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Who dat say dey gonna flip dat switch?

We dat, dat's who.

For two weeks, we've been treated to a constant refrain of doom and futility: the Saints haven't won in more than a month. In the last weeks of the season, they looked tired. Out of synch. They're finished. Their defense can't play the run, can't play the pass. Their only hope is if they can somehow "flip the switch" and return to their earlier season form.

Okay. Anything else? You want that dressed?

Star-divide

The Saints didn't just flip the switch...they flipped a finger right in the face of the football media. They made it look easy. And they looked exactly like the team that scared the bejeebus out of the entire league for the first half of the season. Put heavy duty springs on the bandwagon, because it's about to take on a lot of return passengers.

I truly feel sorry for the pundits now. What are they going to write about now? The return of Deuce is no longer the biggest story on this team. It could be the emergence of The Real Reggie. Or the return of the G-Dub defense. Or the revenge of Drew Brees--passed over by that same media for MVP honors in what was essentially a panic dump-off to hot read Peyton Manning. Brees only exceeded Kurt Warner's passer rating by about fifty points. No biggie. He's probably disappointed in his performance.

Anyway, this is beyond question my favorite form of Saints game: I get to watch their Ferrari offense taking curves in 5th gear, without undue tension. I'll take two more, please. Dressed.

Randomly ordered game notes

Reggie Bush was awesome. As good as Drew was, this is the first time this season he's been unequivocally beaten out as the game MVP. This was the Reggie we thought we'd see every game when he was drafted; but I forgive him for all the frustration of the last couple years if he can just keep it up for two more games.

Even without that beautiful 46-yard TD, Reggie was averaging over 9 yards a carry. He added 4 catches for 24 yards--and, of course, one magnificent punt return through the heart of the Cardinals. And I mean that like, a stake.

The running game in general was awesome. Six different rushers gained 174 yards on 31 carries: 5.6 yards per rush. Lynell Hamilton had a 4.6 average; Pierre Thomas, a 4.0. Only Mike Bell suffered through a sub-par day...but he would have had a pretty 7-yard TD if it hadn't been called back.

Kurt Warner didn't look anywhere close to magical out there today. Yes, he was getting more pressure from the Saints. Yes, our secondary was doing a better job with coverage. And yes, he didn't have the luxury of a scout game the week before. Still: this is a guy who has the reputation of a playoff god, and he couldn't get it done. Was he having an off day? Or is the Saints defense really that much better?

The officiating was, I thought, pretty good overall. Ron Winters' crew seemed to be in full playoff mode: Let 'em play. I saw several calls that weren't made--for instance, a rather severe blow to the head by Jonathan Vilma on the Saints' first sack. But that was nothing other than karma payback for the head blow/face mask that wasn't called on Adams against Green Bay the previous week. And speaking of blows to the head...

Why do defenders keep doing it? Darren Sharper lost a very nifty interception, in which he had to make an excellent play on the ball and then keep his concentration to pull the ball back in after losing it while going down. Just a beautiful job of eye-hand coordination to snatch a speeding spheroid out of the air.

Why, then, can't blitzers control their hands? Time and again, they come down on top of a quarterback's helmet...which is even bigger than a football, and more stationary. If Sharper can make that play downfield, why can't Shanle keep enough concentration not to whack Warner on the head?

Jabari Greer did his best imitation of the Invisible Man. Where was he? Why did I never hear his name called? Because they rarely challenged him, that's why. He is probably an even more significant free agent pickup than Darren Sharper to this defense, and the return of Greer and Porter to the starting lineup is the change that will catapult this team into Landshark Stadium.

The two nicest drives of the whole game may have been the ones that didn't result in scores. First, the Cardinals took the ball on the Saints' 20, down 45-14 after Bush's punt return TD. They marched methodically downfield to the Saints' 17...and couldn't finish. Warner's fourth down pass fell incomplete and the Saints' D had another critical stop.

