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Super Saints Weekly 265

Super Saints Weekly 265

Player of the Game
This week’s Player of the Game for the Saints could be one of many players considering that several of the team’s role players stepped up this week to help pull out a victory. However, after much consideration, this week’s Player of the Game award goes to wide receiver David Patten. Patten had nine catches this week for 122 yards and a touchdown. While Colston, Brees, and Stecker all could have been considered for this award this week, Patten had a career week and helped provide the Saints with the constant receiver that they needed. His performance helped to solidify the Saints receiving core this week and take some of the pressure off the younger receivers. Hopefully the Saints will be able to find ways to continue to get him into the offense and use him as the clutch receiver that the team has struggled to find so far this season.

Saints vs. Arizona Game Preview
This week the Saints will be facing the Arizona Cardinals in what will be a crucial game for the team in their playoff hopes. In order for the Saints to pull off a victory against the Cardinals they will need to build on what they did against the Falcons. Offensively the Saints will need to establish the running game so that they can make the play action pass more effective & limit turnovers. Also they need to make sure that they keep the Cardinals honest by occasionally trying to stretch the field. Defensively the Saints will need to do their best to shut down the Cardinals passing attack and force them to beat them with the rush. In recent years the Cardinals rushing attack has fallen on hard times. For the Saints to beat the Cardinals they will need to keep the Cardinals running the ball to set up obvious passing downs so that they can rush the quarterback. If they are able to do this, then they should be able to pull out a victory this week and keep their playoff hopes alive.

Q & A
Q & A is the question and answer section. If you have a question you would like answered, email it to SuperSaintsWeekly@yahoo.com with the subject heading of Q&A and we will try to answer the question to the best of our ability.
Q – JB, I know it’s early & the season isn’t over yet, but what do you believe the Saints biggest needs are on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball? – Hank
A – While I don’t usually like to get into off-season talk too early, I will take a quick look at the Saints needs. On offense I’d say that adding a big name tight end if available through free agency or trade would be a good addition to the team. Right now the Saints use the tight end position, but they could get more out of it. On defense the cornerback position across from McKenzie would be a key area to focus on also. However, the Saints could use some depth on pretty much every position on the defensive side of the ball. Also don’t be surprised if the Saints look to add some youth to the linebacker and defensive tackle positions also.

Psychos View
This week Saints fans saw what many of them already knew; for the Saints to be effective they need to have a go to receiver & hopefully this week the Saints have found that guy. Patten played well and seemed to be the spark the team needed when they had to have that key reception and the rest of the team seemed to feed off his momentum. While the Saints still need some help in order to make the playoffs, including helping themselves by winning the remainder of their games, overall they are in a better position than most teams due to their current tie breaker situation with other teams still in the playoff hunt. Perhaps with a little help from some of the Vikings opponents & some execution by the Saints down the stretch, they will be able to make another playoff push. After all, once the playoffs start, it’s an entirely new season.

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