Why New Orleans Saints, Derek Carr Passing Attack Are Key Against Chiefs

The New Orleans Saints' run game may be limited for Alvin Kamara against the Kansas City Chiefs, so Derek Carr, Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed's passing game will be pivotal.
Stopping Patrick Mahomes just doesn't happen, but having Demario Davis and Tyrann Matheiu back can certainly help limit him. With Travis Kelce picking up last week after the Rashee Rice injury, the Saints' defense will have to step up.
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[@Rewindthetimes]

Our defense/secondary can def have a shut em down game! We will win 24-13

[@RoccoBoomin]

I hope your right

[@winterkage6077]

Shaheed going to have a big game. I got a feeling.... who dat!!

[@TRUSAINTFAN]

Shaheex doesn't track the ball in traffic... He has elete speed but lacks the physicality to catch contested catches

[@alphasports3743]

@@TRUSAINTFAN Shaheed or DC. So far DC been targeting Shaheed for big plays and ignoring the primary WR like he did last season. In teh first 2 game, DC head got bigger now he's going back to his old habits.

[@michaelmunro8147]

Grupe has a hip injury? This is odd being Dennis Allen still doesn't know what a field goal is.

[@Fourth.Legacy.]

Why did we waive AT Perry???

[@TRUSAINTFAN]

Because he doesn't fit the scheme.. he's too slow out of breaks and doesn't beat his defender off the line.. he has skills but doesn't have the mental ability to run the scheme

[@enemy.11]

#17

[@felipeechavarria7229]

We need his number to give it to davante adams,lol

[@infantryman1026]

Gotta stand up against the refs too in KC😂

[@j.g.p.jr.6497]

Sorry I missed y'all Friday, but I was tied up with my dad on Friday. Went to pick up a new smart tv at Sam's for the living room. But WHO DAT!

[@troyhung4307]

If they have no run game, they'll have no pass game. Derek Carr was only able to have elite passing game against the Panthers and Cowboys, because of Kamara

[@AnvilLovehorne]

I disagree….. it was because of the Oline

[@elicalif]

disagree….we stuck with the run too long…..as soon as carr got green light he threw a TD

[@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss]

​@@elicalif Such a true statement. It was like watching Carmichael calling our plays again.

[@1B2B-ReyA]

The passing game works like the run game. When one is working, that's what they adjust to. A few completions makes LB's and DB's stay home. Opening up lanes. Have you ever played at any level.

[@troyhung4307]

​@@1B2B-ReyAYou're basically agreeing with me. The first two games, the Run game opened up the pass game

[@roberttrujillo4431]

He's had monster games against KC

[@stevejohnson7026]

Derek Carrs record vs KC is 3-13. I don't understand how you can say that.

[@roberttrujillo4431]

His teams have been crap, but he's put up big numbers on them

[@stevejohnson7026]

Show me the stats. It's very apparent you are just making this up to suit your argument. Please do your research. Please give me a reference for his big numbers vs KC!

[@roberttrujillo4431]

@@stevejohnson7026 go look up his stats against them in pro football reference. Most of the games were shootouts.

[@TribeOfJudah_12]

Who Dat Nation

[@brandoncraft5847]

Your WR1 has to be utilized like a WR1. Maybe change Olave’s number to 17 so Carr will feed him the ball.

[@ejford5083]

Saints are a run first team. When Carr does throw, he spreads the ball. Olave can keep his number 12 as he leads the team in receptions as a 1 should, but you knew that right?

[@traviswyatt8133]

😂😂😂

[@alp414]

Thats a totally biased opinion, Carr spreads the ball and I have news for you...the DC4 and DA17 connection is real and will immediately make the entire receiving corp better.

[@brandoncraft5847]

@@alp414 didn’t work out for the Raiders. You are delusional or insane at this point.

[@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss]

​@@brandoncraft5847 Actually it did for the Raiders offense. The problem was their defense was complete trash.

[@walk4jesusinternationaldis269]

I was watching a podcast of old player and they said the hamstring injury is basically a way player make excuses not to play.. As for as the Saints When Tyrann and denario came out last week. I said to myself the league is making them not play. Cause tyrann didn't look hurt on the sideline. We didn't see them get hurt . Now that they both might play I know it's fake.A hamstring injury take time to heal and you definitely not practicing on it in a few days. This league is getting faker and fakers by the day.. now this is how I see it. First Ross you have not been going for the saints. Neither when we played the cowboys nor the eagles.. But today against the chiefs you say we can win. That's very fishy like the league gave you the memo. Now the difference in the last two games and this game one is the saints vs eagles the betting line would have been is this going to be a high scoring game.. most people at that time would have bet high scoring. But it ended up being low scoring.. someone got paid.. then the point spread.. someone got paid.. then the 0- 3 score for three quarters with multiple opportunities to kick a field goal. Some one got paid. Now the AtL vs saints. If the betting lines says can a team make no offensive touchdowns and still win how many people will bet that will happen. NOBODY, BUT SOMEone got paid. Point spread was 3 1/2 points, some one got paid. It's rigged. Now if you go to this game.. I think the league gave you a hint for you to go for the saints. But if think about the betting lines.who will bet for the saints to win? What the points spread.. 5 1/2 points. Well I believe for someone to get paid again. The Saints win by at least 6 points. I wonder what's the other bett lines. For the Superbowl with KC the betting line was , will Patrick mahomes throw a pass to himself.. No way.. right! Well he did!. His pass got tipped at the line and he caught it.. pay attention

[@axolotylbinturong3918]

Soooo, this podcast is heavily sponsored by a mental health company. Just saying. Maybe check that out. Just saying.

