Please, as a
#Saints
fan and writer I can't encourage you enough to follow the
#49ers
advice.
Be a Saint. Grab a face mask, and that way COVID-19 can score 0 points in the 4th QTR just like San Francisco in Super Bowl 54
#YourActionsSaveLives
So, quietly,
#Saints
WR Michael Thomas set an NFL record last night.
It was the 4th game of his career with a 100% completion percentage with at least 9 catches. (12/12-128-1).
Larry Fitzgerald, Wes Welker and Antonio Brown all have 3.
Thomas has 3 in 2019. (DAL/ARI/IND)
Not gonna lie, the chants of "Teddy" after Brees just came out and had a great day (all things considered) not only shows how amazing the
#Saints
fan base is , but may even choke you up a little bit.
New Orleans is a special place
#Saints
WR Chris Olave is just downright cooking vs the Packers right now. Making catches vs Jaire Alexander (Green Bay's top CB and one of the better ones in the league, in my opinion).
Gotta be excited about the rookie with Landy & Thomas this year.
NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, better ever tell me
#Saints
WR Michael Thomas doesn't deserve every. single. dime.
10 Receptions on 12 targets, 182 yards, and 2 Touchdowns. Still 10:37 left in the 4th QTR.
The
#Saints
are going to finish the season 9-8.
After being forced out of their homes from a hurricane.
After dealing with COVID taking half of their coaching staff.
After starting 4 QBs
After starting 8 OTs
Setting NFL record for players starting.
Unbelievable season.
The (false) narrative the
#Saints
WR Michael Thomas "can't attack vertical" will always be pressed on him. But, what matters is getting into the end zone, right?
Thomas has at least 9 TDs in 3 of 4 of his seasons.
Julio Jones has 1 in 9 seasons.
Keep your deep speed.
Pete Carmichael is the most frustrating part of the
#Saints
team.
Started off the season okay, but that's because team's didn't have film on his tendencies. I complained last year he was really bad at breaking his tendencies in a game.
Think of it like going into "panic" mode
Derek Carr looked good today. Chris Olave looked better. Alvin Kamara looked good.
A battered OL gave up pressure but still wasn't what they were the first 3 weeks. They were "better".
At what point do
#Saints
admit Pete Carmichael is the problem?
Me checking the official
#Saints
injury report for Sunday's game:
Andrus Peat - Out
Jared Cook - Out
Janoris Jenkins - Out
Marshon Lattimore - Out
Marcus Davenport - Out
Michael Thomas - Out
Even though P.J. Williams has had some rough moments so far this year, the
#Saints
cornerback does have more touchdowns than Julio Jones.
That's something right?
So, this lockerroom celebration by Denver was 1 week prior to the
#Saints
doing it vs the
#Bucs
.
I'm not here snitching. I'm calling out the NFL for picking and choosing how they punish teams, how they treat players, and how they've (very badly) handled the COVID-19 situation.
#Saints
stat that doesn't need to get lost in the shuffle:
They went 7-1 on the road this year. Only 3 games were in a dome. They've proven they can win anywhere, and while they likely get to play at home the rest of the way, good teams play well everywhere.
The
#Falcons
Lose to
#FlyEaglesFly
15-10 in the divisional round and are eliminated from the playoffs.
15+10=25
The
#Falcons
blew a 25 point lead in the Super Bowl.
Me watching the
#Saints
address their roster needs in free agency so they can go BPA in the draft:
QB Derek Carr
RB Jamaal Williams
DT Khalen Saunders
DT Nathan Shepherd
Re-signing Juwan Johnson, JT Gray, & Michael Thomas
WHEWWWW
#Packers
CB Jaire Alexander
QBR When Targeted: 135.7
#Broncos
CB Patrick Surtain II
QBRating When Targeted: 108
#Cowboys
CB Stephon Gilmore
QBR When Targeted: 74
#Seahawks
CB Riq Woolen
QBR When Targeted: 70.1
Not A Top 10 CB,
#Saints
Marshon Lattimore:
QBR When Targeted: 26.5
The year: 2015
Defense: Cover 3
#Saints
QB Drew Brees was still at the edge of his prime hitting B. Cooks in stride with his passes.
He was rewarded with a defense ranked 32nd in points allowed and 31st in yards allowed that season.
I simultaneously love/hate/everything about this sport.
#Saints
win a thriller off the foot of Wil Lutz. 58 yarder as time expires (Career long).
The streak is over. New Orleans has won a season opener.
They now own the
#1
spot in the NFC South.
Someone contact my cardiologist
#49ers
TE George Kittle on
#Saints
Rookie DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson
"He did a great job on me all day. It was really fun to go against him. We had some good battles and I got him at the end.”
Nice praise for the young guy.
#Saints
WRs Michael Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders really about to have a competition in 2020 about who can drop the least amount of passes.
Brees will be throwing to some sure hands this season.
