- Colston's injury isn't the problem. Without their number one receiver in the game, the Saints still managed to post 421 passing yards. Some of this has to do with the fact that Drew Brees is a pretty good quarterback. Some of it has to do with the fact that the Broncos' defense sucks.
- Deuce McAllister's absence isn't the problem. Sure the Saints can't run the ball. But that has more to do with Soupy's pass-happy tendencies than anything else. Soupy has been the subject of a minor fan insurrection this week over the Deucebaggery issue. As much as I love to jump all over coaches for being assholes, I disagree. Here's what I told Adrastos this week:
As we all know, I'm always on the lookout for arrogant genius coach syndrome. And I do think that Soupy has a problem from time to time with his pride in the cutesy offense he has so lovingly drawn up. But I'm not quite ready to jump all over him regarding the Deuce issue. I don't quite see Soupy holding Deuce out and throwing the ball too much specifically so that he can spite his critics or malcontented players. And believe me... as a Saints fan who lived through the Mora years, that is precisely the thing I am watching for.
I still think that if Deuce were ready he'd be in there. Still... it's a thing to watch for.
If it comes out that Payton and Deuce have some sort of personal problem we don't currently know about, I'll change my mind on this. But for now, Soupy gets the benefit of the doubt. - The injuries in general are not the problem. Poochie is out. Who cares? Colston and Deuce, I've already talked about. Fujita comes back this week. Watch the defense continue to not tackle anybody. Jammal Brown went down and was ably replaced by Zach Strief. Strief was called for a holding penalty that negated a touchdown. But the call was utter bullshit.
- Reggie Bush is a dick. I suppose one could make the argument that he had a big game statistically, but remember, Denver's defense really really sucks. Bush also fumbled once and pouted in a bizarre manner all day. Several times I noticed him unnecessarily spiking the ball or tossing it at random people after the play. He could have been called for unsportsmanlike conduct at any point during the game.
- Uh oh the kicker sucks! We went through this last year as Olindo Mare cost the Saints at least two games due to his general suckery. Martin Gramatica cost them this game by missing from 51 and 43 yards. The second miss would have put the Saints ahead late in the game.
- LSU's Les Miles is a very bad football coach and should be fired. Because he pompously ran off his best quarterback during the offseason, he has been experimenting with rotating two inexperienced replacements. Amusingly the young replacements are one skinny kid who runs pretty well and one fat kid who throws well... but often stupidly.
Rotating QBs is usually a bad idea. Rotating two inexperienced and emotionally fragile QBs is a really really bad idea. Luckily for Miles the skinny kid got hurt against Auburn forcing the coach to stick with the fat kid who eventually gained enough confidence to play well. But Miles is expected to go right back to rotating QBs this week. Les Miles is a very bad football coach and should be fired. - The Broncos defense... in addition to being crappy... sports some humorous nomenclature. It's fun to watch your team get chased around by Ebeneezer Ekuban, Niko Koutouvides, and John Engelberger all day. Almost worth having to watch Reggie Bush play.
- Gold pants now 1-2. This is a trend that cannot continue.
And that's it. Again, please accept my sincere apologies. I promise to do better next week. But right now the weather is very nice and I'm going outside to get some air before I have to watch Les Miles coach tonight.
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