Saints fans over at SBN’s Canal Street Chronicles were understandably giddy after Drew Brees’ surgical passing and the defense’s relentless pressure led the way of New Orlean’s demolition of New England on Monday night. From Canal Street Chronicles:
Fans From Both Sides React To MNF
This game was a big deal and for all the reasons you guys mentioned. Because the Dome is a special place and a huge advantage over opponents; it will come especially in handy during the playoffs and the Saints need to keep ahead of the Vikings to assure that. Because this win answers every single remaining question any of us or the media could possibly have had about the talent, moxie, depth and drive of this entire football team and now the whole country knows it.
Actually, there is one more question. If the perfect season didn’t end last night against New England…will it ever?
Meanwhile, Pats fans were predictably less enthused about the results of Monday night’s game. The folks at SBN’s Pats Pulpit went over the litany of errors the Pats made en route to their blowout loss, but singled in on the unit that got the most exposed: the secondary:
[O]ur New England Patriots made every mistake they could possibly make. Interceptions, O-line fails, lineup confusion, you name it. But the biggest mistakes of all were from our young secondary. Brees is very good at redirecting inexperienced players to a different part of the field and then gunning it to someone else, someone who beat coverage. This young secondary fell for all of Brees’s tricks hook, line, and sinker. […]Brees was able to spread the ball to no fewer than 5 guys for touchdowns. That’s silly. There was simply no coverage on the Saints receivers. Our young backfield simply got torched by a quality team. And there was almost no pressure on Brees, one of the fastest QB’s in the backfield with a super quick release. No pressure + inexperienced backfield = embarrassing loss.
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