Saints on grass

[Yadahell]

Something you didn’t know about the New Orleans Saints - Inside the 49ers

They do seem more like an "above average" offense on grass. I recall watching them play at Tennessee earlier this year and they certainly didn't look like the same team when they play on turf. Part of the reason that made winning the last 3 games HUGE.

 

[deep9er]

ok good.

we're hoping to "slow them down" on grass, they'll get their yards but hopefully not their touchdowns.

 

[freaak]

The weather has been too good up here of late. It's supposed to be clear skies through next Wednesday. Where's El Niño when you need him?

 

[clyde_carbon]

They're not THAT scary outside their dome. Drew Brees' QB rating drops 20 points when he's not in a dome this season.

 

[h0ckeysk83r]

Also last year we played them tough at the stick. Hell we should of won that game but had to many dumb mistakes(bad snap safety, fumble on punt return) Still only lost by a FG. But shoulda, coulda, woulda.

We can take them!

 

[Flyingiguana]

ok good.

we're hoping to "slow them down" on grass, they'll get their yards but hopefully not their touchdowns.

guess we should forget to mow the lawn that week. have some horses run around the field for a bit. that should slow them down, heck sproles might even fall into a hole in the field

 

[mufasa76]

guess we should forget to mow the lawn that week. have some horses run around the field for a bit. that should slow them down, heck sproles might even fall into a hole in the field

Oh my that is funny....

 

[Yadahell]

Two weeks of preparing for them shouldn't hurt either.

 

[mufasa76]

Anyone knows if we are getting Ginn and Kyle back?

 

[Jikkle]

They are only scary inside a dome which is why I'm not really all that scared of the Saints. They only look like the hot team right now because 6 out of their last 7 have been in domes and that sole grass game was against the Titans a game in which they nearly lost in the final seconds.

The only team that we really need to be scared of is Green Bay because they can score on any surface.

 

[Jikkle]

Anyone knows if we are getting Ginn and Kyle back?

Kyle for sure will be back and Ginn is expected to be back.

I think having the bye week is going to be huge for the team to recharge some batteries.

 

[deep9er]

just play our best and don't "give it away". IF they're still better than day, fine.

 

[maniax]

You think the groundskeepers at Candlestick would run the sprinklers extra long overnight to soak the field, to give the 49ers a wetter field and an advantage?

The sloppier the field is, the more advantage the 49ers get.

Can teams do those kinds of things legally? Try to make the field sloppy on purpose by watering, not cutting, etc.?

 

[MW49ers5]

You think the groundskeepers at Candlestick would run the sprinklers extra long overnight to soak the field, to give the 49ers a wetter field and an advantage?

The sloppier the field is, the more advantage the 49ers get.

Can teams do those kinds of things legally? Try to make the field sloppy on purpose by watering, not cutting, etc.?

Legally, no.

 

[tallglassofwater007]

You think the groundskeepers at Candlestick would run the sprinklers extra long overnight to soak the field, to give the 49ers a wetter field and an advantage?

The sloppier the field is, the more advantage the 49ers get.

Can teams do those kinds of things legally? Try to make the field sloppy on purpose by watering, not cutting, etc.?

In highschool that happened to us. The other teams grass was soooo long and wet. The whole game it felt like I was on skates.

 

[Mozart'sGhost]

Hopefully the 49ers haven't cut the grass at Candlestick since the 19th of December before the Steeler game and the grass will be one huge morass come 14 January.

 

[Mozart'sGhost]

In highschool that happened to us. The other teams grass was soooo long and wet. The whole game it felt like I was on skates.

Remember the "Push" bowl in 2005 when Notre Dame did that to SC. When they showed the length of that grass on TV I busted out laughing.

 

[EaseUrStorm]

Also last year we played them tough at the stick. Hell we should of won that game but had to many dumb mistakes(bad snap safety, fumble on punt return) Still only lost by a FG. But shoulda, coulda, woulda.

We can take them!

That was a very memorable game. Alex Smith was playing pretty good in that one I remember with some big hookups with Vernon. I also remember Delanie Walker had a key fumble on an initial drive deep in their territory and it was a huge momentum killer. One of the tougher losses that I can remember. But we haven't had that many losses recently (knock on wood)

 

[vvoland]

Legally, no.

what does that mean? say we go into next week's game and don't cut the grass, overwater, etc etc.. can the NFL postpone the game for a few hours while forcing the crew to cut the grass or dry the field? what's the recourse. can the saints play under protest? i'm sure home teams have done things like this in the past but i don't remember the NFL ever doing anything to negate that time of 'preparation.'

 

[dredinis21]

I hope our team remembers the blitzkrieg that the Saints put on us in the first game of preseason and I'm hoping that now that it counts, we pay it back to them while using Bowman and Willis' sideline to sideline ability in order to counter their screens to Sproles. Nothing would make me happier then watching Brees scrape himself off the grass after every passing situation.