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Great read, 60minutes!......I disagree with one conclusion, though.....this team is no longer PERCEIVED to be a great team.....this team is talked about how great they are!
Time of perception is over! They were perceived to be good after week 2, after beating the Eagles....but the talk turned considerably when the Saints beat the Giants with the same score....48 points! Experts now are talking about the greatness of this Saints team....even today, just a few minutes ago Pat Kirwan on Sirius made a point differentiating between this Saints team and the Colts...explaining that the Colts only had 15 minutes at their disposition to beat the Phins.......that reasoning cannot be applied to the Saints, for one simple reason.......the Saints score much faster than the Colts, and they score more points than the Colts!
This is a huge difference between playing both teams......the wildcat is meaningless if the Saints score TDs on their first 3 possessions......that means....the Phins better keep up on the scoreboard, or they will find themselves down by 21 points!!!....all that could be in the 1st qt!!
According to Kirwan, this is the game in which Chad Henne will be asked to play regular football, and start throwing the ball to keep up....a huge chance to take when there is one player in the Saints backfield who like a predator is watching his every move....ready to step in for the kill at any moment!......asking all this from a player with 3 games under his belt.....an almost impossible task to fulfill! No wonder experts are seeing the Saints as winners in this game!
Now that doesn't mean the Saints can win 100% this game.......turnovers, and the weather both can influence the outcome.....they all agree!....but all things being equal, the Saints should win this game by a comfy margin, and that is their stance....they picked the Saints to win!
About the history......yes, we did have great teams in the past.....like the teams in the Dome Patrol days.....but those teams weren't near as good as this team is!....lets take position by position.....QB, TE, OL, WRs RBs this team is loaded with talent! No Saints offense came even close to this one......and experts are saying that this Saints offense is the best in the league. No other offense is better than the Saints offense based on the games they played.
The D is also loaded with talent......we have 3 1st rounders at the DL, our LBs are playing extremely good, and our secondary is if not the best in the league, is certainly top 3! We lead the league in takeaways, and we have a FS who leads in INTs......
All in all, baring an unforeseen meltdown, by turning the ball over on multiple occasions....the Saints should win this game for all the reasons experts laid out. And that is the result of recognition of grading this team's performance so far.....after 6 weeks...the Saints are the best team in football!
Time of perception is over! They were perceived to be good after week 2, after beating the Eagles....but the talk turned considerably when the Saints beat the Giants with the same score....48 points! Experts now are talking about the greatness of this Saints team....even today, just a few minutes ago Pat Kirwan on Sirius made a point differentiating between this Saints team and the Colts...explaining that the Colts only had 15 minutes at their disposition to beat the Phins.......that reasoning cannot be applied to the Saints, for one simple reason.......the Saints score much faster than the Colts, and they score more points than the Colts!
This is a huge difference between playing both teams......the wildcat is meaningless if the Saints score TDs on their first 3 possessions......that means....the Phins better keep up on the scoreboard, or they will find themselves down by 21 points!!!....all that could be in the 1st qt!!
According to Kirwan, this is the game in which Chad Henne will be asked to play regular football, and start throwing the ball to keep up....a huge chance to take when there is one player in the Saints backfield who like a predator is watching his every move....ready to step in for the kill at any moment!......asking all this from a player with 3 games under his belt.....an almost impossible task to fulfill! No wonder experts are seeing the Saints as winners in this game!
Now that doesn't mean the Saints can win 100% this game.......turnovers, and the weather both can influence the outcome.....they all agree!....but all things being equal, the Saints should win this game by a comfy margin, and that is their stance....they picked the Saints to win!
About the history......yes, we did have great teams in the past.....like the teams in the Dome Patrol days.....but those teams weren't near as good as this team is!....lets take position by position.....QB, TE, OL, WRs RBs this team is loaded with talent! No Saints offense came even close to this one......and experts are saying that this Saints offense is the best in the league. No other offense is better than the Saints offense based on the games they played.
The D is also loaded with talent......we have 3 1st rounders at the DL, our LBs are playing extremely good, and our secondary is if not the best in the league, is certainly top 3! We lead the league in takeaways, and we have a FS who leads in INTs......
All in all, baring an unforeseen meltdown, by turning the ball over on multiple occasions....the Saints should win this game for all the reasons experts laid out. And that is the result of recognition of grading this team's performance so far.....after 6 weeks...the Saints are the best team in football!