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Well the NFL season kicked off with a bang last night. It was billed as a shootout and it was with Indianapolis holding all the guns.

Peyton Manning threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns. Mainly picking on his former teammate Jason David. Who seemingly looked like he had no idea out there he was staring at Peyton Manning the whole game letting Reggie Wayne run by him into the end zone.

Our offense which was number one in the league last year could not get started either. Drew Brees could not get anything to a receiver down field and for a while was in the lead for fewest average per completion and would have been below former heisman winner Chris Weinke. He seemingly could not find anyone anywhere down field not wearing a Colts jersey.

Hopefully a week and a half to regroup will gear them to victory against in Tampa next Sunday.

The saints were beat for a few reasons.

The offensive line played terrible making Brees go to short
routes, Dwight Frenney could not be stopped and Brees had no time
to throw.

As most teams early in the season both defenses were ahead
of the offense in the first half. The Saints were never beat
like this last year. Only when other teams took advantage
of turnovers and not the blown coverages.

The Colts made adjustments to the cover 2 coverage.
The Saints showed a lot of different looks but at half
time it was broken down and adjusted to.

Jason David is short and watches the quarterback too much.

The Saints did not make any major adjustments at halftime they
were still in the game, so they did not need to.

Orlindo Mare is a little shaky and could cost us some games.

With that said the Saints were playing the Colts the best team
in the NFL. Nobody else has a Dwight Freeney and a Payton
Manning that calls the game from the line of scrimmage

We will have a whole season to play them again in the Superbowl
to make better adjustments Don’t be surprised if by the end of the
season Usama Young is not starting in place of Jason David.
Remember Young is 6′ 0. David is possibly 5′ 8′

The Saints are a better team than they looked like in the second half.

They will beat the Bucs by at least 14 points.

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Went to the 40th Annual, “Meet the Saints luncheon,” sponsored by the Touchdown Club of New Orleans today.  First I want to thank the Touchdown Club for putting on a first class event, from start to finish.  If you have never been to a “Meet the Saints luncheon” you should try to attend next year.

 This year the Touchdown Club offered people who attended the luncheon a chance to get “Autographs” which I though made the event even more special.

 Now to my complaint… and it’s not about any of the players, all of the players went overboard to sign whatever the fans had, hats, shirts, helmets, signs, paintings, you name it anything the fans took up to the players they signed.  What I want to know is why some people come up with a “BAG” of stuff to get players to sign; I mean 4 of this, 5 of that and so on.  Then these “Fans” get upset when the players do not sign stuff fast enough, or go to the next person without finishing all their stuff.  I wonder how many things will end up on eBay later today.  I guess I now understand why some players are hesitant about signing things.

 I had my four year old daughter with me (who went to Jackson, Mississippi and got to meet a few of the players) who wanted to get her ball signed by a few players, and we were knocked over by some people, it really left a bad taste in my mouth for how we “Fans” look towards players.

 So what do you think, I know players are “stars” and should expect it but when is enough really enough?

The one thing that is clear about the Saints Quarterbacks is we have a great clear cut number one quarterback in Drew Brees who pulled off an MVP type season last year throwing for over 4400 yards last year.

The most unaswered question is who will be our number two if something were to happen to Brees. There are four options the most likely will be Jamie Martin a fourteen year veteran who has a total of eight games in his career. He has been a journey man backup quarterback throughout his career. So far this pre-season he is 17 for 27 with 165 yards through the air appearing in the two of the three games so far. He seemily could not hold onto the ball fumbling three times last week vs the Bengals.

Another option is undrafted rookie Tyler Palko who has looked good in training camp and in two pre-season games so far. He is 19 for 35 with 225 yards passing with a touchdown. He showed signs of being a great quarterback as well as showing that he is also very young. He can run and is not afraid to as he is averaging 12 yards a rush.

Jason Fife a third option for the spot of Drew Brees’ understudy. He has been in the league for a year and dressed as the teams emergency quarterback from weeks three through six. He looked good in his only pre-season apperance going 5 for 8 with 47 yards passing and threw for the Saints only touchdown in the pre-season opener against the Steelers.

The final and most unlikely option is Matt Baker who was added late in camp to give the Saints another option. He spent all of last season on the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad. He made his pre-season debut against the Bengals going 7 for 13 with 75 yards.

The final depth chart will not be out for a few weeks and we will see who will win the battle for the right to backup Drew Brees.

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Training Camp review:

The dog days of summer would be an understatement. The New Orleans Saints practice is in full swing at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. There are alot of superstars as well as there are alot of players fighting to have a shot to make it in the big show. Many of the young stars like Lance Moore a third year player out of Toledo seem to be impressive and to have a great shot at making an impact this fall for the Saints. Reggie Bush seems to have improved tremendously from a year ago. The Saints seem to making a big effort to get him more carries where he can run up the middle and hit the hole hard and use his amazing speed to get through the hole and explode to the second level where he is very hard to bring down in the open field. The Saints are going to mix things up this year, giving Deuce a chance to run to the outside a job primarily done by Reggie Bush last season. Marques Colston seems to be extremely focused this season, always catching passes from whoever will throw to him. Tyler Palko a rookie free agent who was a three year starter at the University of Pittsburgh has been the most impressive rookie so far through camp. First round pick Robert Meachem has been coming back well from off season knee surgery. He is listed as fourth string on the teams depth chart, that seems like it would change as of the next few weeks. This season should shape up to be an exciting one for all the Who Dats out there hopefully this group of extraordinary talent can lead this young team to the promise land.

Comments on Buffalo game:

Tyler Palko he showed poise and toughness staying in a collapsing pocket and still releasing a great pass. He also was not afraid to tuck it and run, he was smart when none was open most of the time he would go to his check down receivers. The other thing would be free agent pick up Jason David he has not showed much at all in the preseason and hopefully he can step up his game so that we can have a solid secondary with him lining up opposite Mike Mckenzie.

Bobby Blake