Beating the Saints cost us 1 draft slot after all

[GuessWhosBack]

3 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

No use lamenting about it.

These are the sh-tty cards we are dealt. 

 

yeah like Darnold's fanclub 

[Icege]

I cannot wait to hear how our first pick won't matter like it did when we were still able to select Brian Burns.

[heel31ok]

Lol...no Herbert one slot up.

[heel31ok]

14 minutes ago, Icege said:

I cannot wait to hear how our first pick won't matter like it did when we were still able to select Brian Burns.

It wont matter if we dont get a good coaching staff.way more important than this draft position.

Edited January 9, 2023 by heel31ok

[TheWiz]

Michael Jordan scored our only touchdown today. Hardly world beating. We're trading up so I'm not too worried. 

[djp14]

1 hour ago, Growl said:

lol at people cooing about how great it is to “get that seventh win!”

If seven wins make them happy, they're pulling for the right team.

2022: 7-10

2018: 7-9

2014: 7-8-1

2012: 7-9

2007: 7-9

2004: 7-9

2002: 7-9

2000: 7-9

1997: 7-9

1995: 7-9

[ClawOn]

This is the most Huddle thread ever. Can't you people just be happy we didn't beat the Bucs?  That would have dropped us to what, 19 at best?  

[Varking]

9 hours ago, Peon Awesome said:

For those pissed that we lost and think it messed up our draft, we would've picked 8th if we lost. 

The Lions win has us tied with Las Vegas in strength of schedule, but we played New Orleans twice and by beating them, we worsened our strength of schedule since they ended up 7-10 instead of 8-9. If we lost, our strength of schedule would be better than the Raiders' and we'd pick after them. 

I'm not going to pretend I was jumping up and down today. But in hindsight, one lost draft slot to embarrass the Saints at their home and finish the season sweep, especially when they don't have the 1st round pick to benefit, at least feels like a justifiable trade off.

For the record we missed Justin Herbert by one draft slot a couple years ago due to a pointless win at the end of the season. 

[Icege]

28 minutes ago, heel31ok said:

It wont matter if we dont get a good coaching staff.way more important than this draft position.

You understand the importance

[Panthers8969]

5 hours ago, glenwo2 said:

Saints lost to a QB with a 2.8 rating.

Let that sink in and then tell me we didn't "embarrass" the Saints. 

And yet saints fans are happy about it? That doesn’t seem like the reaction of an embarrassed fan base 

[Panthers8969]

33 minutes ago, ClawOn said:

This is the most Huddle thread ever. Can't you people just be happy we didn't beat the Bucs?  That would have dropped us to what, 19 at best?  

Trying to Win that game Atleast made sense bc we were still in playoffs. 

[MasterAwesome]

Anybody who thinks losing to a hated divisional rival at home under any circumstances isn't embarrassing, has probably never played a sport in their life.  "Shoot guys we almost had them!  Great effort, we should all be proud of ourselves!"

Remember the Matt Ryan "Get the f@#% off my field!" after a last-second game-winning FG?  Yeah I bet there was a lot of pride in our locker room after that game.

Posturing about the semantics of the word "embarrassing" is a pretty weak deflection.

[heel31ok]

For every Herbert there is a Parsons

[1of10Charnatives]

9 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Sometimes just one draft slot REALLY matters though.

 

true but most of the time it doesn't.