WillSaints81

This is what was missed opportunities that could have built up our resume as contenders in that time. We missed the playoffs that many blame on a 0-4 start but hold that thought. We missed the playoffs by screwing up the superdome special and by losing a low scoring game to a Delhommeless panthers we lost the division. We had the better SOV than the bucs beating the seahawks, jaguars, and bears to their rams, titans, and redskins. The redskins and bears were separated by 2 games as it was.

Had we won that division we beat the bucs in the wild card round-who would have gotten in over the redskins. Then we have a tough challenge in snowy Lambeau.

In 2008 we choked a game against the redskins, missed field goals against the broncos and vikings, threw a pick against the bucs in the second game, committed a penalty in ot against the bears after being down due to 25, and played like the Carolina game was not important. Had we been alive I doubt we let u that bad on defense. We had what it took to be the 2 seed that year if we capitalized on four situations.

Had we been in. We just had to beat Arizona and eagles in our dome. Had we gone 10-6 we would have gotten the last wild card, gotten revenge on Minnesota, then getting a Burress-less giants before going to Arizona.

The NFC South curse screwed us in 07 but no excuses to not finish second instead of the dreaded a third place curse. It would have landed us a first round exit in Seattle due to the west coast playoff trend but still. In 08 we could have won the division twice in three years and making the postseason period we could have gotten to the sb to play pittsburgh.