On the ensuing possession, they took over on the 10 and ran out the clock on the third quarter. Then they proceeded to rip off three more first downs and 45 more yards, killing half the final quarter before handing the ball back almost contemptuously to the Cardinals on the 25 (David Thomas on 4th and 1 end-around? WTF? Then again...why the hell not?)

For the second game in a row, I wore my Darren Sharper jersey. Since it was a Christmas present, the loss to the Panthers was my first chance to wear it, and I wondered if it might not be bad luck (they lost, after all). But I figured that it wasn't really bad luck: it was accurate. I expected the Saints to lose to the Panthers; and they did. I expected them to break the Cardinals into fragments; and they did. Since I expect them to win the Super Bowl, I think I'll continue wearing it.

* * *

A couple addenda: First, the blackout in the Dome was pretty impressive. Every time they showed the crowd, it looked like a Mussolini rally. All hail the power of Twitter! And second: the Colts are about to eliminate the Ravens and punch their ticket to the AFC championship. And in my own humble and completely objective opinion, they could NOT hang with us. Of all the DCs in the NFL, Gregg Williams is surely smart enough and courageous enough to sell out to stop the pass. The Colts have no running game at all. A well-played 46 defense would shut them out.

I sure would like meeting them in Miami.

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Excellent observations..........

We will be READY for the NFC Championship game in THE DOME!!!!!!!

DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

by SAINTSfaninNC on Jan 16, 2010 7:29 PM CST reply actions  

keep that sharper jersey

and keep these excellent posts coming, MtnE.

by Jay Preece on Jan 16, 2010 7:33 PM CST reply actions  

Bought the shirt

Bought my nfc south champ shirt a couple days after they clinched was wearing it tonight. Aint washing it, gonna be nasty by next weekend but maybe some Frebreeze will help. Hopefully after next weekend I will be in the markets for an NFC champ shirt to go along with my 06 and 09 division shirts:)

by Daniel P on Jan 16, 2010 7:36 PM CST reply actions  

Haven't washed my Saints cap since the season started. Starting to smell like a sock!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 7:37 PM CST up reply actions  

Ain't washing my BUSH jersey either..........may not shave.....whatever it takes!

DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

by SAINTSfaninNC on Jan 16, 2010 7:38 PM CST up reply actions  

"Who dat say dey gonna flip dat switch?" Not the talking heads, that's for sure!

I wish I had U.S. cable TV with 500 channels to keep track of all the back peddling, double talking, s..t for brain, “That’s not what I said,” idiots who, for some reason, can’t wrap their heads around a great Saints Team.

Well, we got this far without ‘em. Maybe I’ll just watch “The View.”

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 7:36 PM CST reply actions  

NOT The View........pick something better, please!

DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

by SAINTSfaninNC on Jan 16, 2010 7:39 PM CST up reply actions  

Weather channel?

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 7:40 PM CST up reply actions  

That'll do......that'll do

DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

by SAINTSfaninNC on Jan 16, 2010 7:41 PM CST up reply actions  

the weather channel says " bring an umbrella, isolated showers of cardinal tears expected throughout the evening"

by maybetoday on Jan 16, 2010 7:42 PM CST up reply actions  

Good omen. I made a Saints umbrella last week. Looks pretty cool. $54 worth of trim on a $5 umbrella. Priceless!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 7:44 PM CST up reply actions  

Bush had to impress his future mama-in-law.

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 16, 2010 7:41 PM CST reply actions  

Whatever it takes..........Bill

DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

by SAINTSfaninNC on Jan 16, 2010 7:42 PM CST up reply actions  

Hey I'm all for it.

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 16, 2010 7:43 PM CST up reply actions  

Bring the wood

After the 44 yd. touchdown run and the Fox cameras cut to Kim and her mom in their suite, I figured then that Reggie was gonna get some sweet stuff tonight. After the punt return touchdown, I can’t even think about it.

by Drew-Dat on Jan 17, 2010 2:10 AM CST up reply actions  

A rec from me!

