After tonight's Saints/Broncos game comes to a merciful end; and yes, thank God it will end, the once highly revered and respected New Orleans Saints will be 2-5. After digging themselves a huge 0-4 hole, the Saints pumped a little life into their season and the hopes of Saints fans, only to lay this huge egg tonight. As I stop to write this, so I can get to bed soon, the Saints are losing by 24 and show no ability to stop Manning and the Broncos if they played with one hand tied behind their collective backs.
The Saints have nothing this year except Drew Brees, who has failed to show up tonight, and perhaps we can still claim some decent receivers. We have no running game, we have a weaker offensive line, we have an all world TE who has dropped more passes than caught them and we have committed more offensive turnovers than normal. But the biggest culprit, the reason we absolutely look like a sad team is a defense that is weak, always out of position and can't stop anyone. This Saints defense, at this point in the season, is statistically, the worst defense in the history of the NFL. I'm telling you, they can't stop anyone ever. Our defensive line looks like pure garbage, our linebackers are always out of position and our deep backs can't stop anything. We give up yardage in huge amounts and we don't seem to give a damn, quite frankly. As I'm writing this, the Broncos are continuing to chew up huge chunks of yards on each and every play.
The season is doomed. Even if they rally like they did against San Diego and Tampa Bay, the Saints have no answer, this deep in the season, for a defense that is pure crap. The offense is one dimensional and, in my humble opinion, the great Drew Brees, and yes, I believe he is great, is just a tad bit off this year too. He has thrown way too many interceptions and often his passes are slightly behind his receivers. There is no cohesiveness or vast improvement to point to that could make even the best fan believe they can put a big run together.
The loss of the head coach must have been a far greater loss than anyone anticipated. All the bluster that the staff, Coach Vitt, the organization could handle the coaching and absorb Payton's loss was just that; bluster.
So Saints fans, have you looked at the schedule. They actually play better performing teams in the 9 weeks ahead. Since we rolled over and played dead against bad teams that continue to lose to everyone else, Washington, Carolina, Kansas City, you can pencil in at least a few more L's. At this point I'm optimistically saying the Saints can finish 7-9. I don't see anything better than that.
We need a white flag! Our run of playoffs and Super Bowl champs and contenders is over:(
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