The Falclowns lost, and seem to be in a tailspin. Bucs play the Chargers next week, with 4 games to go.
Consider this:
1. The ‘90 Saints won 4 of their last 6 to finish at .500 (8-8) and claimed the last NFC wildcard spot that season.
2. The 2002 Saints were sitting pretty with a 9-4 record, needing only one (1) more win in their last 3 games (all vs. teams with a losing record)to CLINCH a postseason spot. Welp… Jim Haslett continues to start an injured Aaron Brooks instead of playing a HEALTHY Jake Delhomme. Results: Three (3) straight losses to finish at 9-7, and missed the postseason! 😡 My hide is still chapped about that season! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_New_Orleans_Saints_season
It ain’t over, y’all. Yes, the odds are NOT in our favor… but if (and that’s a BIG “if”) the unlikely happens, you never know how much an underdog can rise to the occasion in the playoffs.
Draft, schmaft… let’s enjoy the ride until the fat lady sings!
:munch:
I watch Saints football because they are my team. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Saints will not make the playoffs this year. But I will be watching every game until the final gun sounds in Tampa on January 5th. The reason is because the offseason is a long one and hope springs eternal again in September.
I don’t have to fool myself into thinking that the astronomical formula for ‘earning’ a playoff berth could happen here. I don’t need that hope to keep watching the Saints games because I’ll never give up on my team for as long as they continue to exist as the New Orleans Saints.
The current odds of the Saints winning the NFC South stands at 1%. I’m not sure what everyone here is going to do when the ’fat lady’ finally sings, but I do believe she lives in Washington DC. 😢