Remember this thread should the Saints miss the playoffs...

I think we win on Sun and make the playoffs.

I agree with the lot of you that we have oline issues, which I believe are then causing more issues on offense such as poor runs, poor decision throws, and turnovers, and also that we have obvious problems closing out games on defense.

I think there will be a lot of changes in the off season regardless of what happens here on out. I think coach has made that clear by the moves he's made as of late. I hope the concentration is on offense/oline and ST. I have faith that we will be smart in this area as we usually are.

But this season isn't over yet, and I have also noticed that we've had some poor luck this year when it comes to the ball bouncing our way. I do believe it takes a certain amount of luck sometimes in football and so far it hasn't been in the cards for us. Every team I root for to win loses. Every team I want to lose wins. I try to keep the faith and hope for the best, but I feel our luck just isn't there. With some good luck instead of bad, we would have won at least 2 more games IMO.

Our team doesn't blow many games out of the water like it used to. When we let our opponents stay within a score, I'm nervous no matter who we are playing. All it takes is one mistake, one bad bounce, one bad call...

With all that said, I hope the ball starts bouncing our way if we make it to the playoffs. IMO if we are to win in the post season more than once, we may need some luck because we do have holes that are exposed. I don't think we are a bad team. I just don't think we are playing great/smart football right now and that is what is needed in the post season. I hope for these holes to just plug themselves and we play lights out, but that seems more unlikely than just hoping for some good luck. These problems take time to fix. Lets just hope we can plug the holes well enough and have enough balls bounce the saints way to stay in the game. WHODAT!