the schedule
 

i'll tell you, i've been looking at it, and the more i look, the harder it looks.
anyone thinks we have a weak schedule? smitty

We definitely got a toughie, no gimme's included.

What pisses me off, is the Philadelphia Eagles schedule. They made it to the Superbowl, yet 10 of the 16 games they play is against teams with losing schedules last year. It's even worse, b/c my roomate is an Eagles fan, so I have to put up with him all year.

Well, that's not really the Eagles fault since the schedules are now made years in advance. There's only like two flex games for every team. Look at the Falcons schedule. They made it to the NFC champ game and based on SOS, have a schedule ranked in the bottom half of the league. Now part of that is due to Carolina falling off last year, us being us, and Tampa sucking, and the other part is the pre-made rotating schedule. Hopefully we will catch a break like that next year should we make some noise this year.

The Eagles schedule strength is really just a product of the rotating division matchups. If you look, they have the exact same divisions we had last year...the west in both conferences. We went 4-4 in those matchups, typical Saints mediocrity. The one that really hurt was the Cardinals and the fact that the Hawks couldn't knock off the Rams to keep us from getting hosed on that bogus tiebreaker.
The Eagles 2 random games are against the Falcons and the Packers....all division winners last season. So that's where they try to make it tough. (Ours are the Vikes and Rams.)
The difference between the Saints and Eagles is that the Eagles will go either 3-1 or 4-0 vs. the NFC west because they are better than those teams.

Also, let me add this. Counting wins and losses at the beginning of an NFL season never works. Especially with the Saints. (It wouldn't surprise me if we beat the Pats and lost to the Dolphins or comething crazy like that.) There are only a few "sure" wins in this league and we are fortunate to have 2 of them on our schedule. (Dolphins and Bears will almost certainly both suck...you can throw the Browns and Niners in that mix....the Bucs could be bad as well). Other than that, the 10-6 teams through the 6-10 teams will be separated by about 4-5 plays one way or the other. That's why this league is so fun to watch. (Unless you're 8-8 every year.)

Thanks for the emphasis Yas. :D

Might not be Yas, might be the site just acting a little strange with the migration going on. I'm seeing oddball behavior from here myself - random disconnects, etc.

I was just clowning with him anyway, thus the smilie. :)

The Eagles schedule strength is really just a product of the rotating division matchups. If you look, they have the exact same divisions we had last year...the west in both conferences. We went 4-4 in those matchups, typical Saints mediocrity. The one that really hurt was the Cardinals and the fact that the Hawks couldn't knock off the Rams to keep us from getting hosed on that bogus tiebreaker.
The Eagles 2 random games are against the Falcons and the Packers....all division winners last season. So that's where they try to make it tough. (Ours are the Vikes and Rams.)
The difference between the Saints and Eagles is that the Eagles will go either 3-1 or 4-0 vs. the NFC west because they are better than those teams.

Also, let me add this. Counting wins and losses at the beginning of an NFL season never works. Especially with the Saints. (It wouldn't surprise me if we beat the Pats and lost to the Dolphins or comething crazy like that.) There are only a few "sure" wins in this league and we are fortunate to have 2 of them on our schedule. (Dolphins and Bears will almost certainly both suck...you can throw the Browns and Niners in that mix....the Bucs could be bad as well). Other than that, the 10-6 teams through the 6-10 teams will be separated by about 4-5 plays one way or the other. That's why this league is so fun to watch. (Unless you're 8-8 every year.)

Damn...sorry about that guys. I was getting errors and I apparently posted the same thing 50 times. My bad.

"sure wins"? we are talking about the Saints here right? lol. I don't put anything into a sure win... I mean everyone who suits up on Sundays is a paid professional.

Thus the use of the quotes around the word "sure". Did I not say in the same post that we could win against the Pats and lose to the Dolphins? Yes, I did.

Me:
You:
Thanks for that.

My point was, as sure wins go in this league, we have 2 of those teams on our schedule. Will we win them both? Probably not, but we should.

I was 'sure' myself when we played Arizona a year or two back. Those sleeper games bite us too much.

I still can't believe Emmit had to throw threw his first (and only) career pass against us in that game. For a touchdown.

We're due for some consistency around here.

Thanks for quoting that for me, man. I already did it.

Your reading comprehension skills are amazing. Next time you say something....I'll just stay away and remember last week when you kept posting links that proved you wrong.

You know the whole air quotes thing? We have 2 "air quote" sure "air unquote" wins on our schedule this year. Do you understand what that means? It means that those teams will be underdogs in every game they play this year because they are really bad. But, they will doubtless both win a couple/few games, meaning that someone will stub their toes against them....possibly us. Thus, they are "sure" wins.

No no no, I proved my point on that subject. Air Quotes, lol are you kidding me, lmao. yeah yeah...

Air quotes? Um.....Is this a "Cool Kids Club" thread? Because I have no idea what you guys are talking about. LOL If I join the CKC can one of you guys fill me in? LOL! Sorry, just being a smartazz.

Really...what is an "air quote"? Seriously.

i'll tell you yasoon, the miami game stuck out the most to me.
scary stick out.............
and loe, lord forbid the glitches in the matrix erase your pic........
what happened to the full scale shot? oh no, is it happening already?
smitty

Air quotes. You know, when you put your index and middle finger on both hands in the air, and bend them as if quoting something. Air quotes.

I think it would be a cool shoe... as in a replacement of Air Jordan's... "Air Quotes".

What are you talking about? Who did you prove your point to, yourself?

Do people really not know what air quotes are?

http://img.snl.jt.org//arc/char/ChFa...t%20Brauer.jpg

I'm not trying to be cool here. "sure" wins. wink wink, nudge nudge

As in...we should really win the game but these are the Saints and we lose "sure" wins every year. Cincy a couple years ago.......cleveland. arizona last year, etc.

Wait, isn't that exactly what I described, the air quotes I mean? lol

Yes, whodi. Thank you. Got caught in between posts. :D

Ok ok. I got it. Aaairr Quotes. Rrrrigghht. Thanks Whodi

not to be mistaken for ground quotes.

Saints schedule features....

Bills
Chicago
Detriot
Miami
N.Y. Gaints
Atlanta2x
Carolina2x
Green Bay
Minnesota
New England
N.Y. Jets
St. Louis
Tampa Bay2x

The only games we should really worry about are
Atlanta2x home and away
Carolina2x home and away
Green Bay Away
Minnesota Away
New England Away
N.Y. Jets Away

All them guys away man that will not be easy going in to there and winning..... you say be beat new england there but hey new england didnt even play all there starters....

IF WE CAN WIN AT HOME EVERY THING WILL BE OOOK..........