44Champs

I think I'm starting to figure out how Coach thinks. He talks about "one game at a time", but honestly, I believe he plans 2-3 and maybe even more games ahead.

Case in point: Pierre Thomas - 6 touches the WHOLE game. Why? Is he saving him for the Falcons, or maybe even the playoffs? We sure could've used him in the Ravens game. Chris Ivory - could he have played? Probably. We could've used him too.

Sure, Payton wanted to win that game, and yes, he would have loved to have HFA and win the division, blah, blah. But more importantly, I think he just wants to get us into the playoffs as healthy as possible. and that's when we'll make our run.

So really, I don't care that we lost to the Ravens (maybe we'll get to beat them in the SB), I don't care if the Falclowns win the division and have HFA. I think our team is good enough and our coaching staff is smart enough to get us into the SB as a wildcard team. And to Payton, that's all that matters.