Carolina Panthers Vs. New Orleans Saints- Defensive Preview

We don’t have the pieces. Brees and Payton will see through whatever plan Rivera and McD have put together during the week pretty quickly. That’s what they’re great at.

That said I don’t think they can stop our offence – so it’s down to how consistent Newton et al can be and whether we can run into a turnover or two.

And you wouldn’t do it ???? How can you say that when the records fall with WINS. If my Saints do sit the starters, you win a watered down agame(Maybe) which would not be a confidence builder. If we play the starters for the whole game’ your so called battered or inept defence will be sitting ducks. To be the best you have to beat the best’ and to do that your Panthers would have to beat our first team. I was not going to post on your site because I hate trolls too but some of your comments are sounding like my Saints will be easy pickins. If the 9er’s slip up there will be no hope for your Panthers.

But did we ever have any of the Saints blog moderators come over here for Q&A posts like we’ve had with division rivals Falcons and Bucs (along with a few other teams in the league). I know the team has zero class so it shouldn’t shock me that their fan base is as equally classless. I think it would be interesting to get their perception of their team, especially one Roman Harper and if they believe their team is indeed dirty.

Brees breaks a record and they call time out to celebrate. Cam breaks a record and gives the ball to a fan and goes back to the side line. Who would you rather cheer for?

They made some good points about the Saints offense. As an opposing defense, it’s pretty much “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” If you only rush 3 or 4, he’s going to have too much time, and Brees is going to find a way to make a throw that there’s simply no defense for, no matter how good the coverage. If you blitz, he can get the ball out crazy-fast to someone who’s not covered. At the beginning of the season, I thought Rodgers had the edge over Brees. But the past few weeks, I think it’s been Brees hands down. They have such a plethora of receivers that it won’t make a difference if they rest their starters – unless Brees sits out any of the game. That’s pretty much the only way our pass defense has a chance. And I just can’t imagine them sitting Brees unless/until he racks up enough yards that it would be impossible for Brady to pass him in yardage.

Hopefully our run defense can keep up the recent upward trend, but I’m afraid it’s going to hurt not having Neblett. He’s been playing well (both in run defense and pass rush). But Shirley’s also been a pleasant surprise. Hopefully he and Kearse can be effective. It will also hurt if CJ can’t play. He hasn’t been racking up the sacks like I had hoped he would, but he’s made a lot of contributions to run defense with a ton of tackles for loss.

Defensively, the Panthers really are at a loss unless they manage to get a few turnovers and/or Brees sits. The STs can’t screw up – they need to tackle (I’d jump up and down with joy if Jason Williams could replay his forced fumble from last week), and they need to open up lanes for Pilares/AE. Heaven forbid we have to kick FGs, Mare has to make them. And hopefully we won’t be punting much, but Baker needs to average more than 35 yards. LOL. But, the biggest difference-maker will be our offense. Chud has to keep up his genius through the whole game, making the right adjustments as needed, and the offense has to execute.

As for the game the Saints are very good but I don’t see their offense verse our D as lopsided as everyone else. Granted, Drew Brees will pick any team apart if given the time but our defense is finally beginning to understand the system and the line backers have improved. The DLine is holding their own (though if CJ doesn’t play that would be a huge hit) & IMO the only big advantage the Saints have is Graham. Our LB’s won’t be able to cover him but some creative scheming could help there. I hope the starters play

I honestly don’t know how to feel about this current chain of events with Saints fans coming over here. It is one thing to wish good luck and maybe talk a little bit about the game but my goodness, to see the insanity continue is just aggravating. To the Saints fans, good luck tomorrow. I hope it is a clean, competitive game. I will even go a step further in saying good luck in the playoffs.

In his picks for Week 17, SB Nation contributor Andrew Sharp picked Carolina, and he wrote this:

Carolina at New Orleans (-9.5) … Cam! Breesus! This game should happen four times-a-season for the next five years.

Right now, I’m fine with it only being a twice-a-season matchup. LOL. When I’m more confident in our defense and when Brees starts aging (please, start aging, Brees), then I might be more receptive to the idea of 4 times a year. =)

I left for a while and I come back and your all still Bitching. Guess I’ll come back tomorrow and see some more…………
Dirty play………………Check
Bad calls………………Check
Defence sucks………Check
Preferential treatment by refs…Check
Holding …………………Check
Late hits………………..Check
Vulnerable recievers…Check
Late hits ……………….. Check
Roughing the Passer….Check
Pass interference………Check
Poor us……………………Check