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New Orleans Saints will pound Robert Griffin III (NFL.com article)
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:58 pm
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1) The Saints will march all over RG3
I feel terrible for Robert Griffin III. He will never forget his NFL debut. The New Orleans Saints are going to crush Griffin III and the Washington Redskins. This game was over months ago.
Don't misinterpret. I love RG3. I think he's going to have a great rookie season and become entrenched as a star in Washington, D.C., with his play, leadership and personality. He's just walking into a hornet's nest Sunday at the Superdome.
No team in the NFL needs the season to start as much as the Saints. They are hot. They are angry. Every single player, every single resident of the state believes they were wronged by Roger Goodell and the NFL with the "Bountygate" suspensions. Sean Payton won't coach a game this year and can't communicate with the team. Goodell successfully ended bounties forever in the NFL with the penalty. The Saints don't see it that way. Heck, there was a "Free Sean Payton" banner flying over MetLife Stadium for the NFL Kickoff game on Wednesday night.
Jon Vilma won't play a down on Sunday -- or, at this point, the rest of the season. General manager Mickey Loomis won't be found near the game, serving an eight-game suspension. Joe Vitt is the interim coach, but he's beginning a six-game suspension of his own. So, enter Aaron Kromer as the interim to the interim. The built-up anger will give this game a playoff feel. The Saints need to hit someone. RG could easily stand for Roger Goodell as the Saints see it.
By the way, New Orleans is good, and vastly superior to the Redskins.
I don't want to pooh-pooh the importance of Payton, a great play caller who seemingly shares a brain and a feel for the game with Brees. Payton will be missed. But Brees is a star. He will be out to prove he can still dominate sans Payton.
Pete Carmichael Jr. will call the plays this year. You can bet he will do his best Payton impression and be super aggressive, throwing the ball over the middle to the unstoppable Jimmy Graham, down the field to Marques Colston and in the flat to jitterbug Darren Sproles. Washington's defense will have no response.
Lost in the Bountygate shuffle this offseason: The Saints' smart upgrade of Steve Spagnuolo at defensive coordinator. He's a masterful guru, a great designer of pressure. The reason Spags isn't the interim head coach is so he can solely focus on running New Orleans' defense. He will blitz RG3. He will confuse RG3. The Saints will pound RG3, legally, with no money exchanging hands, of course. Loomis made a savvy pickup by signing Curtis Lofton to fill Vilma's void at linebacker.
I think the 'Skins compete all year and win seven games. I think Griffin III competes for Offensive Rookie of the Year, falling short to Andrew Luck. I think RG3 has no chance on Sunday. In fairness to him, most quarterbacks -- most teams -- couldn't beat the talented and angry Saints in Week 1 after this offseason.
Good luck in Week 2 against the St. Louis Rams, Robert. You're already 0-1.
By Adam Schein
Columnist, NFL.com
1) The Saints will march all over RG3
I feel terrible for Robert Griffin III. He will never forget his NFL debut. The New Orleans Saints are going to crush Griffin III and the Washington Redskins. This game was over months ago.
Don't misinterpret. I love RG3. I think he's going to have a great rookie season and become entrenched as a star in Washington, D.C., with his play, leadership and personality. He's just walking into a hornet's nest Sunday at the Superdome.
No team in the NFL needs the season to start as much as the Saints. They are hot. They are angry. Every single player, every single resident of the state believes they were wronged by Roger Goodell and the NFL with the "Bountygate" suspensions. Sean Payton won't coach a game this year and can't communicate with the team. Goodell successfully ended bounties forever in the NFL with the penalty. The Saints don't see it that way. Heck, there was a "Free Sean Payton" banner flying over MetLife Stadium for the NFL Kickoff game on Wednesday night.
Jon Vilma won't play a down on Sunday -- or, at this point, the rest of the season. General manager Mickey Loomis won't be found near the game, serving an eight-game suspension. Joe Vitt is the interim coach, but he's beginning a six-game suspension of his own. So, enter Aaron Kromer as the interim to the interim. The built-up anger will give this game a playoff feel. The Saints need to hit someone. RG could easily stand for Roger Goodell as the Saints see it.
By the way, New Orleans is good, and vastly superior to the Redskins.
I don't want to pooh-pooh the importance of Payton, a great play caller who seemingly shares a brain and a feel for the game with Brees. Payton will be missed. But Brees is a star. He will be out to prove he can still dominate sans Payton.
Pete Carmichael Jr. will call the plays this year. You can bet he will do his best Payton impression and be super aggressive, throwing the ball over the middle to the unstoppable Jimmy Graham, down the field to Marques Colston and in the flat to jitterbug Darren Sproles. Washington's defense will have no response.
Lost in the Bountygate shuffle this offseason: The Saints' smart upgrade of Steve Spagnuolo at defensive coordinator. He's a masterful guru, a great designer of pressure. The reason Spags isn't the interim head coach is so he can solely focus on running New Orleans' defense. He will blitz RG3. He will confuse RG3. The Saints will pound RG3, legally, with no money exchanging hands, of course. Loomis made a savvy pickup by signing Curtis Lofton to fill Vilma's void at linebacker.
I think the 'Skins compete all year and win seven games. I think Griffin III competes for Offensive Rookie of the Year, falling short to Andrew Luck. I think RG3 has no chance on Sunday. In fairness to him, most quarterbacks -- most teams -- couldn't beat the talented and angry Saints in Week 1 after this offseason.
Good luck in Week 2 against the St. Louis Rams, Robert. You're already 0-1.
By Adam Schein
Columnist, NFL.com
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:12 pm to Jayson78
Not saying this won't happen, but I know that the Saints have had a knack of making rookies or really inexperienced QB's look good. Hope he gets popped a few times and becomes super timid.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:19 pm to Jayson78
That's some pretty strong words
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:33 pm to Jayson78
been sayin that to my friends and family all week. we will destroy RG3
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:36 pm to Jayson78
Those are some pretty strong words...
...that gave me a boner.
...that gave me a boner.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:38 pm to Jayson78
quote:
New Orleans Saints will pound Robert Griffin III
Whoaaaaaaa, graphic.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:46 pm to CocoLoco
Good Guy Drew will still offer pillow talk. No worries.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:51 pm to sicboy
Great, the jinx is on after that article. RGIII's rookie of the year campaign begins with us
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:56 pm to sicboy
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Good Guy Drew will still offer pillow talk. No worries
Good thing. They'll get plenty of snuggle time.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 3:35 pm to CocoLoco
The only thing that worries me is if RG3 starts to run on us and he gets hurt after Lofton eats his legs off from the knees down.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:04 pm to Shiftyplus1
I hope our fans will be that passionate come game time. I want angry fans. I know it was only preseason, but the atmosphere was subdued imo during jags and texans games.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:21 pm to bigcobra
As long as the Saint's don't completely break down, I expect the MBSD to be ridiculous.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:38 pm to Jayson78
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This post was edited on 9/6/12 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:38 pm to Jayson78
Probably the lock of the century - an arse kicking will surely commence - this is the perfect storm.
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