Jacksonville defense struggling mightily this season
it would be a classic letdown game if the Saints buy into the Jags not being any good.
I've heard of NFL teams appearing to play down to the level of their competition. Lord knows we've seen our Saints do it many times.
But I find it hard to believe that any NFL team could or would take any opponent lightly. Almost every team in the league is a within a
game or two better or worse than 8-8. There are always a few juggernauts and a few tank-teams, but everyone else is pretty even.
As far as the Saints getting full of themselves and having a let-down game... I just can't see that happening. As long as Drew is "Out",
our coaches and players have to feel like their backs are against the wall. One wrong step and we're down a couple of scores and pretty
much out of it. For all the "good" we've done the past few weeks, I still feel like we either need to get a lead and protect it or keep it close
and steal it at the end. I don't see our offense being able to put up enough quick strike points to overcome a two score deficit late in a
game unless we get points from our defense or special teams. And a team with a big lead usually plays conservative to prevent those
sort of things.
I think our team knows this, and that's what's going to keep them sharp week to week, regardless of who we play. I think the parity in
the league keeps teams from looking past opponents. Without Drew, that goes double for us.