Originally Posted by FinSaint (Post 460372)

Well, I do agree with Oak's comparison in its essence.

But I would counter that while it's certainly not the expensive motor's fault if your wipers are not working - I bet you're still a lot more critical of how the expensive motor performs at its duty and much more disappointed when it doesn't perform up to its expectations compared to how critical/disappointed you are at the inexpensive wipers when they don't meet your expectations?!

Also, the Vikes won against the 49ers, and while it was at home it proves that you can't really draw direct comparisons between previous match ups and their results because as has been stated here numerous times before: every team matches differently against each other.

Originally Posted by FinSaint (Post 460302)

Funny enough, I never said it was all Brees' fault that the Saints lost that game, but that he was probably the single biggest reason why it happened.

On the Brooks pick 6 play, Brees had a good pocket and no pass rusher in his face when he threw that ball, so it's really hard for me to blame any other player as much as Brees for that play and its outcome.

The pass pressure increased as the game went on, and that was directly correlated with the fact that the Saints once again pretty abandoned the run in the 2nd half as they were playing catch up for pretty much the whole 2nd half. The 49ers knew that the Saints were going to pass, and, therefore, they could dial up more pass pressure packages because of that. If the Saints would've gone into the halftime with a TD lead, things could've been very different in that aspect as well, because even if the 49ers would've scored on their first drive of the 3rd quarter, the game would've only been tied at that point and the Saints could've put up a drive themselves for the lead.

Now I know that's a lot of would've-could've-should'ves, but Brees made that costly mistake to end the 2nd quarter when he was not forced to do it by pass rushers and while he had clear vision of Brooks dropping back from the line of scrimmage to be in position to intercept any incoming passes. Maybe it was Brees' hubris of being able to make that difficult pass to where there were four 49er players and only one Saints or maybe there's another explanation, but that was an unnecessary and costly mistake he made, which changed the complexion of that game by a great deal.

Originally Posted by xan (Post 460321)

Same number of possessions as last year, 5 minutes per game less possession time. BY DEFINITION, not a defensive problem. 4 healthy RBs. Until Sunday, entire O-Line healthy. And, neither pick6 was due to pressure.

Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 460479)

Sources please.

Originally Posted by xan (Post 460486)

TeamRankings.com: Predictions, Picks, Rankings, Odds & Stats for NCAAB, NBA, NFL, NCAAF and MLB
NFL.com - Official Site of the National Football League (gamebooks)

Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 460477)

As far as the motor on my CTS-V or my SS before that, or any of my TA's..

Originally Posted by Jamessr (Post 460500)

Wow who still drives a TA? Are you from Abbeville or something?

I've had 1 Camaro 4 TA's in my lifetime... From the berry :)

Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 460503)

As a matter a fact I am from Abbeville :cool:.. 2 WS-6 TAs, a Z-28 and a Camaro SS 11'.

Originally Posted by Jamessr (Post 460505)

From New Iberia...
I worked for Baldwin redi mix for a few years before I joined the Coast Guard and moved away...