Trevor Siemian and the Saints rallied and beat the last year’s Super Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A game won by the Saints championship defense after having a few tiring drives. Guys stepped up big time this week and will need to continue to step up with the way things are looking.
Initial thoughts
- This win is for Jameis Winston
- Alvin Kamara is still getting the ball too much for meaningless plays
- Chauncey had a rough game
- Defensive line needs to get more pressure
- The Saints special teams is an underrated part of the team
Game ball
- Trevor Siemian, a forever Saints legend
- P.J. Williams, playing at a good level of football this year and secured the win
- Brian Johnson is an honorable mention. His missed PAT was also the holders fault for those who didn’t know
- Sean Payton said both Mark Ingram and Jameis Winston got game balls
Areas that need to improve
- Defensive line, the pass rush specifically as Brady had a lot of time to throw until the final minutes
- Playing the deep ball, there was some miscommunication and some bad alignments by Lattimore vs Evans
- Tackling, the tackling was pretty bad but it’s something the Saints can easily fix
Areas that improved
- None of the receivers stepped up and had a big game, but when their number was called they came up clutch
- Running game definitely improved from last week and the Washington game
- Adam Trautman shined with his blocking
Player stocks going up
- P.J. Williams
- Tre’Quan Smith
- Cam Jordan
- Brain Johnson
Player stocks going down
- Chauncey Gardner Johnson
- Marshon Lattimore
Written By Kadin Janisch
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