N.O. Ceilings: Saints 2014 Off Season Thread

[b. woods]

I'm on us acquiring a Champ.

 

[Lee_Land]

Champ is Brehs

 

[clutch]

Better than Corey White

 

[Lee_Land]

Better than Corey White

Don't mention that bum ass nikka again breh

 

[Brady-Carter]

 

[PortCityProphet]

Us vs Minny Champ game is on NFL network right now

 

[PortCityProphet]

Looks like we gonna switch to being a zone running team for Ingram
if it helps him i'm all for it. can't get no worse
Conversion From Man to Zone Blocking Benefits Mark Ingram, New Orleans Saints Offense - Canal Street Chronicles

When you’re working for the New Orleans Saints, that list got a little bit more expansive in 2013. The Saints began transitioning from a power running scheme to a zone blocking scheme. This was, presumably, to cater to Mark Ingram. Ingram, of course, was drafted in the first round after the Saints traded in to get him in the 2011 draft, so they wanted (and want) him to be their workhorse for a few years to come.
Unfortunately, he has not yet lived up to the name "workhorse." Not even close. The Saints have a running back by committee system, so no one guy is going to get 250-300 touches in a season. Ingram, however, has been nowhere near what they wanted yet. In 2011, he got 122 touches for 474 yards, garnering a 3.9 yards per carry average. In 2012, he touched the ball 156 times for 602 yards, again picking up 3.9 YPC (2012 was the only year he played 16 games as well). In 2013, he carried 78 times for 386 yards, picking up 4.9 YPC. This stat should be taken with a grain of salt, however, as he only played 8 games last season, shrinking his sample size, and had his stats inflated by an utterly atrociousDallas Cowboys defense, against whom he picked up 145 yards on 14 carries (that’s 10.5 yards per carry for a single game).
The Saints, in order to combat Ingram’s perennial mediocrity, have decided to integrate the aforementioned zone blocking scheme (which will be referred to as a "ZBS" from here on out). Ingram, of course, hails from Alabama, who famously run the best ZBS in the country. Other running backs out of ‘Bama include Eddie Lacy of Green Bay and, infamously, Trent Richardson, drafted in the first round by Cleveland before being traded for a first round pick to Indianapolis. Green Bay runs a ZBS, Cleveland and Indianapolis don’t. The comparative success of Lacy and Richardson should speak for itself in terms of which works better for Alabama products

So, what exactly is a ZBS? It’s actually exactly what it sounds like. Think defensive coverages. Where man (or "power") blocking is simply finding your assignment and taking him out of the play, a ZBS calls on its offensive linemen to cover an area and eliminate players coming into that area. The ZBS slightly abandons size and strength in lieu of quickness and lateral movement. There is more technique and deception involved in a ZBS.

 

[PortCityProphet]

How ya'll feel bout trading up to the early teens?

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

How ya'll feel bout trading up to the early teens?

I'm not with it. We need to be looking WR and there's a lot of them epically in the late first/2nd round area

 

[PortCityProphet]

I'm not with it. We need to be looking WR and there's a lot of them epically in the late first/2nd round area

I only ask cause I saw something about us trading up with the possibility of trying to get the CB Gilbert from OkSt

 

[cfountain]

so glad we didn't pick up ingrams option for next season.

let him ball out() for his next team and let us reap the benefits...hopefully.

for real tho, i hate that they pushed the draft back. i should have BEEN watched youtube vids of our picks.

 

[Easy-E]

How ya'll feel bout trading up to the early teens?

Who's up there that we need?

 

[b. woods]

What y'all fellow Saints brehs think about Martavis Bryant from Clemson in the 3rd/4th round?

 

[Easy-E]

What just happeneded?

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

We picked Brandon cooks out of Oregon st