Sean Payton Signs Another Dud, Julius Jones, to New Orleans Saints

October 14, 2010   ·   Mack Bonner   ·   Jump to comments

It's hard to place all the blame on any one coach, player, injury or strategy when trying to figure out the problems of the defending Super Bowl champs. All of the players have been given opportunities to prove something on the field, but failed to do so.
There have been turnovers, dropped passes, and just bad play by most of the team this year. I can recall two dropped passes by Devery Henderson alone, a Chris Ivory fumble and another by Ladell Betts.
Drew Brees has also not looked great so far.
Everyone is rushing to place blame on one particular spot or player that is causing the slow start to the 2010-2011 season. The fact of the matter is that there is plenty of blame to go around. Some of that blame lies with the coaching staff, Sean Payton in particular, and here's why.
With Reggie Bush or Pierre Thomas in the game, Payton has the confidence to call his normal game on offense. Payton uses lots of screens to the running backs, and usually hands the ball off ar...

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