Agree with it all!!

Forget the nickel and dime, you'd better bring a half- dollar to deal with this team.--Tony Moss, NFL editor

by SaintsFan-KS on Jan 16, 2010 7:44 PM CST reply actions  

I mean I would'nt kick her out of bed,

unless she wanted to do it on the floor.

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 16, 2010 7:45 PM CST reply actions  

Hell yeah!

NO DOUBT!!

Saints fan in DFW. Saints go all the way... I BELIEVE!

by Dan Kelly on Jan 16, 2010 7:59 PM CST up reply actions  

No even if she ate crackers

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.

by metryman on Jan 17, 2010 12:42 AM CST up reply actions  

Oh by the way M-E

Great post. and that ain’t the wine talkin’

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 16, 2010 7:47 PM CST reply actions  

Well, a first for everything! LOL

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 7:48 PM CST up reply actions  

100% Red Zone Offense........Can't be any better than that!

DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

by SAINTSfaninNC on Jan 16, 2010 7:51 PM CST reply actions  

Bobby McCray

meet the quarterback for the first time all year. Biggest play of the game.

 your wife can feed you pizza while you drive all night long if you hit the qb that hard next week.

 Hell, I’ll spring for it.

Being a Saints fan will take years off your life

by MobileSaint on Jan 16, 2010 7:54 PM CST reply actions  

I'll make him the pizza.

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 16, 2010 7:57 PM CST reply actions  

I'll clean up the crumbs!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 8:00 PM CST reply actions  

I'll eat the left-overs

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Jan 17, 2010 3:12 AM CST up reply actions  

Hey Saints fans...

Good win, I was disappointed that some of our starting defense [Rolle, DRC] went down and it would have been a more interesting game if that didn’t happen. I just hope that Warner is okay, I don’t want his last game [if he retires, which I hope doesn’t happen since he still has a good year left in him] to be one where he got nailed like he did when he hurt his chest.

And why the hell hasn’t Reggie Bush played like that more often? He looked like he did back when he was at USC with Leinart.

Good luck with the rest of the playoffs, I’m rooting for you guys over the Cowboys/Vikings, and hopefully the Cardinals/Saints game next week will be the shootout we were expecting this one to be.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.

I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.

by JoeCB1991 on Jan 16, 2010 8:07 PM CST reply actions  

I hope Warner returns too...

I think he’s a great person and a great player… 1st ballot HoF.

Saints fan in DFW. Saints go all the way... I BELIEVE!

by Dan Kelly on Jan 16, 2010 8:17 PM CST up reply actions  

Can anybody else not wait to see Skip Bayless with a mouth full of crow?

Brees gonna throw down the Saints... Wide open Devery Henderson! Nobody's within twenty yards of him! He could do the backstroke into the end zone from there! And he'll take it in for a seventy-five yard touchdown strike!

by Joseph William Stern on Jan 16, 2010 8:14 PM CST via mobile reply actions  

My main man, Michael Irvin said (Quote) You can't lose three in a row

take a week off and just turn on the switch again. It don’t work that way…………………………
Made me sick to my stomach to hear it on the NFL Network but Wonder what he’s gonna say now. Wish I could call him on it. I would bring some wood !!!!!

My Magnificent Black and Goald Warriors

by saint-sly on Jan 16, 2010 8:14 PM CST reply actions  

+1

…and I can’t wait til the Cowgirls lose tomorrow so he and all the bandwagoneers cna SHUT THE H#|| UP! I am so tired of hearing how “hot” the ’Girls are.

Saints fan in DFW. Saints go all the way... I BELIEVE!

by Dan Kelly on Jan 16, 2010 8:19 PM CST up reply actions  

Just heard Shannon Sharpe say he was impressed by the Saints D, but still not sure about the Saints offense, not sure they are all the way back. 45’s not enough? Needed a fitty burger to be convinced, Shannon?

