OT: So Drew Brees broke the record last night..

by SoMissTitansFan on Dec 27, 2011 12:46 PM CST

With only a few minutes remaining, and the score 38-16, Atlanta decided to go for it on fourth down in their own territory and didn't make it. That brought the Saint's offense on the field with 5:08 remaining at Atlanta's 33 yard line with a 22 point lead.

The problem for the Saints? Drew Brees was 30 yards short of Dan Marino's single season NFL Quarterback yardage record.

Sean Payton decided to go for the record.

Brees, only seven yards short of the record after two first down completions, two incompletions, and a one yard run by Pierre Thomas, then hit Darren Sproles in tight coverage on a RB choice route for a nine yard touchdown, breaking the record.

Now, in the morning after, story after story is coming out talking about how "classless," "selfish," and "unsportsmanlike" Sean Payton and Drew Brees were to go for the record instead of just running the clock out. Some reporters even have "anonymous" accounts from Atlanta players complaining about them going for the record.

Payton said in a normal situation he would have been running the clock out, but that he wanted to get the record out of the way so his team could focus in the upcoming week, when they play the Panthers and try to get the second seed and a first round bye.

In my opinion, the players need to just stop. They play this "mans" game at the ultimate level making a whole lot more money per game than most people will make in two or three years. If they didn't want Brees to get the record, stop him. Simple as that. Once they saw that the Saints were passing to get the record on that last drive, then sell out against the pass because you knew exactly what they were doing, and stop him.

So I ask you my fellow Titans fans, was it classless? Or was it smart of Payton to get this out of the way so his team can focus, and the players stop whining because its their fault they couldn't stop them?

Discuss, and have a great New Years week!!

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Your opinion..

Classless/Selfish/Unsportsmanlike

5 votes

Smart of Payton, ATL STFU you should have done something about it

24 votes

KLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGG!!!!!

17 votes

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hopefully locker will be able to break his record

by jv1222 on Dec 27, 2011 2:17 PM CST reply actions

it’s Atlanta’s job to stop New Orleans, not Sean Payton’s. draw up better coverage next time.

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by D. Reese on Dec 27, 2011 6:15 PM CST reply actions

Uh... The guy was 30 @#$%ing YARDS from the all-time passing yards record

and they’re complaining that they didn’t make him hand it off the rest of the game?

What idiots..

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 27, 2011 9:02 PM CST reply actions

I liked that they went for it. You're close to breaking it, in front of your home crowd, and why would you want to have a week of questions about it if you don't go for it?

Normally I don’t like running up the score. I think that its classless, despite the prevailing thought of “then stop them if it makes you unhappy.” But if you’re so close to the record, you go for greatness.

Drew Brees is one of the classiest guys out there. I’m happy for him, happy for his fans, and the Atlantans who do have a problem with them should be more concerned with the loss than how big the point differential was.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 27, 2011 9:25 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

About the 'running up the score' thing..

What is an offense supposed to do if the defense can’t stop them and they already have a lead? Constantly kneel, make their defense tired, and take the crowd out of in (or get them back into it if you’re on road)?

Complaints about opponents running up the score normally come from those on the receiving end of those situations.

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 27, 2011 9:38 PM CST up reply actions

What is an offense supposed to do if the defense can’t stop them and they already have a lead? Constantly kneel, make their defense tired, and take the crowd out of in (or get them back into it if you’re on road)?

Run, run, run and punt. There was not going to be, what, a 3 TD comeback in five minutes.

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 27, 2011 9:49 PM CST up reply actions

what if they can’t stop the run either?

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by D. Reese on Dec 27, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions

Exactly.

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 27, 2011 10:27 PM CST up reply actions

If you're running the ball and they still let you score, fine, so be it.

But that’s a much better way to run out the clock then to keep passing.

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 27, 2011 10:34 PM CST up reply actions

I agree with you under normal circumstances.

But being 30 yards from a MAJOR record with only 33 yards to the endzone and its likely your last drive of the game?

I’d say go for it…

Locker has a receiver either side;
Locker fumbles the snap;
Picks it up, sprints out to the right;
Looking;
Fires deep downfield
MAN IS WIDE OPEN!!
TOUCHDOWWWWWN TITANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by SoMissTitansFan on Dec 27, 2011 10:41 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

I do too.

See above.

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 27, 2011 11:20 PM CST up reply actions

There is no "running up the score" in the NFL

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by gramsey712 on Dec 28, 2011 9:41 AM CST up reply actions

I agree.

They are pros. They make a living off of this. I would run the score if it made my stats look better and lead to a bigger pay check

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by MikeGriffFan27 on Dec 29, 2011 8:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

A non issue IMHO

There are no cons and plenty of pros
1) Send a message to other playoff contenders on national TV
2) Thrill the home crowd
3) Get the whole record thing behind you so you can focus on the next game
4) It’s football, you’re supposed to score points.
Brees is a classy guy and judging by the conduct of Saints fans on the MCM fan post when we played them their fans are pretty classy too. As a neutral it was exciting to watch.

Too soon to be talking about a Superbowl? Ummm... Ok

by Father of Zeus on Dec 28, 2011 6:09 AM CST reply actions

5) he would have been second guessed either way.

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by stetix01 on Dec 28, 2011 10:34 PM CST up reply actions

So the consensus among posters is a resounding STFU Atl and do something about it..

But we have 3 votes for Drew/Sean being classless… Whoever voted for that option, would you please elaborate your opinions?

Locker has a receiver either side;
Locker fumbles the snap;
Picks it up, sprints out to the right;
Looking;
Fires deep downfield
MAN IS WIDE OPEN!!
TOUCHDOWWWWWN TITANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I <3 Mike Keith

by SoMissTitansFan on Dec 28, 2011 2:45 PM CST reply actions 1 recs