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New Orleans Saints Team Captains 2022
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Sean Payton on Ryan Ramczyk's performance against J.J. Watt: 'I didn't hear a lot of Watt's name'
When Houston traded Jadeveon Clowney to the Seattle Seahawks for a pauper’s bounty, many wondered if the Texans could remain dominant up front without him. It was only one game, but on Monday it was pretty clear they won’t be the same.
In particular, star defensive end J.J. Watt was unbelievably unproductive. In fact, Watt didn’t register a single stat. Not one tackle. Not one quarterback hit. Not one pass defended. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
Watt is too good to struggle like this all season. But perhaps he benefited from Clowney more than anyone realized. We’ll soon find out.
(The above is from msn’s take on last night. Notice no mention of who caused JJ Watt’s lack of statistics in the game)
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt carries a well-earned reputation as a game wrecker.
He’s a quarterback smasher. He’s a dominant player. He’s elite. He’s a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
On Monday night, though, Watt was virtually invisible. His name doesn’t appear anywhere in the box score as the Saints came back to secure a thrilling 30-28 win.
“I didn’t hear a lot of Watt’s name,” coach Sean Payton said.
Turns out the Saints had a game plan to take away Watt, who totaled five tackles, two sacks and eight quarterback hits the last time New Orleans faced the star pass rusher in 2015.
“We just knew he’s a key to that defense,” right guard Larry Warford said. “He’s very disruptive and does a lot of stuff that messes up the flow of a game, and we knew we had to control that. We had a great game plan going in.”
The large part of the plan, however, was faith in right tackle Ryan Ramczyk to handle Watt in a lot of one-on-one situations.
“He did a great job against him,” Warford said. “He didn’t get out of his element, didn’t panic or anything, and I think that’s his biggest asset is he doesn’t panic. He just goes back to the fundamentals.”
The Saints owe a huge portion of their success to their rookie core. Super Bowl bound or not, New Orleans has arguably the best rookie class this season.
Top 100 NFL players for 2020 as voted on by the players.
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The New Orleans Saints are already dealing with a couple of key losses this offseason. LT Terron Armstead (72) had surgery on a torn labrum left shoulder and will miss at least a couple of months. DT Nick Fairley (90) is out for the season with a heart condition. Rookie tackle Ryan Ramczyk seen as possible replacement for Armstead.
With the 32nd pick of the NFL draft, the New Orleans Saints select tackle Ryan Ramczyk