What if tonight is Pittsburgh the sequel?

[RumHam]

1 hour ago, mc52beast said:

Schefter has already said that because Ron and Marty are respected around the League that they both will probably be back next year.

if they're that respected, then they shouldn't find any issues with work elsewhere. Just b/c they're respected doesn't mean they keep their job? That's stupid. And if Marty was so damn respected, WHY THE HELL DIDN'T ANYONE ELSE SIGN HIM FOR FIVE fuging YEARS?

[RumHam]

BTW if we score immediately tonight or Cam has ONE turnover, turn it off we're losing.

[Carolina Cajun]

Nothing KK has done this season could be described as "active", this week his injury status just describes his play...questionable.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, mc52beast said:

Schefter has already said that because Ron and Marty are respected around the League that they both will probably be back next year.

Link?

[Puddinhead]

From this Saints fans' perspective, I don't expect that at all tonight.  These two teams have played each other so often with the same two coaching staffs generally in place that I feel it would take a really large imbalance in talent between the two rosters to make for a blowout.  Just familiarity and knowledge of tendencies is usually enough to keep games within a few scores unless one set of players just vastly outclasses the other.  

Play a hot team you haven't played in a few seasons (or maybe never with their current staff and scheme) in a stretch when you're just really crapping the bed and yeah, I can see a whipping coming.  

[RJK]

It’s going to be. Bet $1000000 cam is watching from the sidelines in the 4th after the blowout gets outta hand 

[4Corners]

I’m not looking forward to watching this. And I certainly will pull the plug and go to bed if it gets ugly. 

[Proudiddy]

"What if"?

Lol.

 

[Proudiddy]

50 minutes ago, Puddinhead said:

From this Saints fans' perspective, I don't expect that at all tonight.  These two teams have played each other so often with the same two coaching staffs generally in place that I feel it would take a really large imbalance in talent between the two rosters to make for a blowout.  Just familiarity and knowledge of tendencies is usually enough to keep games within a few scores unless one set of players just vastly outclasses the other.  

Play a hot team you haven't played in a few seasons (or maybe never with their current staff and scheme) in a stretch when you're just really crapping the bed and yeah, I can see a whipping coming.  

Atlanta is also familiar with us and has managed to blow us out numerous times in recent years. 

And the game earlier this season was not ever close despite what the score misled people to believe...  they destroyed us, and it was never close.  Our games against the Saints last year were the same...  they were never close.  We may have deceptively made it look close towards the end of the games, but they were never competitive.  The opponent sets the tone and we spend the rest of the game panicking to keep our collective head above water.

[pantherj]

The moment the Saints upgraded their o-line we became their bitch more or less. Nothing has changed.

[CRA]

3 hours ago, cbully said:

Would that do it for Ron or nah? The storm is right for us to get served up another embarrassing L. Nothing would be better than beating the saint but no KK really hurts.

his all world QB has a nerfed arm and despite that the O is playing well. 

we can hate on Ron but Ron knows D.  We got talent issues on D.  The talent issues on D overall are the biggest issue our team faces.  Not coaching. 

New coach likely just sets this team backwards.  Doesn't improve it. 

I personally like the Norv/Ron era.  A healthy Cam and the bodies Rivera needs on D? We are a good football team,

[Puddinhead]

23 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Atlanta is also familiar with us and has managed to blow us out numerous times in recent years. 

And the game earlier this season was not ever close despite what the score misled people to believe...  they destroyed us, and it was never close.  Our games against the Saints last year were the same...  they were never close.  We may have deceptively made it look close towards the end of the games, but they were never competitive.  The opponent sets the tone and we spend the rest of the game panicking to keep our collective head above water.

I'll agree with you on this.  There have been a couple of Saints games this season and in past seasons where the score differential during the game never really said "blowout", but if you watched the game you had the feeling that the Saints offense had their collective finger on the "switch", ready to flip it back on at the first sign of a real challenge from the other team.  That in their minds a win by 10 or 13 was just as good as a win by 20, so they could sort of "coast" a bit.  The final outcome never felt in doubt, though.

I was mainly addressing what most people mean when they say "blowout", which is the final score differential.

[CRA]

32 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Atlanta is also familiar with us and has managed to blow us out numerous times in recent years. 

And the game earlier this season was not ever close despite what the score misled people to believe...  they destroyed us, and it was never close.  Our games against the Saints last year were the same...  they were never close.  We may have deceptively made it look close towards the end of the games, but they were never competitive.  The opponent sets the tone and we spend the rest of the game panicking to keep our collective head above water.

DJ Moore was literally in the endzone with a ball going between his hands.....on the last play of the game.  I mean, you can't say it was never close.   Maybe we didn't play well enough to really deserve that shot but we were still there taking it. 

I went to that playoff game.  It was close.  That game hit a stretch where every Saint fan around us in that stadium thought they were going to lose.  Cam had Funchess late in that game too.....but Funchess went up like he was 4ft tall and 90 lbs.  

I mean today pretty signals the old saying.....you are never as bad as you think you are....or as good as you think you are. All the sudden we are now the 2010 Carolina Panthers.   When just 6 weeks ago, we were the playoffs are a lock Panthers. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

How does no KK hurt?  He's been a nonfactor all year.