rbr927

1. Haslett will still be the coach. It is well known throughout the league that Benson is a tightwad and unless Haz goes to Buffalo (which would be VERY foolish or blind to consider him), he will be here for the rest of his contract.

2. In today's NFL, a team needs at least a 10-6 record to make the playoffs and at least 13-3 to get a home field for playoffs.

3. See #2, the Saints will not get that in the forseeable future. Tampa will upgrade. Falcons have Vick back. Carolina will be defending division champs.

4. Just like the Saints to probably finish in 2nd place in the division which doesn't mean much this year but means that they will play a tough schedule next year. They have also not shown the ability in the past three years to win a big road game.

5. IF the Saints get a new head coach, typically those coaches don't get into the playoffs much less win the big cheese in the first year. It would be another 3-5 year rebuilding process.

6. At least we don't have to worry about the Saints for another 9 months. And at least it seems that a decent team will win this year's Super Bowl. I wouldn't count on any fluky team like Carolina getting to it.

Thoughts?