Our "new & improved" D

[AsylumGuido]

(12-29-2010 12:16 PM)The Falcon Jedi Wrote:  Our D shut Brees down. I loved the aggressive, blitzing attack. IT WORKED! I wish we would do that more often.

The fact is, we beat ourselves. McClure and Turner - 2 turnovers that basically cost us a 14 point swing. If we eliminated those 2 mistakes we win the game easily. And that's what hurts the most about that loss.

Shut Brees down? He had over 300 yards passing and completed 71.4% of his pass attempts.

As for the two mistakes, if you can eliminate those then the Saints get their two back. Who's to say that the Saints don't march down and score on both those possessions that were stopped by the picks? In that case the Saints win it easily. The fact is that the Falcons turned the ball over as many times as the Saints. You can't have it both ways.