Go Back   New Orleans Saints Forums - blackandgold.com > Main > Saints

**NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by Stealthman *****DALLAS WON IN O.T.***** It's over, y'all! We are still not officially eliminated regardless of Dallas' win today. See the excerpt below from this article Brees leads Saints over Bucs, 41-0 - Yahoo! Sports The Saints ...

Like Tree9Likes

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-16-2012, 07:25 PM   #21
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 714
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

Originally Posted by Stealthman View Post
*****DALLAS WON IN O.T.*****

It's over, y'all!

We are still not officially eliminated regardless of Dallas' win today. See the excerpt below from this article Brees leads Saints over Bucs, 41-0 - Yahoo! Sports

The Saints will still be alive for a playoff berth when they kick off at Dallas next Sunday, but will have to finish in a multi-team tie at 8-8, which would require several other teams to lose their last two games. While the Bucs could finish 8-8, their conference record would be 5-7, dooming them to lose all possible tiebreakers.
mjf150 is offline  
Old 12-16-2012, 07:27 PM   #22
Saint Historian
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker, somewhere under the brick & steel of a nondescript building..
Posts: 2,622
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

Bucs were eliminated today by the Saints

NFC Playoff Picture
arsaint is offline  
Old 12-16-2012, 07:49 PM   #23
500th Post
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Killeen, Tx.
Posts: 932
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that we aren't making the playoffs, even if we are mathematically alive, its a huge longshot. That being said, I do want to see our team play well down the stretch. I want us to win out and and at least finish 8-8. I think defensively we're making progress and young players are stepping up. Win out and give Sean & co. something to build on for next year.
arsaint and jlouhill like this.
pumpkindriver is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 02:54 AM   #24
failclownHunter
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: N.O. and V.A.
Posts: 2,260
Blog Entries: 3
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

We are going to make the Super Bowl, and we are going to win.

the rest of your can cry all day, but until its over, I believe in the boys
pherein is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 04:11 AM   #25
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cypress Tx.
Posts: 18,977
Mental masterbation....
pherein likes this.
TheOak is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 05:33 AM   #26
1000 Posts +
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 4,267
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

I'm not holding my breath. It is possible for the giants to lose out(ravens lost to broncos and at home again to try to clinch their division). But cards blew out lions, which means likely they'll be caught off guard by the bears. Vikings could lose to Houston but who knows, and would GB really help us out by sweeping vikes to get a bye?

Its all too complicated, we should have beat SF or not kick that fg on 4th and 1 against the giants. It was those games that hurt our season.
WillSaints81 is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 06:11 AM   #27
5000 POSTS! +
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 6,776
Blog Entries: 15
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

Well, being a Lions fan all my life and aware of the Saints history since entering the league, I'm pretty familiar with the drill.

If someone says there's a chance, then there's a chance and it ain't over until the last minute of the last game of the regular season.

Of course, I'm gonna' let someone else do my stressing for me and just enjoy the rest of the season without worrying about playoffs or winning it all ... and be pleasantly surprised if we do, .
SloMotion is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 06:23 AM   #28
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cypress Tx.
Posts: 18,977
At this point..... And for the rest of the season, we have not EARNED a playoff spot.

Even if by .00005 we fall into a playoff spot, we didn't earn it, and we have not played well enough at any point in this season to give me reason to believe we have at least a 50/50 shot at winning a playoff game. Which would make us merely a stepping stone, a catapult if you will , for some other team.

So.... Why in the hell do you want to get into the playoffs? Glutton for punishment? You can't be a fan of the Saints because they will not make it to the post season?

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Henry David Thoreau
TheOak is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 06:55 AM   #29
1000 Posts +
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,905
Blog Entries: 3
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

Originally Posted by TheOak View Post
At this point..... And for the rest of the season, we have not EARNED a playoff spot.

Even if by .00005 we fall into a playoff spot, we didn't earn it, and we have not played well enough at any point in this season to give me reason to believe we have at least a 50/50 shot at winning a playoff game. Which would make us merely a stepping stone, a catapult if you will , for some other team.

So.... Why in the hell do you want to get into the playoffs? Glutton for punishment? You can't be a fan of the Saints because they will not make it to the post season?
Did somebody make you angry at work recently? Geez dude, if you wanna say there's no chance then say it. But why be so harsh on people who want to have something to talk about? And by the way, that is the aswer to your question of why do we want to make the playoffs. As long as we're mathematically alive, why not talk about it? The draft is a long way away.

I'm not saying it's realistic to think we'll make it. I personally declared the season over after last week. But it just so happens that we are still alive enough to have something to talk about.

Hypothetically speaking, if we were to make the playoffs, why do you say you've seen nothing to tell you we could win a game? We just won 41-0. We also beat the current top seed in the NFC, and if not for Drew gift wrapping the other game for Atlanta, we would have swept them. It's a Jekyll and Hyde team, but when we're on we can beat anyone.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
burningmetal is offline  
Old 12-17-2012, 07:08 AM   #30
B&G StaffWriter
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Wake Forest, NC
Posts: 382
Re: **NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely)

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
Hypothetically speaking, if we were to make the playoffs, why do you say you've seen nothing to tell you we could win a game? We just won 41-0. We also beat the current top seed in the NFC, and if not for Drew gift wrapping the other game for Atlanta, we would have swept them. It's a Jekyll and Hyde team, but when we're on we can beat anyone.
Spot on.

Stealthman is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/saints/53814-no-haters-please-saints-still-alive-but-barely.html
Posted By For Type Date Hits
**NO HATERS, please** Saints still alive (...but barely) This thread Refback 12-16-2012 04:34 PM 1
The Latest New Orleans Saints News | SportSpyder This thread Refback 12-16-2012 04:23 PM 2


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:14 AM.


Copyright 1997 - 2020 - BlackandGold.com
no new posts