Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To

NEXTPROBOWLER · 11-11-2007, 10:13 PM

what about the kid from tenn st, cromartie? what o-linemen will be available in the offseason?

hagan714 · 11-12-2007, 07:21 AM

check my blog out on OL i list some there

hagan714 · 11-12-2007, 07:23 AM

read my blog. this should be a very good year for OT in the draft. Some good OG in FA

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darstep · 11-12-2007, 07:31 AM

Not time for me to give up either. I saw this one coming. How long have you guys watched the Saints win the unwinnable and give back the gifts. Chalk up the late game success to Hasslett. We still have a longgggggggggggg way to go...and its up hill.

xan · 11-12-2007, 08:22 AM

No one is suggesting that we don't cheer them on and hope for the best.

The unfortunate reality is that the Saints should have taken care of business AT HOME against the wounded and confused and not only didn't, NEVER looked like it could. A disturbingly flawed 0-8 Div III team exposed glaring weaknesses on both sides of the ball plus the coaching staff.

While losses by the Lions, Giants and Skins and Panthers somewhat mitigate this "effort," each of our next opponents have been gift wrapped the obvious gameplan to negate whatever the team tries to throw at them. Houston is actually a quality club with a solid defense playing with a week's rest and nothing to do but anticipate the Saints at Reliant Stadium. Follow that with another road game against a division opponent who's already beaten us up, the reality is that we may wind up losing another 4 consecutive games. And there's no easy win against the ATL on the road to break that slide.

The best we can hope for is to be spoilers, but considering that essentially no team left on the schedule has a realistic shot at the playoffs save for TB, who's season are we going to spoil?

I'd say this is a lost season. Come on April.

LordOfEntropy · 11-12-2007, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by xan

I'd say this is a lost season. Come on April.

It might well be. I know we'll all be cheering for Brees next week, regardless.

But if there's one single reason I can think of to explain it, I'd have to say it was overconfidence in the abilities of Jason David. He's nothing short of an expensive bust.

If we were to throw in a Polamalu, a LB, and a shutdown CB, I bet we'd be discussing some very different results right now.

andersen · 11-12-2007, 11:48 AM

Sounds like the woulda, coulda, shouda's are back

papz · 11-12-2007, 12:16 PM

Wow we won 4 straight games... lost one and now we should think about trading players and anticipating a high draft pick. Amazing.

Though the Rams were 0-8, the we battling injuries all season long and w/o Bulger and Jackson for parts of the season. We lost to a very good offense that's finally getting healthy.

We're 4-5, and the division title is still within our reach. So is the possibility of 9-11 wins. There's plenty of things to look forward to in the upcoming months, but the draft isn't one of them... at least for me. Winning this division is.

JOESAM2002 · 11-12-2007, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by papz

Wow we won 4 straight games... lost one and now we should think about trading players and anticipating a high draft pick. Amazing.

Though the Rams were 0-8, the we battling injuries all season long and w/o Bulger and Jackson for parts of the season. We lost to a very good offense that's finally getting healthy.

We're 4-5, and the division title is still within our reach. So is the possibility of 9-11 wins. There's plenty of things to look forward to in the upcoming months, but the draft isn't one of them... at least for me. Winning this division is.

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11-11-2007, 10:13 PM	#11
NEXTPROBOWLER 100th Post Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 269	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To what about the kid from tenn st, cromartie? what o-linemen will be available in the offseason?

11-12-2007, 07:21 AM	#12
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11-12-2007, 07:23 AM	#13
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To read my blog. this should be a very good year for OT in the draft. Some good OG in FA NO Reason to Panic over the OL - Black and Gold Forums

11-12-2007, 07:31 AM	#14
darstep SaintSince67 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PortCity Posts: 2,044	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To Not time for me to give up either. I saw this one coming. How long have you guys watched the Saints win the unwinnable and give back the gifts. Chalk up the late game success to Hasslett. We still have a longgggggggggggg way to go...and its up hill.

11-12-2007, 08:22 AM	#15
xan Professor Crab and Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Princeton Posts: 3,369 Blog Entries: 34	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To No one is suggesting that we don't cheer them on and hope for the best. The unfortunate reality is that the Saints should have taken care of business AT HOME against the wounded and confused and not only didn't, NEVER looked like it could. A disturbingly flawed 0-8 Div III team exposed glaring weaknesses on both sides of the ball plus the coaching staff. While losses by the Lions, Giants and Skins and Panthers somewhat mitigate this "effort," each of our next opponents have been gift wrapped the obvious gameplan to negate whatever the team tries to throw at them. Houston is actually a quality club with a solid defense playing with a week's rest and nothing to do but anticipate the Saints at Reliant Stadium. Follow that with another road game against a division opponent who's already beaten us up, the reality is that we may wind up losing another 4 consecutive games. And there's no easy win against the ATL on the road to break that slide. The best we can hope for is to be spoilers, but considering that essentially no team left on the schedule has a realistic shot at the playoffs save for TB, who's season are we going to spoil? I'd say this is a lost season. Come on April.
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11-12-2007, 11:42 AM	#16
LordOfEntropy 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 1,838	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To Originally Posted by xan I'd say this is a lost season. Come on April. It might well be. I know we'll all be cheering for Brees next week, regardless. But if there's one single reason I can think of to explain it, I'd have to say it was overconfidence in the abilities of Jason David. He's nothing short of an expensive bust. If we were to throw in a Polamalu, a LB, and a shutdown CB, I bet we'd be discussing some very different results right now.

11-12-2007, 11:48 AM	#17
andersen With an "E" Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Madisonville, LA Posts: 429	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To Sounds like the woulda, coulda, shouda's are back

11-12-2007, 12:16 PM	#18
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11-12-2007, 01:02 PM	#19
JOESAM2002 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: CRYSTAL BEACH TEXAS Posts: 4,100	Re: Draft Needs Now All We Can Look Forward To Originally Posted by papz Wow we won 4 straight games... lost one and now we should think about trading players and anticipating a high draft pick. Amazing. Though the Rams were 0-8, the we battling injuries all season long and w/o Bulger and Jackson for parts of the season. We lost to a very good offense that's finally getting healthy. We're 4-5, and the division title is still within our reach. So is the possibility of 9-11 wins. There's plenty of things to look forward to in the upcoming months, but the draft isn't one of them... at least for me. Winning this division is. Yeah! What he said..... and the Grinch didn't steal Christmas...................the little dog did!