Yeah, the second half offense was mediocre at best. It's a good thing the defense kept things going because this one was going right down to the wire. NO made good defensive adjustments at the half though but the offense kept running almost the exact same plays.
We had one 3 and out in the second half and it was caused by a holding penalty. A total of 4 possessions. One of which was to end the game. We had one super long drive that was the one that ended in a fumble.
For me, this is where Garrett is a failure as a coach. He was a QB himself, so he shouldn’t be looking the other way with 3/4 of the season behind him and Dak still making mistakes. There should have been a change made once it was clear that Dak and his QB coach were not correcting their mistakes.
I just don't understand why we don't use Daks mobility in the redzone. Play action, misdirection, option plays. Instead we run the most basic redzone offense. Just no creativity there and it's where you need creativity most.
This is absolutely true.
This is the most infuriating thing for me. His limitations are clear. However, where he does excel is on the ground. That late run he had to pick up the first was mesmerizing. Come playoff time, the staff needs to be installing a run heavy plan with him, since they’ve voiced the injury concern before with the QB running too frequently. It’s our only chance to make it to a conference title game. The defense will do its part, Zeke/Dak RPO’s with a heavy dose of PA to Cooper, and there could be some noise to be made.
In my opinion, his deficiencies could easily be corrected with some good coaching. So yeah he's pretty much fucked.
Good luck paying both when they are due.
We don't win 4 straight every year.
That could be applied to a lot of teams in the NFL. The whole idea to continue playing is to see if you can break that mold. It can happen because the same nay sayers only less than two weeks age buried the team when the Saints came to town. You just have to allow that anything can happen so it’s worth another try to look forward rather than looking at your toes.
But youre not afraid of those Rams, and mainly because vs. New Orleans showed how to prevail against an elite team while not playing a perfect offensive game. If this defense can sustain anything close to what we just saw, we will be 'in' any game we play vs any team.
I have this exact same take. I think NO relies on Brees to run more than LA relies on Goff. When we consistently pressured Brees I feel we disrupted the Saints entire offense much more than similar pressure on Goff would result in. Then there’s LVE tracking Kamara like a heat-seeker, which resulted in a near complete stifling of the Saints.