It's been 7 years since a team made the Super Bowl without a 1st Round bye. And it gets worse.

Saintsphere said
Give me a break. There's a difference between guarded emotion and purely crapping on your team and telling anyone who will listen we have no chance. What you and SaintKamara have been posting is laughable.

I do not know if we will win it all. A lot has to go in our favor. Even if we get lucky with a bye/HFA, we still have to battle things like inept officiating. I know one thing though, should we go on a legendary run and win it all, posters like you will be very lucky that all of us will be in too much jubilation to care about who was in the "We have no chance" camp. But you better believe many of us will remember.

And that’s your opinion. I really couldn’t care less who remembers what. We’re all just sharing opinions about football and I don’t take anything personal.

I live in probabilities and likely outcomes. I will keep watching because I love this team and I will hold on to the incredibly slim chance they overcome all the odds.

But the reality is that last night was our best shot to get a bye. Without the bye, the overwhelming probability is that we will not play beyond the divisional round, much less win the super bowl.