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It's Monday morning, and after a night of heartbreak, you realize things aren't as gloomy as they felt a little after 6PM yesterday.
These Saints showed they can hang in there with the World Champs, even when they're on the negative side of the turn over battle and 2 back breaking runs by Parker, in a hostile enviroment.
Yet, after the dust settles, you realize that even with this loss, our Saints are not only still in sole possession of first place in the NFC South and control their own destiny... But, because of "a little luck" (with the Giants' loss to Chicago - they now have 2 NFC losses), we still have sole possession of the tie breaker for the second best record in the NFC and a 1st round bye in the post season.
Under the circumstances (while not what we had hoped for before 3PM yesterday), the sun is still shining very brightly on our Saints.
The mistakes that beat us yesterday are all correctable, and I'm sure Coach Payton will emphasize this to the team this week.
I doubt we'll see that kind of performance from this well coached team again this year. We haven't up till now, so there's no reason to believe we'll see it again. That just doesn't happen often in the NFL to GOOD teams, and these saints ARE a good team.
Who would have thought, let alone said, that with 10 weeks behind us in the 2006 season, and with just 7 games remaining - and 4 at home, the Saints would be in total control of their own destiny for a first round bye in the post Season?
Do like Coach Payton will tell his team to do today: Learn from this game, and then move on. We have another very important game this coming week to get ready for.
There's a whole lot of footbal left in 2006/2007 for this team, and that's a very good thing.
These Saints showed they can hang in there with the World Champs, even when they're on the negative side of the turn over battle and 2 back breaking runs by Parker, in a hostile enviroment.
Yet, after the dust settles, you realize that even with this loss, our Saints are not only still in sole possession of first place in the NFC South and control their own destiny... But, because of "a little luck" (with the Giants' loss to Chicago - they now have 2 NFC losses), we still have sole possession of the tie breaker for the second best record in the NFC and a 1st round bye in the post season.
Under the circumstances (while not what we had hoped for before 3PM yesterday), the sun is still shining very brightly on our Saints.
The mistakes that beat us yesterday are all correctable, and I'm sure Coach Payton will emphasize this to the team this week.
I doubt we'll see that kind of performance from this well coached team again this year. We haven't up till now, so there's no reason to believe we'll see it again. That just doesn't happen often in the NFL to GOOD teams, and these saints ARE a good team.
Who would have thought, let alone said, that with 10 weeks behind us in the 2006 season, and with just 7 games remaining - and 4 at home, the Saints would be in total control of their own destiny for a first round bye in the post Season?
Do like Coach Payton will tell his team to do today: Learn from this game, and then move on. We have another very important game this coming week to get ready for.
There's a whole lot of footbal left in 2006/2007 for this team, and that's a very good thing.