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Those stats really killed my 2-0 buzz . Win or lose this still has to be one of my favorite Saints team ever . If only #26 could be apart of it , but I know he's still pulling for Saintsnation were ever he is. If the stars and planets did align and we won it all , how cool would it be if Payton gave Deuce the game ball for all his great years of service!
 
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/3648/its-only-week-3-so-chillax

It's only Week 3, so chillax
September 26, 2009 8:39 AM

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham


A few reminders for fans getting too lathered up or excessively despondent over how great or awful their teams are two games into the season:
  • <LI sizcache="0" sizset="119">The Buffalo Bills started out 5-1 last year and didn't make the playoffs. <LI sizcache="0" sizset="120">The Miami Dolphins opened last season 0-2 and won the AFC East.
  • The Sports Illustrated cover curse will claim a victim or two before it's all over.<LI sizcache="0" sizset="121">The New England Patriots lost their first two games in 2001, including a seven-point loss to the New York Jets in Week 2, but claimed their first Super Bowl title five months later. <LI sizcache="0" sizset="123">Like Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, Ryan Leaf also started his NFL career 2-0.
  • One significant injury can change the course of a season. There are players on each team a fan would dread losing to a torn ACL or a dislocated something-or-other.
  • The 1998 Bills started 0-3 but made the playoffs.<LI sizcache="0" sizset="125">Rex Ryan joined two other rookie head coaches who started their careers by not allowing an offensive touchdown in back-to-back games: Red Miller with the 1977 Denver Broncos (AFC champs) and Kay Stephenson for the 1983 Bills (didn't make the playoffs).
  • Four words: performance-enhancing substances policy.
  • Pete Carroll won his first two games as Jets coach. He finished 6-10 and didn't return.
  • Al Groh won his first four games as a Jets coach. He finished 9-7 and didn't return.
  • The Jets have opened 2-0 nine times in franchise history. They've gone on to make the playoffs twice: in 2004 and 1968, when they won the Super Bowl. They're combined record in seasons when they win their first two games is 63-56-2.<LI sizcache="0" sizset="126">Jerod Mayo will be coming back for the Patriots eventually. <LI sizcache="0" sizset="127">If Terrell Owens can heat up, the Bills' already-surprising offense can do some damage. <LI sizcache="0" sizset="128">The San Francisco 49ers are 2-0, just like they were two years ago. They finished 5-11.
  • The Bills shut out the Patriots 31-0 in the 2003 opener. SI put the Bills on the cover. They couldn't reach the playoffs, and the Patriots won the Super Bowl.<LI sizcache="0" sizset="129">The New Orleans Saints are the fifth team in NFL history to post 45 points in each of their first two games. Only two of the others reached the postseason.
  • Saints quarterback Drew Brees tied Charley Johnson's 44-year-old record with nine touchdowns through the first two games. Johnson's 1965 St. Louis Cardinals went 5-9.

I think it's been said before, but most players know how long an NFL season is and are very unlikely to take early season success too far.

Case in point, Drew Brees and the 2002 Chargers started 6-1...they finished 8-8 and failed to make the playoffs...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/schedule?team=sdg&year=2002

Sayin.
 
I don't know the circumstances of the other teams but I just can't see how scoring a bunch of points should reduce your chances of winning.

This is a new day and age of NFL football. Times have changed and the way the game is played has changed.
 
I agree... If I were a betting man, and I'm not... I'd put my weeks allowance on our offense. :hihi:

Just a side note, I'm still waiting for the day when someone says:
"If I were a betting man, WHICH I AM,..."

Sorry, just wanted to go a little George Carlin on everyone.
 
anyone else dislike the term "40 Burger"? Where did that come from?

Whenever I hear it I think they're saying "40 boogers" and thats just gross.
 

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