Saints Why give up… why? (4 Viewers)

[ndcc]

The Falclowns lost, and seem to be in a tailspin. Bucs play the Chargers next week, with 4 games to go.

Consider this:

1. The ‘90 Saints won 4 of their last 6 to finish at .500 (8-8) and claimed the last NFC wildcard spot that season.


2. The 2002 Saints were sitting pretty with a 9-4 record, needing only one (1) more win in their last 3 games (all vs. teams with a losing record)to CLINCH a postseason spot. Welp… Jim Haslett continues to start an injured Aaron Brooks instead of playing a HEALTHY Jake Delhomme. Results: Three (3) straight losses to finish at 9-7, and missed the postseason! My hide is still chapped about that season!

2002 New Orleans Saints season - Wikipedia

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It ain’t over, y’all. Yes, the odds are NOT in our favor… but if (and that’s a BIG “if”) the unlikely happens, you never know how much an underdog can rise to the occasion in the playoffs.

Draft, schmaft… let’s enjoy the ride until the fat lady sings!

 

[saintfan1972]

The Falclowns lost, and seem to be in a tailspin Bucs play the Chargers next week, with 4 games to go.

Consider this:

1. The ‘90 Saints won 4 of their last 6 to finish at .500 (8-8) and claimed the last NFC wildcard spot that season.


2. The 2002 Saints were sitting pretty with a 9-4 record, needing only one (1) more win in their last 3 games (all vs. teams with a losing record)to CLINCH a postseason spot. Welp… Jim Haslett continues to start an injured Aaron Brooks instead of playing a HEALTHY Jake Delhomme. Results: Three (3) straight losses to finish at 9-7, and missed the postseason! My hide is still chapped about that season!

2002 New Orleans Saints season - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

It ain’t over, y’all. Yes, the odds are NOT in our favor… but if (and that’s a BIG “if”) the unlikely happens, you never know how much an underdog can rise to the occasion in the playoffs.

Draft, schmaft… let’s enjoy the ride until the fat lady sings!

We gonna beat the Commanders, Packers and Bucs with Haener? Ok! Not counting the Raiders cause they bad too so toss a coin on that one. We aren't winning the division. That Giants team is horrible and we hung on. Let's be real.

 

[jasonsw]

The Falclowns lost, and seem to be in a tailspin Bucs play the Chargers next week, with 4 games to go.

Consider this:

1. The ‘90 Saints won 4 of their last 6 to finish at .500 (8-8) and claimed the last NFC wildcard spot that season.


2. The 2002 Saints were sitting pretty with a 9-4 record, needing only one (1) more win in their last 3 games (all vs. teams with a losing record)to CLINCH a postseason spot. Welp… Jim Haslett continues to start an injured Aaron Brooks instead of playing a HEALTHY Jake Delhomme. Results: Three (3) straight losses to finish at 9-7, and missed the postseason! My hide is still chapped about that season!

2002 New Orleans Saints season - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

It ain’t over, y’all. Yes, the odds are NOT in our favor… but if (and that’s a BIG “if”) the unlikely happens, you never know how much an underdog can rise to the occasion in the playoffs.

Draft, schmaft… let’s enjoy the ride until the fat lady sings!

That season is when i had enough of both. I knew the Saints were not going anywhere and that 2000 was the peak of thier time.

 

[Elvis]

Making the playoffs for making its sake isn't exciting to me. I'd rather get on with hiring a new head coach and start reading draft threads than see another game like todays game.

 

[DerrickB]

Who created the narrative of giving up

 

[Infoman]

Who created the narrative of giving up

If no one has yet…. Can I do it?

 

[saintfan1972]

And we aren't getting a top 10 pick because the top 10 are worse than us

 

[DerrickB]

If no one has yet…. Can I do it?

If you want to.

 

[SaintKenKen]

Who created the narrative of giving up

All the folks that think a top 5 or 10 player in this year's draft is worth the message it sends to give up.

Luckily that doesn't appear to be the case with our coaching staff so I look forward to seeing how much fight they have versus the Commanders next week

 

[Turfie]

I’ve always wondered what the 2004 Saints would have done in the playoffs.

They were 4-8 and had a 1% chance of making the playoffs. In the next 4 weeks every team that we needed to lose lost.

Somehow the Saints ran the table to finish 8-8. Then it came down to the Jets vs Rams game. Jets kicker missed the game winning kick. Rams and Vikings in. Saints out.

 

[Judge_Smails]

Making the playoffs at 7-10 is like winning a year’s supply of band-aids.

Don’t fix shizz, just sopps up the failure.

 

[Infoman]

If you want to.

Narrative: Tampa will win the division. We will not. We have no road to the playoffs outside of winning the division…. Which we wont. So every win at this point is a step away from the true rebuild the team needs to actually become competitive again, and build draft capital. Play hard. But play all the young guys and let them take their lumps. It’s impossible to give up when you’re already finished. There. Narrative built.

 

[DavidM]

Who created the narrative of giving up

Fans.

Players and coaches aren’t having these conversations.

 

[Broad St. Saint]

I’ve always wondered what the 2004 Saints would have done in the playoffs.

They were 4-8 and had a 1% chance of making the playoffs. In the next 4 weeks every team that we needed to lose lost.

Somehow the Saints ran the table to finish 8-8. Then it came down to the Jets vs Rams game. Jets kicker missed the game winning kick. Rams and Vikings in. Saints out.

what if the Saints had made the 2004 playoffs and won a playoff game. then 2005 and Katrina.

Benson and Loomis might have stuck with Haslett, so no Payton and likely no Brees.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

If no one has yet…. Can I do it?

Right? And it’s so far on the opposite end of the spectrum from giving up that it makes me laugh to see it called that. It’s a strategic withdrawal from the battle to regroup come back stronger and win the war. The only thing that matters lol.

To each their own tho.
7-10 or 8-9 each season while missing the playoffs may make tons of fans happy.