I’m going to go read your link right now.
I’m convinced it’s the D coordinator. Gibbs has got to go. What’s wrong with a Ditka/Ryan type of rivalry in New Orleans?
And by the way, Bob Sanders is in the top3 of the biggest badasses in the NFL. That guy is fast and can hit like hell.
Thanks!

Hire MasterRWayne as our new Defensive Coordinator. Seems like he knows a lot more than Gibbs.

…I’d forward your suggestions and analysis to them. “Confusion” was most definitely the appropriate word the other night not only for Jason David but for the whole Saints defense. Your analysis makes sense. I’ve heard it said that the scheme of the Gibbs system is to put his players in a position to make plays, which is great if you have a constant rotation of 11 guys with supreme talent and capability. I think we have plenty of talented players on that side of the ball, but some alterations to the system itself seems to be most needed for them to excel at their positions.

God this guy is great! Why are we throwing all of our money into a D line that is nowhere to be seen?

If your system is all about The Scheme then its really not much of a system if you ask me.

I prefer the Cover 2 because it is simple, direct and makes use of all 11 guys have very clearly defined responsibilities. With the Colts nobody and I mean NOBODY throws deep on us because our pass rush is strong and our safeties are playing in the cover 2 shell. In fact, with cover 2 you don’t even need “great” corners because all they do is play in a shallow zone and then the safeties handle any receivers that go deep.

The system you guys run is really just a broke ass 4-3 defense that is trying to be a 3-4 one. It relies on blitzing LB and safeties down in the box. Consequently, your corners are left all alone and that is why Jason David and the others are getting burned. Believe I know this stuff because the 1998-2001 Colts ran the EXACT same defense that you guys are running! We got burned every single game and it got so bad that Jim Mora yelled his now famous “PLAYOFFS!” line. Bill Polian, President of Football Operations for the Colts, has even directly said, “that defensive scheme leaves you too open to the big play.”

Obviously Cover 2 would work for you guys, but a 4-3 blitz defense that the Giants and Eagles use, might also work for you. Really though you guys play indoors and you should make use of your speedy playing surface. That was another decision factor in the Colts switching to Cover 2 because we play on a speedy surface as well.

The other thing that the Colts have is that find players on the “scrap heap.” Just look at our starting defensive unit this year (which is virtually the same as it was last year when we were a top 5 unit).

DE. Dwight Freeney-1st round

DT. Ed Johnson- Undrafted

DT. Keyunta Dawson- 7th round

DE. Robert Mathis- 6th round

LB. Freddie Keiaho- 3rd round

MLB- Gary Brackett- Undrafted

LB- Tyjuan Hagler- 5th round

CB- Marlin Jackson- 1st round

CB. Kelvin Hayden- 2nd round

FS. Bob Sanders- 2nd round

SS. Antoine Bethea 6th round (pro bowler last year)

I am not posting this out to brag about my team, but rather to show you guys that you don’t need top 10 draft picks to build a really strong defensive unit. You will also notice that there is not ONE single free agent on the Colts defense. They were all drafted by the team and two very good players (Brackett and Ed Johnson) were not even drafted at all.

says it all. The Saints defense looks confused most of the time. The confusion keeps the talent from showing through. It looks like every single person on defense is hamstrung by indecision when the ball is snapped.

2006 was a weird year for the Colts defense. We had A LOT of injuries and made some personal errors when we went way too small on defense. However, by the time the playoffs came we changed two starters, got guys back who had been hurt and started mixing in more Cover 3 defense alongside our normal Cover 2 variety. The result was going from dead last against the run in the regular season to the best rushing defense in football to go along with our excellent pass rush and pass defense.

Also, remember Jason David was one of our starting CB’s during our Super Bowl win and was a big reason why we were always good against the pass.

The goal of every player is to win the big one. Get the ring. Put your name on the “I DID it” list.
Maybe, JD has no drive left? Did it / Done it?

JD had a reputation of being a very hard worker when he was in Indianapolis. When he came into the league he just wasn’t strong enough to be the CB spot in the Cover 2, but he worked at in and by his third year the guy was bigger, stronger and a much better CB.

Personally, I think JD’s confidence has been shattered. When he played for the Colts he had “swagger” and made some big plays for us.

at least he’s not pointing fingers

http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/saints/27117489.html

"David doesn’t buy into the school of thought that says he was a more effective player in
Indianapolis’ scheme because he was able to play a lot of zone, or "Cover 2," defense and that he’s ill-suited for the increased amount of man-to-man coverage that New Orleans employs.

"It’s funny when people bring that up because when you look at the Indianapolis defense, if you really study football, that playoff run that we had when we won the Super Bowl, we didn’t run much Cover 2," David said. "We ran a lot of three deep and a lot of blitzing and a lot of man coverages."

When the Jags ran up 40 some points on them? I was driving to Dallas to see the Saints destroy Bill Parcells’ coaching career and listened to that game. This was also before Badass Bob Sanders came back from injury. Things changed a lot then.

JD is right when he says the Colts ran a lot of “three deep” in their playoff run. That is because when the Colts play run oriented offenses they play Cover 3 and put Bob Sanders in the books. That was how we were able to stone Larry Johnson, Jamal Lewis and Thomas Jones throughout the playoffs. However, we did run a lot of cover 2 during the playoffs and during the regular season.

I know it’s still too early in the season to draw conclusions, but so far our defensive additions have not changed the results or the look of our defense. Last year, when we made few personnel changes, it was hard to say if it was scheme or the lack of players that was giving us problems. I’m worried that this year, the scheme will be exposed as the culprit. We have athletes, but they’re no good for us if they can’t get near the receivers. At this point, I’d be happy with a pass interference call if a Saints DB was close enough to commit the infraction.
On Jason David in particular, a whole offseason to correct mistakes seems to have been wasted. His bad habit of losing the receiver while peeking in the backfield reared its ugly head again against the Texans, which didn’t go unnoticed by the Superdome boo birds. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one leaving recievers wide open.