No pass rush

Earlier in the season, the pass rush was so bad that Mike Nolan was already talking about signing veteran guys next season to help put pressure on opposing quarterbacks.

In the midst of the team's resurrgence, the lack of pass rush has not been a headline issue. For one, the rush has been better...Melvin Oliver, Roderick Green and Brandon Moore have come out of relative obscurity to put some heat (from time to time) on the quarterback.

But the rush was nonexistant during the Rams' final drive (after BY's initial coverage sack), as evidenced by Bulger's 9-for-9 performance. He had plenty of time to find receivers and hardly had to roll out of the pocket.

This is a serious issue, especially facing Drew Brees, who is putting up 300+ passing yards against good teams. He must be salivating at the prospect of playing at home against a team that can't put pressure on him.

To have success against the Saints, BY must have a huge game. Nolan will likely have to call delayed blitzes and maybe even risk a corner or safety blitz so that Brees doesn't have a breeze throwing long TD passes against coverage guys who can't hang with receivers. Either that, or Walt Harris and Shawntae Spencer (assuming he's back) are going to need to play out of their minds.

This team needs pass rushing help from the ends...just as it has for the last 10 years. I wish Tim Harris and Rickey Jackson were still around to create some havoc from the elephant...or at least a Kevin Greene...hell, Julian Peterson or Andre Carter would do...