Man that cover 2 defense
 

is a thing of beauty to watch when its hitting on all cylinders like it is for the Colts tonight.

Tons of speed and pressure with defenders flying to the ball and tackling like crazy.

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I prefer a Dominating 3-4 where the Quaterback is eating dirt every play.;)

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Drew Brees is the just the right QB to use the cover 2 against. I think he showed tonight that he is more of a deep threat QB than a surgical strike QB. The Cover 2 plays into stopping the Saints' strengths.

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Colts D gave up 3 points to the Saints "dominating" offense.

Three.

Re: Man that cover 2 defense
 

Agreed.

Though I love a 3-4 that is so suffocating against the run that the opposition abandons it altogether.

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Or they didn't run the ball with Deuce enough. I was shocked how Payton didn't attack b/w the tackles-isn't this the blueprint to beat the Colts?

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Agreed. I kept yelling at the TV - go for the short stuff! Why are you going for the longball? You don't have time for that! Sean Payton either didn't hear me or he ignored me, because all they kept doing was looking for the bomb and failing to pick up a first down. How about not going for it on 4th and inches in the 4th quarter down by 17 against Indy? I guess Payton doesn't read Tuesday Morning Quarterback either.

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That "B" conference team sure looked overmatched.

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The Saints were using short stuff the whole first half. Their drives stalled out and Indy took off in the 3rd quarter.......and then Brees and Payton tried to go deeper. They knew coming in to the game that their oline was crap. Brees can pick apart the cover 2 if he has protection. This game went to the Colts offense and the Saints crap oline. Brees played fine untill there was a big lead to overcome. This was with holding Freeney the whole first half.

Baseball analogy: The Saints tried to Steve Trachsel the Yankees. It was never going to work.

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That Colts team exposed a number of weaknesses in this New Orleans team.

Jason David's exploits have been well chronicled here on this board, but he wasn't alone.

That O-lineman - #78, Stinchcomb? Gawd, how much are they paying him? When not doing his best rendition as a revolving door, he was awesome as the posing Cigar Store Indian.

Yes, the play-calling left more than a little to be desired. And on the other side of the ball, the Colts O-line was simply having their way with the Saints' front 7 for the better part of the evening.

All of which caused me to wonder, just what were they doing upstairs?

I will grant you, the Colts are the better team, all other things being equal. But after this (even tho it was the first game of the season), I must confess the gap looks huge.

I'm forced to reconsider my projections of this Saints team, and right now see them at 6 - 10, or maybe 7 - 9, if the gods smile upon them.

They've got a lot of work to do before I can upgrade them from that level.