"Mark it down..."
by MtnExile on Nov 20, 2009 8:40 AM CST
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Jason Whitlock, writing for Fox Sports, predicted that neither the Colts nor the Saints would play in the Super Bowl. In fact, he stated he was "almost willing to guarantee" that neither team would make the big game. Not because there are plenty of other worthy teams, but because both Indianapolis and New Orleans are "on borrowed time."
Specifically, his prediction about the Saints reads:
Mark it down, New Orleans is going to lose three of four during their Patriots-Redskins-Falcons-Cowboys stretch.
I like Whitlock. He's willing to say things on matters that other sportswriters won't touch (usually having something to do with race...why are white people so afraid to bring up the subject?). And of course, he could be right.
But if Christmas rolls around with the Saints sitting at better than 11-3, Whitlock needs to hear from a lot of CSC members. A guarantee is a guarantee...and if Whitlock proves to be wrong about this one, I guarantee I'm going to ream him a new one.
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He's an idiot.
…just an idiot.
And AFTER the Saints make him eat his words, I will join you in giving him a huge crap po boy.
:-)
Irony: An atheist Saints fan.
lol
Well for sure the old GGM will be very careful about his gahrantees around here! Since Voodoo is part art part science I am not prone to making any gahrantees except one….
Da Saints are going to the………………..
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Gris Gris Man, Voodoo Surgeon General and Master of Witch Doctory
he is a crack smoking
meth snorting herion shooting IDIOT>other than that Jason whitlock belongs in the Obama administraction.
Yeah
Whitlock for “Diet Guru”!!
A SAINT in Panther country
by carolinasaintsfan on Nov 20, 2009 10:13 AM CST reply actions
Jason Whilock
Well I don’t know him well enough to call him names but…. who cares? For sure last year when they were all predicting us to go before the season didn’t help any… this year they are on and off again our bandwagon… hell their just trying to get their stories read.
WHO DAT DREW DAT TRUE DAT !
Gris Gris Man, Voodoo Surgeon General and Master of Witch Doctory
I will be thrilled to sit back and watch him be WRONG!!
Forget the nickel and dime, you'd better bring a half- dollar to deal with this team.--Tony Moss, NFL editor
He writes an opinion column
and we all know what opinions are worth. Usually, his is one of the dozen I would spend a dime on, just for sheer entertainment, but I don’t take him seriously. He’s wrong more often than not, but he’s entertaining. As for his predictions, I believe the old saying goes “that’s why they play the games!”
However...
He just got through chiding LeBron James for writing checks with his mouth that his ass can’t cash. Now here he goes with this “mark it down” stuff. Can’t have it both ways.
Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston
Another Idiot trying to predict something idocy so if it comes true he look like a Genius
But the only thing he’ll look like is everyone else in the end(except John Gruden)Just plain stupid just plain wrong.Thats what he’s trying to avoid but we all know in 5 weeks we’ll be telling him what a dumbass he is.
Well to give the devil his due, IF our injury situation continues to deteriorate he might turn out to be right after all.
But what he likely doesn’t know is that Sharper is coming back either this week or next, Big Sed and Shanle about the same or very shortly afterwards, and Porter very likely by Atlanta or at least Dallas. So IF we continue to get healthy and don’t have a NEW spate of injuries, then odds are very good he’ll turn out wrong instead.
He could very well be right.
But that won’t have anything to do with their playoff run. We are playing some good teams coming up, and we will have less on the line than all of them. In fact, at this point, we’re pretty much playing for homefield advantage alone. Of course, if we go on a six-game skid, we’ll be playing for the wildcard, but any kind of losing streak would lead to more purposeful games, and I think it would be hard to suggest the Saints haven’t proven themselves a capable team this year(pause here for CP to suggest the ridiculously easy schedule we’ve played and will play, proving this Saints’ squad is far worse than at least 50 other great teams of the past 30 years). If they lose only three games this year, I don’t think I’d be devastated, to say the least, and a 13-3 record will definitely put them in the playoffs, and likely in the dome for one of their games. A bad December won’t take the Saints out of the hunt this year, as in many years before. And anyway, their bad games have been wins so far. We’re going to need a whole new kind of meltdown to take us out of the running. That said, I am the kind of Saints fan that has had fatalism beaten deeply into me. It could happen.
