Pathetic Payton

Memo to Sean Payton: You're an idiot.

I really hate to sound like TMQ here, but there's a lot of wisdom to the "kick early, go for it late" philosophy.

But really, the decision to go for it on 4th and goal in the first half wasn't what killed you. It was your failure to realize that your O-line absolutely sucks at run blocking. Totally and in all ways. So what do you do at critical short yardage plays? You cram as many people into the smallest possible area and then run your third string running back right into the line.

Reggie Bush takes a lot of shit for his poor rushing numbers. Some of it is warranted, but any honest assessment of the situation must take account of the fact that the Saints give him absolutely nothing in terms of running lanes. People say he's to timid and fancy, dancing around instead of hitting the hole. The problem is that most of the time there is no hole, and his dancing around is his desperate attempt to make something out of nothing. Watch a Saints game sometime, its true. The basic Saints offense is to slam Reggie into the line on first down into the teeth of a waiting defense, which knows the play is coming and has all eyes on # 25. The play gains maybe 2 yards, and then the Saints go back to passing. They might as well forfeit first down and just start 2nd and 9 every time.

Speaking of Bush, why wouldn't you put him in on a critical 4th and goal try, or on that critical 3rd and 1 try? At the very least you could motion him around to distract the defense, which was totally keyed into stopping your pathetic handoff attempts. You have to figure that on that 4th down try he could have leaped over the pile for the end zone. And on the 3rd and 1, you called up a play which can only work if the back is fast enough to outrun the unblocked backside linebacker. Isn't Reggie Bush a better bet for this than Thomas?

Whatever. The media gives you a free pass because of you're one decent season after Katrina, so I guess we have 4-5 more mediocre seasons of your idiocy to look forward to. Enjoy, New Orleans.