San Diego Chargers 21 @ New Orleans Saints 36: The View from Section 140

is slightly rusty on his deep ball? He had an overthrow and a jump ball. Just curious. I’m sure he’ll get back in the groove sooner rather than later.

I think Colston shouldn’t have gotten a flag. He was hit hard after making the catch, and was down, yet Jammer kept pushing Colston to the ground. I think Jammer should have gotten a personal foul, but whatever. I would’ve been pissed off if someone did that to me

Led the Saints with 3 special teams tackles.

Was anyone bored? This was, after all, a pointless and useless preseason game. Aren’t we supposed to be squirming in our seats out of pure ennui?

Personally, I loved it. We got to see the offense rev up to maximum, and we got to see the subs put on their own show, and we got some questions answered and found a few more to raise. And we won. Altogether a good experience, and I wasn’t dissatisfied a bit…oh, except that I watched it on television. Would rather have been inside that huge round thing.

Saw him at Martin’s Wine Cellar

Dogs of the night…

Harper – badly beaten a couple of plays… waaay too much separation
Gay – Floyd TD is on him… and he’s great at tackling…air but i guess we knew that…

Actually one of Pat Rob returns was decent but was nullified by a penalty

Kudos to Charleston for that sack and that almost strip ruled incomplete

“8:27 on the clock in the 4th quarter”

Maybe I have different clocks than you guys.

Where I live, the game started at 7pm.

8:27 would be just before the half, or during half-time.

I looked through my DVR at 7:27, 8:27, and 9:27 (which was in the 4th quarter) and I didn’t see you.

There was a crowd shot at 7:27, but it was Elvis and two chicks… all saying “Two Dat”… so I thought maybe Stu was joking that you were dressed up as Elvis.

Chris Ivory looks like he will be a very nice addition to the team.
Ramsey certainly didn’t look bad, but I’m still not convinced that Daniels shouldn’t be the back up. In either event, we’re in better shape than I thought we would be.
Reggie Bush is playing with consistency and purpose. Maybe that USC fiasco will work out well for the Saints and his pro career.
Montez Billings deserves consideration for nothing else if not desire and effort. The one handed catch was beautiful.
Only because it’s so rare (and a preseason game), I was kind of proud of Colston getting the flag after the hit. It was like the best behaved kid in class throwing a spit ball at the teacher.
And, I won’t say I’m overly worried, but Drew hasn’t looked as sharp as we’ve come to expect. But I think that will be corrected rather quickly.

All in all, I can’t wait for 9/9/10 to get here.

- Ivory did incredibly well with the TD and on one other 15 yard run, but every other handoff he took was stopped virtually at the line of scrimmage. At this point I’d take him as RB3 but I think he needs to carry out the routine 3/4 yard plays a little better.

better not be the referee for the Vikings game. All I could say from Section 611 when I heard that voice was: “Hochuli.” You know, like Senifeld used to say “Newman.”

it’s a shame we can’t parlay players like Billings, Arrington, Rod Harper (already gone) and Jones and some others into trades to help us at places we need help, but that’s not going to happen. There is some serious NFL potential there…probably ….It’s rare to see a player make the team on one play, but clearly Ivory did. he had some other good plays, but what coach would cut him now?

I feel bad for Leigh Torrence,-just don’t think the Saints can keep him but how many guys get cut the weeks after an 86- yd pick 6. But I can’t see him on the roster. Jenkins has potential but he’s no DSharp. Sharper hits harder than people give him credit for and the combo of having Casillas, Sharper, Harper, and some others like Dunbar ( if he survives the cut) are pretty hard hitters. U Young is giving his best, but I thionk I’d have to let him go. Betts has to make the team under the understanding that he could get let go at any time, but they need his experience

If I was Courtney Roby, I would hire Jerry Rice to train him to be a better receiver- clearly he is a good return man. If he could catch 20-30 passes per year, especially on plays he is comfortable with ( he will never be a Colston, Moore, Bush, Henderson, or Meachem). But he has talent and speed and is used to catching the ball inpressure/traffic. And if he could contribute, what defense would worry about him if Colstion, Shockey, Bush and Moore are on the field? And then there’s Meachem. There are better players but not many better who can return KOs like him..

Ramsey will be #2- Why, because he can’t be on the practice squad and Chase can and… the gambler that payton is- if anyone tries to lure him away, he can release Ramsey even though he doesn’t want to do that, and keep Daniels
who is the heir to Brees and clearly Ramsey isn’t. Daniels would probably stay especilly since you had better believe Brees is grooming him and he probably will be an heir nowhere else and he has tiies to NOLA.
 
I am incredibly curious about Lorenzen, Ingram, Keasey, and Vaughn. What does everyone think about them and others?

I think Ramsey looked bad enough that Daniel has the clear edge now. In any case, I think they are going to keep all three QBs.

And Usama’s INT was kind of impressive – he came flying in out of nowhere to get to the ball and managed to catch it and not be distracted by trying to take out the receiver. His skills on special teams and his versatility in the backfield (corner, nickel, and safety) will overcome his otherwise mediocrity and earn him a roster spot.

I forgot to mention – I voted for Reggie in the poll, mainly because he’s been a beast so far in preseason and hasn’t gotten enough love. Ivory obviously ruled this last game, but consider the following. In a little under 60 minutes of football, Reggie has 82 yards on 15 carries (about 5.5 ypc) with 2 TDs. And he also picked up 70 receiving yards on 7 catches yesterday. Extrapolate that out to a full season. That would be over 1300 rushing yards on 240 carries, including 16 touchdowns! Ok, no, I don’t think he’ll put up numbers quite as sparkling as that, but even 80% of that would be huge (1000 yards rushing on just under 200 carries).

I thought our offense looked off, didn’t help that we were constantly being pinned in deep. Our defense was average once again, did ok, one blown coverage. I’ve yet to see us put any pressure on the QB unless we’re on an all out blitz. I liked that our run D stepped up a bit. Gave up a few yards, but overall they played well, especially Vilma, which hurts that much more that he strained his groin. I’m hoping he won’t be out for too long. One thing i did not….Vaughn was absolutely great on special teams. All over the place making tackles and sealing his lanes like he should. I’m guessing his play on ST this past week elevated him to a roster spot.

We ran standard plays on offense and defense. Standard blitzes, standard passes. I’m ready for the season to start so we can see more explosive plays by our offense and defense. Reggie looked great but I voted for Ivory because I think he basically told the coaches that if they cut him, they’d regret it. That cemented his roster spot as the #3 back. I’m interested to know how he plays during the season while he’s on the field and what happens next year with Hamilton coming back. Also, I wasn’t that impressed with Ramsey last night. Overthrow to Roby then a horrendous underthrow that got intercepted. Didn’t think he played better than Daniels has. I think Daniels has the leg up so far.