Vikings players say they outplayed the Saints and say "Colts" should have won! (they're not seeing us as the real champs)

Saintswrath · 04-21-2010, 03:51 PM

If the NFL draft is Christmas, then the league’s schedule release date must be Thanksgiving. As in thanks to the NFL for finally cranking this thing out.

Except maybe if you’re the Saints. Congrats on winning the Super Bowl, but the league appeared to make it as demanding on the world champs as it possibly could.

First, there’s the opener against the Vikings and — wait for it — Brett Favre. The Vikings’ players felt they outplayed the Saints and had to be choking hard while watching the Saints go on to beat the Colts. That was their Super Bowl, or it should have been, they felt. The NFC title game was a feisty affair, and I expect nothing less in the Thursday opener.

Although the Saints’ opponents have a winning percentage of only .469, which is the 27th-hardest schedule by that measure, the NFL has stuck them with some tough games in tough times. After the opener, they have to go to San Francisco (on Monday night, 11 days after the opener) against an improved 49ers team. Then it’s back home for a tough game against the Falcons in Week Three. After that, it’s the divisional-rival Panthers in....

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Saintswrath +Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Between 504 & 813 Posts: 1,776 Blog Entries: 4	Vikings players say they outplayed the Saints and say "Colts" should have won! (they're not seeing us as the real champs) If the NFL draft is Christmas, then the league’s schedule release date must be Thanksgiving. As in thanks to the NFL for finally cranking this thing out. Except maybe if you’re the Saints. Congrats on winning the Super Bowl, but the league appeared to make it as demanding on the world champs as it possibly could. First, there’s the opener against the Vikings and — wait for it — Brett Favre. The Vikings’ players felt they outplayed the Saints and had to be choking hard while watching the Saints go on to beat the Colts. That was their Super Bowl, or it should have been, they felt. The NFC title game was a feisty affair, and I expect nothing less in the Thursday opener. Although the Saints’ opponents have a winning percentage of only .469, which is the 27th-hardest schedule by that measure, the NFL has stuck them with some tough games in tough times. After the opener, they have to go to San Francisco (on Monday night, 11 days after the opener) against an improved 49ers team. Then it’s back home for a tough game against the Falcons in Week Three. After that, it’s the divisional-rival Panthers in.... ProFootballWeekly.com - 2010 schedule won't thrill Saints