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Saints believe key to defense is improving speed

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, May 23, 2003

With an offense that has combined for 765 points over the past two seasons, and which features a plethora of exciting, young playmakers, the New Orleans Saints have offered their opponents and their fans a graphic illustration of the old notion that speed skills. Unfortunately, a defense that permitted 797 points over the same period, and collapsed in the stretch run of both the 2001 and 2002 campaigns, has demonstrated that a lack of speed can be murderous to a franchise's playoff aspirations. ...

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