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[AsylumGuido]

(12-29-2010 12:46 PM)Zodiac Wrote:  Yes we shut him down, he couldn't do what he wanted to which was go downfield with the ball, he was having to throw to checkdowns all day long, thats what I call a success.

You obviously haven't seen much Saints football this year. Teams have been taking the long ball away all year long with various strategies. Some have gone cover two or cover three allowing just the short underneath stuff. Others have used the exact same approach the Falcons used Monday night by constantly bringing the house, thus limiting the deep game by forcing the ball out quicker. Brees and Payton have adjusted to taking that short stuff and treating it as a passing run game. They have been taking those four to five yards routes all day long.

There is more than one way to win the game offensively. Do not think that the Saints can only wing it to win it.