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If we came in with all those issues they would have said, "Well, it's the NFL." The first video I watched, the dude said, "Well, they had all those coaches..." Get out of here!!! You can't go into the game talking about how well coached Sean Payton keeps his players and how they do well with the next man up situations. Then blame the loss on the next man up situation.

AGREED. They never should have been that close. It was total domination. I just wish the scoreboard would show that. We have to clean that up. Allowing teams to stick around has been our issue for years.

Like last week when we spread the offense out and Darnold walked in. He could have crawled in on his hands and knees man. lol!

I totally agree. That's why I am saying we have some things to fine tune. Special teams was pretty horrible. Dude that blocked that field goal strolled on in, but like FreeFua pointed out, if Marshall doesn't slip then the play likely doesn't happen. Like I said, if we can play the whole game the way we play our first halves, sky is the limit. We are winning the games on our schedule, that's all you can ask. The scores have made it seem closer than it was. I say this with no hesitation: IF SAM DARNOLD DOES NOT THROW THAT INTERCEPTION, SAINTS DO NOT SCORE.

True. That's the stuff we gotta fine tune. The NFC West looks like a division of playoff teams. We have to beat out at least one of them to make the playoffs. Luckily, they have to beat up on each other. We can make it in, but we have to put teams away. We have not played a team yet that has their crap together. That's not taking away from our success, but it's just a fact. Looking at the schedule, I'm not sure that even happens until we play the Cardinals on Nov. 14. Watching the Cowboys and Vikings makes me believe they may not be a playoff caliber team. Still wondering about Philly and New England as well. Cards are the first sure-fire playoff team on the schedule in my opinion.

Sam Darnold looked really good yesterday particularly in the first half. If we can string together two of our first halves in a single game…..that’s a playoff team.

The “Unblockable” Snowmen

Worst #1 defense ever! Haha!

I somewhat agree. However, I think it does prove that the Saints take advantage of mistakes. Our 19 points prove we are not a well oiled machine. The fact he threw 5 TDs with very limited yards and attempts tells me they are closer to that than us, and it is gonna be difficult to beat them if we don't execute better. I still believe we win 24-20, but I wouldn't underestimate their efficiency.

Shoot. My predictions were torn to shreds last week. We are gonna need a few weeks from some teams to get a good read.

I never said this was fantasy land. I just think the prediction is poo. I'm not the only one.

I quoted this just so I could poo it twice. It deserves more poo.

I agree with your idea here. The only thing I disagree with is Payton keeping Winston in long enough for him to turn the ball over 5 times. lol! I predict he gets benched after 3.

I'm sticking with my prediction from the season prediction thread: Week 2 vs New Orleans Saints - Win (2-0). I predict Winston has a huge game Week 1 and throws 4 TDs with no INTs. Which means, it's quite possible he does the opposite against us the next week. I just think he will be riding high and so he starts the game slinging it. Bottling Kamara will be a problem. W 24-20 *I believe Winston gets benched for playing poorly, even though the team around him plays well. Gets sat down after his 3rd INT. We still struggle to capitalize on their mistakes because our o-line doesn't perform well. Zane makes all kicks.

I don't know, it would make sense. But I feel like that should have been taken into consideration. No clue.

First time Darnold got a passer rating better than his last 17 games was when his o-line won only 20% of their pass blocks. Haha!

I think it had more to do with how bad other teams looked. Because I'm pretty sure the Falcons were in front of us on at least one last week.

Winston's stats Sunday: 160 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs (benched) 2 sacks 1 tackle

It would be ridiculous to bench a kicker after he spent several weeks learning the playbook.

I was like, “NO! They are only rookies!”

And if we pinned them inside the 5 yard line and got a safety, Rhule would be a genius.

If Darnold at QB and Carter at LB are who we plan on going forward with, I think our needs look like this: 1. OL 2. OL depth 3. TE 4. Back up LBs That's assuming Tremble or someone doesn't step up. Plus, that doesn't mean we can't upgrade somewhere else if we get high value at another position. But FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, can we please make OL a priority for the first time in over a decade. That'd be great, thanks.