Extra game cost Saints a playoff spot

AsylumGuido · 01-14-2022, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by bobdog86

Unfortunately, could anyone say that we are/were better than any of the playoff teams that made it? I mean at the time the playoff started.....I would say we are/were not. Like TheOak said, there was nothing playoff caliber about our team; parts yes! Defensively yes, offensively no.

Yet, with our defense and many players finally returning to health we could have beaten any of the teams that made the playoffs on any given day. Would we have made it to the Super Bowl? Extremely unlikely, but a win against the Rams was very possible.

saintfan · 01-14-2022, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Yet, with our defense and many players finally returning to health we could have beaten any of the teams that made the playoffs on any given day. Would we have made it to the Super Bowl? Extremely unlikely, but a win against the Rams was very possible.

How can someone who blindly proclaimed 17-0 baby!, regardless of circumstance, not also predict us to win the Superbowl, regardless of circumstance?

Unless, of course, that person is a magnanimous idiot. Hmmmm...

bobdog86 · 01-14-2022, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Yet, with our defense and many players finally returning to health we could have beaten any of the teams that made the playoffs on any given day. Would we have made it to the Super Bowl? Extremely unlikely, but a win against the Rams was very possible.

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda....we'll never know.

AsylumGuido · 01-14-2022, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by bobdog86

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda....we'll never know.

Yup. Far too many obstacles (displacement from Ida, injuries to key players, COVID, suspensions, etc.) to overcome. However, it "woulda" been real sweet to end the Rams' season this weekend.

01-14-2022, 10:36 AM	#1
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,574	Re: Extra game cost Saints a playoff spot Originally Posted by bobdog86 Unfortunately, could anyone say that we are/were better than any of the playoff teams that made it? I mean at the time the playoff started.....I would say we are/were not. Like TheOak said, there was nothing playoff caliber about our team; parts yes! Defensively yes, offensively no. Yet, with our defense and many players finally returning to health we could have beaten any of the teams that made the playoffs on any given day. Would we have made it to the Super Bowl? Extremely unlikely, but a win against the Rams was very possible. saintsfan1976 likes this.

01-14-2022, 10:52 AM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Extra game cost Saints a playoff spot Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Yet, with our defense and many players finally returning to health we could have beaten any of the teams that made the playoffs on any given day. Would we have made it to the Super Bowl? Extremely unlikely, but a win against the Rams was very possible. How can someone who blindly proclaimed 17-0 baby!, regardless of circumstance, not also predict us to win the Superbowl, regardless of circumstance? Unless, of course, that person is a magnanimous idiot. Hmmmm...

01-14-2022, 11:06 AM	#3
bobdog86 Site Donor Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,485	Re: Extra game cost Saints a playoff spot Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Yet, with our defense and many players finally returning to health we could have beaten any of the teams that made the playoffs on any given day. Would we have made it to the Super Bowl? Extremely unlikely, but a win against the Rams was very possible. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda....we'll never know.

01-14-2022, 11:19 AM	#4
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,574	Re: Extra game cost Saints a playoff spot Originally Posted by bobdog86 Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda....we'll never know. Yup. Far too many obstacles (displacement from Ida, injuries to key players, COVID, suspensions, etc.) to overcome. However, it "woulda" been real sweet to end the Rams' season this weekend.