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Better yet, first time the Saints made the playoffs.
A little history. I fell in love with the Saints as I was living in southern California in the mid 70's, when they jumped up and beat up on the playoff bound Rams when we were still in the west. I moved to and was living in Ponchatoula during the late 80's and was fortunate enough to be able to have season tickets for the Saints in '86 and '87. Made the obligatory 'bus trips' to Atlanta thru both seasons and just fell in love with the character of the team and the city. Jim Mora was in town, heading the system, and things were good.
We went 12-3 in the '87 season, but yet only got the number 3 the wild card seed against the Vikings. Just remember, this was the first time the Saints even made the playoffs and you think the dome is loud now? Brain wasn't the same for days after the trip home, voice was shot, but yet we lost that puppy 44-10. What a night.
Slow forward to the present!
If Drew would have had this defense thru most of his time in NO, Brady would not have as many rings! This defense, thru the entire Dennis Allen helm has been as good as any, and this playoff season, which it is a new season, will show just how much the defense is the better of the three phases of the game for the Saints. Special teams is top notch, if not one of the better anchored by the best kicker and punter in the league. let alone that quick little puppy returning punts and kicks. Offense, well, we've almost always been in the top five for just about any category. But during the playoffs, the defense has to travel ahead of the rest, and I believe this one will.
If there's a point to this thread, it's we've been here before. Some of you might be along for the first time, but if/when we get past the Vikings, I personally can't wait to go into Lambeau and show 'Mr. Rodgers' the best defense in the neighborhood. Cam, Demario, Marshon and whom ever else is ask to step up, will do so, even if some feel the NFL has stacked the deck with an 8:05pm Sunday start time. Those 'big eyes' that Aaron gets when 'tons' of human flesh are attacking him, will be fun to watch. Since I was in Southern California studying the weather, I'll go out on a little twig here and say that we should be looking at upper 20's at game time, a westerly wind in the 8 to 14mph range and a 40% chance for precip.
I digress. We are 13-3. Without Drew's injury, history would be a little different, if nothing else in the Rams game, which would have moved us up into a bye. But we are built to win and it doesn't matter where we play. Look for the Saints to be the NFC representative in the Super Bowl, but I don't expect to have any fingernails left heading in February, and definitely not predicting any 'blow outs' of any team that are still left.
Looking for a hard fought victory, say 6 points against the Vikings. A low scoring victory, with a 65-35 rush/pass against the Packers and we take them by 9. Then a home game against Seattle to win the NFC by 13 and head to a Super Bowl against the Chiefs. Again, the defense will travel and prevail.
As an aside, what other team has three viable quarterbacks, all in their last year of contracts, and aren't concerned about it?
Here's to the New Season!
Brad
A little history. I fell in love with the Saints as I was living in southern California in the mid 70's, when they jumped up and beat up on the playoff bound Rams when we were still in the west. I moved to and was living in Ponchatoula during the late 80's and was fortunate enough to be able to have season tickets for the Saints in '86 and '87. Made the obligatory 'bus trips' to Atlanta thru both seasons and just fell in love with the character of the team and the city. Jim Mora was in town, heading the system, and things were good.
We went 12-3 in the '87 season, but yet only got the number 3 the wild card seed against the Vikings. Just remember, this was the first time the Saints even made the playoffs and you think the dome is loud now? Brain wasn't the same for days after the trip home, voice was shot, but yet we lost that puppy 44-10. What a night.
Slow forward to the present!
If Drew would have had this defense thru most of his time in NO, Brady would not have as many rings! This defense, thru the entire Dennis Allen helm has been as good as any, and this playoff season, which it is a new season, will show just how much the defense is the better of the three phases of the game for the Saints. Special teams is top notch, if not one of the better anchored by the best kicker and punter in the league. let alone that quick little puppy returning punts and kicks. Offense, well, we've almost always been in the top five for just about any category. But during the playoffs, the defense has to travel ahead of the rest, and I believe this one will.
If there's a point to this thread, it's we've been here before. Some of you might be along for the first time, but if/when we get past the Vikings, I personally can't wait to go into Lambeau and show 'Mr. Rodgers' the best defense in the neighborhood. Cam, Demario, Marshon and whom ever else is ask to step up, will do so, even if some feel the NFL has stacked the deck with an 8:05pm Sunday start time. Those 'big eyes' that Aaron gets when 'tons' of human flesh are attacking him, will be fun to watch. Since I was in Southern California studying the weather, I'll go out on a little twig here and say that we should be looking at upper 20's at game time, a westerly wind in the 8 to 14mph range and a 40% chance for precip.
I digress. We are 13-3. Without Drew's injury, history would be a little different, if nothing else in the Rams game, which would have moved us up into a bye. But we are built to win and it doesn't matter where we play. Look for the Saints to be the NFC representative in the Super Bowl, but I don't expect to have any fingernails left heading in February, and definitely not predicting any 'blow outs' of any team that are still left.
Looking for a hard fought victory, say 6 points against the Vikings. A low scoring victory, with a 65-35 rush/pass against the Packers and we take them by 9. Then a home game against Seattle to win the NFC by 13 and head to a Super Bowl against the Chiefs. Again, the defense will travel and prevail.
As an aside, what other team has three viable quarterbacks, all in their last year of contracts, and aren't concerned about it?
Here's to the New Season!
Brad
