Their run defense is definitely the weakest part of the their defense, but that 29th in the league stat is probably a bit misleading if you are looking at how they are right now. Health was a major concern with their run D this year. Sedrick Ellis and Fujita are both massively important at stopping the run for the Saints and they both missed about six games each in the middle of the season (which was when the Saints D started to go down). Another part of some of their defensive woes throughout the Season were because of the injuries to both Tracy Porter and Jabari Greer, our starting corners. Both of those guys were out for about a five game stretch together and Porter missed a few more games after that. When they were on the field together, offenses averaged 219 passing yards, and when they weren't healthy they averaged 303 yards against the Saints. Also, in the 9 games that they played together the Saints D only gave up 7 passing TD's and had 16 INT's. They are a force when they are both healthy. So you are saying he is due to choke...I like it.