Happy Saintsgiving

Ever since the Saints became Super Bowl champions(and they are reigning Super Bowl champs!) some of us tend to be critics of poor performances, even in victory, as we continue to recall with profound happiness the events of last year. At this time in 2009 the Saints were 11-0. Several aspects of their 3 losses and even 1 or 2 of their victories have given me great concern. So let's face forward to this Thanksgiving extravaganza. As the Saints blew a big lead and seemed left for dead, I should have a negative critique or two of this effort for sure. NOT TONIGHT!

The New Orleans Saints defeated the dallas cowboys in dallas on Thanksgiving day in just a 3.5 day turnaround. I beleive the Saints, despite the fast start, had a few reasons to go flat as this was a very quick week. And the Saints are winning football games with two running backs that were not even members of the Super Bowl Champs. If you would tell me in September no Reggie and no Pieere but we got this Chris Ivory guy and we can pick up Julius Jones I would have said, uh oh. And for good measure throw in nagging injuries to the likes of Shockey and the entire defensive backfield; this is truly a solid victory.

For how many years did the Saints find themselves victimized like they victimized dallas tonight? I'm willing to bask in it being "our time". In retrospect, the way we won actually is even more fulfilling as it is quite joyful to send cowboy fans away in defeat after they smuggly and incorrectly counted on victory. How sweet tonight it must have been for Who Dat's in the stands to let the cowboy fans have it. By the way, sounded to me like there may have been as many Saints fans as cowboy fans in that atrocious self-engrandizing edifice to Jerry Jones and his over inflated ego. Hey Jerry: YOU are what is wrong with the cowboys but I don't want you to change a thing.

So yea, we blew a big lead, we turned the ball over twice in the 2nd half, Reggie stunk, BUT the Saints win over dallas.

Happy Saintsiving!!

And by the way; can I ask for a big favor from the Green Bay Packers? Please beat the atlanta falcons Sunday; please!