I’m in Dallas visiting in-laws for Christmas listening to the game on NFL Field Pass. This is unbelievable, it’s not even halftime and we’re down 24 - 14.
Marques Colston is Out. (spitting up blood)
Mike McKenzie is Out. (sprained right knee)
Aaron Stecker is Out. (foot injury)
The defense is as inept as ever, and the offense can’t make a first down. I’m conjuring up my “Gary Gibbs must go” post.
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Unbelievable, we’re still in the playoff hunt. Great play today by a bunch of guys. While Aaron Stecker’s fumble during the first possesion brought back memories of Butterfingers Bush, his running style was a stark contrast to Reggie’s. His North/South stampedes burned up the turf today as he rushed for 2 TD’s. But Aaron, YOU’VE GOT TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL. David Patten too - he’s running down the field pushing off defenders with the ball in one hand stretched out like he’s begging for a fumble. TUCK IT IN. You ain’t Jim Brown, son. If we had been up against a better team (like we will be next week), those fumbles could have easily cost us the game.
Was Fujita playing like an animal today or what? Good job Scott. Your wife should give birth every week.
Marques Colston, Drew Brees, A+++++++
Next week is going to be tougher, their record doesn’t show it, but Philadelphia is a tough opponent. They beat the Cowboys today, and almost beat the Patriots a few weeks ago. This team has certainly gotten better towards the end of the season.
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Last weekend was awesome. I felt bad for the Falcons, we beat ‘em so bad. The fact that Michael Vick got sentenced the day they played on Monday Night Football was pretty ironic. I agree with nolachick too, the sentence was a little harsh. Some people fight dogs and chickens down here in the South, it’s kind of an effed up tradition, granted, but they do, and it’s just the way it is. I don’t care for it, but the media acts like he was abusing children or something. For God’s sake we’ve got an Idaho Senator picking up guys for bathroom sex - he’s who should be doing 2 years in jail, that’s much sicker than dog fighting in my opinion. Anyway, back to the topic at hand…
I think the Saints are gonna show up in full force again this weekend. I’m not sure why I think that, but I have a feeling that having Butterfingers Bush on the bench is having a positive emotional impact on the guys. I don’t think the Cards will fold like the Falcons did, but I pick the Saints this weekend, 24 - 17.
Oh, and I forgot to mention how sad we all are that Olindo Mare is gone!!! Nah nah nah nah hey hey hey goooood bye!!! Sometimes God does for Sean Peyton, what he can’t do for himself.
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Joe Horn apparently had something to say about Sean Peyton according to the Atlanta Journal. “What goes around, comes around,” Horn said when talking about coach Peyton’s fall from the glory of last year’s season. Horn attributes the Saints’ troubles to Peyton’s treatment of people and last week’s botched playcalling to his ego. At least Joe’s ego is still intact despite the Falcon’s 3-9 season, and the fact that Joe hasn’t scored for them this year.
The rest of the article talks about Joe being booed by the Saints fans, and the emotion of returning to a place he called home. Having been with the club during Katrina, Joe seems to have some sentiment there. I don’t blame him, we have some sentiment for you Joe.
I’ve knocked on Peyton before, and I’ve knocked on Joe Horn before. But I must say, I miss Joe Horn in the dome. If we boo you in the Georgia Dome tonight, it’s not because you never did anything great for our club in the past. That’s for sure.
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Can it get any worse? First Deuce, now Reggie. Go ahead and add insult to injury after the Saints poor follow up to one of their best seasons ever.
As most probably know by now, Reggie Bush is out with a torn knee ligament. He won’t be playing against the Falcons on Monday, and could possibly be out for the rest of the season. With the season pretty much a “wash” now - even if we did get to the playoffs we wouldn’t go very far - hopefully we can chalk it up as a learning experience. During the offseason, Sean Peyton will count his chickens and see where we stand. Hopefully, he’ll hire a new defensive coordinator to replace Gary Gibbs, and defensive players with ability to replace the ones who didn’t perform in this season.
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“This is the worst job I’ve done as a head coach since I’ve been here,” - Sean Peyton
All the Saints had to do in the last 3 minutes was convert a few 1st downs and run the clock out, and Sean Peyton called some fancy trick-play reverse that blew up in his face.
First of all, the defense couldn’t get the Bucs off the field to give our offense a chance. I’d like to say that it was all due to our poor secondary, but McCown had the best game of his career. Still, it takes two to tango and if we had a solid “D” that wouldn’t have happened.
Reggie Bush looks like an accident waiting to happen. I hold my breath and pray he doesn’t fumble every time he gets the ball.
The coaches used up all of the team’s timeouts before the fourth quarter, unnecessarily. WTF was that all about?
Sean Peyton, are you going to do something about this defense? It’s broke, please fix it.
Sean Peyton’s steadily heading down the road that Jim Haslett took, he started off with a bang, but he doesn’t have the guts to make heads roll, and make the necessary changes to get us a winning team. I would fire the defensive coordinator, and replace half of the guys we have on defense.
Mike McKenzie, once again, is kicking butt. We need more guys like that. We have some pieces of the puzzle in place, but we need the whole thing in order to really compete.
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