Saints Dominance In, Cautious Optimism Out

but now they’re all trying to jump on. I’ll gladly give them a spot on the bus because we can use all the support we can get!

Train’s leaving the station! Better hurry!

And they are a good running team but mediocre passing. On paper, they are waaay the wrong team to mess up our mojo.

I love the new tagline. It’s perfectly appropriate.

he was the same genius who thought the Saints should/could sign Michael Vick.

Is it good enough to wim a SB? We’ll see….

…you have to consistently beat credible teams that are at or near their peak level of ability. The Saints have beaten one of the worst teams in NFL history and followed it up with a win against a team missing their starting quarterback for much of the game. While these are certainly games that teams have to win in order to be considered serious contenders, one must be cautiously optimistic because of the quality of opponents.

The same can be said about the Bills. Buffalo is missing four key starters (RB Lynch, RT Butler, TE Schouman and MLB Posluszny). Any team missing that many starters has to be considered vulnerable. The Bills are not anywhere near their peak level of ability, and despite that they have held a lead for over 110 minutes of play, just eight days after a leading sports reporter called the Bills so bad they made the Lions look like Super Bowl contenders. With Butler gone, the offensive line is probably one of the most inexperienced in NFL history. Any one member of the Saints OL has more NFL starts than the Bills current front six combined. The Saints have to take advantage of that…advantage that neither the Patriots nor Bucs were able to do. The Saints have yet to prove they are a dominant team. They may do so in the coming month, but that time has not yet happened. Winning big in Orchard Park on Sunday will be a step in that direction, but not that big of one.

I think the media is overestimating the Saints because of their margin of victory, despite the lack of credible opponents. I also think the media is underestimating the Bills because of the way the New England game ended and their extreme youth, particularly on the offensive line while ignoring, their play on the field. If the Saints think this is going to be a rout they may be in for a very rude surprise.

but our TEs should dominate the interior

we’re hoping our SS Brian Scott get’s the matchup with your TE’s this week (well at least I am). Last year he did very, very well against good TE’s including Gates. This year they haven’t had him singled up on TE’s for whatever reason.

I’m hoping this Sunday that changes though….

Does Gregg Williams usually start off the year slowly and then crank up the heat? Because we’re wondering if this is the sum total of improvement we can expect. I’d rather our opponents didn’t break 20 every game.

Blues fan?

i’m all for pounding other teams early and often. i’m not sure who, at this point, will create that sort of tight game. philly was in the mix the first half and then completely broke down in the second.

That WAS my philosophy the entire year. Until today. Screw it!

we should urge them not to run any Superbowl campaigns until it’s a sure thing.

But if we’re random fans…what’s the worst that can happen?

I’m steering clear of any gilded bandwagons until we clench a playoff berth. If it was made in New Orleans, be certain that the wheels could fall off at any second.

I will say, the pro football prognosticator’s gangbang of the Saints’ chances of winning rolls on, unabated. For the second week in a row, I’ve heard the various football braintrusts declare the Saints’ opponent the “upset” winner. Can’t blame them really, declaring that the Saints will lose a game they should win sounds like a pretty safe “longshot” bet most of the time, but I don’t think there’s an amount of points New Orleans can score to get out from under an across-the-board prediction of failure until they play Tampa. In fact, if La Canfora picks us against either NY, I’m pulling out the rosary, because it might all be over shortly thereafter.

I don’t believe in curses or anything like that, so I don’t mind getting excited. I’ll be the first to agree that Super Bowl talk at this point is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay premature. We’re only 2-0. Still, this is the most exciting start that any Saints team has ever gotten off to, so I’ll enjoy it for as long as it lasts. I’m not foolish enough to expect an easy win in Buffalo either.

i’ll take 19-0 over 18-0 anyday

in 2006. Everyone’s got to get one sometime if you stay around long enough(i hope :D).

I’m a Saints fan in Cowboy land too! And all my friends are Cowboy fans. It sucks because when we’ve kicked their ass the past, I don’t know what it is, 5 or 6 times we’ve played, I can’t say anything because they always come with that crap, “How many championships have you won”, or, “Get some skins on the wall then you can talk!” So I’m with you. When we finally win one I’m sticking my middle finger high in the air and screaming, “WE GOT ONE!”

hahahhaahaha

for ‘05 home game @NY. Not much left on the team from "05, but for me, that’s the most important single game of the year. I’d feel good about it, too, if it weren’t for the Giants’ front 4 pressure. If NY can jostle Brees without giving up coverage, I could be looking at a heartbreaker. That said, we owe New York, from my unforgiving perspective.

against the Cowboys on Sunday night (Opening of Jerry’s world) and the Giants look pretty good but like us they still have question marks. I think by the time the Giants go to New Orleans those questions will be answered. Whether we like the answers or not is yet to be seen. I’ll be at that game which I think will be the 5-0 Giants against the 4-0 Saints and a preview to a playoff game later on this year. It should be a good one. Good luck to y’all as well daveh873.