Around the league BYE week edition

I don't think he sucks.

 

Evidently Thigpen didn't have Christmas plans or a bar stool to sit on because he'll back up Connor Shaw this Sunday

 

A week's pay even at Vet Minimum, is a pretty nice Christmas bonus.

 

"But one thing Ryan said he hasn't experienced much is the kind of sophomore slump the young Saints defense has gone through this season, tumbling from fourth in yards allowed in 2013 to 31st in 2014.

And Ryan seconded what some of his players have acknowledged -- they might have gotten too caught up in the preseason praise and lofty expectations being heaped on them.

"Obviously we drank the Kool-Aid a little bit too much, I think. And if they don't think so, I think that's wrong. I think that's an honest opinion," Ryan said. "I think we forgot how we had success [last year]. You know, the 'Nola' defense, where nobody likes our ass. That's how we played better, when our backs were against the wall, when we had a lot to prove."


Yeah coach, we`re sure its nothing you have done to cause that defense to suck.

 

There could be something to that. A lot of their good players on defense have played like shit this year. Byrd was looking like a Nnamdi Asomuga-esque bust before his injury and Vacarro went into the toilet after a promising rookie year. Cameron Jordan has still been good, but not as dominant as he was last year when he covered up a lot of their deficiencies.

 

But still you don`t go from 4th to 31st without the coach taking some blame.
He did nothing but throw the players under the bus.
FUCK HIM!

 

I agree that he's not a particularly good defensive coordinator. He sort of has that Perry Fewell thing where people choose to believe he's better than his results indicate.