Why did the Bucs lose against the Saints?

[BucFanHudson31]

lol

[Morgan]

injuries finally catching up to the team

[Boid Fink]

Josh Freeman happened to the Saints.  And the Secondary happened to Brees.

[BucFanHudson31]

Yeah..Josh Freeman is basket case ... He doesn't shoulder all the blame but most of our offensive struggles can be blamed on him.

[Hate]

Why did the Bucs lose against the Saints?

because the Saints scored more pts than we did

[Feel Real Good]

The entire team mailed it in.

[Morgan]

Why did the Bucs lose against the Saints?

because the Saints scored more pts than we did

[BucfanNC12]

Fans need to give the Saints credit. Their defense stepped it up big time yesterday. I was predicted Martin was going to have a big game and they shut him down. They shut down V. Jackson for until the fourth. They had a better game plan the executed it.

[Dolorous Jason]

I blame it on the 2nd amendment...

[Madman]

The entire team mailed it in.

Yep. No running game. No defense.

[Hate]

You forgot these??

[TBayXXXVII]

There are plenty of reasons, the biggest though is Freeman.  I mentioned it in another thread, people get the misguided impression that teams are game planning against Jackson or Williams or Martin... they're not.  Not at all.  They're solely game plannning against Freeman.  He can only throw the ball deep and dump offs.  He can not work in the middle of the field.  All teams have to do is take away the deep ball.  If it's not there he panics.  Ball game over.  We've seen this same thing 4 weeks in a row now.  I think it's pretty obvious.

[Ramonb]

Teams have learned....just stop the run and force Freeman to beat you.

[chace1986]

You forgot these??

and this..

[Biggs3535]

injuries finally catching up to the team

Quality analysis, Nurse.