yard TD against Carolina as well. I wouldn't call Colston a speedster, but he seemed to have more than adequate speed. The big thing with Colston was that he was a red zone machine, even in last year's playoffs. He only ended with 8 TDs (in really 12 games in 2006), but he always was targeted by Brees around the end zone. If he keeps getting 10+ targets and the NO Offense keeps scoring, I wouldn't be surprised to see top 10-12 numbers from him for the second half.
