Originally Posted by Belair57 (Post 189984)

I blame the losses and falling apart on the UNKNOWN WHODAT. Weve been losing since his ars showed up...hes more to blame than the damn kicker

Originally Posted by Savant (Post 189983)

Re-seeding the NFC playoff field - NFL News - FOX Sports on MSN

"Why they won’t win: There is no confidence in kicker Garrett Hartley, and that’s never healthy entering the playoffs. The kid is shaky. Also, teams have figured out left tackle Jermon Bushrod and Brees can’t perform if he’s constantly running for his life."

Are you serious? This is "Why they won't win"?

There have been a lot of kickers that have missed kicks this year and Hartley is hardly the worst offender. And I'm sure our coaching staff has figured out the Bushrod needs help against more elite pass rushers.

The reason I think we might not win?: Poor run defense and our offense getting off to a slow start. And to me those to go hand in hand. If we get off to a fast start teams aren't going to exactly going to grind it out on the ground. If we stall out the gate teams will run it to keep us our offense on the sideline.

I think we'll come out guns a blazing next Saturday at who and whatever happens to be in the way and I'm not sure if there's a team to stop it.

WHO DAT!!!

Originally Posted by spkb25 (Post 190089)

Bushrod was figured out after Shockey went down. Shockey comes back and he can help out on that side, so ...

Originally Posted by Ashley (Post 190100)

damn, i didn't even think of that !
Geaux Saints !

Originally Posted by cargojon (Post 190152)

1. Hartley has missed ONE, I repeat ONE, kick under 55 yards the entire time he's been a Saint. Granted it was a high profile kick, but heck, I'd rather have him over Suisham any day.

2. Bushrod will be better now that Shockey is back and we can dedicate Dave Thomas to giving him help, rather than having him fill Shock's role as receiving TE. Plus Shock is no slouch blocking, either.