Sean Payton is a scientist when it comes to drawing up plays. He's also reliable in doing his homework on stats and percentages, and he ensures everything looks good on paper. However; games aren't won on paper. Games are won by much more. One especially important intangible that Sean Payton lacks is feel. This has been OBVIOUSLY EVIDENT since he brought the Saints up to Chicago for the NFC Championship game. They showed up on Saturday night for Sunday's Championship game. I heard him say...

Don't tell me you haven't been doing it since the Tampa Turnover, either.

Offense
I think our offense went through some growing pains all season but finally started to click again down the stretch. The number of drops has been atrocious, but much of that can be attributed to a very young wideout corps. The line is solid, despite Reggie. If we need anything on offense it's a good tight end, but Miller has shown good pass catching ability in a pinch so it's not pressing.
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After the loss to the Eagles on sunday, the Saints chances of getting into the playoffs plummets to 12%. Read SportsClubStats.com