It's absolutely criminal that we don't have a SB to show for that 2017 draft (1 Viewer)

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Ramczyk is literally the only one that's not currently on an NFL roster, which has nothing to do with his abilities.

Even Al-Quadin Muhammad is still getting sacks.

 

[Bourbon]

had one in our sights and the league took it away bc they hated our coach

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Agreed but as far as I’m concerned we were robbed of one in 2019. No one will EVER convince me otherwise.

 

[jasonsw]

There wasn't much of a chance, Drew Brees was in his twighlight by then.

 

[jasonsw]

Agreed but as far as I’m concerned we were robbed of one in 2019. No one will EVER convince me otherwise.

Yeah the 49ers concussed Cook on a dirty play took Saints out of a first round bye and no1 seed.

 

[Saint KayBee]

had one in our sights and the league took it away bc they hated our coach

Be careful, someone’s gonna say that’s an excuse

 

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There wasn't much of a chance, Drew Brees was in his twighlight by then.

4 consecutive playoff appearances, 3 of which included making it to the divisional round and 1 of which involved an NFC title game ?

I guess you and I have different views on what constitutes "much of a chance".

 

[jasonsw]

4 consecutive playoff appearances, 3 of which included making it to the divisional round and 1 of which involved an NFC title game ?

I guess you and I have different views on what constitutes "much of a chance".

Brees his final two and half years couldn't throw well downfield any more. Outside of Kamara and MT and occasionally Hill, the Saints lacked offensive weapons. The fact N.O got that far those years was a great job by Payton and Drew

 

[HouseCall]

The criminal

 

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Brees his final two and years couldn't throw well downfield any more. Outside of Kamara and MT and occasionally Hill, the Saints lacked offensive weapons. The fact N.O got that far those years was a great job by Payton and Drew

Always cracks me up that "Brees can't throw well downfield" has become a universal answer for why the Saints lost any playoff game after 2018. I'll assume someone forgot to tell the teams they were playing and defeating 11 to 13 times a season that they shouldn't have been losing games to the Saints. Because deep pass reasons.

How did Peyton Manning's arm look in 2015?

 

[picnicwithfish]

Had the “no call” not happened, who knows where this franchise would be. I think we beat the Patriots in the Superbowl and Brees retires on top, before his arm gave out. We do free agency and the draft totally different, with no Brees, and we minimize his loss, by not kicking the can down the road with “win now contracts” rather than whatever this has been we have dealt with the past 3-5 years.

 

[OutlawSaint]

Had the “no call” not happened, who knows where this franchise would be. I think we beat the Patriots in the Superbowl and Brees retires on top, before his arm gave out. We draft totally different, with no Brees, and we minimize his loss rather than whatever this has been we have dealt with the past 3-5 years.

If we had not been robbed and won the Super Bowl against the Patriots with Brees retiring on top then maybe we do end up with Brady whenever he leaves the Patriots. We would have had to survive without him or Brees for what just one season?

 

[picnicwithfish]

If we had not been robbed and won the Super Bowl against the Patriots with Brees retiring on top then maybe we do end up with Brady whenever he leaves the Patriots. We would have had to survive without him or Brees for what just one season?

Do you think we win one or more with Brady over that span? I definitely think we could have maximized the end of his career with Payton at the helm and our defense in its prime.

Man, now my blood is boiling again at the magnitude of that no call and what could have, should have been.

 

[OutlawSaint]

Do you think we win one or more with Brady over that span? I definitely think we could have maximized the end of his career with Payton at the helm and our defense in its prime.

Man, now my blood is boiling again at the magnitude of that no call and what could have, should have been.

Regardless of no call or not, I think if Brees would have stepped away a few years earlier then we could have definitely won 2 championships with Brady and maybe a late three peat with him. I mean we swept the Bucs in a dominating way when they did have Brady, our defense was that legit. Maybe we go almost undefeated with Brady one of those years. I'm sure we would have also had some vets willing to join for cheap to go on a run with us as well if we had Brady

 

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Do you think we win one or more with Brady over that span? I definitely think we could have maximized the end of his career with Payton at the helm and our defense in its prime.

Man, now my blood is boiling again at the magnitude of that no call and what could have, should have been.

I feel like no one but me ever brings this up, but to this day I still don't understand the deep ball to Ginn before the 2-minute warning.

If EVER there was a time to dink and dunk downfield, while forcing the Rams to burn timeouts en route to a walk-off FG attempt, that was it.