The Turf Show Times - Canal Street Chronicles Open Pregame Thread

There are some of us (no names necssary) who always expect the Saints to win by ginormous scores. I’ve actually reinede mself in with a score of 60 from previous years. I am much wiser now :-j

How may years do you think SJax has before he is done?
What do you think the long-term prognosis of your QB’s ability is? Middle of the road? Or future superstar (when surrounded by the proper complement of weapons)?

As for your questions?

How hard was it to get passed the devastating loss to the Green Bay Packers in what I consider the greatest season opening game ever?

Wasn’t that hard for me. I thought it was a great game with a shootout between two of the NFC’s best. Gave us a great idea of what our team could do (as well as what could be done to them).

How many Saints fans are sleeping easier now that Colston is back from injury?

I have to say, I am really surprised at how much the trio of Sproles, Colston and Graham are dominating the looks this year. I knew they were going to be key pieces, but Brees usually spreads the ball around so much more. This year it seems he is focusing on his favourites (at least that is how it seems to me – stat’s be damned).

Is anyone shocked at how Reggie Bush is failing in Miami?

Not terribly. They apparently did not learn anything from our experiment. Why they figured he could be a featured back in their system when he had proven he wasn’t a North to South runner with us boggles the mind. And with that bad of a passing game, they aren’t able to get him the ball in space enough. I bet he regrets leaving the Saints for the Dolphins regardless of the extra scratch.

Can we borrow a VooDoo priestess, and would it help the St. Louis Rams?

You will have to ask some of the NOLA residents about that. I could send you some snow and a toque, but neither will help the Rams.

How hard was it to get passed the devastating loss to the Green Bay Packers in what I consider the greatest season opening game ever?

The only thing hard to get past was the fact that we could have won the game… we should have won the game. Poor Horrible play by one of our CB’s and poor playcalling (especially the runs) lost us that game. And it still came down to the wire.

Next time we meet them, in the NFCCG, the outcome will be different.

How many Saints fans are sleeping easier now that Colston is back from injury?

Glad he’s back, but not many of us lost sleep over it. As long as Drew Brees has 7 other guys to throw to, we’ll be ok.

Is anyone shocked at how Reggie Bush is failing in Miami?

No.

Can we borrow a VooDoo priestess, and would it help the St. Louis Rams?

It only works for true believers. Are you a true believer?

And I know it’s driving you Rams fans crazy. How could they Draft the Best QB in that years draft class, and not follow it up by drafting him someone to throw it too. Some protection help would have been nice too. Though some of those coverage sacks might not happen if he had some where’s to go with the ball.

I’m thinking he’s a big reason why the Rams are struggling now after doing fairly well last season. Well, that plus all of the injuries. I don’t know what to make of McDaniels. The Broncos learned the hard way that he’s anything but brilliant. How do Rams fans feel about him?

I didnt expect to win the defending superbowl champ has won all those opening games in their stadium
I was surprised the foulclowns didnt have to play them since they lost the nfc championship game
Instead of talking about that guy in Miami lets talk about his replacement Sproles is he awesome or what?How much does he worry ya’ll? Do you want your D playing to stop our runniong game or our passing game?Any chance Steven Jackson doesn’t play he’s the only thing about the Rams that worry me

This is more of a personal interest question. What are the general thoughts of Ram’s fans regarding Danny Amendola and how much of an impact has his being on IR been?

I haven’t really followed his pro career that closely other than knowing he signed with the Rams, but he and my daughter went to the same high school. They hung out in the same crowd and still keep in touch with each other. He was a very likeable kid (in addition to being a star athlete) back in the days when he played for The Woodlands High School.

Can we borrow a VooDoo priestess, and would it help the St. Louis Rams?

I’ve got my voodoo priestess working the World Series right now. Go Cards!!!!!

I do not believe that the passing yard predictions are excessivly optomistic.I hope that Justin King is healthy at corner back so that Brees can re-validate his status as a passing machine. Not that he has to after the last 3 weeks, however If he is unable to go deep then he will just have to dump it off to Graham or any of the six other targets that he has available 10 yards at a time instead of 20+ yards at a time.The end will be the same. I do not expect to score an insane amount of points. You guy’s have a descent defense and do not quit unlike the pathetic performance of the Colt’s defense last week. After sunday, it would not bother me if you did get religion and a Vodoo Priestess and win some games.

but it wasn’t really a shocker for us/anyone that we lost. It was hard for me because of the defensive standpoint. Colston being back is huge news for me! Now we have a legit #1 WR not to mention a mostly consistent 1000 yard receiver. Reggie failing isn’t suprising but that he’s losing and has been losing his RB role since about week 2 is surprising especially considering it’s to a rookie that had to come in and learn the system just like him. I don’t use voodoo dolls. I do a lot of yelling and cursing during the game though, not that it seems to help much.

I thought there was going to be a party in here. I guess I’ll just have to drink my own beer.

*P.S. – Please don’t hesitate to let me know if one of our folks forgets they are guests in your house*

Are you their dad, or just their RA?

I’ll be the first to admit, without brees, we would fare no better than the colts have without manning.

Here’s to a great game, and may the injury gods stay away!
                                                                             The TST gang