The tragedy of the 2010 season

The tragedy (travesty) of the season so far, which now includes the entire regular season, is that we truly just didn't get to find out how good this team is. Not one game where we truly put our best foot forward and on the pedal all game long. It's really the first time you can say such about a Payton/Brees team, even the years of mediocrity (07-08) produced games where those respective versions of the Saints self actualized for several games.

We got to see hints of it this season- 1st half at Tampa and versus Seattle, 2nd half against Pitt, quarters of outstanding play at Dallas early and St. Louis. But never even close to a full game.

Whatever else happens this season, whether we are good enough to win another SB (I am confident that we are, with points to spare) or consistent enough (from what I have seen this season, without a more balanced offense I am confident we are not), I do want to see the 2010 version of the Saints put it all together, at least once. See what you got, don't leave it to wonder how good your squad truly was for the rest of your careers (as more than a few of these Saints won't be back next year and may never be in such an advantageous position for the rest of their career).

God help the other team if they do manage to bring it.
We did not have a lot of games that were complete in all phases, if any.

But we are still good enough with Brees.

I still think the only thing missing on offense is continuity in the running game. We had too many injuries in the backfied, and the OL fell off a little bit this year (poorer blocking and more penalties).

This has put too much on Brees, who was also hurt for a while. He's had more pressure and a little less time to look downfield due to rush. And has had no consistent running game to take some pressure off him.

If we don't find a running game and better OL play in the post-season, we will be a dangerous team, but won't quite make it to Dallas.