Published on: 17th September, 2009
Today I will give you a little preview for when the Saints have the football on Sunday against the Eagles' defense. As I mentioned in yesterday's defensive preview, the Saints and Eagles stylistically are very similar football teams. They are both very aggressive and high in volume with their schemes. They both attempt to fool ...Published on: 11th September, 2009
Update: The West Hills Wolfpack Freshman Football team (I'm the Wide Receivers Coach) lost 28-0 yesterday, although they were only down 7-0 at the Half, and had about a 40 yard pass play near the end of the half, but could not score in four tries from the two-yard line. The ...Published on: 7th September, 2009
Rod Harper officially made the New Orleans Saints' 53-man roster on Saturday. After watching the 2009 preseason, this became nothing more than a formality. Harper was the Saints' most explosive playmaker in the preseason. He scored on two punt returns and was constantly running free in the defensive secondary, catching passes ...Published on: 20th July, 2009
This is the sixth of eight summer articles intended to go into greater depth on some of the schematics the Saints will use this upcoming season, in hopes of retaking control of the NFC South. Today's edition deals with one of the elements that a Gregg Williams' defense is best known for—the overload ...Published on: 6th July, 2009
For the next eight weeks, I will write one column a week regarding different concepts the Saints will use either on offense or in defensive packages in 2009. Today's version is about the play-action passing game, something the Saints have used very successfully in the past few years and no doubt ...Published on: 29th June, 2009
For the next eight weeks, I will write one column a week regarding different concepts the Saints will use either on offense or in defensive packages in 2009. Today's version deals with some of the intricacies of the Crossing Route, which has become a staple of pretty much every NFL offense, ...Published on: 22nd June, 2009
For the next eight weeks, I will write one column a week regarding different concepts the Saints will use either on offense or in defensive packages in 2009. Today's version talks about the intricacies of the Swing Screen. If you hear Jim Henderson yell something to the extent of "He's at the ...