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Saints Week 2 Preseason Recap vs Steelers

by Brees4TheWin9 | 4 years ago | 0 Comments

Saints vs Steelers Recap

Three Major Points

  1. Lack of Success from the QB position.  

  2. Lack of Pressure

  3. Defense keeps us in it.

Let us begin with the first point; the QB position. We left the starting unit in for the first 2 half, and then on the final drive in a 2 minute situation. Between Brees and Jameis both, they threw 4 interceptions. Add another fumble from Taysom earlier in the game, and you have a recipe for disaster. The Steelers defense proved to be troublesome throughout the game, 1st and 2nd unit alike. Devin Bush flew all over the field and would make tackles, create pressure, and be a defensive leader. In the QB room in New Orleans, Jameis has been the least impressive by far. Coach Jordan gave Winston more play time this week, leading to him being pulled in the 4th quarter. 

Moving on to the next point, a lack of pressure. Truth be told, the backups in Pittsburgh carved up our secondary, and ate us alive on inside routes. Slants, drags, whatever they threw, they had time. With only grabbing 1 sack all game long, the Saints secondary did not do their job as well as we could have hoped. With an aging secondary, we look forward to building up Marshon and seeing how he can pull them along. Besides getting carved up, the defense actually did something positive, which leads me to my next point..

In the final point of this recap, the Saints secondary DID force two 4th quarter interceptions to keep us in it late. PJ and Marcus Williams prevented any more scoring from the Steelers offense and gave us an oppurtunity to score and win the game on a final drive. Unfortunately, we did not complete the comeback, but I was happy to see a little bit of defense being played at some point in this game. 

The Saints fall 13-19 in preseason week 2.