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fanatic · Oct 22, 2013

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I thought the Chicago game for Colston was an anamoly, but now I have some concern. Yes, the bright spot from the game for me was Khiry Robinson running and Stills' huge catch in crunch time in traffic (it was the strength of his game coming out of OU to catch in traffic, it showed here). Kid has to be brimming with extreme confidence right now. And Brees can start to rely on him more. Toon would have had a TD catch as well, if not for the one in 100 chance that Brees misses a wide open receiver. You won't see that the rest of the season from Brees. Unfortunately it cost us 4 points.

People don't realize how great Brees truly is. He threads the needle on more passes and has probably the least seperation of his receivers from the defenders out of any of the top QBs in the league. Rarely do you see a wide open receiver unless the play call is genius or Brees does a phenomenal job working the safety. Brees is off the chart great.

I was disappointed in Payton's playcalling and game plan in the first half. Early in the week leading up to the game, I had predicted the Saints would rush for a season high 140+ yards on 32 carries. We only ran it 23 times with our backs (for 119 yards). Just think if we had run it those extra 9 times in the first half, when we were stuggling trying to pass it on almost every down. The Patriots were playing to stop the pass. We obliged by calling pass plays. It's one of the few weaknesses in Sean's playcalling, is that he will stick with the passing attack even if the defense is giving us the running game.
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@islstl This is what I was referring to in an ealier thread. If the graphic is wrong, then fine. If its not, then shame on Les, uh I mean, Sean Payton for not catching it.

tigerchick46 · Oct 22, 2013

This is the only thing anyone should ever keep their eyes on when watching the Patriots.....have mercy!

islstl · Oct 24, 2013

fanatic said: ↑

@islstl This is what I was referring to in an ealier thread. If the graphic is wrong, then fine. If its not, then shame on Les, uh I mean, Sean Payton for not catching it.

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exactly, that graphic is wrong, Fox screwed up.