Doug’s notes in Max Hall’s debut as starter in NFL
Oct 11, 2010, 4:31 AM | Updated: Jul 26, 2024, 1:48 pm
AZ gets ball 1st here comes the Max Hall era
Great start for LSH…I’m already 0-for-1 in decision making because I thought he should have taken a knee
There were 10 guys in the box for the first run and it went no where
He was keyed on Fitz through the whole route…1st pick was easy
0-0 12:56 Saints ball
I was hoping we solved the whole TE problem
WOW…haven’t seen D-Wash since the pre-season
Great play by Rhodes to stop Shockey on the slant…that’s a Brees bread/butter play
3-0 NO…9:49
I don’t think AZ will be able to run until Max proves he can’t beat them…but I’d keep running it anyway
What was that running play? Levi went inside and it was Komar v the DE who then left him
ROBERTS JUST CAUGHT THE FOOTBALL
Dropped passes will kill Hall
What was that Max? when you can run…run!
Bad punt
3-0 NO…7:02
Branch is in very early…he just ran over the LT and hit Brees
False start or off-sides…it was off-sides and the refs got it right…1st down
Johnson with some early PT as well…good hit on Colston
Great penetration from Branch…he’s playing out of his mind this quarter
DRC had no idea what he was doing on the sideline pass to Colston
There’s no LB’s closing the gap on the defense’s right side
I don’t think I’ve ever said this but Michael Adams just stopped a TD
Do you think the defense knows where the TE lines up?
10-0 1:30
They have to take advantage of another great LSH run back
Nice 8 yard gain
End of 1st 10-0 NO
Wells has to make that first man miss
Wells should have taken the 4th down play to the house…good call to go for it with the defense playing so poorly
OUCH…Hall missed a wide open Fitz as the CB handed him off to the FS and the FS wasn’t there
Great decision by Whiz…he saw the same thing and went back to Fitz…25 yd gain
Wells in the “I” and gets 5
I don’t know if Max has the authority to check out of a play but he just handed off into a run blitz when Williams had single coverage
Sack’s not on Max…how do you design an offensive play where you don’t block the DE? That wasn’t a blitz. Either that was horrific play design or Levi Brown needs to be benched. Good decision for Max to eat it.
37 yd FG 10-3 NO 11:15 2nd Q
Why does Rhodes clap after a missed tackle…should be 2nd and 15 instead of 2nd and 12
Next play was an 11 yrd gain to Colston…instead of 3rd & 4 it’s 3rd & 1
Run up the middle for a first down…I guess Rhodes isn’t clapping
How did the umpire stare down that hold and not call it?…the referee threw it from the other side of the field
Risky challenge when NO was punting anyway…he must be absolutely sure or worried about a fake
Good challenge…got 12 yards back
Good call on the hold…anyone notice Roberts with no drops
10-3 7:16 1st H
Nice swing pass to Komar to pick up 5…Fitz is just a great football player and not just receiver as he’s blocking on the play
More Wells…less Hightower not an opinion, that’s what’s happening
Here comes Hightower…he saves Max on the blitz and Hall throws a perfect back-shoulder to Fitz for 26 yds
Saints are giving no safety to help to anyone except Fitz when Wells is in the game
PATRICK! Oh Max, don’t force to Larry…he didn’t recognize the safety on the bunch set to the left. Patrick had single coverage v a LB with the LB on the line-of-scrimmage…that could have been 6
Max is staring down Fitz but Fitz is making the catches anyway
NO is reading play-action vs run very well…Wells only got 1
Max got crunched…he’s not recognizing the coverage rolling to Fitz…the other side of the field is wide open
3rd & 20 play really hurt Hightower…he chipped instead of seeing blitz in the face of Hall…he’s in because he’s great in blitz pick up…if he misses, why play him?
Downed at the 1 by Adams
10-3 NO 3:26
PICK…tipped by B-rob and the receiver…good catch by Lenon
Wells stuffed
MAX! NO! run the ball…there’s nothing there
Max just got a rude welcoming to the NFL…he’s not big enough to go head first
Levi’s TD stands because anyone can advance a fumble (http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/fumble) before the 2-minute warning as long as it isn’t 4th down…so it was 3rd and goal with 2:19 left in first half…it barely counts
10-10 2:19 left
Let’s see if defense gives up a FG…I say yes
Nice gain
How do Toler and Rhodes get beat deep middle?
That route to Colston opened up, not often Brees is off…good recognition by Johnson to leave his man and get to Colston
Great defense on the screen
32 yd FG 13-10 NO 1:10 left
Good short KO…Saints showing LSH respect
DA for Max
Quick decision to Williams
What kind of a throw is that? That’s high school. You’ll get your receivers killed with high throws like that
Now a delay of game?
