CANHawk":1pwz5883 said:
Can I just block everyone else on the board except for you? You are on fire lately...
The Saints are a better team than I gave them credit for. I am shocked to see they held the Eagles to 250 yards.
Yet, we really did DOMINATE them.
The Saints had one legit offensive drive at the end of the 3rd quarter. Just like Can said, stop looking at stats and re-watch that game.
I just watched the 4th quarter again and a couple things stood out:
*Wilson was vintage Wilson. His run on the first possession in the 4th was a thing of beauty and the Saints player made a hell of a play to stop him inches from a first down.
*Smith was out of position a couple times vs the run and gave up some big plays
*Drew Brees had a Wilson esque play. It was pretty bad ass. Kaep would not make that play, he wouldve tried running and been killed by three Hawks
*Our pass rush was awesome in the 4th. Not with sacks but getting awesome pressure
*Chancellor dropped the easiest pick hes had all year on the Saints second possession
*For those saying our defense was different at the end, Thomas would ask you to watch the 4th quarter again. His play on Graham was INSANE and he almost picked it off one handed while diving over Graham. It may have been the best play Thomas has made in his career.
*Bowie may just be the answer at LG.
*I remember posters saying Lynch was slowing down and not as effective any more. Yeah. He got better in the 4th quarter.
*Wilson had a good pass to Tate on a slant that Lewis just made a good play on
*The holding call on Clemons was terrible. Ingram was already turning and Clemons just glanced him
*The following play will never happen again. Thomas schooled Brees and played the ball perfectly. I seriously think they could redo that scenario 100 times and Thomas picks 90 of them.
*Again our pass rush was really good in the 4th. Caused in completions left and right with pressure
*If Irvin turns around, we have another chance at a pick
*Again our pass rush is awesome
Now the most IMPORTANT part of this game. Our offense takes over with 3:46 left in the game with an 8 point lead starting on our own 33
*Wilson delivers that ball to Baldwin on a rope. Not only does Wilson have the balls to audible there but the balls to trust himself after not throwing much for the day
*The second Lynch scores that TD, everyone (including the Saints, watch Brees' face) know the game is over.
For those who wanted Lynch to go down. 1) Lynch will never just slide. 2) The TD puts us up by 15 with 2:40 left with the Saints only have two chances to stop the clock.
The point is, when this offense needed to ice this game, they did just that. Wilson was awesome. Lynch was awesome. Baldwin was awesome. Our o-line was awesome. They stepped up and made plays exactly when they needed to.