SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS -- Daniel Ricciardo refused to be too downbeat about qualifying fifth in Belgium after a strategy gamble narrowly paid off in Q2.Ricciardo set his quickest Q2 time on the soft tyre, which the regulation state must be the race tyre for those who make it through to Q3. However, that decision saw him drop down the timing screens in the last moments of the session as others improved, though he ended up finishing 0.3s clear of the drop zone.The Australian admitted those final moments of the session made for uncomfortable viewing.I was a little bit nervous but I told the team, because we set a target and I knew if I did a 48.0 it should be safe, he said. We calculated what the other cars could do. We believed that was okay. I said to the team, look we had already decided before the session that this would be safe, so lets stay in the box, and they wanted to stay as well.They were keeping an eye on everyone. My engineer said, right, we are not going to go out, just fingers crossed. And it worked. It was close but it was okay.A mistake on his first -- and quickest -- flying lap in Q1 ultimately cost him a place higher than fifth, with the late runs failing to yield any improvements. Ricciardo does not mind his disappointing final grid position because he will start on the favoured race compound.Generally I am not that disappointed with qualifying. Id be more disappointed if I didnt make the softs work in Q2. Because we just got through with that, that was what I wanted to do. Of course better than fifth would have been nice, but fifth is still...if we are quick we can definitely still do something from there. It is where I started two years ago, so it can work if you are quick enough.Ricciardo will line up fifth, behind both Ferrari drivers, who will also start on the softs. 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All the rules are skewed for the offense to have success, so if they dont fear you, youre not going to win. So if you can fly around, you can play fast -- with a scheme that everybody knows -- you can be successful.The Saints ranked 31st in yards allowed last season with 413.4 per game, effectively cancelling out much of the production of New Orleans second-ranked offense.The Saints are hoping for better results with Allen, who coached the secondary on the Saints 2009 championship team.Technically, Allen is approaching what would be only his second full season as an NFL defensive coordinator. He left New Orleans for his first such post with Denver in 2011, then made an ill-fated decision to become Oaklands head coach in 2012.He rejoined the Saints as a senior assistant after New Orleans had ranked second-to-last in defense in 2014, then took over as coordinator when Rob Ryan was fired 10 games into last season.During his first full offseason in his current post, Allen has been simplifying New Orleans defensive scheme.He also has paid particular attention to organizational details such as substitutions and pre-snap alignment, which head coach Sean Payton repeatedly cited as one of his teams most glaring deficiencies last season.Half the battle is getting the call, getting your alignment ... knowing the call, and playing the defense, Payton said. That obviously has been an emphasis.Allen, who played safety in college at Texas A&M, articulates a clear vision for how he wants his unit to look on the field.We have total control over how fast we play and how hard we play, Allen said. There are going to be times where the offense is going to do some things that might dictate some different matchups; they might catch us in a bad situation. But how we get out of thhose situations is that we have 11 guys hustling to the football.ddddddddddddIt is really a philosophy and culture of how we are going to play and not as much of what (scheme) we are going to play, Allen added.The Saints expect veteran middle linebacker James Laurinaitis, acquired as a free agent this offseason, to be an ideal fit to lead Allens defense -- not only because of his reputation for grasping defensive concepts and alignments, but also because he agrees that, for a defense, a psychological edge can be more important than a schematic advantage.A lot of times, its more about your mentality as a defensive player and really as a unit than it is about Xs and Os, Laurinaitis said. Every play that the offense draws up is blocked for a touchdown. Every play that we draw up is supposed to be a tackle for a loss.This is all about, how can we play as fast as we can, as physically as we can, Laurinaitis added.Now that Allen has simplified the Saints scheme, however, he expects his players to understand their assignments on both individually and holistically.Third-year outside linebacker Kasim Edebali, whose five sacks ranked second on the club last season, explained Allens approach this way: The last couple years, I was a young player, so I was very worried about my position and what Ive got to do. But coach really preaches that everybody understands whats going on around you, so you really know where you are in the defense and where everybody else is, so you can play smart.Through the first five practices of training camp -- three of them in full pads -- the defense has come up with its share of highlights, from safety Roman Harper stripping running back Mark Ingram to a couple of interceptions of star quarterback Drew Brees. But the Saints offense has produced some big plays as well during 11-on-11 drills.Payton said after Mondays practice that it will take until the first couple of regular-season games to see whether the Saints defense is meeting goals of being better at communicating, thwarting third-down plays and tightening inside its own 20.But he added, I expect us to be, because itll be hard not to be, right?Game notes Payton announced after practice that the Saints have signed veteran offensive lineman Tony Hills, who was with the club for part of last season, and assigned a waived-injured designation to rookie Ryker Mathews. ... 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