People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now,
Welfare mothers make better lovers.
Divorcee!

by stujo4 on Jan 16, 2010 10:34 PM CST up reply actions  

Well that was as much a dis of the Cards defense as our offense. But we’ll see what happens next week. Then we’ll know for sure.

by FriarBob on Jan 16, 2010 11:15 PM CST up reply actions  

Ok, Exile I agree with your observations.........

but I think that Shockey deserves the cheerleader, motivator, agitator and psychological
terminator award for the game…….

Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy" Benjamin Franklin

by CaddoCoonass on Jan 16, 2010 8:17 PM CST reply actions  

I think Shockey needs to slap himself in the head a few more times. Doing reverse tumblesets with a turf toe injury. Brilliant.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jan 17, 2010 7:50 AM CST up reply actions  

I think they said it was his knee.

But, brilliant anyway.

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 17, 2010 8:35 AM CST up reply actions  

Hey um........

Did you see when the Saints played the Cardinals this year?

Do you remember the part where the Saints score a TD?

That was awesome.

"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." --Mike Tyson

by vicvega26 on Jan 16, 2010 8:19 PM CST reply actions  

Yeah...

I wore my Carl Nicks jersey for the Cowboys game…. needless to say, I wore a plain Saints shirt today!

Just say NO to drafting another 3 tech DT!!!! We NEED a dominant NT!... just saying.

by tlsk1066 on Jan 16, 2010 8:24 PM CST reply actions  

Do you remember when..

the Water Boy showed up at halftime and the Muddogs won the Bourbon Bowl ??

Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy" Benjamin Franklin

by CaddoCoonass on Jan 16, 2010 8:29 PM CST reply actions  

I seen 'im on da ee essPee-N.

The Mud Dogs are goin' to the Bourbon Bowl !

by PilneyPark on Jan 16, 2010 10:27 PM CST up reply actions  

U Can Dooooo EEEET

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.

by metryman on Jan 18, 2010 12:25 AM CST up reply actions  

MMMMaaammaaa told me fooooootball is for de Devil

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.

by metryman on Jan 18, 2010 12:26 AM CST up reply actions  

On double talking sports commentators and talking heads...

This one is a classic. I read Bill Simmons from ESPN’s NFL picks last week. He picked the Bengals over the Jets(he missed on all 4 games BTW). So this week, I am checking out his picks again and he says “I have loved the Jets as a darkhorse Super Bowl team since the beginning of the playoffs” as he picks the Jets over the Chargers. What a tool. I will give him credit for picking the Saints to win pretty handily over the Cards though.

by howarjo1943 on Jan 16, 2010 9:52 PM CST reply actions  

trash talk?

what i dont understand is even with a win as large as today, the talk of the saints weak schedule is still an issue

by Saint2010 on Jan 16, 2010 10:04 PM CST reply actions  

Same thing with the '72 Dolphins

What more do you want? They went undefeated in the regular season, won the AFC Championship on the road, and then convincingly beat the best the NFC had to throw against them (it should have been a 17-0 shutout).

But still, people say the only reason it happened is that they had a weak schedule. Okay…then why hasn’t it happened since?

BURN THE BLACK PANTS!!!

by MtnExile on Jan 16, 2010 10:12 PM CST up reply actions  

Yep, I guess they had a "weak schedule" right through the Superbowl?

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 11:53 PM CST up reply actions  

On the Road in Three Rivers Stadium

In the Steelers first Championship game of any kind since 1946, I bet TRS was rocking that day

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: DIck Lebeau, Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"If you give Arians a fullback, he won’t use one. Instead, he insists on using Matt Spaeth, who probably doesn’t cast a shadow because it would require blocking sunlight." steelin with some very true words

by WVPiratesfan on Jan 17, 2010 7:05 PM CST up reply actions  

Well, the Colts just won

Looks like they flipped the switch pretty effectively, too. My, whatever will the pundits do now? Commit seppuku?

