Continuing Camp Coverage...

I am not saying I have ESP but if you read some of my previous blogs, you'll notice that I am way ahead of the local media. If you woke up this morning and read the Sports section of our local newspaper, it's almost like they read my blog then asked the questions. Gregg Williams basically was quoted as saying exactly what I said here several days ago...The MAIN reason he signed on with the Saints was the fact we had Drew Brees and the other team didn't. Not to mention an explosive offense surrounding Brees which makes him that much better. Williams knows on any given Sunday for whatever reason your defense can have an off day. On those occasions he likes knowing that there is a leader(Brees) on the other side of the ball who can bring the team back or if you like "COVER"  for the mistakes that the defense might have made. Williams is smart enough to know very few defenses can play perfect ball week in and week out. He likes that fact that if his defense happens to give up 21 points that our offense can rack up 30 or better. This is another reason why you see the emphasis by Coach Williams on running to the ball, stripping the ball, batting the ball into the air, etc to create turnovers. If his defense can create a couple turnovers a game, that puts the ball in Drew's hands for one more scoring opportunity. If by some chance with a little luck his defense can score as they did last year, then all the better. Last season the Saints had 35 turnovers of which 26 were interceptions 7 returned for touchdowns. I just love to hear the football gurus go on about how it is unlikely the Saints can duplicate those numbers. On the contrary I'll be very disappointed  if we do not improve upon those numbers. As long as we can stay healthy we should do better than last season in both the play of the defense and turnovers created. Jonathan Vilma already stated that they left a lot of turnovers on the field. This is a defense which realizes they missed opportunities last year and intend on improving. Watch out Saints fans this defense is just getting started.