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Saints 20 @ Bucs 23: Breaking it Down - The Second Half

by Saintsational on Dec 3, 2008 12:00 PM PST

3rd Quarter

At the beginning of the quarter the announcers throw it down to sideline reporter Laura Okmin who informs viewers that Sean Payton told her he's "gotta get the running game going."
12:18 Remaininig - Garcia runs out of time and gets rid of it with a throw to B.J. Askew that gets deflected and caught by Antonio Bryant. Upon further review it looks like it may have hit the ground but the usually challenge-happy Payton does nothing. Interesting. He might have actually won it too! Bucs also do a good job of running a quick play before any challenge.
11:06 Remaining - More Garcia scrambling. This time its 11 yards for the first down with goal to go. Cadillac Williams finished off the drive with a touchdown on the next play.
10:00 Remaining - Brees throws very short to Reggie, who drops a very easy catch. He is visibly frustrated. Unlike Milli Vanilli, Bush cannot blame it on the rain.
9:54 Remaining - 3rd and 10. Drew Brees takes the only sack of the game from the Tampa defense. Credit this one to Greg White who stunts from the outside to the inside and is able to get penetration up the middle and take out Drew's legs. On another note, this was the Saints first drive of the half and Payton called three straight passing plays. Gotta get the running game going, huh coach?
8:45 Remaining - More jinxing from the announcers. On 2nd down Brian Billick mentions that the Bucs running game should soon allow Tampa Bay to "go vertical." The very next play is a deep pass completion to Antonio Bryant for the second score of the quarter. Thank you Brian Billick. Jason David is on the coverage with Josh Bullocks in for help. They both bite on a double move but I'm not sure why Bullocks was so far up.
During a break they put the camera on the guys upstairs. Before anyone had ever mentioned Brian Baldinger's finger to me, I had never noticed it but I finally got a glimpse of it. That thing is nasty! Can't he just pop that thing back into place? They're doing amazing things with medicine these days.
8:36 Remaining - Deuce makes his first appearance of the game with a 3 yard rush.
7:59 Remaining - Gaines Adams beats the hell out of Jammal Brown with a super spin move and forces a bad Brees throw. I wonder if he gets paid as much as Will Smith or Charles Grant.
7:53 Remaining - Brees hits Colston on 3rd down for the first, the second time the two have connected for big gains on big third down plays. That is Colston's bread and butter. Great to have him back. He also makes a nice 13-yard catch a few plays later.
4:43 Remaining - 2nd and 2 for the Saints in the red zone. Brees throws to the right side but Barber tips the ball and Cato June makes the interception. We already heard Payton explain what went wrong with the routes by Shockey and Ortega so I will spare you the redundancy. What Payton didn't talk about was the fact that out of 8 plays in that drive, only two of them were runs. I thought you said you had to get the running game going. Deuce ran twice for 10 yards. Is that not good enough? We're almost at the end of the third quarter here and I'm not sure how much longer you want to wait before you pull the trigger on the ole running game.
The Saints defense forces a Bucanneer three and out following the interception. You can't ask them to do anymore than that.
On the next drive Payton finally makes good on his word to run the ball and calls five Pierre rushes. Strangely enough, he moves the ball well and picks up 20 yards and 2 first downs in 4 plays. Who knew?

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Saints 20 @ Bucs 23: Breaking it Down - The First Half

by Saintsational on Dec 3, 2008 4:00 AM PST

1st Quarter

The Saints first four offensive plays are passes mixing in quick screens with a couple of tight end passes to Shockey and Miller.
11:06 Remaining - 3rd and 2. Brees completes a quick pass to Reggie to get the first down. Carl Nicks gets called for a holding penalty and it turns into 3rd and 12. Fortunately, Brees hits Colston on a nice rollout pass to Colston for the first down.
10:05 Remaining - Holy crap Meachem caught a pass!
8:46 Remaining - 4th and 1. It's an end around to Devery Henderson. This play usually works. Barrett Ruud does a good job sniffing it out and Devery has no where to go. Bucs get the ball.
There were 13 total plays in this Saints first drive. 10 of them were passes! Remember, this is the first drive not the last.
7:28 Remaining - Garcia throws over the middle on third down. The pass is completed to Michael Clayton but Vilma is right there and decides he doesn't like that idea and takes the ball himself. Great play by Vilma. Turnovers are huge.
6:11 Remaining - The ever scary 3rd and 1. The Bucs line gets a good jump when Reggie gets the pitch and it doesn't look like he has anywhere to go. He turns it outside as usual but upon further review there is definitely room to turn it upfield instead. He still might not have gotten the first down but he wouldn't have lost yardage. Hartley kicks his 47-yarder into the wind. This one kick gives much hope.
4:49 Remaining - Sedrick Ellis bats down a Garcia pass at the line. This is the second game in a row he has done that. An underrated quality I think.
4:44 Remaining - 3rd and 4. Garcia slips through the middle and scrambles for 7 yards and the first down. Get used to the frustration.
The rain starts and begins affecting the game. Antonio Bryant and Warrick Dunn both slip and help the Saints.
2:03 Remaining - Garcia completes a pass to a wiiiiiide open Jerramy Stevens on the right side. There were no Saints within 10 yards of him.
0:20 Remaining - Another play action from Garcia. Again he quickly decides to tuck and run. Vilma misses a tackle. Hollis Thomas gets juked. Shanle finally converges for the tackle but only after 5 yards are gained.