BURN THE BLACK PANTS!!!

by MtnExile on Jan 16, 2010 10:13 PM CST reply actions  

F--- the pundints and their momentum

95% of them have never worn a jock strap anyway. What do they know? And the former player analysts…f—- them too.

What a performance by this team. Way to come out and do what you do.

The Shanle call negating the Sharper INT was questionable at best. It’s instinct for a defender with the QB getting ready to throw to get in the air with your hands up. Hands go up, hands come down. The head is the highest point and most likely to sustain contact. It happens…I don’t blame Shanle. He didn’t even grab the face mask. The non-call last week in favor of the Cardinals was far more obvious. So in spite of the refs trying to keep the game close early, the Saints did what they had to do and made it their game. Awesome.

by mainesaint on Jan 16, 2010 10:14 PM CST reply actions  

yeah but...

If that had been Brees instead of Warner I would have wanted that call. I think they should lighten up on that rule a little bit though. It was basically a headslap. To me the low hit on Brees was much worse and had more of a chance to cause a serious injury than the Warner headslap.

by howarjo1943 on Jan 16, 2010 10:24 PM CST up reply actions  

No doubt

but you gotta give Wiz credit for pulling Campbell out of the game after that play and chewing him a new one.

by WhoDat_OH on Jan 16, 2010 10:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Part of that was probably because he didn’t want to give us any more free yardage. But also because whether he cared about the yardage (or Drew) or not, it’s the rules and it’s just plain stupid to allow yourself to forget it.

by FriarBob on Jan 16, 2010 11:18 PM CST up reply actions  

Agree with that, too. They were both good calls, imo.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jan 17, 2010 8:05 AM CST up reply actions  

“It’s instinct for a defender with the QB getting ready to throw to get in the air with your hands up. Hands go up, hands come down. The head is the highest point and most likely to sustain contact. It happens…I don’t blame Shanle.”

I blame him. Instinct or not, by rule, you can’t initiate contact with the QB’s helmet. Period. It’s no different than incidental contact with a punter, other than the clearly defined 15 yards. If you know it’s against the rules, don’t do it. Consistency in calling such fouls is another subject all together.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jan 17, 2010 8:04 AM CST up reply actions  

Yeah. That’s the REAL problem. If every time the helmet on ANY quarterback (not just the top talents either at playing football or acting) got touched then we’d all be dumping on Shanle for being a complete idiot. But when you sometimes get away with it you sometimes forget to be that overly careful and it can bite you.

by FriarBob on Jan 17, 2010 10:25 AM CST up reply actions  

and

the non-call last week was after the QB had fumbled. Not when he was “defenseless” throwing a pass. but i’m with y’all, the rule needs to be revised.

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Jan 17, 2010 3:18 AM CST up reply actions  

The facemask should have been called last week, but I can understand why it wasn’t. And even if it had, it would have been Arizona’s ball, 15 yards from the point of the foul.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jan 17, 2010 8:07 AM CST up reply actions  

“Why it wasn’t” being because the ref was too busy trying to follow the loose ball — i.e., get the possession call correct — than policing all simultaneous infractions. Understandable human error. Even if such plays were reviewable, OT challenges can only be initiated from the booth, so odds are it wouldn’t have been. There was nothing to prompt it, outside of Rodgers’s complaints.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jan 17, 2010 8:13 AM CST up reply actions  

Yeah. That one has been beat to death. What I don’t understand is why the roughing the passer wasn’t called on the previous play. Helmet to helmet contact, blatant as hell, no call. Say WHAT?

by FriarBob on Jan 17, 2010 10:26 AM CST up reply actions  

THE PUNDITS WEAR BLACK PANTS

Being a Saints fan will take years off your life

by MobileSaint on Jan 17, 2010 8:38 AM CST up reply actions  

PUDITS?

i don’t get it?

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Jan 17, 2010 3:19 AM CST up reply actions  

You don't get it? Pudit head!

(I don’t get it either.)

