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I'm Going to be Consistant - Support Jason David

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I'm Going to be Consistant - Support Jason David -
Dempseydog Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Jun 12, 2007
	May 17, 2008 12:51 am Score: 98
	I started looking at the 2007 season and I started seeing parallels between the on the field performance of Jason David and Reggie Bush. After the 2006 season the Saints coming off a solid season with a NFC championship appearance and this success overshadowed the lack of talent on defense. All eyes were on Fred Thomas as the big problem with the defense. With the focus on Fred there was a tendency to over look the other glaring holes. Now in comes a three year starter and Cover 2 corner Jason David. Now we all got great reports coming out of training camp and problem solved, right? Opening Day reality came crashing down, Jason still has strong Cover 2 tendencies. He batlled these habits all season but remained the starter more so out of necessity due to lack of options. He may catch on this year or he may simply be a nickel back and one heck of a third CB. I believe that is where he will excel and really add to this defense. Also in 2006 the Saints had what was considered to be one of the best RB tandems in the league. The one two punch of Deuce McAllister and Reggie Bush was incredible. Now the 2007 season the Saints make a fatal flaw, they believe they can pick up where they left off and don't go back to fundamentals. They paid dearly for this arrogance and thus the 0-4 start. This got compounded by the loss of Deuce and the Reggie "feature back" experiment. He continued to start possibly because Sean Payton felt he had a lack of options. Reggie's injury forced SP to try his options Aaron Stecker and Pierre Thomas. Now we all know that Reggie is a tremendous asset to the Saints offense when used properly. So Both players were not used properly Reggie is not a feature back and Jason is not a man to man CB Both played with injuries Reggie lost his support (Deuce) and Jason had Josh Bullocks and no pass rush I'm not saying these guys are on the same level but I do believe the Jason David deserves just as much of a second chance as Reggie.
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TrotterNation Reputation:95 Level:Superstar Since:Apr 1, 2008
	May 17, 2008 1:03 am Score: 73
	i concur JD showed some glimpses of real tenacity but his peeking in the backfield really threw him for a loop. Nickle could be his forte'. I believe with another year under his belt in man to man system he can develop better skills. SP and CO need to beat that backfield stare out of him. and of course with the addition of DL and LB we may not see those plays coming out of JD. I say he starts day one or is the nickle.
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NAWLINS2007 Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Jun 23, 2007
	May 17, 2008 4:28 am Score: 87
	I still say we should have traded down and taken -cromartie in the first round. We need a corner, hopefully vilma and ellis will add to the pass rush and grant will get his head outta his butt this year and get more than 2 sacks. smith better have a contract year for our corners to play decent.
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drewness83 Reputation:94 Level:All-Star Since:Aug 29, 2007
	May 17, 2008 6:14 pm Score: 93
	we did get a corner, Tracy Porter....
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skippy Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 20, 2006
	May 18, 2008 3:17 am Score: 96
	i've believe what i'm about to say to be more true with sean payton than with anybody else except bill parcells: when it concerns both Jason David and Reggie Bush, they are on the field because they can play and sean payton knows that they can and i truly believe they will meet their expectations or they wouldn't even be taking the field
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dukstr no saint Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Nov 2, 2007
	May 18, 2008 7:49 pm Score: 94
	Jason David was sucessfull in Indianapolis because of the schemes that were used, a much better pass rush and better linebacker and better safety play. With the improvement of our defensive line play and also the newcomers at linebacker this year, we will be in a much better position to have Jason David, Randall Gay, Mike McKenzie, Usama Young, Aaron Glenn or Jason Craft do their job much more efficiently this year. As far as Reggie Bush goes he has nowhere to go but up this year, Sean Payton really never got into a good playcalling scheme to utilize his talents last year.
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schneck Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Oct 18, 2006
	May 19, 2008 7:30 am Score: 95
	I'm with all of you on this one. JD has now had a whole year in our system to make the transition and was showing some signs of improvement towards the end of last season. Loonis has recently stated that they have not given up on him and they feel he has the talent and ability to complete the transition. I have no problem givivng him some slack.
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porchwolf Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Mar 28, 2008
	May 19, 2008 3:50 pm Score: 82
	Last year David was reminiscent of Fred Thomas, but it was his first year here. If he plays like this for another two years then my patience with him being a Saint will run out. I see the talent he possesses and I hope that last year was more of a matter of changing schemes. However, experiencing eight years of Fred "Toast" Thomas makes me very wary.
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bygkev Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Apr 3, 2007
	May 19, 2008 4:46 pm Score: 97
	Last year David was reminiscent of Fred Thomas First off, Fred didn't always get burned like that. Secondly, Josh Bullocks has the deep coverage over there also, so I would say there is plenty of probabl cause to go around in that secondary. Lastly JD didn't remind me so much of Fred Thomas, because although he was getting bombed, he was also making some picks. Plus he scored a TD, I don't believe Fred scored one for us. I think most of us agree, we liked what he saw in JD's ball skills, now it's a matter of if he has completely given in the the man to man concept of defense we play, or will he continue to rely on is Cover 2 experience?
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