Hot Takes Welcome (Post Packers Loss)
Links on YT tend to show up on here as being "zapped" for copyright, but here's a few highlights to search amid all the heartbreaking losses in those years:
--1978 vs. the Rams, on the road; it was the Rams first loss of the season and started what passed in those days as a "streak" for us. Reverse the two Hail Mary losses to the Failclowns and that's a playoff berth, folks!
--1979 vs. either the Redskins or the 49ers. The defense, often remembered as the team's albatross while the 78-79 offense was pretty good, actually showed up that day in Washington. Then a few weeks later, a home win over the 49ers and their rookie head coach Bill Walsh got us to 6-5 in mid-November, which was cause for celebration back then.
--1983 vs. either the Bears or Dolphins. Two thrilling wins at home, one in overtime over a Bears team that would win the Super Bowl in the Superdome just two years later, and the other a defensive gem of a game against a promising rookie QB named Dan Marino.
I highly recommend any of them to any die-hard fan, young or old.
I was but five years old in 1980 but everything I've read and kinda-sorta remember is it was all off-the-field with the issues. Lots of nose candy being snorted back then and then drafting a punter/kicker in the first round, among so many other needs. 1978 and '79, and then '83 as well, were so darned close to producing the first winning season. Several of the wins those three years are searchable on YT, too. It was a different rhythm to the game back then, but no less enjoyable.1967 - 1986 would be more correct... This is what I lived though as a young Saints fan...
8-8 was like a Super Bowl year for us!
1980 had to be the worst season ever for most fans. We went 8-8 for the first time ever in 79 & we were picked by a lot of people to win our first division, winning season, make the playoffs in 80.
People ended the year by wearing bags on their heads & the FO cleaned house because of a supposable drug problem on the team.
Bad...Bad...& Worse!
Links on YT tend to show up on here as being "zapped" for copyright, but here's a few highlights to search amid all the heartbreaking losses in those years:
--1978 vs. the Rams, on the road; it was the Rams first loss of the season and started what passed in those days as a "streak" for us. Reverse the two Hail Mary losses to the Failclowns and that's a playoff berth, folks!
--1979 vs. either the Redskins or the 49ers. The defense, often remembered as the team's albatross while the 78-79 offense was pretty good, actually showed up that day in Washington. Then a few weeks later, a home win over the 49ers and their rookie head coach Bill Walsh got us to 6-5 in mid-November, which was cause for celebration back then.
--1983 vs. either the Bears or Dolphins. Two thrilling wins at home, one in overtime over a Bears team that would win the Super Bowl in the Superdome just two years later, and the other a defensive gem of a game against a promising rookie QB named Dan Marino.
I highly recommend any of them to any die-hard fan, young or old.