Michael Thomas reading his
#Saints
script in 2019 telling him to be the league's best wide receiver on a $100M contract and then take a couple of years off dealing with a foot issue.
#Saints
WR Chris Olave quitting on routes/half running is the most frustrating part of the on-field play for me. Look at this post route.
Guy has EVERYTHING to be a stud. Even if the call isn't for you make every rep look like it is. Hurst might lose reps but always gives 100%.
BREAKING: After lengthy discussions going into the night with
#Saints
coaches and the front office quarterback Drew Brees has decided to COME BACK for the 2021 season. Originally announced retirement but feels like his body does has +1 season in him. Winston & Hill are supportive
Petty Sean Payton is back.
#Saints
are up 31 in the 4th quarter, and they go for it on 4th and 7 with a deep TD pass to Alvin Kamara.
Personally, I love it.
All of these
#Saints
players coming (appropriately) to the defense of Winston out in public (interviews/tweets/etc.) and not a SINGLE one has said anything about D.A. or backing him speaks so many volumes.
#Saints
Film Room: 🔊Sound On 🔊
PULL THE TRIGGER!
Yes, the OL has struggled immensely through 3 weeks, but Derek Carr has also had his own misses as well.
Yankee Concept (Deep post w/ Underneath In-Route)
Read the safety!
Olave read it right, calls for it twice!
#Saints
injury report
Marcus Williams (groin), Vonn Bell (knee), Michael Thomas (hand), Dwayne Washington (knee) all upgraded to full participation
Eli Apple (ankle) and Zach Line (knee) still DNP
#Saints
RB Alvin Kamara fills the gap and maintains a block for 3.5 seconds.
Derek Carr's average Time to Throw over past 3 years is well below 3 seconds.
Chargers fans take a victory lap.
With Michael Thomas confirmed missing the entire season, I think the most prudent course of action for the
#Saints
is to keep Taysom Hill as his "joker" role across the field and make Trevor Siemian the starting QB.
You need any and every weapon you can find. Let Taysom be that.
#Saints
WR Michael Thomas is on pace for 144 Catches, 1,737 yards and 10 Touchdowns.
This would be a NFL record for catches (143 - 2002, Marvin Harrison)
It would also be the 7th highest yardage total by a WR in NFL history.
Oh, he's catching 81.8% of his passes. Also, no Brees
#Saints
CB Marshon Lattimore needs 3 interceptions this seasons to take 5th most in team history. With 3 more passes defensed he'll also pass Fred Thomas as the Saint with the most PD in their career with New Orleans.
Stats per PFR.
A very bittersweet day when Drew Brees retires. Extremely excited about the future of the
#Saints
and the talent they have on the roster (and will still add this offseason), but what he's done for over a decade simply won't be replaced by one individual.
Saints set franchise record with 7 Pro Bowlers selected to the initial roster: QB Drew Brees, DE Cameron Jordan, WR Michael Thomas, LT Terron Armstead, CB Marshon Lattimore, K Wil Lutz, KR Deonte Harris. (Alternates brought their total to 8 last year and 7 in both 2009 and 2017)
So, the
#Saints
end up not converting a 4th and 1 after the officials fail to correctly call (another) play that should have resulted in a touchdown.
3 games in a row that New Orleans has been screwed by officiating. Woof.
This has got to be wrong.
#Falcons
Twitter is adamant that every route Michael Thomas runs are slants. No way only 30/149 receptions were slant routes.
The most non-
#Saints
/NOLA thing you could ever say is "that's not who we are" when it comes to being petty against the Falcons.
Like on God, fire this man. Seriously.
Saints coach Dennis Allen: I’m gonna start by apologizing to Arthur Smith and the Falcons.
Said they should’ve taken a knee. But guys wanted to get Jamaal Williams a TD and that’s “unacceptable.”
“That’s not who we are, not what we’re about.”
Think it says a lot that Ms. Gayle was with the
#Saints
front office meeting with Deshaun Waston. Not just that the interest is very real in him as a football player, but trying to learn about him as a person.
I like seeing Ms. Gayle involved.
Hey
#Saints
fans, got one more bit of
@Saints
UDFA news.
Future Saints scout and current newborn Michaela Elora Windham is here.
Sorry for not being around much this weekend. Can tell she is going to be a problem child. Decided to be born in the middle of the draft.
It's wild how the
#Saints
wasted a lot of Brees' years with terrible defense and now towards the end of Jordan & Davis' careers they're doing the same thing on offense. Whew
#Saints
LB Demario Davis has been one of the best free agent signings in years for the team.
He's on pace for:
110 Tackles, 4 Sacks, 11 QB Hits, 3 FF & 13 TFL
Last Saints LB with similar numbers?
Jon Vilma (2010) 105 tackles, 4 sacks, 9 QB Hits, 3 FF, 6 TFL (made Pro Bowl)
After watching one half a AAF football game:
-This is real football. It's not a gimmick made up of plumbers, accountants and bore househusbands.
