re: Wednesday Saints Football

here were some a couple of decently objective observations that related to Saints from a Pats fan at the practices-

1. New Orleans Abused New England's Pass Blockers

It seemed like New England couldn't stop New Orleans' defenders from beating them on the rush.
In Tuesday afternoon's practice, Will Smith reached Tom Brady for a strip sack. Granted, he rushed against Aaron Hernandez, but this was far from the only instance of Brady being flushed from the pocket or simply being crowded by New Orleans' defenders.
The Patriots need to step up in pass blocking, or it could be a long season for New England's offense.

5. Great Competitive Fire
Practicing against the defending Super Bowl Champions seemed to really light a spark under the Patriots and get them to play with more attitude.
There was some chippy behavior from members of both teams, but I recall an instance where Edelman made a good catch-and-run for a first down and was brought down hard by the Saints defensive backs, whose number I couldn't see. The Saints DB swung on Edelman, but Edelman got right back in his face and didn't back down.
During punt return drills on Wednesday, the Patriots vice guys would bring down the Saints' gunners near the Patriots sideline, knocking them out of bounds to a whooping and hollering verbal beat down from the other players. There was a lot of pushing, shoving, and swinging by members of each team.