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 3:23 AM CST up reply actions  

the original post...

HAHA! My original post I had spelled “pundits”…as “pundints…” I subtracted that extra ‘n.’ Ya dig?

Looking forward to today’s games…had the Saints lost I’d be saying looking forward to spring training!

by mainesaint on Jan 17, 2010 7:30 AM CST up reply actions  

Got it!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 7:40 AM CST up reply actions  

look at the defense's stats if you just eliminate that first play

cal it rust or whatever, but they played well any way you look at it, but cut that one play and – WOW!!

"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 Jan 16, 2010 10:29 PM CST reply actions  

Is the City of New Orleans on fire yet or anything like that

Is there a riot or anything liek that happening

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: DIck Lebeau, Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"If you give Arians a fullback, he won’t use one. Instead, he insists on using Matt Spaeth, who probably doesn’t cast a shadow because it would require blocking sunlight." steelin with some very true words

by WVPiratesfan on Jan 16, 2010 10:42 PM CST reply actions  

No fires but still lots of yelling and honking

10:44pm and I can still hear it from our hotel room. Don’t even want to think about what’s going on in the French Quarter.

People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now,
Welfare mothers make better lovers.
Divorcee!

by stujo4 on Jan 16, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions  

I can't Imagine what will happen in NO if you all win next week

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: DIck Lebeau, Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"If you give Arians a fullback, he won’t use one. Instead, he insists on using Matt Spaeth, who probably doesn’t cast a shadow because it would require blocking sunlight." steelin with some very true words

by WVPiratesfan on Jan 16, 2010 10:52 PM CST up reply actions  

Bourbon was pretty wild. Not Mardi Gras packed, but a much bigger crowd than a typical Saturday night. I didn’t get home until almost 3am, which is stupid late for me.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jan 17, 2010 8:16 AM CST up reply actions  

Undisclosed location in the central business district. On St. Charles.

People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now,
Welfare mothers make better lovers.
Divorcee!

by stujo4 on Jan 17, 2010 2:43 PM CST up reply actions  

Will the Real Reggie Bush please stand up?

Bush was AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up Reggie – all the doubters will be eating their words, ties, newspapers etc. You the man baby….

by Swidub on Jan 16, 2010 10:45 PM CST reply actions  

WHOOOO WHOOO!

That was AWESOME! Hope to get the cowboys and hand them a dish of that!

by saintslam on Jan 16, 2010 11:05 PM CST reply actions  

Packer fan here. Cowgals Queens

I don’t think it matters you guys Rock SB bound. Saints-Chargers what an great SB match up.

by cheddarhead on Jan 16, 2010 11:32 PM CST reply actions  

Thanks, man.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 16, 2010 11:55 PM CST up reply actions  

Mr. Strahan

I would appreciate his appology. And as I said in a thread earlier who is this imposter Reggie Bush that is out there, I believe it is Barry Sanders in makeup.

by Daniel P on Jan 16, 2010 11:45 PM CST reply actions  

MtnExile, you nailed it

You nailed the thoughts/sentiments of the attitude of this team heading into next week. We are still healthy, and we want it all.

I can’t wait to see all the pundits pick against us next week. The entire football world will be in for a RUDE awakening.

Destroy the Boys!!!!

by Jee on Jan 17, 2010 1:02 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

Cowboys/Vikes

will pound themselves into mush, and whomever we play will be a wet noodle in the Dome next Sun. Same senario as today. So I left 2nd half thread for work @ half time, all these co-workers who gave me grief this week, were quiet or just didn’t couldn’t believe what we did to ARZ. Oh u guys haven’t won a game in a month,I’ve seen it before (Eagle fan,Vike fan, Bear fan, Crygirl fan) I’m all business, not going to gloat til Drew Brees raises the Lombardi Trophy! Who-Dat!

