Masterminding INGRAMANIA!

by Dave Cariello on Apr 21, 2011 2:08 AM CDT

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Nice!

I feel my heart all a-flutter…

Atheists just take a pass,
Watch football in their underpants.

by Hans Petersen on Apr 21, 2011 8:01 AM CDT reply actions

LMAO!

Nice!

"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!

by David "Satch" Kelly on Apr 21, 2011 9:30 AM CDT reply actions

No RBs taken in Round 1

On Peter Kings Mock Draft in this weeks Sports Illustrated. Has us taking Adrian Clayborn

Peyton, I can eat Oreos faster than you!!!!

by mknkachow on Apr 21, 2011 10:04 AM CDT reply actions

King has little credibility

Ever since he ranked us as the no. 24 team at the beginning of the 2009 season, I tend to doubt his prognostications.

"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!

by David "Satch" Kelly on Apr 21, 2011 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions

So says a Saints fan.

Be honest…given our year previous…it would have been hard pressed for anyone outside of a Saints fan to have ranked the team in the top 15.

"Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked 'em up."

by jeff.l.b on Apr 21, 2011 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions

A #1 offense two out of three years, a QB clearly already ready to join the “elite two” (at that point, it was just Brady and Manning), at least a decent OL, a pretty decent receiving corps… etc… and no reason to expect the offense to fall off.

A team that lost, what, 6 games by 3 or less points the year previously? Something like that.

And a defense that literally HAD to improve, because it couldn’t get any worse. New DC who was highly respected coming in preaching that he’s “not a savior” to try to tone down expectations, even as everybody knew full well that things all-but-literally COULDN’T get any worse.

Add all that up and yeah I could have predicted top-15. Not much higher, mind you. Top-10 would have been right out. But top-15 wouldn’t have been a stretch at all. And definitely higher than 20. Two functional brain cells to rub together would be enough to figure THAT much out.

by FriarBob on Apr 21, 2011 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Remember that list

He put the Saints 24th, but in his opening paragraph said that his biggest factor was quarterbacks.

I don’t care if he puts the Saints low, but at least be consistent in your logic.

And he also basically believes whatever any front office tells him re: the draft.

Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook

by Billy Gomila on Apr 21, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions

and no reason to expect the offense to fall off.

No reason to expect it to improve, either. I mean, it’s not like Mike Bell had done anything special in Denver. Not enough to lead anyone to believe that Sean Payton would actually begin to value the run, for the first time in three years. Fortunately, he did and that — along with the good fortune of facing an unusual amount of inexperienced QBs (one of the few factors that most certainly COULD have been predicted) — is what ultimately kept us in several “close throughout” games we probably would have lost otherwise.

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

by coldpizza on Apr 21, 2011 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Congrats…you’re obviously very much correct. I’ll leave you and your two functional brain cells to enjoy the company of Mr. Hindsight.

"Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked 'em up."

by jeff.l.b on Apr 21, 2011 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I am assuming you guys see my well-place Payton

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by Dave Cariello on Apr 21, 2011 10:28 AM CDT reply actions

HA

no, I hadn’t. That’s pretty good.

Devery Henderson, making absurd grabs for my teams since 2001.

by Andrew Tessier on Apr 21, 2011 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions

How’d he let himself get photographed in the middle of an outbreak of INGRAMANIA!!!!???? Mickey’s pissed. “You’re tipping our HAND!!!!”

I'm proud to a union man
I make those meetings when I can, yeah

by stujo4 on Apr 21, 2011 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions

Nice. Had to blow up the picture to see him.

"Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked 'em up."

by jeff.l.b on Apr 21, 2011 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions

HA!

No, I hadn’t. He kinda gets lost in the crowd. Great work!

This needs to stay on the front page for a while. Everyone please rec.

"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!

by David "Satch" Kelly on Apr 21, 2011 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions

The reason why he gets lost is he’s merely an onlooker enjoying the spectacle of insane fans drooling over somebody for no reason whatsoever. He knows full well he’s not drafting the guy, he’s just coming to watch the show… much like people turn their heads to stare at car wrecks as they drive by.

by FriarBob on Apr 21, 2011 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions