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Saints sign new WR to team

2009-11-20T19:04:43Z

Despite an abundance of injuries on the defensive side of the field, coach Sean Payton and GM Mickey Loomis have decided to sign a new wide receiver to the New Orleans Saints.

The Saints held a quick tryout for the recently signed and previously undrafted WR out of Columbia University. Drew Brees ran some patterns with the new addition to our squad and was pleased with the results.

"He really surprised us with his ability to execute the slant," Brees noted to blogger Saintsational Dave. "Every time we ran it, the slant always seemed to go just his way."

In order to make room for the new addition, the Saints decided to waive RB Reggie Bush.

"Bush just never seemed to get things done during his tenure here," Coach Payton noted. "After a number of years, we elected to go in a different direction by replacing Bush with someone new, even if he is somewhat inexperienced. We think he brings a sense of hope and change to the team."

The new WR decided to take the previously unclaimed #1 jersey. As per his request, however, the Saints are looking to replace the numeral on his jersey with the words actually written out instead as "The One."

Christ, please make it stop.

2009-11-20T18:11:48Z

Hey dere all mah Who Dats, y'all know what I be talkin' 'bout in dat dere subject line now don't ya cher??? Dagonrite ya do.

Lemme axe y'all sumthin', whadd'ya think all us real deal genyoowine cajuns (you can tell by the way I type in my 100% legit cajun accent) gotta do to get Dave to put a merciful end to all dis here recent buffoonery real quick like? Toot sweet, even! Cuz brah, I gotta tell ya, dis here is makin' me wanna shove a damn screwdriver down my throat.

CAN I GET A BY GOD WHO DAT UP IN HERE WITH REGARD TO THE SENTIMENT CONTAINED HEREIN???? You know, cuz I'm all CRAAAAZY and wacky and all.

Oh, and while y'all here, what say we TALK ABOUT ME(!!!!!!!!!) a whole lot mo. Like all the damn time. Incessantly. Where all my peeps at?!?!?!?

Good lord.

I'll tell you what I wanna see

2009-11-20T15:46:32Z

I want to see them knock every team they meet, right through the superbowl for a loop. No quarter, no holds barred. If the score is 35 to 7 and five minutes left, don't get squeamish, don't hesitate, just continue to put them into the ground. Just grind it out down to the last second. Stop them dead and, if you happen to get a chance to score, again, take it. Don't run up the score (I guess), but damn well don't hesitate to keep that ball moving hell or high water.

"Mark it down..."

2009-11-20T14:40:37Z

Rarely does a sportswriter throw down the gauntlet in such unambiguous terms.

Jason Whitlock, writing for Fox Sports, predicted that neither the Colts nor the Saints would play in the Super Bowl. In fact, he stated he was "almost willing to guarantee" that neither team would make the big game. Not because there are plenty of other worthy teams, but because both Indianapolis and New Orleans are "on borrowed time."

Specifically, his prediction about the Saints reads:

Mark it down, New Orleans is going to lose three of four during their Patriots-Redskins-Falcons-Cowboys stretch.

I like Whitlock. He's willing to say things on matters that other sportswriters won't touch (usually having something to do with race...why are white people so afraid to bring up the subject?). And of course, he could be right.

But if Christmas rolls around with the Saints sitting at better than 11-3, Whitlock needs to hear from a lot of CSC members. A guarantee is a guarantee...and if Whitlock proves to be wrong about this one, I guarantee I'm going to ream him a new one.

All this talk about losing!!!!!

2009-11-19T20:11:47Z

What a crock!!! I have been watching the Saints lose since 1967. I don't want them to lose another game in my lifetime. However, I do agree about the one game at a time philosphy. But I don't agree with this negative attitude of let's lose one so we can get that monkey off our back. I want that monkey to become a 500 lb gorilla.

I remember Gary Cuozzo, the 62-7 games and 1-15 seasons. I remember the Kenny Burroughs and trading an entire draft for one player. I remember the paper backs and the Aints headlines. I remember every heartbreak and disappointment. I remember the good things, like Dempsey's kick and John Gilliams kick return, but they are few and far between.

Would Rickey Jackson and Pat Swilling be in the Hall, if they had played for anyone else, but the Saints. I tired of the disrespect and the catcalls when I wear my Saints stuff. For a team that can count their winning seasons without taking off their shoes, I say don't lose another game. I will take a hundred or two hundred straight wins if you don't mind. So I have concocted a poll

Poll

Should the Saints lose a game?

Saints and GGM's fan talk for the Buc's

2009-11-19T15:56:48Z

njsaintsfan had a good idea, let's see how this works for all the GGM's bud's... I am not sure if this will give us a string to keep posting back and forth for the week like the GT page on XOF Sports, but it's a start so let's see how it goes.

Anyone who wishes to join in is more than welcomed, including the weekly opponents. All we ask is that you keep it respectful and clean... being a fan does not mean being a troll! We take the position that we have only a little more latitude than our coaches and players, so if you can't imagine Drew Brees saying something to the media or an opposing player.... why would you if you respect him and our team. Oh sure we can smack it up but let the quality of your personal character guide your words and actions... be cool, enjoy and pull for your team... the SAINTS of course!

GGM, Voodoo Surgeon General

Da GGM's spell dat started it all this year!

2009-11-19T15:45:04Z

Some New VooDoo posted back in August, '09... this was a prophecy!

Every year we analyze dis,

Every year we analyze dat,

Before each preseason we sure looking phat,

Den along come de season and dash all our dreams,

We pull out our hair and make with da screams,

But one season what we all know will be true,

Da Saints will win da Super Bowl cause of fans like you,

Beaudreaux and Pluto and NJSaintsfan,

All of my brothers who are lifelong Saints fans,

Dis year will be different is one thing dat I know,

Cause da GGM done conjured some powerful new blow,

We done sprinkled some on da field and in da locker room,

And at the end of this season da Saints will go BOOM,

I don't mean we blow up like so many years in da past,

I mean dis year da Super Bowl… we win finally at last!

GGM, Voodoo MD

Da Gris Gris Man's Spell on Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2009-11-19T06:10:50Z

Spell on the Tampa Bay Buc’s

Oh great Voodoo spirit Papa Legbo,

For dis week’s opponents I need you for sho ,

We go to do battle with pirates and buccaneers,

Like some of you was in your living young years,

So I call on the spirit of da brothers Lafitte,

Give us your power against dis team we will meet,

Wave your hands over pot as my spell I do brew,

Dis spell I do cast with da power from you,

Into my pot I throw white sand from their beaches,

I mix it with jellyfish and blood from some leeches,

Add in some socks I took off Leftwich’s flat feet,

I put in some lips of a mute so dey can't speak,

Added some hair from the Williams’ big head,

Stirred in some blood from eels dats was dead,

Throw in some eyes from a mole that can’t see,

So their returners will be blind and just take a knee,

I found some old teeth I pulled out of a snake,

They go in my pot so no TD will dey make,

I cooked up this brew till the owls went to sleep,

Den bottled it up and into their stadium I creeped,

I poured it on dare lockers and into dare big shoes,

I poured it on da field so for sure dey will lose,

Dis spell is not evil but powerful it be,

Let all of my followers believe and you'll see,

Believe in da Voodoo and the Buccaneers’ will succumb,

Wit dis spell now come Sunday our Saints will done won!

Gris Gris Man, Voodoo Surgeon General and Witch Doctor King

WHO DAT DREW DAT TRUE DAT !

HURRICANE WHO DAT!!!!

2009-11-19T04:12:52Z

URGENT WEATHER ADVISORY!!!! HURRICANE WHO DAT has grown to a Category 9 and will touchdown in Tampa Bay this Sunday as a Category 10! It's gonna get BREESy! Let the debate begin!

Can't wait to wear my #25 jersey to the pub to cheer on my SAINTS! If you are in the NC Triangle area....join me at McKinley's Pub on Hwy 70 in Clayton.

Don't know who started this.....but I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!! WHO DAT? DREW DAT!!!!!

National Media tearing down Saints as fast as they built them

2009-11-19T03:58:57Z

Just as quickly as the National Media built up the New Orleans Saints at the begining of the season, they are slowly starting to knock them off of the pedistal they put them on. The last time the Saints started a season 9-0 was .........umm....never... I turn on the TV this week, whether it be NFL Network or ESPN, and everyone is talking about the New Orleans Saints, and EVERYONE has questions surrounding the way the Saints are winning. What was once, "The best team in the NFL", has suddenly become, "The Luckiest team in the NFL". Last week's headline on ESPN read, "Sloppy Saints beat Rams". The media has a job to do, and their job is to create controversy, and doubt. They are now doubting the Saints. Just remember when you are 9-0, something has to go wrong. I mean you cant get any better than 9-0 can you? After last week's win agains the Rams, cornerback Randall Gay said, "You dont have to blow every team out, you just have to win." Well, at least our players have it right, and to me that's all that counts.

I thought you would like to see this.

2009-11-19T02:02:50Z

A computer simulation was done to see what are the chances of the Saints or the Colts have a chance of going 16 - 0. They did 10,001 simulations and the Saints had a 22.0% chance of going 16 - 0 and the Colts had a 22.2% chance. It had the Saints winning each individual game by no less than 65% that was New England. They had us scoring 229 points. The whole story is at http://www.whatifsports.com/beyondtheboxscore/default.asp?article=2009NFLColtsSaints.

Am I the only one that wants to see the Saints lose a game?

2009-11-18T22:56:45Z

Do we really want the Saints heading into the postseason with the pressure of an undefeated season on their shoulders. Seems like an un necessary distraction. As long as they clinch home field then I'm cool.. History has shown that these teams that go 9-0, 10-0, 12-0, ...whatever, dont really deep into the playoffs. I don't care who they lose to but I want them to lose a game or two. I do wanna see them destroy the Pats though.

Saints sign Mcalister....This happen to anybody else????

2009-11-18T22:30:37Z

When I saw the headline this morning that said "Saints sign veteran Mcalister" I thought they had resigned Deuce and I got hella excited. I thought they should have given him one more year but I certainly can understand why they didnt. Anyways, then I clicked on the headline and saw that it was Chris Mcalister. Did that happen to anyone else?

I'm glad they signed Chris though. Our backup secondary guys don't impress me all that much. They made the Rams pathetic recieving corps look like a bunch of pro bowlers. Having Randall Gay on the field next monday against the Pats would have worried me. Could be worse though.......least it isn't Jason David. (THANK GOD!!) I really hope Jabari Greer and big Sedrik Ellis will be back for that Pats game. I think Jabari has the skills to keep Moss in check. You know Drew has a chip on his shoulder for that game because (even though he would never admit it being the professional that he is) he wants to be mentioned in the same class as Brady and Manning. He'll have his chance to prove that he desreves it next Monday. I personally think he already does. Statistically he's been consistently better for the past 3 years. People say its because the Saints have the best recieving corps in the NFL but I think it has more to do with Brees and his ability to make the guys around him better. He hasn't had a hall of fame recievers like reggie wayne or randy moss to throw to. I think he's gonna have somthen to prove in thay Pats game. Shaun Payton will have somthen to prove too. You know he circled that game on his calendar and would love nothing more than to out duel Belichek

I'm getting ahead of myself though, we gotta beat the Bucs first.

The Gris Gris Man moves to SBNation!

2009-11-18T21:27:33Z

Hello all you Saints fans around the world, I am the Gris Gris Man, better known just as GGM. I have lived on FOX Sports for the last few years as a blogger and officially the Un-Official Voodoo Doctor for the New Orleans Saints. Due to the influx of trolls and haters on XOF Sports and XOF's unwillingness to properly monitor their business the GGM is looking for a new venue for my weekly spells and thoughts on the Saints.