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.

by metryman on Jan 17, 2010 1:08 AM CST reply actions  

dont forget

“the saints #26 ranked defense is gonna get shredded by warner” i’ve been saying all week “we’re a different defense with greer/porter in the game”

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Jan 17, 2010 3:22 AM CST up reply actions  

absolutely

Greer and porter were key and greer had a great game.

by yeehoo on Jan 17, 2010 5:02 AM CST up reply actions  

so of the 3 famous losses

at the end of the year, the only one i found concerning was the loss to dallas. But i didn’t see the game. What did everyone think about that game?

by yeehoo on Jan 17, 2010 5:04 AM CST reply actions  

Dallas kicked the Saints butts in that game...

  The Saints struggled on offense for much of that game until the second half. Brees was hurried all game. The Saints running game was shut down basically and DAL handled the Bush/Thomas screens pretty good as well. Dallas was very balanced on offense and their delays were tough to read. Romo had good escapability vs the blitz making big plays. Romo also made no crucial mistakes but he did have some close calls on interceptions. Their RB’s ran hard behind a nasty O-line. I thought the Saints were lucky that it wasn’t a blowout, but the Saints D did just enough in the second half to give Brees a chance. Not saying the Saints would not beat them this time, but they were the best team I saw this year(other than the Saints of course).

by howarjo1943 on Jan 17, 2010 5:43 AM CST up reply actions  

I see it different

Dallas pressured Brees,but if you look at the game everytime our running back would try to chip Ware coming out of the back field they missed he shed them like they weren’t even there
I believe it was our poor play that beat us more then there great play
You can bet if we meet them again it will be different SP will have our backs doing blocking drills
And as bad as we played we still had a chance to win at the end
They scored 24 points on us that is close to what we have been giving up all year in a game that they needed so i see a win next week no matter who we play
Although I think MN. is the more dangerous team

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 17, 2010 8:23 AM CST up reply actions  

That one game turned my buddy, saint-sly, into a raving lunatic with fire coming out of his butt, lasers shooting out of his eyes, and the heat of a thousand suns burning in his chest!!!!!

Other than that, eeh.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 5:52 AM CST up reply actions  

Just because they won doesn´t mean the pundits are convinced!

On ESPN last night after the game they were talking about how the Saints only won because they played a team that “has no defence” and who were “beat up”. They were saying that when Minnesotta or Dallas arrive, that NO will get exposed and be hard pressed to get the same results as today. I believe it would be irrelavant if we were even to win the SB to many. They would still find excuses to justify somethig that they can´t deal with. To many it seems written in stone “The Saints were, are and always will be LOSERS! Regardless!”

by shecky on Jan 17, 2010 6:06 AM CST reply actions  

S C R E W T H E P U N D I T S . C O M

Don’t know if it really exists. May have to start it myself.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 6:55 AM CST up reply actions  

Regarding pundits

Whether on the air or in print, their real job is creating controversy. So long as people are talking about them, so long as people are tuning them in or going to their websites to hear or read what they say…they win. Simple as that. It’s all about getting more eyeballs, so they can convince advertisers that it’s worth it to buy ad space.

That’s why blogs like this are so great—we can find out what those asinine retards say without having to visit their sites.

But yeah…JND is right. Someone needs to start a “criticize the critics” site. It would be great to have year-end awards for the stupidest statements made, the lousiest predictions, the most moronic analysis. Plus a special award for Joe Buck, for Dumbest Performance by an Announcer Who Knows Nothing About Football.

