but your gonna have to give me better reasons than that to walk away with a win against the best team in football.

Why we can win…

We’re at home. We’ve played well here, and been really fired up. We’re gonna need to get the crowd into it to help silence Brees and pump up our Defense.

T.O.P- We have shown we can control it, we have played an Indy team that is very similar to the saints. We need to control the clock and run the ball. Henne needs to continue to convert third downs and limit turnovers. Darren Sharper is the best safety in the league IN reading young QB eye’s and turning it into big plays. Chad needs to know where #42 is at ALL times.

We can stop the run. We have proven to be an elite run stopping team. Watch for screens with there quick RB’s and provide pressure on Brees on EVERY snap. There WR core is better than our DB’s, period, so we need to create mismatches and force difficult throws. It will be tough to do, but we can do it. We need the rookies to be PERFECT in coverage and if we can pick off Brees more than twice we win this game.

Man to Man coverage…we have to be able to play man and get a rush off the blitz to disrupt brees. He absolutley destroys zone coverage. if we run the ball, control the clock, and can play man with the big rush…this game is ripe for the taking.

and you have a chance. No pressure=no chance. I love the wildcat but you would literally have to hope that the Phins O scores a TD on every single drive if you cant figure out a way to get pressure on Brees and make a few stops. Thats just not realistic.

Of coarse it can be done its just a matter of will it. Miami has the type of team that can grind a win against a team like the Saints by doing bascially everything you have pointed out.

They have played some easier games when you look at there schedule with the Lions, Bills, Jets and a McNabb less Eagles. They have managed to turnover the ball at an alarming rate so far with 11 INT with two being taken back for TD’s and have also recovered 4 fumbles. Doing that will win you some games regardless of how good your offense is, so taking care of the ball should be priority #1 and everything else will fall in line.

as much as I hope we beat the Saints, the odds of that are as astronomical as me having a healthy liver.

In game 3 he came off the bench, because there was no choice. CP10 was injured. Play calling was, very justifiably, conservative. No surprise, and we lost.

In his first start (Bills, no less), he played very well, albeit with only slightly less conservative play calling. Made sense to me – 1 week of practice with 1st team, everyone starting to get comfortable with each other. Better than even chance to win 1st start. We did.

2nd start – play calling much more opened up, because the O was really beginning to jell with Henne. Jest D was believed by all (outside of Phins staff) to be the second coming of the Killer B’s and Steel Curtain combined. Ronnie, RunRickyRun & Henne shredded that belief! There were some new looks to the WC that we saw against the Jest, not many but enough to confuse pea-brained Rexy. Perfect call & timing og the call on the bomb to Ginn.

3rd start. After the most incredibly well timed bye week ever in the history of the NFL , Henne has the opportunity of a lifetime. And everyone else had time to get healthy again (read primarily RunRickyRun) I suspect the play-calling will be wide open & wild. I suspect that there are a bunch of plays that are specifically designed for Henne that they had not had a chance to practice before this 2 week break. I think there are other WC plays yet to be shown. And I think that the unseen Henne & WC plays will not be used until they are needed! Be it Saints, Jest, Brady, Steelers, whomever.

I’m not AS worried for Sunday’s game. However we are gonna have to fight the entire game and not let up. Pressure Brees and he’ll rush his throws. Rush his throws and we have a chance to pick it off. Our OL needs to play like they played the Jests. And controling the ball for say 59 minutes wouldn’t hurt either.

i look at this game much like the Colts game, we did everything right offensively and nothing right defensively and we continue to not play very well defensively. Our offense won that Jets game, and Will Allen (albeit that interference call was BS) looks lost on most plays. we win this if Joey and Jason go Super-Saiyan.

pretty damn good. They rank 5th against the run and 10th overall. I’m not saying we wont win this game, but I’m not expecting us to win. Any team on any given Sunday can win but the Saints are a damn good team, playing at a higher level than any other team in the league, except maybe Minnesota.

We score more points than the saints!!

if you include all of the Saints games this year, including preseason that the Fins are the only team to have beat them?

Yes, I know Brees didn’t play and it was preseason, but who cares, we’re still the only team to have beat them so far….and again this Sunday too!

Let’s be honest… just like Manning, he can step in and throw a TD on his first pass. This rhythm talk is nonsense when referencing HoF bound QBs.

This is actually the game I’ve been most worried about since early in the season. A few teams have run some wildcat on the Saints so far, and the defense doesn’t seem to have come up with a good answer for it. That’s pretty much the key. Everything else mentioned here is grasping at straws.

Blitzing Brees is a recipe for disaster. He has a near perfect passer rating against blitzes. The Jets actually did not blitz nearly as much as they usually do, preferring instead to play a lot of deep coverage. That succeeded in keeping Brees from having a big game (he did still complete about 2/3 of his passes), but the Saints responded by rushing for over 150 yards. The Bills tried the same thing, and the Saints ran for 222.

The Saints D is very good – especially at getting other teams off the field. They are ranked 1st on 3rd downs – opponents only convert 27% of the time. Jabari Greer has 9 passes defended, tied for 3rd with guys like Asante Samuel, DeAngelo Hall, and Darrelle Revis. Guess who is ranked #1? Yep, Darren Sharper. Tracy Porter is no slouch either.

