I Have A Bad Feeling About This
 

After watching last weeks pathetic performance, I began having flashbacks to the Haslett Era. All of the penalties, turnovers, and just plain dumb mistakes. I'm hoping that this does not creep into the players psyche, because confidence is the key to winning. In most other years, this would be the beginning of the year. I mean, we barely beat Tampa in the Dome, and couple that with all that happened last week, along with the fact that this is a road game, and it's hard to stay optimistic.

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All those sins were washed away. do not start talking melt down.
STAY IN THE SEATS
DO NOT TURN OFF THE TUBE
KEEP THE FAITH.

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I have us losing to Tampa... and the next two afterwards. So... I'm headed in the same direction. But, we will finish the season 9-7 or 10-6 with a good chance of still making the playoffs.

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papz no way. I am surprised. 1-2 in the 3 is one thing but 0-3????????????????

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So, Papz, you're saying that we'll be 5-5, and then go 4-2 or possibly 5-1 to finish the season? The last 6 games are @ ATL, SF, @ DAL, WASH, @ NYG, and CAR.

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Yup. We'll go in a mini slump then catch fire. Finish out strong, hot, and into the playoffs.

We're going to be playing Pitt and Cincy on the road... two very tough games. The only game I can see us possibly winning is the Tampa game. But from what happened in the first game we played against them, it's going to be close and it could go either way. I'm going to have to go with the home team.

Tampa - Toss up... slight edge going to Tampa.
Pitt - L
Cincy - L
Atlanta - Toss up.
SF - W
Dallas - W
Wash - W
NY - W

Towards the end of the season, I'm pretty sure Washington will have Jason Campbell starting and the Giants will be resting their players for the playoff run.

We better hope thats the case. The Saints may need that game to even have a chance at the playoffs. I'm not sure about that W against Dallas. :wink:

Thanks hagan, I think that's what everybody needs to hear. This team is obviously good, maybe not as good as the 5-1 record had indicated, but good nonetheless. I think that they can get to the playoffs if they continue to feed off the energy of the city, but if that energy and momentum disappears then I see major problems (and that's not just in the short term).

Also, don't forget the Ravens have one of the nastiest D's in the entire league, so it's not like we were turning the ball over to the Browns or something. That's not an excuse, but we did lose to a good team. I've got a good feeling about the Bucs game this Sunday. They were pathetic against NYG last week.

The pot callin' the kettle black. :wink:

Tampa Bay sucks. We didn't have any knowledge of the QB they started that game. We've played against him and now have a couple of games of film on him. He's not going to hurt us like he did last time. We should win this one.

At this point, we're 5-2 and bad feeling or no bad feeling, we don't know what's going to happen in the next 3 games. Or all the ones after that. What if we got to, say, 11-2 and then tanked the last 3 games to end up 11-5 and still won the division, still got into the playoffs? We'd still only focus on the negative, wouldn't we? We need to learn how to be fans of a winning team by finding a way to purge the demons and the negative thoughts. Hopefully, our bad feelings are just the lingering nagging thoughts from previous teams that went out of their way to find new ways to lose week in/week out.

Tampa scored 3 points against the Giants last week if I'm not mistaken..
I feel we have a very good chance beating the Bucs this week, with a win I think we'll feel good about the team again, as we did before the Ravens loss, if we lose gawd help us all..
We really need to win this one being it gets really tough after the Bucs game.
Wins will be hard to come by here on out.

hagan....spread the word buddy. BELIEVE PEOPLE!!!!!!! BELIEVE!!!!!

You just can't look ahead. Too many variables, especially because of injuries. But in Tampa Saints D will play well enough to contain a weak offense. Tampa's rookie QB is going to get pressured big time and that'll cause turnovers. Grant and Smith both get sacks. Brees has another very solid game. Passing game sets up Deuce for his best game of the year - over 100yds. and a TD. Saints win 20-10.

C'mon everyone - KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!!!!
 

Hey! Just because we messed up against the Ravens, that doesn't mean the same thing will happend against the Bucs. Our team will have studied the game film, worked out the mistakes and most importantly, learned a big lesson which is, treat every game like its a playoff game and never underestimate the oppostion.

We WILL beat the Bucs!!!!!!!!!!

Think POSITIVE, kick out the negativitiy.

BLACK AND GOLD RULE!!!

GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!

REMEMBER, WE HAVE ALREADY DONE BETTER THAN LAST SEASON!!!!!! :D :D :D

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I read an article with Tiki Barber, where he said that the year Ronde, and the Bucs won the Superbowl, that they had the mindset that they were going to win it all, from the beginning of the season. I think that is essential to a players pshyche, to believe hold heartedly, that they are not just going to get into the play offs, but going to win it all. I honestly believe the fans have to be that way as well. Positive energies, create positive responses. I say we're going to win every game we play, and the Superbowl as well. Who's with me????? :bananajoy:

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Typical Saints fans......WTF? One loss does not define this team, especially when it's a loss to a pretty damn good team. People are so ready to jump off the wagon. To be a Saints fan is not to be a fan only during "fair weather." Hang in their people! This team is far better than what we have had in the past 6 years & they have something those teams in that tenure did not.....a leader at QB & most of all....HEART!!!! Don't be so quick to bail. Even the best teams lose a few during the season.

True. On the other hand the New York football Giants are a very good football team right now. After watching their performances of late, I would have to say they are the second best team in the NFC right now.

I think the Saints will bounce back. Any team in the NFL will lose with penalties and turnovers. What we know is that the Saints can beat anyone in the NFL when they play their game.

My one question is how is Duece doing? I have some issues with how he seems to disappear in the middle to late part of games. Payton shoudl game plan to get Deuce 4-5 touches per quarter.

SFIAH

The giants :?:
They are :airguitar: on Defense right now.
I look at the tampa Cinnci game as good reference. This time we can not let up and get silly against them. Run all RB till they drop. Bucs are beat up on the line.
LB Shelton Quarles (Knee); Practiced friday for the first time this week
DE Simeon Rice(Shoulder); did not practice friday
DT Ellis Wyms (Ankle). Practiced friday for the first time this week

Hope they worry about how Duce burned them last time, as well as Drew because of the reaction to bush on the field, this could be one of Bushes better days as a saint in 06

Once we get the safeties up burn them with the passing game.