BURN THE BLACK PANTS!!!

by MtnExile on Jan 17, 2010 8:50 AM CST up reply actions  

Shoot, can I have a vote in those awards?

by FriarBob on Jan 17, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions  

S C R E W T H E P U N D I T S . C O M

Don’t know if it really exists. May have to start it myself.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 6:55 AM CST reply actions  

Oooops.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 6:56 AM CST up reply actions  

the domain is available. :-)

Saints fan in DFW. Saints go all the way... I BELIEVE!

by Dan Kelly on Jan 17, 2010 1:39 PM CST up reply actions  

Commentators, high paying jobs for dummies

The commentators and so called experts get paid to do and say the things they do, they don’t care whats on the scrip they just have to say it, don’t listen to them and had the Cardinals won it would have been, after seeing what they did to GB last week and the Saints not winning in 34 days and on and on
I got tiered of hearing the Saints have not won a game in 34 day WTF and who gives a F
I but on some Black Sabbath

by Deckape 69 on Jan 17, 2010 7:07 AM CST reply actions  

Let us break down the word "commentator":

Common – average, non-unique

Tater – colloquialism for “potato”, an edible tuber which grows underground

Yeah, like we should give a rat’s @$$ what these overpaid dirty starch supplies say.

Irony: An atheist Saints fan.

by GSO Saints Fan on Jan 17, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions  

LMAO!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 17, 2010 5:14 PM CST up reply actions  

The way

Michael Irving was back pedaling about the Saints on NFL network last night you would think he was a DB

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 17, 2010 8:02 AM CST reply actions  

Cow sh##

I swore after Thurs. I would never watch or listen to Colin Cowherd ever again, but I would love to watch that skinny, long nosed, piece of dung apologize for trashing us this past week. The problem is he won’t.

A SAINT in Panther country

by carolinasaintsfan on Jan 17, 2010 8:59 AM CST reply actions  

Espn's NFL report last night. 30 min. program

Colts=15 min. air time
Saints=8 min. air time
I guess indy has a much bigger market.

I'll be your huckleberry- Doc Holliday to Ringo

by KilnBill on Jan 17, 2010 9:27 AM CST reply actions  

No…Indy has Peyton Manning, pitchman extraordinaire. It pleases advertisers when their guys get a lot of face time for free.

I wonder if Drew Brees will start getting endorsement contracts after he hoists the Lombardi. I wonder if he even wants them.

BURN THE BLACK PANTS!!!

by MtnExile on Jan 17, 2010 9:52 AM CST up reply actions  

NFL Gameday Morning Sunday

Saying we don’t want Cowboys again. I don’t give a rats ass who comes to our house. They will get the same welcome as the Card’s. We will only get respect when we win it all, if then. Who cares what they say they get paid to talk because they can’t play.

"I don’t think about how good we’ve been,’’ Brees said. "I think about how good we can be.’’

by FLDune Patrol on Jan 17, 2010 10:12 AM CST reply actions  

By far, the best game this season

For the first time (since 2002, when I purchased my season tickets) I air-brushed a sign to show my support for our Saints. It said:

2010 Playoffs
New Year – New Season
New Meaning to the words FINISH STRONG
it begins here, it begins now

I ran all over the superdome for 2 hours trying to get it in the right spot. I have terrace level seats and placed it in the 500 section, but the draft from the AC unit flopped it around too much. Then, I put it in the endzone (terrace) and superdome officials took it down because it was partially blocking a camera. I then brought it down to the plaza level to the “gold guys” who paint themselves gold every game. They were gracious enough to put it out and even said that they would bring it back next week.

So, if the “gold guys” are on this blog….thanks! I really appreciate it.

by Fleur De Leap on Jan 17, 2010 12:42 PM CST reply actions  

As far as the opinions of analyst go

I think that (as fans) we need to take the approach of “who cares what everyone else thinks about us”.

Actually, I prefer it when analyst and any other media source doubt the Saints’ capabilities and critique any part of a certain game to make it as though the Saints are not as good as they played. Let them doubt us, let them say we do not have a chance. I want that. I don’t want all the hoop-wah, nor all the glory. When they do this, this gives the Saints that added fire – a chip on their shoulder. This fire can decide the outcome of games. Just look at how the media gave no chance to Chicago a few years ago. They fed off that and whipped our tails in the NFC Championship game.

BRING ON THE DOUBT, I SAY, BRING IT ON

by Fleur De Leap on Jan 17, 2010 12:54 PM CST reply actions  

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