the VG board football thread

The Mongoose said
First, let me say that I'm totally spoiled by how good this team is. I expect them to win every game. It's really quite ridiculous for me to have such high expectations, but I do, and it's not my fault. It's Payton and Brees'. It's getting to the point that I take how good they are for granted.

Second, I still have no idea what to make of this defense. We still don't seem to get any pass rush, our DBs are, shall we say, inconsistent. But yet we held a pretty good offense to 17 points (with the help of their stupid penalties).

Is it possible that defense doesn't matter (as much) this year? The packers d sucks, as does the Patriots. I dunno mang. Part of me thinks our defense will hurt us in the playoffs, and part thinks it's good enough.

How are we supposed to tell?

The Packers D has consistent playmakers that cause turnovers, this is something the Saints do not have, at least as far as the "consistent" part goes.

But well, like many other posters have discussed, we only have to beat the Packers in one game. Our D is capable of making things happen in a one game scenario and if our offense takes care of the ball as they should, well, we could possibly win in Green Bay. It's not likely, but stranger things have happened. The better we play down the stretch the more I think this is possible.