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Since the start of 2014, only two NFL teams have failed to produce a winning record at any point: the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New Orleans Saints.

And the Saints (5-8) will now be lucky to finish 7-9 for the third straight season after giving their two worst offensive performances of the year in back-to-back losses to the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

That’s the kind of mediocre track record that just got Jeff Fisher fired by the Los Angeles Rams.

I don’t think Saints coach Sean Payton or general manager Mickey Loomis will meet the same fate as Fisher at the end of this season -- and I don’t think they should just yet. I also strongly believe the Saints should hang on to quarterback Drew Brees until they find their own version of Dak Prescott to replace him.



But I think it’s now “2017 or bust” for all three of them.
New Orleans Saints

No excuses ... get it done.

SmashMouth

Championship!

hagan714

yep some one is reading our stuff

jeanpierre

Yeah, because we're not trying to win a championship every year...


Then people would think we were the Patriots or something...


Tripp's right in that the temperature gets turned waaaaay up next season...

halloween 65

If they go I hope the entire D staff goes to fire them all. O-line coach and Carmicheal are worth keeping thats about it. Hire Harbaugh or Cowher, the current trend is D minded head coaches anyway and I for one am tired of below average defenses and would rather have a smash mouth offense that isn't finess.

halloween 65

Another thing I thought about. What happens if we lose our first 4 games next season, all the other teams coaching staff will be in place with little to none worth a crap being available. I'm not good with slim pickings. If we're going in a different direction sooner is better.

neugey

Joe Vitt could have his third stint as interim coach! What could possibly go wrong? *sarcasm*

foreverfan

Now this is a bust and more!!!

SmashMouth

Did you say BUST?

Danno

BTTT, as hard as it may be...

I agree that the freakish amount of injuries this year should give Payton one more season. But 2017 should be sink or swim.

Another year of freakish injuries points to a problem that no other team deals with every year. Thats gotta be a problem with the staff.

About the only injury we should accept as an excuse for a 2017 failure is if Brees misses most of the season, and even that is debatable.

I think most of us if in Tom Benson's shoes would absolutely tell Sean that 2017 is absolutely playoffs or bust. I don't think there's any doubt.