(10-13-2019, 10:00 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Listening to the after game radio show on 1010, they gathered that the Saints concentrated on taking Minshew's first read. Apparently they figured out that if his first guy is covered, Minshew tends to progress through his reads with increasing desperation. By taking away his second read, he started to panic. The quickly collapsing pocket didn't help. In other words, they capitalized on his rookie-ness.

Like NYC says above, it will be interesting how they overcome the challenges of becoming a successful QB. Minshew is smart and has a tactician's mind. He was overwhelmed by a worthy opponent today, but he'll bounce back.

Saints HC Sean Payton literally said it after the game...

He said, their plan going into this game was to contain Minshew. Don't really pass rush him, just keep him inside the pocket and not let him get outside. Basically limit his escape ability/improv ability.

Couple it with playing tight man coverage behind that so he didn't have any easy quick reads. Try and make everything as contested as possible.

The WRs couldn't get much separation all day, and when they did, Minshew clearly didn't see it, or he wasn't decisive enough to hit it. You could clearly tell he was "off" from the very beginning. As well as his receivers, there was a lot of miscommunication.

Pretty elementary really and as we've seen in the past, pretty much zero adjustment from our coaching staff.

We'll see how they can adjust going forward, because you know other teams are going to try and take this same approach after watching today's film.

Granted not having any reliable pass catching TE is clearly a big blow to this Offense. Sad part is, unless they make a trade at TE, I don't see that getting any better any time soon and it'll likely continue to pose a big issue.

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