OneSaintsFan
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Always hear about the team power rankings, but hardly ever about the divisional rankings. I should hate our division but I can't help but be proud of being from the biggest and baddest. Though some (a minority) of the talking heads argued as little as a week ago that the NFC East was the most powerful (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9740493), last weeks 2-1 performance (should've been 3-0 but for Jake) should have erased the remaining doubters.
Sagarin shows a commanding lead (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/nfl06.htm). Reading the tea leaves to be sure, but it helps illustrate both that the Saints, as the NFC South leader, are still underrated while at the same time that it's anyone's division and that any trip-up can be fatal.
If things remain as they are, and as they ever have been since realignment, whomever wins the NFC South will be the team to beat come the playoffs. As far as that is concerned, taking away our other games against lesser opposition, it's a 3-way tie with Tampa ready to rain on the others 2-1 divisional record parade. New Orleans trumps Atlanta which trumps Carolina which trumps back to New Orleans. Any slight deviation in the math will have disproportionately huge results. It sure would be nice to have this all settled before Week 17 versus Carolina, but it's reassuring to know that it's in the Dome with a crowd who will be well aware of the stakes. With that in mind, going to Atlanta (and Tampa) will be huge opportunities.
Sagarin shows a commanding lead (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/nfl06.htm). Reading the tea leaves to be sure, but it helps illustrate both that the Saints, as the NFC South leader, are still underrated while at the same time that it's anyone's division and that any trip-up can be fatal.
If things remain as they are, and as they ever have been since realignment, whomever wins the NFC South will be the team to beat come the playoffs. As far as that is concerned, taking away our other games against lesser opposition, it's a 3-way tie with Tampa ready to rain on the others 2-1 divisional record parade. New Orleans trumps Atlanta which trumps Carolina which trumps back to New Orleans. Any slight deviation in the math will have disproportionately huge results. It sure would be nice to have this all settled before Week 17 versus Carolina, but it's reassuring to know that it's in the Dome with a crowd who will be well aware of the stakes. With that in mind, going to Atlanta (and Tampa) will be huge opportunities.
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