I've been taking *stuff* all week from Eagles fans that know I'm a Saints fan. One goaded me into wearing my Brees jersey to work, and then I heard it from those in the building that didn't know I was a fan. But oddly the overall mood for this game is weird.

Much like CaveDwellerAF many of the Eagles fans are OK with the Saints winning. They're not admitting defeat or saying the Saints will win. Just that if they had to lose in the playoffs, they'd rather it be the Saints to knock them off. Even RABID Eagles fans aren't talking like this is going to be an easy game (common among Eagles fans... every game is a cake walk, or should be). The most I hear is "it's going to be a good game" or "it'll be close". I honestly think it's tough for ANYONE to root against this team at this time. The local paper in my area isn't doing it's normal 'breaking down' of the Saints, finding all their weaknesses and tearing them down as bad. It's like if the Saints win they want to be able to make sure they don't look like hypacrits the next week when they start printing articles saying how good they are.

Does andone else not in the Gulf region see the same sort of thing happening?