The franchise-altering injury that sent the Saints into a downward spiral

neugey · 10-23-2023, 04:39 PM

For some reason lately, my mind keeps going back to Halloween of 2021. The game where the Bucs LB horse-collar tackled Jameis and blew out his knee.

I think there's a solid chance IF that injury does not occur that Jameis (who had 13 TD and 3 INT at the time through 6 games and then another TD before the injury occurred) continued to flourish as our QB. I'd say we go onto finish something like 11-6 and make the playoffs, rather than lose our next 5 after beating Tampa. Jameis' presence would've stabilized what was a nutty 2021, and I believe CSP stays on board rather than walking away.

Just imagine - today we'd still have CSP and Winston as a reasonable successor to Brees. Instead now we are saddled with whizbang Dennis Allen as our head coach and our horrible panic signing of Derek Carr. I think that one injury derailed our franchise, and it could take a long, long time to pull out of it.

10-23-2023, 04:39 PM	#1
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,825 Blog Entries: 13	The franchise-altering injury that sent the Saints into a downward spiral For some reason lately, my mind keeps going back to Halloween of 2021. The game where the Bucs LB horse-collar tackled Jameis and blew out his knee. I think there's a solid chance IF that injury does not occur that Jameis (who had 13 TD and 3 INT at the time through 6 games and then another TD before the injury occurred) continued to flourish as our QB. I'd say we go onto finish something like 11-6 and make the playoffs, rather than lose our next 5 after beating Tampa. Jameis' presence would've stabilized what was a nutty 2021, and I believe CSP stays on board rather than walking away. Just imagine - today we'd still have CSP and Winston as a reasonable successor to Brees. Instead now we are saddled with whizbang Dennis Allen as our head coach and our horrible panic signing of Derek Carr. I think that one injury derailed our franchise, and it could take a long, long time to pull out of it. Rell&Gold and K Major like this.