I am a 4th generation New Orleans native and a graduate of the Marie Laveau College of Voodoo and Witch Doctory in Cocodrie, LA. (don't look dat up on your college directory, it's a private university college school secret kinda thing) The GGM has been very successful this year with his spells and attributes it to a new batch of gris-gris powder he conjured up for this season. Man has it been some powerful stuff! The GGM, with the help of the coaches and players of course, is batting 1000 this year and hopes to keep it up all the way to the Super Bowl! If you enjoy some light hearted, but deadly serious, reading please look for this weeks spell on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Again look for my spells on each and every Thursday during the season and hopefully throughout the playoffs all the way to Miami!

I hope that SB Nation finds my hard work both beneficial and entertaining as my High Priestess Madam VGG and I along with my staff of highly trained Zombie Girlz will be working hard each week to bring you he best in Voodoo spells and all around Witch Doctoring. Please feel free to comment good or bad (of course bad comments could be met with a loss of small but important body parts) and I hope you have fun with them and I look forward to going to the Super Bowl together this year!

Spell comes out tomorrow so keep an evil eye out for it, again Thursday is always spell day even on Saturday or Monday night games. That way it does not have time to weaken before we play the game. Enjoy our Saints and this season along with me and I hope to hear from everyone as you get to know me better.

GGM, Voodoo MD

ggm@grisgrisman.com please send me E-mail's directly at this address if you would like.

website coming soon: well when those zombie girlz get to work...

The winner is THE PERFECT STORM!

2009-11-18T16:34:20Z

The Perfect Storm takes the nickname crown, and once it was a heads up challenge, it wasn't even close. So there you have it. The end result is the same, but there's no one that can argue their name was better or should have won etc. It took far longer than it should have to arrive at this answer, but nothing in New Orleans is ever easy unlike the name implies.

So let's get to the more important business at hand, which is arranging the making of T-Shirts, so we can sport the name the FANS chose for a change instead of what some analyst or personality spouts out.

Courtney Roby KO Return

2009-11-18T12:54:19Z

I thought Roby did a nice job on the return and the return team set it up nicely. St Louis cooperated well also, they seemed to do a poor job so it all came together. It made me think of a post/comments a few weeks ago that claimed Roby was slow. Well I never thought he was slow, I really like him as a returner. He's been very reliable and to me has looked very capable of breaking the long one so it was nice to see it happen. So, I have 2 questions, unrelated. 1) Didn't that kickoff return affirm that he has good speed and is a good returner for us?
2) Can anyone comment on his return about 4-5 games ago that was probably his longest of the season before the retuern vs Rams. It was at home and there was a penalty at the end of the play. I was in a bar and I think it was because someone threw a beer bottle or something on the field. Is that what reeally happened because there was no commentary where I was watching.

There has been a lot of talk about problems.

2009-11-18T03:07:59Z

First, let's remember we are undefeated are playing Tampa Bay next. It is really hard to reason to complain when you are unbeaten, but we seem to be a good job of it. You have to understand that the Saints are now the number target in the NFC. For teams like the Rams, this is the closest they are going to get to the Superbowl. I remember when the Saints were a sad team and they would give their best performances against the top teams. Let us examine the games in question:

1. Miami, they were coming off a bye week and needed a win to reach .500. We were playing on the road. In the NFL it is always tough to win on the road. They were on a two game winning streak and needed to win to get back in the division race. The Saints were coming off a big win in trouncing the Giants. It was the perfect setup for a letdown and think it showed in the first half. However in the second half, the Saints made two adjustments that changed it all. They showed the world how to stop the Wildcat and secondly they started going down the middle to Shockey.

2. The Falcons, they were coming off a disappointing loss and were two games in back of the Saints and were desperate for a win in order to get one game back. A loss meant they would be essential 3.5 games in back due to tie breakers. Without Fujita and Ellis to stop the run, the Saints were undermanned against a good rushing team. The only reason the Falcons got back into the game in the 4th quarters were some miscues by the special teams.

3. Carolina, another team that was on a two game winning streak. A win made them .500. Remember they were almost everyone's preseason pick to win the division. Additionally the defense was still weak in the middle due to injuries. A loss meant the end of their hopes for a division title.

4.The Rams, this was their Superbowl. They had just had their first win and needed to keep up the momentum. They had had their bye week and had two games to get ready for the Saints.

