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Do You Know Who Lance Moore Is?

New Orleans has (in passing yards per game) the number one pass offense in the NFL. They are led by QB Drew Brees who is one of the best. WR Marques Colston and RB Reggie Bush were probably drafted in every fantasy league, and TE Jeremy Shockey probably was too. Yet their leading receiver this season is WR Lance Moore. I was amazed to find out that he hadn't been picked up in my fantasy league until November 12th. He even does a mean Rooney slide. Watch it here.

So where did he come from?

"Moore scratched and clawed his way through the NFL ranks as he began his career on the team's practice squad in 2005 with Jim Haslett still at the helm. He impressed Sean Payton enough for the then-new coach to keep Moore around for the practice squad. Moore made his way to the gameday roster four times but only caught one pass in 2006.

His impressive training camp in 2007 stamped his spot on the roster. He hauled in 32 passes for 302 yards and two scores last season...

McCarthy said Moore's numbers force coaches to pay attention and game plan for the Saints pass catcher.

"We prepare for everybody that's productive on film," McCarthy said. "That never changes and I think that's the beauty of the Saints offense. They do a very good job of utilizing their personnel and their progressions and their approach of how they go after your defense. We anticipate that will be the case on Monday night.""

They have to keep their eye on him. I was trying to find someone similar to Moore that the Packers have already faced this season, and the best I could come up with was Minnesota's WR Bobby Wade. Moore's listed at 5'9" and 190 lbs. which is about the same as Wade. And Wade is not some nobody. With 38 catches so far in 2008, he has more receptions than anyone else on Minnesota's roster. In two games against the Packers, Wade had 3 catches for 24 yards (all coming in the game at Minnesota). But, obviously, Bress is a much better QB than Gus Frerotte.

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Will Lance Moore have a big game against the Packers?
Yes, at least 6 catches for 80 yards
50 votes
No, they'll shut him down like he was Bobby Wade
16 votes

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A Saints fan on Lance Moore

In some ways, Moore has been fortunate to be the recipient of attention that would have gone to either Colston or Bush, both of whom have spent considerable injury time on the sideline this year. So his numbers are way beyond what they would normally have been had the Saints had a healthy team this year.

On the other hand, he’s done everything he was asked to do. He hasn’t got blazing speed, but he runs excellent routes and he has hands made of epoxy. In the Saints’ kind of offense, which is based largely on flooding zones and running picks (so you’d better be exactly in position) and on split-second timing (so you’d better be in position when you’re supposed to be, and not too soon or too late), route-running discipline is a key factor, and Moore excels at it.

If you can assign somebody to play man-to-man on Moore the entire game, you can probably shut him down. But the Saints have a lot more weapons—so many that they’d probably welcome that trade-off. So unless you can get good pressure on Brees all night, Moore is going to get his usual number of catches.

Go Lance!

by MtnExile on Nov 21, 2008 12:49 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Thanks to both of you for excellent info

on Lance Moore…now I know who is. I think MtnExile really hit the nail on the head…our secondary has been gangbusters against the pass, even with our anemic pass rush. But unlike Minnesota and Chicago and even the Titans, we are now facing a top notch QB and we better make him feel a little uncomfortable in the pocket or this is gonna be a high scoring game. I may sound like a nervous nelly but this team looks danagerous.

by PackFaninFL on Nov 21, 2008 11:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I should have listened

I was really confident the secondary would contain the Saints’ banged up receiving core (Bush out while Shockey and Colston had been battling injuries all season) but I was WRONG! Brees was very dangerous. All his receivers could have been fresh off the practice squad and he still would have found them.

by Brandon on Nov 25, 2008 10:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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