-The lack of kickoffs/extra points isn't noticeable.
-Games move faster. Less commercials IS SO NICE
-The officiating is MUCH better
Y'all look at
#Saints
NCB CJGJ using a long-arm to put a RT on his backside and then get after the rookie QB
Great hand placement on the inside shoulder/chest plate.
Low center of gravity + speed from the drive
Flatten out towards QB
Beautiful. Not many NCBs doing that in NFL
Just want to make a couple notes. Veteran
#Saints
fans will remember this:
CJGJ wants to be paid high dollar. To do that, he has to escape the "slot corner" moniker. Moore (Colts) signed a 4yr/33M contract couple years ago (avg 8.3).
CJ looking for 12M
It's Jimmy Graham again
#Saints
/Jameis Winston notes:
-Lasik to repair eyes
-Special trainer/coaching to work on mechanics
-Impressed FO/Coaching with work ethic
-Impressed w/ Football IQ
-No off-field incidents.
IDK if he's "the answer". But he did everything asked of him in 2020 to be brought back
That Taysom Hill touchdown might be one of the most impressive runs I've ever seen. Not just
#Saints
runs. Just power runs period.
He. Broke. 7. Tackles.
#Saints
RB Alvin Kamara on the "approved crowd noise" the NFL agreed on, "I will say... it ain't nothing compared to what the Dome sound like. I feel like they kinda played us on that."
#Saints
RB Alvin Kamara needs to be buying steaks for both Erik McCoy AND Josh Hill.
Effort these two gave on the TD reception is next level. You wanna see what keeps Hill in the NFL so long? Man deserves all the RTs, likes, steaks, airheads and whatever else you can give him
#Saints
DE
@camjordan94
has a tendency to be downright disrespectful at times. Were you even trying to pass rush here? LOL
Wirfs goes into his 45 and tries to set an anchor, but Jordan just decided today was the day to teach the rookie about bull rushing. Also, 28 needs to move
I think the
#Saints
losing out on the Simmons sweepstakes speaks to something fans have believed for a couple years now:
No one believes in Dennis Allen outside the facility. Can't tell me New Orleans couldn't match the contract the Falcons gave him.
He chose ATL over NOLA.
Troy Aikman "I don't like any play with Drew Brees on the sideline"
#Saints
QB/TE/ST/etc. Taysom Hill throws a 50 yard pass on that play.
Kamara takes it in right after. NOLA now has a 10-3 lead with 9:18 remaining in the 2nd.
Pretty crazy to look at
#Saints
WR Ted Ginn's catch % with various teams:
CAR - 47 games - 51.5% (134 rec/260 targets)
MIA - 48 games - 52.9% (128/242)
SF - 40 games - 47.1% (33/70)
ARI - 16 games - 53.8% (14/26)
NO - 21 games - 72% (77/107)
Quarterback play matters
This is just straight up disrespectful.
#Saints
CB Patrick Robinson & S J.T. Gray completely lock down the
#Seahawks
gunner. These two block him the entire time. I'd be HEATED.
This was P.Rob's only special teams snap of the game. Oh, and D. Harris took it to the house.
Dorsey has been a top 5 play caller for the majority of the season. It's been a down year for offenses in general and the Bills' have still produced at a high level.
The main issues is on the defensive side of the ball, this doesn't fix anything in Buffalo.
Man 4 receptions in a big game? That is a lot less than you'd expect. I'll give you that.
Back in 2016 Julio was considered the best receiver in the NFL and put up 4 catches in the Super Bowl where the
#Falcons
blew a 28-3 lead.
*cracks knuckles*
Easy.
#Saints
since 2000-2022
10 Years In the Playoffs (1st win in team history)
8 Division Titles
3 NFC Championship Games
1 Super Bowl
Since 2013
5 Years In the Playoffs (1 NFC Champ Game)
97 Wins (vs 70 for Bucs)
Lowest Win Total: 7 (vs 2 for Bucs)
Use this as an opportunity to say if Jimmy Graham retires after this year and never steps foot on a field again (For the
#Saints
or anyone) he retires with 89 touchdowns after getting 4 for NOLA in 2023.
That puts him 4th All-Time for Tight Ends. Put him in Hall of Fame.
Get off
@Jaboowins
back. This man is the best teammate I’ve ever had. Loves this city, this game and embodies everything you can ask for in a leader. Was a rare situation and we all take responsibility. Nobody thought it would get blown out of proportion. Also f*ck the falcons
#Panthers
coach Frank Reich informed players today he has decided to hand over play-calling duties to OC Thomas Brown, sources tell me,
@MikeGarafolo
and
@RapSheet
.
Brown, 37, is highly regarded. Now, with Carolina 0-6, he’ll call the shots for No. 1 pick Bryce Young.
Looks like former
#Saints
Kicker Wil Lutz agrees with many in Who Dat Nation who believe Dennis Allen is a bad head coach and should be fired.
Also, shoutout
@RosvoglouReport