WillMacKenzie

The Saints are going to roll you up in your Viking's snuggie and beat you senseless, boy. I'm going to be so embarrassed for your squad.

D_it_up

The Cards defense was so bad that they only allowed 17 pts. to who? That's right! The Vikings! And that Vikings defense was so good that they allowed 31 points to who? That's right! The Cards! Bad argument, G. Try again.

skolvikes

I can do that as well what happened to your defense against Tampa? Dallas?

D_it_up

Ummm...Four injured defensive players namely our top three corners? What else ya got? I can do this all day.

skolvikes

Blah blah blah can we stop with the injury excuse? we are not using it neither should you.

SaintPauly

We lost to Tampa, by a field goal, in OT. And that's not even why we lost, our kicker missed a freaking chip shot, that would have won the game in regulation. The Dallas game, we only played one quarter, and still only lost by six points, so regardless of what you think, neither of these losses were "blow outs". The Carolina game, and this is for everyone in the cheap seats, that seem to ignore this, DID NOT COUNT FOR US, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR STARTERS WERE HELD OUT FOR THE PLAY OFFS!!! Brees didn't throw one ball in the game. Almost our entire secondary sat out, and we STILL only gave up 23 points!!! With our B team.

Now let's talk about your losses, and margin of victories.... Let's see YOUR list of excuses.

What's popular is not always right, and what's right is not always popular.....

D_it_up

When did you have your starting corners out for half of the season? When did you have one of your starting DT's for 5 weeks and the other starting DT put on IR after the first game of the season?

One more thing. That three-game losing streak of ours opened the door for you guys to be hosting the NFCC instead of us, but what happened? *Cough* *Choke* *Cough* *Choke* Whose defense did that? Oh yeah...Once again. The Vikings!

D_it_up

It won't do any good, saintpaul. We shouldn't get in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

xan

hey, Vikes. great to see you on the site.

Just a caution, there isn't anyone here who doesn't do their homework before posting. So, that being said, you should do the research rather than ask the question "why are you 25th rated and think you can control us". We can answer that for you, play the tape of the New England game, for example, where 3 CB's and a safety who hadn't played in a year shut down the highest rated QB in the NFL and the most prolific passing game in the NFL this season, but that would just be too easy.

If you're a serious dude, you'll appreciate that, on a play per play basis, adjusted for level of competition, our D was actually better than yours over the whole season, even when we had injuries and even when we tanked it on purpose at the end of the season. You can follow this link, if you've recovered from your reality based coma,

Defense Analysis

Seems a shame to also note that these same analysts rate our O-line better than yours as well. And receivers, and TE's, and DB's. And QB. Pity.

Anyway, good luck to you and to your team's chances on the road this weekend. Tell them to prepare for the noise to start the moment they check into their hotel room.

Calvin: "I wish I was a Tiger."
Hobbes: "Common lament."

SaintPauly

Regular Season Schedule/Results
WK DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L HI PASSING HI RUSHING HI RECEIVING
1 Sun, Sep 13 @ Cleveland W 34-20 1-0 Favre 110 Peterson 180 Harvin 36
2 Sun, Sep 20 @ Detroit W 27-13 2-0 Favre 155 Peterson 92 Berrian 46
3 Sun, Sep 27 San Francisco W 27-24 3-0 Favre 301 Peterson 85 Taylor 70
4 Mon, Oct 5 Green Bay W 30-23 4-0 Favre 271 Peterson 55 Berrian 75
5 Sun, Oct 11 @ St. Louis W 38-10 5-0 Favre 232 Peterson 63 Harvin 66
6 Sun, Oct 18 Baltimore W 33-31 6-0 Favre 278 Peterson 143 Rice 176
7 Sun, Oct 25 @ Pittsburgh L 17-27 6-1 Favre 334 Peterson 69 Rice 136
8 Sun, Nov 1 @ Green Bay W 38-26 7-1 Favre 244 Peterson 97 Harvin 84
9 BYE WEEK
10 Sun, Nov 15 Detroit W 27-10 8-1 Favre 344 Peterson 133 Rice 201
11 Sun, Nov 22 Seattle W 35-9 9-1 Favre 213 Peterson 82 Rice 89
12 Sun, Nov 29 Chicago W 36-10 10-1 Favre 392 Peterson 85 Harvin 101
13 Sun, Dec 6 @ Arizona L 17-30 10-2 Favre 275 Harvin 22 Harvin 79
14 Sun, Dec 13 Cincinnati W 30-10 11-2 Favre 192 Peterson 97 Berrian 43
15 Sun, Dec 20 @ Carolina L 7-26 11-3 Favre 224 Peterson 35 Peterson 73
16 Mon, Dec 28 @ Chicago L 30-36 OT
17 Sun, Jan 3 NY Giants W 44-7


Now, let's look at the Saints schedule....

Sep 13 vs. DETROIT LIONS 12:00PM
45 - 27
Sep 20 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 12:00PM
48 - 22
Sep 27 @ BUFFALO BILLS 3:05PM
27 - 7
Oct 04 vs. NEW YORK JETS 3:05PM
24 - 10
Oct 18 vs. NEW YORK GIANTS 12:00PM
48 - 27
Oct 25 @ MIAMI DOLPHINS 3:15PM
46 - 34
Nov 02 vs. ATLANTA FALCONS 7:30PM
35 - 27
Nov 08 vs. CAROLINA PANTHERS 3:05PM
30 - 20
Nov 15 @ ST. LOUIS RAMS 12:00PM
28 - 23
Nov 22 @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 12:00PM
38 - 7
Nov 30 vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 7:30PM
38 - 17
Dec 06 @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS 12:00PM
33 - 30
Dec 13 @ ATLANTA FALCONS 12:00PM
26 - 23
Dec 19 vs. DALLAS COWBOYS 7:20PM
17 - 24
Dec 27 vs. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 12:00PM
17 - 20
Jan 03 @ CAROLINA PANTHERS 12:00PM
10 - 23


We lost two at home, and one on the road. You guys lost none at home, and four on the road. And by strength of the teams you lost too, you gotta admit, that staunch defense gave up ALOT of yards, and points in those losses. Back to my first point: YOU ARE ON THE ROAD THIS WEEK. NOT AT HOME. Now, according to RECORD, who does that favor again?????

Also want to throw out that Peterson only had 4, 100 plus yard games all season. So pass blocking yes, run blocking, no.

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