10 thoughts - Saints game

[DVontel]

Melton is interesting because he plays the most aggressive with his alignment of the 3 CBs. He seems to really like to get his hands on the WR. Both Johnson and Williams play a little further off.

Probably because he’s the fastest out of the 3.

 

[Chopper0080]

Probably because he’s the fastest out of the 3.

I have never focused on their speed for some reason. That is interesting.

 

[Cardsfanstl]

both the Saints trench units surprised me by how bad they made us look. I wasnt expecting that at all.
...I mean,...Cam Jordan?? Really??? Dude is almost as old as me... older than my sons anyway and most players retire about my oldest boys age. I knew Cam was the best guy in their front seven...and made the mistake of thinking that meant their unit was seriously sub par... but holy cow Cam is still balling at a high level

And the Saints were missing DL Chase Young who is also pretty good

 

[cardncubfan]

I link to the CARDS local radio broadcast (Pasch/Shipley) quickly fuse the video/audio and voila, no national feed.

The video is ahead of the audio, so you pause the video on the snap and release when Dave calls the play.

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[Gandhi]

He was getting some pressures. Sweat has been a 6-8 sack man his entire career. We paid him to provide a baseline level of competence that we previously did not have, but don't mistake him for a star.

If he was the type of player that gets his name called every game he would have cost $40+ million a year.

To be fair, HZ, he did have 11 with Gannon as the DC, but I do agree with your overall point. He is very solid, but he is not among the elite edge rushers.

In my opinion, a healthy Baron Browning have a higher ceiling – as do Jordan Burch (rookie) and Ojulari (essentially a 3rd year rookie). If one of those three live up to their abilities, Josh Sweat could be a great signing as a complementary rusher.

 

[Gandhi]

#2-Let's see how the OL looks if we replace Adams with Hernandez. Not sure when Hernandez will be ready to play. But it might be talent and not coaching.

Garth, I would be very surprised if they already replace Adams. Throughout the offseason, it seems like they have tried hard to prepare Adams for this starting role (at least based on reports). I doubt that they already stray away from that this early.

 

[Garthshort]

Gandhi, if they replace Adams with Hernandez it probably won't be this week. But, it would be good for Adams to have a good game. Otherwise, WH will start as soon as he's healthy. Coaches will decide which guard he replaces. Many offensive linemen take a few years before they excel.

 

[602 Native]

PFF had Rattler with average time to throw of 2.38

HAHAHAHA

This is totally sad and just shows how time cures all ills even for a craptastic QB like Rattler.

 

[Cardsfaninlouky]

1 – Absolutely no reason to make that a close and stressful game. Horrible to let that happen.

2 – I fear that they will miss Klayton Adams a lot more than expected. Big step back from last season for the offensive line.

3 – Kyler Murray had diarrhea before the game. Just to give a little perspective.

4 – Baron Browning played well, but you sure would have wished to see more pass rush from the front line.

5 – On that major hit by Will Johnson, highly impressive to see him use textbook technique in that situation as a rookie.

6 – Murray completed 8 of 10 passes for 71 yards and two touchdowns against the blitz, which gives a passer rating of 135.8. Last season he finished the season with a passer rating of 79 on those types of plays.

7 – Isaiah Adams was a liability. Point blank.

8 – Very interesting that Benson was in on third downs instead of Demarcado. Petzing’s offense is all about deception and creating confusion for defenses by letting them guess blindly which type of play is coming. To do that you need multifaceted players, and that Petzing (and Gannon) trust Benson to both run, catch and pass protect makes him a great fit. Bodes well.

9 – Murray’s throw to Harrison in the first quarter went 54 yards in the air. All of last season, his longest completion was in the air for 45 yards.

10 – 1-0, baby. That’s it. 1-0.

3- I guess that's why some people are saying he played like crap lol.

 

[GimmedaBall]

Another name I didn't hear was that of our Defensive Coordinator. I attributed it to the game being on CBS. They know less about Az than the Fox crews, who do (usually) more of our games.

The announcers came across as having glanced at some 3" x 5" notecards 10 minutes before the game, and that was the extent of their game prep. Like high school kids who didn't have a talk prepared and instead tried to wing it with a few keywords. At least, they could have gone through the lineup on each side of the ball and given us the names of the starters. I know very little about the Saints lineup---but even I knew more about their starters than the Three Stooges who were in the booth.

 

[kerouac9]

If one of those three live up to their abilities, Josh Sweat could be a great signing as a complementary rusher

He’d be embarrassing as a complementary pass rusher unless he’s Danielle Hunter

 

[HammerCards]

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[CFLredzoned]

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He got real close to a sack 2 or 3 times. The ball was coming out so fast.

I keep hearing how the Saints game plan was to get the ball out on the first read. It seems like that would be easy to take away.

 

[Gandhi]

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It would be massive times ten if Burch became a stud. Would also optimize the signing of Sweat.