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Jeremy Igo

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I just went over to SR (My first mistake) and saw someone say that Ingram will carry the team on his back...well...lets look at some stats I just dug through.  Since our win streak to end last season, here are the leading rushers against us in every game (Including playoff games)

December 7 against Saints - Ingram:43 yards

December 14 against Buccaneers - Martin:93 yards (highest during this stretch)

December 21 against Browns - Crowell:55 yards

December 28 against Falcons - Rogers:44 yards

January 3 against Cardinals - Williams:23 yards

January 10 against Seahawks - Lynch:59 Yards (Playoff Loss)

Sept 13 against Jaguars - Yeldon:51 yards

Sept 20 against Texans - Polk:38 yards

Even before this stretch, we've been good against the run for a while.  I hardly am afraid of Ingram grinding this team to a win.  That said, I'm less confident against McCown than I was against Brees.  Even if he's the greatest of all time, the offense isn't designed to be decent if he can't throw the ball further than 15 yards.  The only real receiving weapon on the saints team right now is Brandin Cooks and he's a speedy deep threat, so if you cant push the ball more than 15 yards down the field, how effective can he Brees really be?  McCown will make bad decisions, make no mistake about that (I'm guessing we're gonna end up on the plus side of the turnover margin as long as we take the game seriously), but he will be able to throw the ball downfield which is essential to open up their offense.  I've said all along, we're gonna get a push from the saints early, but if we weather their best shot early, we should win this game and probably comfortably.

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I just went over to SR (My first mistake) and saw someone say that Ingram will carry the team on his back...well...lets look at some stats I just dug through.  Since our win streak to end last season, here are the leading rushers against us in every game (Including playoff games)

December 7 against Saints - Ingram:43 yards

December 14 against Buccaneers - Martin:93 yards (highest during this stretch)

December 21 against Browns - Crowell:55 yards

December 28 against Falcons - Rogers:44 yards

January 3 against Cardinals - Williams:23 yards

January 10 against Seahawks - Lynch:59 Yards (Playoff Loss)

Sept 13 against Jaguars - Yeldon:51 yards

Sept 20 against Texans - Polk:38 yards

Even before this stretch, we've been good against the run for a while.  I hardly am afraid of Ingram grinding this team to a win.  That said, I'm less confident against McCown than I was against Brees.  Even if he's the greatest of all time, the offense isn't designed to be decent if he can't throw the ball further than 15 yards.  The only real receiving weapon on the saints team right now is Brandin Cooks and he's a speedy deep threat, so if you cant push the ball more than 15 yards down the field, how effective can he Brees really be?  McCown will make bad decisions, make no mistake about that (I'm guessing we're gonna end up on the plus side of the turnover margin as long as we take the game seriously), but he will be able to throw the ball downfield which is essential to open up their offense.  I've said all along, we're gonna get a push from the saints early, but if we weather their best shot early, we should win this game and probably comfortably.

 

 

and think about how many games we did that with Star.

Who is going to play tomorrow, from what I hear.

 

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