New Orleans Saints Rushing Attack Still a Concern?

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Published: August 18, 2009

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... inability to to run the ball to close out games.

Yes, I am aware that we are a pass first team and I do love it knowing that we can go down the field in three to four plays and the excitement of watching quarterback Drew Brees blow up secondaries, but I still believe that there will be games that the Saints are going to have to run the ball.

In 2008 the Saints ranked 28th in the league in rushing averaging 99.6 yards per game and a rough 4.0 yards per carry average, the plus side to this is that the Saints have been able to score with their ground game being tied for fourth in the league in rushing touchdowns with 20 the only rushing attacks that had more were the Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, and the New England Patriots.

What I am trieng to get at is this I know the Saints will always be a pass first team as long as Sean Payton and Drew Brees stay in New Orleans but I do  feel that Brees has had some rough games that he would've been helped out b...

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