Congrats Saints

Thanks.

Your team will be fine for the next, oh 8-10 years. Stafford is a teriffic QB, and Megatron may be the most talented receiver ever to play. Draft a good RB, and you’ll be pushing GB for the division title every year.

by iiAndyiiii on Jan 7, 2012 10:42 PM CST reply actions

Thank you broseph.

I know it won’t make you feel much better, but I was scared out of my mind for about 90% of that game. Your team is scary good (well, maybe not on defense, but we’re not ones to talk). You have a very enjoyable decade of success coming up.

by JellyPhantom on Jan 7, 2012 10:54 PM CST reply actions

Thanks

Your Lions played hard and were very impressive. I think they’ll really challenge the Packers next season. They scared the s*** outta me well into the 4th quarter. I was having Seattle flashbacks throughout the 1st half. With a little help in the secondary and on the running game, the Lions will be unstoppable.

"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 Jan 7, 2012 10:54 PM CST reply actions

Thank you for the congratulations...you've got a good team.

Although I admit to be terribly and incredibly disappointed in some of your fans over on the forums there atm wishing constant harm on Brees….not cool. Especially after a good hard fought game.

-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.

by jeff.l.b on Jan 7, 2012 10:54 PM CST reply actions

I know what you mean

Just remember that this was the first year in over a decade in the playoffs and we lost in the first round. They are really emotional right now. They will calm down.

Congrats on a great win. I wish our secondary was just a little bit better and maybe just average tackling but that’s another thing altogether. If there is any team in the NFC I don’t mind winning the super bowl its the Saints so do work.

We are taught from an early age how to deal with failure not success. (If at first you don't succeed try try again, if at first you succeed then what....) -Charlie Sheen

I come ready, when I came out the womb I was ready, tell them mama that's why you had me, you knew I was ready. -Moss

Dominating your opposition physically is great and all, but confounding them mentally is sooo much more fun.

2-15-DEN 44(14:36) (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 47 for 3 yards (N.Suh). FUMBLES (N.Suh), RECOVERED by DET-N.Suh at DEN 47. N.Suh to DEN 47 for no gain (K.Moreno). FUMBLES (K.Moreno), recovered by DET-C.Houston at DEN 47. C.Houston to DEN 47 for no gain (O.Franklin). Denver challenged the fumble ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 49 for 5 yards (S.Tulloch).

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by Redwolf333 on Jan 7, 2012 11:16 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks, great game, competative team

no dumb PF’s this time, so they have the ability to learn from mistakes. U guys need a secondary though. Good Luck.

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever, will.-Jim Mora Sr.
I understand ....nothing.-Michael Scott
The Future is Unwritten.-Joe Strummer
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."-Mahatma Gandhi

by metryman on Jan 7, 2012 11:11 PM CST reply actions

No way to the Jose, Sproles is locked up for the next 3 yrs.

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever, will.-Jim Mora Sr.
I understand ....nothing.-Michael Scott
The Future is Unwritten.-Joe Strummer
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."-Mahatma Gandhi

by metryman on Jan 7, 2012 11:13 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks and good luck next year...

But you can’t have Sproles. Better check out our farm team if you need some help.

Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!

by cajuncommando58 on Jan 7, 2012 11:46 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

We don’t have to be greedy. Farm teams can be shared, right? :)

by FriarBob on Jan 8, 2012 12:23 AM CST up reply actions

Our farm team is San Diego.

Every day I'm shufflin'!

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 8, 2012 5:21 AM CST up reply actions

HAHAHA!

by singleblow on Jan 8, 2012 12:10 PM CST up reply actions

We will need a new Farm Team soon.

We’ve just about picked this one clean.

Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!

by cajuncommando58 on Jan 8, 2012 12:46 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks, future is bright for you Lions fan. Stafford is the real deal at 23--rare thing

Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:

"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.

GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!

by mjtig on Jan 7, 2012 11:49 PM CST reply actions

Thanks Leonuro

You’re a classy Lions fan. Wish your Lions the best next season until we meet again in the playoff! And if you know this Lions fan that make this comment, slap his azs for me. He’s a moron and make y’all Lions fan look bad!
http://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2012/1/7/2691039/who-cares-what-saints-fans-think-half-of-them-jumped-on-the-bandwagon

"We, in our building, didn't feel like we needed to have Reggie Bush to have a successful offense. We've had lots of games over the last five years where Reggie was unavailable. And yet, we've been able to move the ball, score points and win games at the same rate as when we did have Reggie." -- Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis

by halo2saints on Jan 8, 2012 12:08 AM CST reply actions

Thanks Leonuro

I don’t particularly like playing your team as they tend to give me a heart attack but it’s always nice to have you visit.

by singleblow on Jan 8, 2012 12:27 AM CST reply actions

Thank you Leonuro

Hopin’ the best for the Lions next season.
If Darren Sproles leaves NO, I think there might be a minimum one-man-riot. I’ll riot. There, I said it.