[@Kajun1776]

Good thing there was a run on toilet paper and not tin foil

[@walk4jesusinternationaldis269]

@@Kajun1776 lol.. that was alright. Lol

[@walk4jesusinternationaldis269]

@axolotylbinturong3918 I am going to bring your mom with me ..

[@walk4jesusinternationaldis269]

@axolotylbinturong3918 if you act as if anything in this world you see on television is exactly as they say it is you who are suspect to me. Most people know that things aren't always as it seems to be, unless you work for that organization trying to hold down the narrative. Also, everyone knows they say it's conspiracy theories to keep people from listening and to silence the ones speaking.. They love us to be ignorant and just stay in line and chase after the bone. You are very suspect. I Don carry fear.. but anyway. Pay attention. If you partner with a gambling company , they will have certain agreements. One of us is very smart, and the other is very dumb and should wear a tin foil hat.. #notaconspiracy I WAS REALLY JUST JOKING ABOUT ROSS BEING PART OF IT.

[@jerretcarriere8655]

O line the problem..

[@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss]

I watched the Falcon game replay twice and the Saints coaches lost that game. It's the second time that DA and his mistakes cost the team the last two games. He is the weak link for this team. It seems the team needs a massive lead to make up for his bad game management decisions. I hope he gets his act together starting on Monday night. The games are hard enough without his bone headed mistakes adding to the problem. Just saying

[@1001011011010]

I mean the coaches didn't have bro drop a punt in the end zone or call a dpi call for like 30 yards... Really it felt like the Saints played better than the Falcons for most of that game. They lost to flukey stuff or mistakes that should be worked on, but the Saints moved the ball and got 3 TDs and a field goal while the defense kept the Falcons to only 4 field goals.

[@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss]

So the special teams coach (DA hire) doesn't track to not touch the punt less than five yards to your own end zone? High school coaches know better. DA doesn't know that he should take the FG with four minutes left, all his timeouts and down by six points? Come on. Even the deflected pass interception play not one OL player reacted to get the ball or knock it down. They were all just standing around. That's coaching. Yes, they statistically had the game won. But the HC must know how to make sure those mistakes don't happen. That's his job. Anyone of these changes the game to a W. All three are just inexcusable to me.

[@1001011011010]

@@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss You are really coming across as a DA hater instead of being rational here. For instance, you try to blame DA for the special teams coaching. However, Rizzi has been in charge of special teams for the Saints since 2019, when SP was our head coach. Also, I highly doubt he wasn't coaching about not trying to muff a punt there. There's such a thing called execution and player error. Shaheed doesn't normally make this sort of mistake. Maybe he thought it was further up the field, I dunno. But he almost certainly made a mistake there. Yes, the coaches should get on him about it. Not taking the field goal meant their field position was awful and crowded. This played a big part in how we were able to get the 3 and out and convert to a TD. Surely it stood out to you that we got the 3 and out very early in that moment despite letting them get down the field throughout the game: that wasn't just a coincidence. With the tipped ball I might have to rewatch to see exactly what was going on but the players have their own duties they were preoccupied with at their own locations. There are clearly issues with how the players played that the coaches should be using to drill some things into their heads. But, a coach can only do so much and it's ultimately up to the players to execute.

[@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss]

​@@1001011011010 Nope. Not a FA hater or a huge fan. But I do believe in accountability. The coaches have the responsibility to prepare the players for any contingency. The muff and Int are both things coaches need to address to players and how to act in case it happens on the field. I won't let DA off the hook on those points. And neither should you or any fan.

[@1001011011010]

@@KevinFitzpatrick-fh8ss You're just assuming the players aren't being prepared, when you don't know what their training encompasses.

[@tanyaarrington3251]

I don't care who we have at WR1 2 or 3 Carr just need to stop staring them down. Pump fake or something. Dude televise his throws every time which is why you see so many of defenders either jumping routes stopping the plays. Thats my biggest gripe with him. Let's turn this thing around Monday night. WHO DAT!!

[@MikeyWhoDat601]

What? The pump fake he did ended in a pick 6. Please know what you are talking about before saying random stuff. He has a top completion rate, top 10 for TD. The loses are not on him. It is on the O line.

[@tanyaarrington3251]

I said what I said!!

[@MikeyWhoDat601]

@tanyaarrington3251 well what you said is wrong. 🤷‍♂️

[@westleyjohn87]

Lmao this comment tells me you don't even watch the games.

[@MikeyWhoDat601]

@@westleyjohn87 right?

[@TRUSAINTFAN]

Can we please package adebo and a 2nd to raiders for Adams and both clear roster and allow adams to complete the receiving corps

[@dgranger9288]

I’m feeling like KC will embarrass us sorry but I’m not getting a winning vibe from the Saints 🙈

[@yellaboiroc3188]

The more he throws the worse we are

[@titodalporto1527]

@titodalporto1527 1 second ago DC has your number KC and he's drawing on the power of the AIR!