Film Room: Saints MNF Game

[ellis]

There has been a little bit of turnover since this game, but a lot of the key pieces are still in place, especially in the secondary. It was one of the more impressive defensive games over the last couple years from the Panthers. So, we tried to draw a few lessons from it. We have another analysis coming up tomorrow, as we take a closer look at what Atlanta did to New Orleans couple weeks ago. 
 

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[ellis]

I agree, the effort was far superior in this game. The two games you mentioned, the disappointing part about those games was how slow and lost the defense looked at times.

Sometimes in this league, you have to win a low scoring game. They did that in Houston this year, but that was largely due to Bill O’Brien abandoning the run. 

If this defense ever truly wants to be considered elite, they have to be able to win games like this. Otherwise, it’s not sustainable.