Detroit Lions 27 @ New Orleans Saints 45: Loose Ends

evans is getting more looks cause he’s better. they may be even in run blocking but heath is a far better runner/receiver and that td on the screen was a nice play.

i would like to see rod harper returning the punts. i wish the would use reginald more like early last year when payton put him in to return punts when we needed a spark.

one more thing. lunchpail shanle had a hell of a game. there is just something about that guy with his hard hat and suspenders.

I thought Mike Karney, even though I really liked him, was not blocking as well last season and the season before as he did in previous seasons. I also think that the best offenses and certainly the best West Coast offenses use the FB, especially in pass catching. It really messes a defense up if they have to worry about a FB catching a pass; you’ve got wideouts, TEs, RBs to cover and the two things defenses really struggle with is when a QB runs the ball and the FB catches the ball. It just overwhelms the D. Well, we don’t want Brees running the ball except in very rare instances, but I’m thinking Evans can be a valuable weapon, depending upon whether a defense concerns themselves with the threat of him getting the ball. If they do, our other weapons will be more open.

Surprisingly, Tony Romo currently leads all quarterbacks with a 140.6 passer rating despite the fact that Drew Brees threw for more yards, twice the number of touchdowns and a higher completion percentage on Sunday. Brees’ 137.0 passer rating was brought down by his one interception. What’s a guy gotta do?

QB rating is not the be all end all

The shows I have caught while waiting around for people all say the same thing when they talk QBs right now.

There is noone better.

Manning? Brady? They are in his class sure but the talk is not which is better. One pundit went so far to say its the system they play and if say Manning was a Saint what would his numbers be like.

has reggie ever done that? i like reggie but…. man… it’s hard to when he’s not producing. granted, it’s only week 1 but i really hope to see a man on fire next week.

special teams looked HORRIBLE against the lions and they really can’t afford to make those kinds of mistakes.

there was one game that karney got a lot of looks and that was against the cowboys in 06’ i think. he had 3 TDs. but so far, evans has showed his worth and i hope to see him on more plays.

as for the qb rating… that is the most arbitrary rating ever… what kind of rating caps out at 158? i say we make a new efficiency formula.

How about this for a dilemma?

 We have two running backs, that if used properly, are very capable of gaining a hundred yards a game. We have a third threat at RB/Receiver who is capable of breaking one at any given moment.

I know we are all very disappointed in the performance of Reggie however, its really his first game in a very long time. Luckily it was like another pre-season game. He now knows the love fest is over. I was booing him in my living room too. He needs to be used as a change up to Bell and Thomas and as a threat as a receiver.

How would you like to line up as a defense against this formation? Colston Bush on one side Henderson Moore on the other with Bell or Thomas in the backfield. Either way someone is going to be open against a lesser defender and the line will open a crease for one of the two backs to run through. I like our “Problem”.

WHO DAT!!!

I’d like to see some more pro formations with either Reggie and Bell, or Reggie and Thomas with some fakes up the middle and then tossed to Bush or vice versa… and we constantly harp on Bush’s inability to run between the tackles. Well then how about some more plays for Bush that are actually designed to get him to the outside. He always wants to bounce to the outside anyway, so let him use the speed God gave him.

I’m glad we’re all on the Evans express now, but back when Karney was cut, most seemed to think it was a big mistake and/or part of a personal vendetta aginst Karney..

I know it’s just one game, but I think we see clearly now why the move was made. Evans is a weapon on his own. He’s capable of running and doing damage catching pases out of the backfield. And because of that, his presence doesn’t tip Payton’s hand like Karney’s did.