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00:00Right here, and if it's a long play, so be it, but the main goal, get a couple of first
00:04downs, run some plays, run some clock, allow their defense to get a chance to catch their breath, settle down,
00:10and relax a little bit after they just gave up a score.
00:14There they go, play action here with Brantley.
00:16And he takes a shot on the release, as this will be incomplete.
00:21At this point in the game, in the situation they're in partner, these incompletions that we're seeing, they need to
00:26turn into positive snaps, and soon.
00:31This offense in desperate need of a conversion as they come up on third down.
00:39To the air is Rantler, he'll try to pick it up himself.
00:44And he'll be taken down, but not before he gets in the territory.
00:49Good coverage downfield, that he taking off, picking up the first down on a 13-yard run.
00:57He certainly isn't looking at the scoreboard out there, because to me, all he's concerned about is analyzing the field,
01:03making most of the time left in this game.
01:05Deppis is still there, but he's starting to hit them with some big plays.
01:12A 10th carry for Canera.
01:16And a strong run there, as he'll take this all the way down to the 35.
01:2115 more there, and they're on a roll.
01:23It's another first down.
01:25First down does not come easy, and neither of runs like this throughout this game.
01:29Absolutely not.
01:30He finally felt like, whoa, a sigh of relief.
01:32We got something going in the running game.
01:38Throwing is Rantler.
01:41A little short pass here to Hill.
01:44The completion was giving up, but that's why he plays zone defense.
01:48So you can have people around the ball when it's caught, and you don't give up much run after the
01:52catch.
01:58This second and four.
02:06Camara off the middle.
02:08Just a yard in the pickup there, and he'll leave him with a third and three.
02:12You know that old expression, it's not my knife.
02:15It hasn't been hit so far.
02:17I don't know if the legs are a little bit heavy.
02:19Sometimes having to hang out all day and play doesn't exactly play to your advantage,
02:23but it's been a tough go for him.
02:26And every time he looks up, somebody's there defensively.
02:28That was the same case on that play.
02:31Here's Rantler.
02:32He'll try to pick it up himself.
02:36The escapability in evidence there is that one good for 15 at first.
02:48He's been making himself a weapon as a runner, and the results, they've been welcomed by his offense.
02:53My question is about the defense we're watching right now, partner.
02:56Even after you get out of a scramble earlier this drive, they still aren't devoting enough attention to him.
03:01And I would expect that after that carry, they'll do a much better job going forward, spying on him by
03:07passing guys.
03:08And he's just going to run right into that big old defensive end, and that play going nowhere.
03:15And we've got to pause following the play, because it appears a member of the Bengals in some discomfort.
03:21While they come out and take a look at him, we will step aside for just a moment.
03:42That loss of three, a rare stumble on a promising drive.
03:46Here's second and 13.
03:52They'll set up to throw.
03:54Open that left side, so he has it.
03:58Calling a gain of six on the play.
04:00Third and seven now.
04:03It's a gain of six.
04:05Brings on third and seven.
04:12So seven yards from the first down here as they come up to the line of scrimmage.
04:18On third down, he'll drop to throw.
04:21He'll try and do this himself.
04:23And I don't think he got there.
04:25No.
04:26He's short by maybe a foot.
04:28Maybe.
04:28Call it fourth and inches.
04:31That was a good effort there, trying to do it on his own.
04:33But as a defender, you're in a tough spot, because you have coverage responsibilities behind you.
04:38And if you take off too quick to try and get him down, he might have lopped it over your
04:42head.
04:42So better to track with your man defensively than try to go up and make a stop on the quarterback.
04:47That's exactly right.
04:48What you're hoping is that your guys in the first seven can get him down.
04:51They'll get neither the touchdown nor the first down.
04:55And this 11-play drive is going to lead to nothing on the scoreboard.
04:59So that's the second time this game they've given it up on fourth down.
05:03They're now one for three on fourth down conversion drives.
05:06But they must feel good about what they're doing, right?
05:09They continue to go for it on fourth down.
05:11Give the defense a lot of credit, though.
05:13They've stopped them two out of three times.
05:15Usually, you have fourth down plays that you have dialed up and ready to go and you think
05:20are going to be successful.
05:22Not so far in this game.
05:36They'll start this drive out on the ground.
05:40And now they're going to get him down right at the line of scrimmage.
05:48That first down play, all you want to do is wedge out any type of space and try and create
05:52enough rule that if you have to run the punter out there, he can successfully complete the
05:57punt.
05:57Yeah, didn't get a ton there, but at least some positive yardage.
06:08Here's Burrell.
06:10Now a show run to Gesicki.
06:12And he'll be out of bounds up past the 10-yard line.
06:16And that's good for a game of six.
06:18And it's third and four now.
06:20That tight end position, it just seems to continue to evolve every year in the NFL.
06:26Yeah, you're getting really terrific athletes.
06:28A lot of them maybe were wide receivers at one point.
06:31They continue to give you speed, great hands, and big bodies, which make them excellent targets
06:37for quarterbacks.
06:38And that is incomplete.
06:40Or he had a defender right there with him to force that to the ground.
06:44And fourth down now coming up.
06:47Oh, I thought he had that one.
06:48And that was nearly a big third down conversion to get this drive some light.
06:52Instead, they're on the spot and help separate the receiver from the ball.
06:59And on fourth down, on is the punt team sending this one away.
07:04Fair catch.
07:04So possession goes over here on the punt.
07:07And they will take over first and 10.
07:11Set to take over once again.
07:13Out comes the Saints offense.
07:15And last time, they had it fourth and goal, rolled the dice, didn't get it.
07:19Now they've got to put that behind them, trying to put together another drive.
07:23And simple tip of the cap, a nod of the head to the defense.
07:26Congratulations, you got us last time.
07:28But you didn't hold us the whole time.
07:29We got down to position.
07:31We were able to be in position to score.
07:33Let's go ahead and tap again.
07:34Continue to have that kind of time for us.
07:37Not worry about the one throw that they can come to get into the end zone.
07:40This time, they'll be trying to get it in the end zone.
07:42We'll see what they do.
07:44These are running back numbers that he's accumulated right now.
07:47Received double-digit carries and has rewarded them by breaking the century mark and rushing.
07:52In addition to what he's done through the air.
07:55Definitely MVP caliber football we're witnessing.
07:59Second and six.
08:03On the check down, he finds Kamara.
08:05Two yards on the pickup there.
08:08And it brings up third and five now.
08:10And we see another pitch and catch there to the running back.
08:13This position just continues to evolve.
08:16They become just as critical to the passing attack as a lot of receivers, tight ends.
08:20Because their ability to make people miss in the open field can really generate big plays for an offense.
08:28And it is caught.
08:30And they're well past midfield.
08:32Just a yard or two shy of the 40.
08:35His fifth catch tonight.
08:36And it's good for a first down.
08:39That's good for a Saints first down.
08:43First and ten at the 41-yard line.
08:49And that's the kind of play this offense needs to maybe kick them into gear a little bit.
08:53They've been stuck in neutral much of the game.
08:56Perhaps that can give them a little bit of confidence that big plays are out there.
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