"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. " -Carl Sagan

by crescendo2020 on Jan 8, 2012 12:38 AM CST reply actions

I'm in.

Mark Ingram-OROY
Cam Jordan-DROY
New Orleans Saints-2012 Super Bowl Champs
TOP IS GAWD!

by Alex Swift on Jan 8, 2012 7:56 AM CST up reply actions

You can't have Sproles . . .

But, Barry Sanders Jr just declared for Stanford. You could snag him in 4 years ;)

Stupid people are like slinkies. They're not really useful for anything, but it's still fun to watch them tumble down stairs.

by hooahsaint2.0 on Jan 8, 2012 3:48 AM CST reply actions

Only problem is they’d have to have a really horrible year again to draft the son with the same pick as the father like we did with Ingram.

But if they could get Jr with the 3rd pick somehow that would be some nice symmetry.

by FriarBob on Jan 8, 2012 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

Thanks much, man.

You guys make some good pics in the off season and “one and done” will be a thing of the past.

Early last year I had a post saying that if the Saints didn’t win the Super Bowl I hoped it would be the Lions because we’ve been there and done that in the down years. Your future looks bright. Stafford is a time bomb waiting to go off in the pros.

Every day I'm shufflin'!

by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 8, 2012 5:27 AM CST reply actions

if you could trade us Darren Sproles, I’d appreciate it.

And 31 other teams are saying the same thing!

I haven’t officially thanked San Diego and A. J. Smith. Glad SD kept him on another year too. Who do we get from them this offseason?

"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson

by BRSaintsFan on Jan 8, 2012 6:36 AM CST reply actions

Vincent Jackson?

Mark Ingram-OROY
Cam Jordan-DROY
New Orleans Saints-2012 Super Bowl Champs
TOP IS GAWD!

by Alex Swift on Jan 8, 2012 7:56 AM CST up reply actions

Allegedly,

they’re not going to franchise him again…

by Jimbo03 on Jan 8, 2012 8:52 AM CST up reply actions

How’s their linebackers and D-ends?

"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson

by BRSaintsFan on Jan 8, 2012 9:16 AM CST up reply actions

They have some decent LBs

but I can’t even think of one DE on that team. Now I have to go look it up, dammit…

Takeo Spikes is decent at LB. Shaun Phillips is a very underrated LB in my opinion.
Their DEs don’t really jump out at you. Even after looking up the depth chart, there’s not a lot on their team at that position that I really covet.

by Jimbo03 on Jan 8, 2012 9:26 AM CST up reply actions

I like Ryan Matthews

He’d make a great 5th string back . . . or practice squad.

Stupid people are like slinkies. They're not really useful for anything, but it's still fun to watch them tumble down stairs.

by hooahsaint2.0 on Jan 8, 2012 9:30 AM CST up reply actions

Well part of that is their DEs are true 3-4 DEs instead of “multiple” like our guys.

Of course, nothing’s exactly guaranteed after this year. GW’s contract being up may throw a monkey in the works.

by FriarBob on Jan 8, 2012 10:59 AM CST up reply actions

Thank you, Leon

good luck in the offseason and good luck until we meet in the playoffs again

and would you trade us Calvin Johnson, please? We might give you Mark Ingram for him…

Having the ball is better than not having the ball. And if you punt,
not only does it mean you don't have the ball anymore—
it means you didn't score, which sucks.

by Hans Petersen on Jan 8, 2012 6:50 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

Oh so wrecked!

"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson

by BRSaintsFan on Jan 8, 2012 9:17 AM CST up reply actions

Wish the officiating hadn’t been so bad, but at least that gives the less enlightened in the Lions fan base something to rub on their wounds.

Stafford is a monster. We’ve all known how good Calvin is for awhile now, but with Stafford finally healthy, that duo is just out of control. Stafford having seasons like this at his age is just ridiculous. The idea that that kid can actually get better is pretty scary. With a good draft, and a healthy team next year, Detroit could easily make a deep playoff run.

by Jimbo03 on Jan 8, 2012 9:30 AM CST reply actions

Oh seriously. The officiating was horrid. There were a TON of bad spots, both for the Lions AND at least one very questionable one for us, maybe a few more. There were a ton of missed holding calls and missed DPI and OPI calls (on both teams) and plenty of times people wanted a personal foul and didn’t get it. Of course, most of those actually should not have been called, but there was that Suh tackle on Ivory where he flipped him over and drove him into the ground that I still can’t believe wasn’t a 15 yarder. Oh well.

