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Final Score:
Saints: 10
Vikings: 17
Top Performers:
Teddy Bridgewater
174 yards / 1 INT
63% completion
QB rating: 67
Offense:
WR Jermaine Kearse - 3 rec 66 yards
WR Mike Wallace - 2 rec 32 yards
Defense:
SS Robert Blanton - 8 tck, 2 INTs, 1 TD /99 yard
LOLB Anthony Barr - 7 tck, 1 DEF
LOLB Gerald Hodges Jr. - 7 tck, 2 TFL
Allowed only 151 passing yards
See game recap:
http://daddyleagues.com/PX1XB1/blog...ikings-pic-their-way-to-a-win-over-the-Saints
Press: Congrats on the win. Once again, we saw a game in which the Defense won the game, the Offense doesn't seem to be keeping up with the defense's level of play. Bridgewater, seemed to get decent protection from the offense line today, no sacks, but got less than 200 yards passing, no passing touchdowns, and threw an interception. What were you guys having issues with on offense?
Coach: Their secondary was doing a good job of covering, Bridgewater had to spread the ball around quite a bit, having a hard time finding someone open. We ended up playing more conservatively then we would of liked.
Press: The ground game, once again, looked very dismal, besides the McKinnon touchdown, seemed to be struggling there, getting 68 on the ground all game. Thoughts on how you plan on making improvements there?
Coach: I would of liked to seem more progress in the run game, probably would of allowed up to get things to open up on the passing game. Both McKinnon and Peterson averaged over 3 yards a carry, which is ok, would have liked to see something closer to 4 yard a carry or higher. But we went with what they gave us. I felt it was balanced amount of running with the offense, not our best game, but not the worse either.
Press: Defense definitely played a big part in keeping you guys in the win column. Particularly SS Blanton, with his 2 interceptions and one of them returned for a 99 yard touchdown. Run defense, seemed somewhat lacking. The Saints were missing their top running back Ingram, and Turbine still managed to get 75 yards on the ground. Will there be any changes made to address that?
Coach: Yes, we're always looking at ways to improve our defense, regardless of how well we play on the field. Next week we have the Packers to contend with, whom do like to run and do it well, so we'll have to better prepared to handle that, and if teams are still getting that much yardage without their starting back in, that’s a problem that needs to be addressed and is one of our number one priorities in preparing the defense. As far as I know all the Packers backs are healthy and fully expect them to run as much as we allow.
Press: Thanks for your time, good luck next week with the Packers.
Saints: 10
Vikings: 17
Top Performers:
Teddy Bridgewater
174 yards / 1 INT
63% completion
QB rating: 67
Offense:
WR Jermaine Kearse - 3 rec 66 yards
WR Mike Wallace - 2 rec 32 yards
Defense:
SS Robert Blanton - 8 tck, 2 INTs, 1 TD /99 yard
LOLB Anthony Barr - 7 tck, 1 DEF
LOLB Gerald Hodges Jr. - 7 tck, 2 TFL
Allowed only 151 passing yards
See game recap:
http://daddyleagues.com/PX1XB1/blog...ikings-pic-their-way-to-a-win-over-the-Saints
Press: Congrats on the win. Once again, we saw a game in which the Defense won the game, the Offense doesn't seem to be keeping up with the defense's level of play. Bridgewater, seemed to get decent protection from the offense line today, no sacks, but got less than 200 yards passing, no passing touchdowns, and threw an interception. What were you guys having issues with on offense?
Coach: Their secondary was doing a good job of covering, Bridgewater had to spread the ball around quite a bit, having a hard time finding someone open. We ended up playing more conservatively then we would of liked.
Press: The ground game, once again, looked very dismal, besides the McKinnon touchdown, seemed to be struggling there, getting 68 on the ground all game. Thoughts on how you plan on making improvements there?
Coach: I would of liked to seem more progress in the run game, probably would of allowed up to get things to open up on the passing game. Both McKinnon and Peterson averaged over 3 yards a carry, which is ok, would have liked to see something closer to 4 yard a carry or higher. But we went with what they gave us. I felt it was balanced amount of running with the offense, not our best game, but not the worse either.
Press: Defense definitely played a big part in keeping you guys in the win column. Particularly SS Blanton, with his 2 interceptions and one of them returned for a 99 yard touchdown. Run defense, seemed somewhat lacking. The Saints were missing their top running back Ingram, and Turbine still managed to get 75 yards on the ground. Will there be any changes made to address that?
Coach: Yes, we're always looking at ways to improve our defense, regardless of how well we play on the field. Next week we have the Packers to contend with, whom do like to run and do it well, so we'll have to better prepared to handle that, and if teams are still getting that much yardage without their starting back in, that’s a problem that needs to be addressed and is one of our number one priorities in preparing the defense. As far as I know all the Packers backs are healthy and fully expect them to run as much as we allow.
Press: Thanks for your time, good luck next week with the Packers.
