Chris Schisler
The New Orleans Saints lost a game to the Seattle Seahawks that was there for the taking. The Seahawks led from start to finish but failed to stick the dagger into their opponents. Drew Brees and the Saints had a game filled with miscues and they got the loss they earned.
The first quarter went Seattle’s way, but only to the tune of a 6-0 lead. The Saints defense let the Seahawks march down the field but held them to two field goals. That is a win for the defense on a day where the offense needed all the help it could get.
The Saints came into the game determined to have a strong run game. It looked like the plan was working early on. The first play the Saints had from scrimmage was an 8 yard run by Mark Ingram. There was 1 problem to this plan. The Saints could not hold on to the football.
A fumble early in the second quarter cost New Orleans dearly. The Seahawks took advantage of the short field. Seattle did very little wrong in the first half. Before you could blink it was halftime with a score of 16-0. The most shocking statistic 34 first half passing yards from Drew Brees.
The Saints missed 2 field goals, turned the ball over, had poor clock management and had costly penalties. The list of blunders seems to go on forever.
With all of the miscues on the part of the Saints, the Seahawks should have won by a much larger margin. The Seattle offense was not spectacular. The run game was great, but then again the Saints run defense was horrible. The Seahawks did just enough offensively to win the game.
The Seahawks defense played very well. There was nothing open down the field. Jimmy Graham was a non factor. The Saints offense was stifled and frustrated by Seattle’s intense defense. The Saints were guided by multiple should have been interceptions that were dropped. One Brees pass got the Saints into field goal range after it was tipped by a Seahawks defender.
The Seahawks did a lot right; but they kept Saints fans with a breath of hope until the very end. The Saints made every mistake you could make and then some. At the end of the day the Seahawks won. That is all that matters.