And then of course the bad whistle was a really bad call. Of course, that fumble was exactly as much a fumble as Jake Locker’s “incomplete pass”. Drew had that ball under exactly as much control as Locker did when his arm was going forward, so either both should have been incomplete passes or both should have been fumbles. Yet another excuse to gripe about the horrid officiating all year long… grrrr. Oh well. Can’t change any of it now.

But one lost touchdown would not have changed the game THAT substantially. It might have saved the bookies a lot of money, but frankly I’m not in the least bit concerned about the bookies. And I said before that we were overdue for a horridly officiated game in our favor. The worst call of the game did go in our favor, so I guess that we’re no longer due. Now instead we’re horridly overdue for a correctly officiated game in nobody’s favor. Hopefully we’ll get one next week.

by FriarBob on Jan 8, 2012 11:05 AM CST up reply actions

Thanks for being objective

Though to be fair one touchdown would have made a HUGE difference in the game. We would have been up 21 to 7 and in the fourth quarter if everything else was the same we would have been up 28-24. That makes a difference in how we play. Also that first pick that Staff threw he probably wouldn’t have attempted had he been down 3 instead of 10. See what I mean?

We are taught from an early age how to deal with failure not success. (If at first you don't succeed try try again, if at first you succeed then what....) -Charlie Sheen

I come ready, when I came out the womb I was ready, tell them mama that's why you had me, you knew I was ready. -Moss

Dominating your opposition physically is great and all, but confounding them mentally is sooo much more fun.

2-15-DEN 44(14:36) (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 47 for 3 yards (N.Suh). FUMBLES (N.Suh), RECOVERED by DET-N.Suh at DEN 47. N.Suh to DEN 47 for no gain (K.Moreno). FUMBLES (K.Moreno), recovered by DET-C.Houston at DEN 47. C.Houston to DEN 47 for no gain (O.Franklin). Denver challenged the fumble ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 49 for 5 yards (S.Tulloch).

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by Redwolf333 on Jan 8, 2012 1:48 PM CST up reply actions

The game might have gone completely differently… or it might have been exactly the same. Frankly I think it’s likely the halftime score would have been 21-14 instead, because the lack of “lost time” during the Lions failing to score off the fumble would have given the Saint a LOT more time to drive down for what would have become their second TD in the first half (instead of the FG because they ran out of time).

So after the break, when they tie it up (instead of take the lead) on the fourth play of the second half, it’s now technically anybody’s ballgame, and the Saints aren’t leading by three. Except that the ability (or lack thereof) of teams to make halftime adjustments would still have come into play. The Saints did make those adjustments, and the Lions didn’t. They didn’t when they led by 4, why would three extra points of lead have made any difference at all in their ability to make those necessary adjustments? So it’s entirely possible that even the bookies wouldn’t have mattered, as if things did not substantially change afterward — and it doesn’t appear that your coaches yet have mastered the playoff-game halftime adjustment, though I’m not about to say they can’t learn to do so in the near future — then even the bookies might not have been helped, as the final score then would have been 49 to 35.

by FriarBob on Jan 8, 2012 10:07 PM CST up reply actions

So, this is nofear, Leonuro after reconstructive surgery...

May I wish you a worse year next year ‘cause I don’t wanna see you in the playoffs. Give me the Pack of the Bears any time soon….now, I just want to make sure here. That’s a compliment, right? Back-handed, maybe, but a true compliment.

by singleblow on Jan 8, 2012 12:13 PM CST reply actions

I guess a fine line between sarcasm and bad mannered compliments so, just in case,

Good luck next year. :~)

by singleblow on Jan 8, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions

I got it and thanks

We are taught from an early age how to deal with failure not success. (If at first you don't succeed try try again, if at first you succeed then what....) -Charlie Sheen

I come ready, when I came out the womb I was ready, tell them mama that's why you had me, you knew I was ready. -Moss

Dominating your opposition physically is great and all, but confounding them mentally is sooo much more fun.

2-15-DEN 44(14:36) (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 47 for 3 yards (N.Suh). FUMBLES (N.Suh), RECOVERED by DET-N.Suh at DEN 47. N.Suh to DEN 47 for no gain (K.Moreno). FUMBLES (K.Moreno), recovered by DET-C.Houston at DEN 47. C.Houston to DEN 47 for no gain (O.Franklin). Denver challenged the fumble ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 49 for 5 yards (S.Tulloch).

Follow @josephgray23

by Redwolf333 on Jan 8, 2012 1:49 PM CST up reply actions