"I don’t know if there’s a good time to play the New Orleans Saints this year to be quite honest with you."-Steve Spagnuolo
“pause here for CP to suggest the ridiculously easy schedule we’ve played and will play, proving this Saints’ squad is far worse than at least 50 other great teams of the past 30 years”
Strength of schedule doesn’t prove or disprove anything, imo. It’s all pre-formulated based on the prior season and even that only dictates two matchups. Meaning we’re not talking about the NCAA, where ADs are hammering out home-and-away series with Slippery Rock and LightHouse for the Blind. I really don’t think of it as more than a kinda sorta useful tiebreaker in hindsight.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Don’t get me wrong, we DO have a very easy schedule this season … just not night and day, when compared to say, Arizona’s last season … or Chicago’s in ‘06. If it behooves us — which I have to believe it has so far, based on the way we’re playing and still managing to win games — then I’m way cool with that. In fact, I’d be ok with Goodell just handing us the Lombardi Trophy right now. “Earn” was never a big verb in my vocabulary.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
And what about New England's schedule in 2007?
That was about the weakest division in football, I tell ya. And I have to imagine Payton Manning and the Steelers both feel they have to get back to the big game just to wash the taste of those hollow victories out of their mouths, and prove they can play REAL teams. I for one don’t care if we get to the Super Bowl in a strike season. I’ll take whatever I can get.
"I don’t know if there’s a good time to play the New Orleans Saints this year to be quite honest with you."-Steve Spagnuolo
1. Vikings: Brett Favre should be the league’s MVP, and Adrian Peterson and Jared Allen will deliver Favre to the Super Bowl.
If their defense doesn’t wear them out first. And speaking of weak schedules…
2. Bengals: Swept the Steelers and the Ravens. What more can a team do to prove their Super Bowl worthiness?
They are a good team and will cruise to 10-2 this month, vs OAK, CLE, and DET. They need to start showing that they can dominate teams.
Point DIfferential:
Saints 134
Colts 110
Pats 109
MIN 87
BAL 68
PHI 58
DAL 55
GB 53
CIN 51
PIT 50
That is what they need to do to show that they’re serious.
Out of all the division leaders
the Bengals have had the toughest road so far. They get to play some pushovers now, but up to this point the teams they’ve played have a combined average of .530. That compares to the Saints’ .392, which is second-easiest. Minnesota has had the real creampuff schedule, at .358.
Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston
Good point
If it doesn’t go way up in the next month, then I’m gonna say that they’re not SB material.
by CoachOfEarl on Nov 21, 2009 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
I would have to agree. On the other hand, they weren’t nicknamed the “Cardiac Cats” for nothing earlier this year. They played pretty sloppy and were winning so they didn’t care. When they got their butts whooped by an inferior team, they woke up and started playing better.
Hmm. That sounds vaguely similar to what some people are wanting out of the Saints. I can’t fully agree, but I can understand as well.
we just have more overall talent and depth than the other teams
there are only 2 things that could cause us to lose ANY game this season…
1) us
2) injuries
"I think we agree, the past is over" - George W Bush
"The greatest enemy of knowlege is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge" Stephen Hawking
by Philinwood on Nov 20, 2009 10:57 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Guys like this
Just go against the grain or make analytical leaps, because 1 out of 5 they get right. Then they toss that prediction around like they’re frickin Nostradamus. I’m not taking much stock in this guy at all.
I have a broken watch, and it’s right twice a day.
"The key to them winning is to limit their quarterback to under 20 throws a game." -Cris Carter
I don't like Jason Whitlock at all...
especially because of the crap he says about race (sometimes I agree other times I think he’s just selling out) but anyway, he could be right but if we’re healthy—I don’t think anyone can beat us.
Don't worry I got your back cuz...
Whitlock...
Who cares? He probabaly picked the panthers to win the division and thought falcons would be the wild card team. He currently thinks the eagles are going to the NFC championship game and has the bengals as the second best team in football. I see he has also joined team Farvappoloosa and now has him as mvp and is telling AP and Allen how great they are. This is all i know, the SAINTS are 9-0. With any luck, 10-0 by sunday night.
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