We’ll begin by confirming what you probably already know – it is very hard to arrive at any definitive conclusions based on a few plays in the first preseason game. In the months to come, we will probably realize that we learned very little about the 2015 Saints defense from the game in Baltimore on Thursday. However, as it is the first Saints football we’ve seen for over 7 months, we couldn’t resist in jotting down a few of our (subjective) observations about the defensive showing. Mostly about individual performances rather than scheme, as what we saw in terms of formation/defensive playcalling was undoubtedly vanilla.
Each week of the preseason we’re going to begin our “musings” with a Stock Watch Table, which somewhat crudely depicts the six Saints who we believe improved their stock the most in that particular game, along with the six who we think did themselves little to no favors. You can see our table following the Ravens game below:
Saints defensive “stock watch” following the Ravens preseason game.
If you like a little more depth to your analysis though, then you may want to read on to find out exactly why we’ve arrived at the above conclusions.
UPDATE: Our Updated Stock watch and analysis of the Saints offense against Baltimore is now live also. Click here to check it out.
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