So please, I appreciate all comments. Hearing what other users say helps me out a lot.

Have to have new, unpredictable, unseen plays. Or else it’s 2007 again. I want to see Dan Campbell line up in the backfield. And if Reggie can throw at all (accuracy, not distance) I want to see him do it. That would be awesome, especially down at the goal line. Touchdown pass to Billy Miller.

Devery Henderson should be involved in more double reverses along with Reggie Bush.

but you totally, lost me right there….let’s take it back to that unforgettable Buccaneers game 2 years ago. Try dishing out good money for “Saintsational-Dave-type-seats” only to watch the Saints, with the game in hand, lose it on a

double reverse

. I’d love my Saints to play a more traditional game. If you can beat a team with sheer FOOTBALL, you can KILL them with a trick play every once in a while. However if we base our offense on trying to fool the opponent, then we’ll get 8-8, hence last year.

I don’t think double reverses are significant parts of a game plan. They are plays that you throw in and are in your repetoire if you see an opportunity. Having tight ends find a seam in a zone defense is part of a game plan. Throwing often to a RB who is mismatched with a slower LB is part of a game plan. And, Devery Henderson throwing the ball… as part of a game plan?? There is a reason whenever you see a non- QB throw the ball that it is either 1) a long poass, or 2) a situation inside the 10 yard line where you can just throw it out of the end zone. It is because it is so very difficult to complete a pas if you are not a QB. I appreciate your input as a Saints fan, but I think some of your stuff is way off base. And although I agree with some of your info, I think you have to realize that passing the ball on first down can be a good thing, but used too much can backfire as defenses love 2nd and 10 and 3rd and 8. Offenses try to avoid that. And if we only run the ball 10-15 times per game- well, not to many Super Bowl winning teams have that credential in their resume. That was part of our problem last year- we didn’t protect leads with a strong ground game, kept the defense out their too often for too long, etc. Most teams who de- emphasize the run to air it out and get a lead and then try to control the ball with a running game late in the game to protect a lead are miserable failures at that strategy. For whatever reason, offenses seem to struggle at that most of the time. Hope this doesn’t come off as harsh.. just wanted to give you my take.

Have to have a resectable run game or you’ll be out of luck. Our main M.O. is pass which is cool but without the ground and pound element well your just to predictale in certain down situations. If there is a threat up the middle with big meat then I believe the end around and reverses stand a chance. Big man up the middle is what I believe this team is missing.

i think in general our offense needs more balance to cause the defense to be unbalanced. EVERYONE knows we’re a passing threat, but having balance in the run game will keep the defenses guessing. when a defense is on its toes, we’re going to have a much harder time creating space for our recievers and time for our qb. i don’t mind the occasionally trick play, but i think if we got creative with the run game (ie…create a run threat) i think that even with a poor defense we’d annihilate any team out there.

on a few occasions, our offense sustained very long scoring drives and that’s exactly what our defense needs… time off the field.

BALANCE is HUGE!! And, I love you point about an offense susatining very long drives. I think that, in spite of my love for this Saints offense and the obvious knowledge that it is very potent and explosive, there are times when the offense does put some added stress on the defense because the offense tends to score quickly and/or go 3 and out or 5 and out (again- quickly) and our defense gets worn down playing so much and their defense doesn’t get worn down enough. I am very optimistic that this year there will be better BALANCE and an UPGRADED defense and it will be a much better situation.

We should read Andy Reid’s playbook and copy it. If not the plays exactly, than at least the format. He puts the ball in the air 2/3 of the time. But a third of those passes are to his HB. That gets the ball to the HB on half of the downs which creates balance, albeit in a non-traditional sense. Bush is a similar player to Westbrook, so this should translate well.

Brees has an amazingly fast release and great decision making, so we are in good hands when he has to make passes. 1/3 of the pass attempts are to the RB, 1/3 are for short yardage(5-15)yds and the final 1/3 seem to be for big gains. I think this should be our blueprint.

We need to throw away any notes Hasslett left around advocating trick plays, and on-side kicks at random times. Those are plays for the desperate; We are too good of a team to have to resort to that game in and game out. If we’re doing poorly try it, hell try anything. but they shouldn’t be considered standard.

The Screen pass is always a positive ydg. play, our problem is we don’t throw enough of them, or when we do it’s a TE screen, to Miller or Shockey, but it takes more time to develop and usually the area is not cleared out for a big gain,meaning the TE is obiviously a slower player, and when the scr. goes to Reggie he’ll look upfield before securing the ball(BAD i.e. v.s. Houston 07=dropped pass) (Good i.e. v.s. Dallas 06=TD)Like to see PT w/more scr. passes and Evans(upgrade from Karney) w/a big block to spring him……

I can’t root for the Eagles because of the situation with the fans and the atmosphere of the stadium etc. even though I live only an hour away and they are on every Sunday. Eagles fans tend to think that they should abuse anyone that comes to the Philadelphia Stadium (the Linc) who don’t root for the Eagles, and if they can get away with it, abuse fans when they travel to road games. If I had a 12 year old son (I don’t) and took him to a game and he had a Vikings hat on or a Chiefs hat- they would throw beer on him and cuss at him- even if they were playing the Giants or Cowboys. Additionally, they boo their players on a regular basis, any player who has a bad 1/2 they want traded, they are very fickle. They have been calling for Andy Reid to be fired and Mc Nabb to be traded for years, especially mid season last year. They constantly call for the backup QB (Kevin Kolb) to replace Mc Nabb (which was a big part of why Mc Nabb got benched last year) but when the team plays good all of a sudden they are now “Loyalists”. They make me puke. I have a good “stadium story” to tell, but I am all riled up now and have to calm down a bit. Suffice to say, anyone travelling to the Eagles game Sept 20 in Phila, beware- there could be fisticuffs without even provoking it.