All things consider, the Saints did what good teams have to do in these situations, find a way to win. I really think we have been condition with so much disappointment with past teams that we are waiting for the other shoe to drop and for the Saints to let us down once again. I really don't see that happening with this team.

So, when do we start talking about the next game?

2009-11-17T22:12:00Z

I'll be shocked if that one's not close being that it's a division game and all. And, the team really does have a very big bulls-eye painted right on their backs, especially for a team like TB that has nothing to lose. At least, it's going to be in warm weather. That's outside, right? Does anyone know how the Saints do on turf? Those two questions have plagued me from game to game. Can't seem to find a good site for it. Also, speaking of sites, does anyone know a good site to see (no pun intended) replays. The NFL site sucks for me.

Need some big time help up here in North La

2009-11-17T18:26:13Z

Hey ya'll, I just started reading this site the past few weeks, and I am lovin it!!! Been a Saints fan for the past 38 years, and had only hoped for a season like this one.

I live near Shreveport in the northwest corner of this great state. As you can imagine, there are more than a few Dallas Cowboy fans in this area. So many in fact, that the networks have ALWAYS favored showing the Cowboy games instead of the Saints when their schedules clash-as is happening this Sunday. I have voiced my opinion more than a few times, but keep getting the same story. The network broadcast area includes much of East Texas as well as Southwest Arkansas, and the Cowboy fans outnumber the Saints fans up here. 62 of 64 parishes in La will always show the Saints games-but not Caddo and Bossier. It seems to really be about advertising dollars.

A few weeks ago, when the Saints played Miami and Dallas was playing at the same time, KMSS, our local FOX affiliate, put a means to vote on their webcite for which of the two games we wanted to watch. This vote was not really advertised much, I found it by accident when I went to complain again about not supporting the state team. I emailed everyone I knew, and the Saints won out about 10-1. So after the game, they were bombarded by Cowboy fans wanting to know what happened to their game. KMSS promised to publicize the next poll-and here it is this week.

I just checked the cite, and the cowboy fans are winning 53-47%. I NEED your help! Please, please, please, go to this cite-

http://www.kmsstv.com/

you have to register and get a username and password, but it doesn't take long. The voting ends tomorrow at 1pm, so please do it today. Many thanks in advance for your help, and I will let you know how it turns out.

Hey ya'll, I just started reading this site the past few weeks, and I am lovin it!!! Been a Saints fan for the past 38 years, and had only hoped for a season like this one.

I live near Shreveport in the northwest corner of this great state. As you can imagine, there are more than a few Dallas Cowboy fans in this area. So many in fact, that the networks have ALWAYS favored showing the Cowboy games instead of the Saints when their schedules clash-as is happening this Sunday. I have voiced my opinion more than a few times, but keep getting the same story. The network broadcast area includes much of East Texas as well as Southwest Arkansas, and the Cowboy fans outnumber the Saints fans up here. 62 of 64 parishes in La will always show the Saints games-but not Caddo and Bossier. It seems to really be about advertising dollars.

A few weeks ago, when the Saints played Miami and Dallas was playing at the same time, KMSS, our local FOX affiliate, put a means to vote on their webcite for which of the two games we wanted to watch. This vote was not really advertised much, I found it by accident when I went to complain again about not supporting the state team. I emailed everyone I knew, and the Saints won out about 10-1. So after the game, they were bombarded by Cowboy fans wanting to know what happened to their game. KMSS promised to publicize the next poll-and here it is this week.

I just checked the cite, and the cowboy fans are winning 53-47%. I NEED your help! Please, please, please, go to this cite-

http://www.kmsstv.com/

you have to register and get a username and password, but it doesn't take long. The voting ends tomorrow at 1pm, so please do it today. Many thanks in advance for your help, and I will let you know how it turns out.

Pass the Check Down Please

2009-11-17T10:58:37Z

Are the Saints Purposely Limiting Reggie Bushes Touches Because of Money

Hey guys I wrote this article on bleacher report check it out. You don't have to comment there, do you're thang here, it's kind of a long read so thought I'd post it there. I've been meaning to write something for them for a while just haven't. Get at me as I'm sure some of you will.