Basically, the Dolphins are not going to be able to keep the Saints from scoring when they get the ball. The key for the Dolphins is to use that wildcat as much as possible to score and hopefully limit the number of snaps Brees gets.

Good luck to the Dolphins this year – just not this weekend. ;) I’d love to see them continue that run they had last year. I’ve always liked them since I was kid back in the Griese and Marino days (I had to have at least one good team to root for!).

Is this a joke? Wheres the cameras?

Sounds like what was tried against Indianapolis. Run a lot of Wildcat. Pound the ball, eat up the clock, keep the other offense off the field. Did it work?

The Saints have a more potent offense than even the Colts, and a better defense, too. But here’s the stat that might tell the story of this game: turnover differential, Saints: +9, Dolphins: -3. You can’t score on every possession if you can’t keep the ball.

but please, give us some respect. I am not saying that is what I am hearing so far, my statement is preemptive. I am tired of hearing opponent fans talking cocky and acting like their team is so much better than the Saints. As far as I am concerned. the Saints have earned respect and are the best team in the league. Do not under-estimate them.

Boy was that unexpected….

I saw above where someone said the bills and jets stopped our offense. Didn’t happen. The Saints went into those game expecting to run the ball and did. Preparing for the Gnats they knew that the G’s secondary was banged up. Hence letting the Brees blow. Think your secondary is hideous? Peyton knows that and will attack there…. If you have PT or Bell on your fantasy team better bench them for this game. Think your wildcat will score every drive? Not a chance…

Go figure.

I have read the entire blog and I have to admit, the MIA fans are MUCH more civil than the g’nats, i give you SO much credit just by that fact alone!! I thank you!

On to my points though… you have some rookies that will do as all rookies do, make mistakes(thats just how it goes) in attempting to keep up with our O squad, your QB may just throw one ball into our hands (sharper will be watching!) and if you do… wow you will have to double it up on us(how many teams this year have had 2 td’s to our 1 yet?). next point (assuming you have no faults in your rookies, and no interceptions) If you blitz every time on every play, how quickly will you drain those players, and then comes mistakes…. all brees has to do is see this (not even mentioning Sean P yet), and take advantage. assuming you DO blitz every time, your are dealing with Drew M’F’ing Brees… do you not remember the saints of the last 2 seasons? our defense was HORRID… do you think that brees hasn’t seen blitz come through? do you think he cant handle himself on the field? if you do you may be wondering down the road that the g’nats did…

This is why he gets the ball away quickly! he has Vietnam flash backs to 06 07 08 (LOL!).. to also say that you can handle ALL of our O squad would put way to much pressure on your men… everyone on our O squad comes ready to make big plays.

If you happen to run the ball every time I wonder how long can your 2 hold out?

defense and Kick returns will decide this game, not offense…. and I know you love your wildcat!! I think it is neat, and pretty effective. All we need is one interception, and/or fumble… if we score on that I think it may be over after that.

I do think that you will put up a fight and in doing so be one of the first teams this year to be WITHIN 14 points of our score…

The NFL sent out its rankings this morning and the Saints are back on top in total offense.

They rank No. 1 overall (fourth in rushing and seventh in passing). New Orleans also has a top-10 defense, ranking ninth overall (fifth against the run and tied for 14th against the pass).

He is a young starter with no experience. We all know how the young qbs have fared so far this year. When the Dolphins finally DO attempt a pass Henne will be under a lot of pressure & they can’t afford for him to put them in a bad position & be down. As far as the run goes I don’t think they will be able to sustain the long drives. Granted they will have success because they should be able to catch a few long runs, the Saints have a VERY good run D. Not only that but as soon as the Saints score a couple tds and the Dolphins go down then there goes your run game. I do like the Dolphins & what they’re doing but I don’t see them being the 1st to take the Saints.

The banter between fans is awesome!

Big Saints fan here and all I really hope for this game is exactly what’s on the menu: A pass-happy offense with running ability versus a pretty good defense with the will to win at home. On the flip side, a defense coming into their own versus a team that ‘owns’ the wildcat moniker and a fresh QB trying to make a name for himself with good WRs. This should be a good game and one I’m waiting to watch. (From a personal perspective, I’m really glad that it’s being played so late in the states so I can sleep until 0500 and still catch it….those early games are killing me!)

All we should really be concerned about is all the players making it through the game without serious injury. May they all sweat blood and tears but come out with bones and ligaments in tact. Amen.

Looking forward to a great game on Sunday.

First off, glad ya’ll found a quarterback, it seems to be the only thing your team was missing. It’s like you have a Marino curse.

Second, thanks for choosing Culpepper over Brees, New Orleans really appreciates it.

Third, it doesn’t matter how much time you spend in TOP if you don’t have the lead. If the Saints score first and take 1 minute, and you spend 59 minutes scoring, it’s still 7-7 (barring a 2 point conversion of course)

Which leads me to my main point, you need to win the toss to have a chance at winning. The Saints have not trailed at all this season. Let me say that again, the Saints have not trailed at all this SEASON.

Finally, we’re due. We’ve spent 4 decades sucking, it’s a matter of probability. We were bound to have some good seasons.

Good luck Sunday.

politicians… alllll dayyyyyy longgggg

D.C. sucks for a saints fan!

im the only one in the black and gold, and was surrounded by gnat fans :|

boy did they slowly look to the floor and yell spitful things…