Good decision to go with the draw…you can’t trust DA right now
13-10 H
Hagans looked really fast on the sack
Great play call and even better play by Dockett…an underneath WR screen when the defense is back-pedaling on 3rd and 16 but Dockett read it and didn’t keep going upfield
3 & out
13-10 NO 13:21 3rd Q
I love it when they go to Ben…he’s so tough to cover
Same fumble rule…Max has to keep that close to his body…good hustle by Fanaca
Great screen to Ben…Max saw the blitz coming and sucked it in and then threw it over the top
I love Tim but that was a poor choice
44 yd FG 13-13 9:04 3rd Q
Nice gain on 1st down…NO has gone back to running the ball
Terrible play by Haggans, he really got sucked in and lost the corner
Great play by DRC but the off-sides was unacceptable…wait they called FS? Then how did the play happen if there was a FS?
Bad defensive design…they had Lenon fake a blitz and then come back and find the receiver…there’s no way he can find the ball on that with Brees @ QB
D-Line getting pushed around on this drive
Branch should have been under more control and missed a 3 yd loss that turned into an 8 yd gain…but I’m not going to go nuts if AB plays out-of-control, that’s a good thing
Important to hold them to three since you let them march down the field
Great coverage on 1st & G…no pressure on Brees but no one was open
T.O. NO…still 13-13 3:00 in 3rd Q
NOW I’M TAKING MORE HEAT FOR GETTING KNOCKED OUT OF THE KNOCK-OUT POOL…GUTLESS PERFORMANCE FROM CINCINNATI…YOU JUST LOST TO CLE AND YOU CAN’T BRING IT AGAINST TB @HOME?
Betts v Branch and AB wins…he’s playing out of his mind
ANOTHER TO! GREAT CROWD, GREAT COACHING, POOR NO EXECUTION
Amazing job picking up the draw by Porter…too bad it doesn’t matter because of the FS
Great tackle by Michael Adams…anyone pick Adams and Branch as the best defensive players of the game?
MISSED FG 13-13 1:27 3rd Q
Who took over Roberts’ body?
End of 3rd
Nice play Max…stared down Fitz but then threw in the cleared out area to Wells
The throw of his life…Max had such a tight window for that throw to Fitz…that’s exactly what it’s meant when you hear analysts say throw it to where you want your receiver to get open and not when he’s open
Another great throw because he threw it out-of-bounds, he’s learning while we watch…very intelligent crowd as they cheered the throw away
29 yd FG 16-13 AZ 11:39 4th Q
Very loud for just 1st down…great crowd today
Good speed from D-Wash in coverage -1 on the play
IMPOSSIBLE! FUMBLE REC FOR TD RHODES FOR 6
The Spanish radio guys are going nuts
23-13 AZ
3rd & 6 go draw and go for it on fourth down
Nope, over the middle 1st down
TOLER INT!
Scary decision to go underneath the route to pick that off, if Toler knew he could do that since AZ had a 10 point lead, that was brilliant but if it was a one-possession lead
3 & out
Not a good decision on 3rd down. Wells got 9 yds on 2 carries. Give it to him again. Let your O-line win the game for you or at least show confidence in them. The whole possession only took 1 min off the clock
23-13 AZ 5:17
Saints get nothing
Peyton took a long time on fourth down to decide what he wanted to do
Wells nothing on 1st down
Don’t like the incomplete passes. Keep running the ball. In to offensive possessions NO has never had to use their T.O.
Another great punt
23-13 AZ 3:25
Good route running by Moore and found the sideline
Johnson got juked by a heavy TE
Great recovery by DRC on the near miss pick
Branch got mugged. I don’t care that it’s 4th Q, that has to be called
2nd down…Adams hand fighting with Colston…lucky no flag
3rd down…Meachum tackled by DRC, best tackle I’ve ever seen from him
Got to get that play off before 2 min warning. Bad communication between Brees and Goodwin
Didn’t see the PF on NO but the holding on Adams was a good call
Great twist on the inside and A-Dub was coming but a great pass from Brees…terrible play from Adams, sad because he’s played great all day until the last two plays
TD to Meachum, just a beautiful football play
23-20 AZ 1:49 4th Q
On-side kick and NO was off-side…Fitz recovers
OK…you’ll need to decide what to do on 4th down….if you don’t get a first down there will be around 13 seconds left on 4th down
1 yard on 1st down
0 on 2nd down
NO! NO! NO!…you can’t stop the clock there…you must run the football…this isn’t the time to be cute
Terrible clock management…you snapped it to the punter with 5 seconds on the clock, then downed the ball with 25 seconds left and you could have let the ball bounce around for another 9 seconds
DRC with the pick
Cards win!
30-20
