Sean Payton puts up 2 losing records in a row, gets a 5 year extension.

and they say there's something in the water...

Fuck. This. Team.

they're all on "special teams" tonight. great time to throw a pick six, too, brees.

He's nearing Jeff Fisher territory.

jeff fisher is pretty inexcusable; payton at least has a super bowl ring.

i still think he needs a change of scenery. though i don't think he'll have much more success as a head coach in the NFL.

the team itself is a dumpster fire. but they just won't let go of the "legacy".

i think i have to relish yesterday's win as it's probably the only one that has felt *this good* in a long time. why payton can't gear up like this for every game still aggravates me. he so wanted revenge on Old Gregg, which he did fine. Why can't he pretend every team he goes up against includes this guy on their staff?

Once again, like 07, 08 and 11, they have this dominant offense that has nowhere to go.

so it looks like payton's going to clinch another 7-9 record. he can't seem to figure out how to win when it matters anymore.

by all accounts, a decent draft for the saints. but they just seem to be going nowhere. perpetually in the .500 range of 7-9 to 9-7, until brees hangs it up. i'd love to see one more surge this year, and go for broke...they definitely have the talent on offense. but defensively and special teams-wise, they are still remedial. maybe the additions they made on defense can work. but history says otherwise.

Well by now the answer to the title's question is probably no, but it was a good run.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

you just wait until the London Jaguars come onto the scene, pal.

But they let pets into the stadium I think. That should be enough to propel them into 31st place.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

another 7-9 season a-brewin'.

sean payton got showed up by his own defense to end the half. hilarious.

To be fair, Bradford is a Top 5 QB and Diggs and Thielen are the best chocolate / vanilla combo in the league.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I know you are trolling but...

We did the Bradford thing last year and that's not even the best chocolate/vanilla combo in the division.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I think Payton's game plan sucked. Peterson ripped off a 9-yard carry on the first play of the game and then disappeared.

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I was surprised looking at his game stats.

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Elections have consequences.

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Peterson as a backup is not going to work. Even the announcers were recognizing this and it is only Week 1.

If I were the Saints, I'd be looking to move him to the Cardinals.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

And I'm sending Brees to the clueless Texans. Then muzzling the jackass owner and hiring a real front office & coaching staff.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

it's not frustrating, it's not "fun bad", it's just listless. this team plays the same script each time: start hot on march down field, settle for field goal; stop on 1st down but give up huge 3rd down play, give up touchdown. keep flopping around like a dead fish until game is out of reach, go for garbage points. then, do the stupid onside kick try. fail, and lose. then shrug shoulders, say you're better than this, and we'll get better and work it out, it's only one game.

rinse, and repeat.

i wanted brees to have one more meaningful season here; but it's clear that he's not going to, and his contract situation isn't going to allow them to have their cake and eat it too. he still has something left, but the saints do not.

Oh shit, Zack has turned into a disgruntled 40+ years old sports fan.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

first year of marriage transforms a guy

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

if you look at my posting history regarding the saints, i've always sounded like "angry old man". and that goes back to when i was about 9 years old.

Ah, the Dome Patrol years with zero offense...

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

poor hebert and his stock of great running backs always were held in check by that idiot mora.

I still can see that damn Eagles playoff game. Ugh.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

this, I can attest to.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

I can't believe I can actually be positive in this thread...

my dad's a pretty good prognosticator too...



context was Tirico erroneously saying that the '91 Falcons (of which there's a special on) were beat by the division winner Saints in the playoffs. that's false. the Saints didn't win a playoff game until the 2001 game against the Rams at home. The Saints were the #3 seed in 1991 and lost to the #6 Falcons 27-20. get it right, Tirico.