WhoDat

Well, the defense is absolutely abysmal, which is going to hurt a lot in the playoffs. However, as long as the ceding stays like it is, the Saints are in the best position theycould be in. Think about this, currently the NFC looks like this:

1. Philadelphia
2. Tampa Bay
3. Green Bay
4. San Francisco
5. New Orleans
6. Atlanta

Now, I’m not unhappy with playing on the road in the playoffs, depending on where it is. The Saints are a bad home team and have been great on the road since Haslett got here. In any case, given the chose to play at Green Bay, at San Francisco, or host Atlanta in round one, I’d take at San Fran – which is exactly what they'd get.

If they beat the 49ers, they will play at Philadelphia, while the Packers (who aren’t losing to Atlanta at home in January) will go to Tampa.

I’m not sure they’ll even get past the first round, but if they do, again, I’d much rather play at Philly then try to go play at Tampa and beat them three times in a season. If the Saints get past Philly, which seems unlikely to me, but not impossible, the NFC title would be Saints at Tampa, who I don’t think will lose to the Pack at home. Favre is simply average when he’s away at former NFC Central teams.

Now, the Saints being in the NFC title game seems really unlikely to me, BUT if it happens, I like being at Tampa. It’s extremely difficult to beat a team three times in a season. Still if it is the NFC Title game it’s a whole different situation, and I would rather be playing at Tampa then anywhere else.

So it’s not terrible. The problem is the defense. I’m worried about two things. 1 – being able to stop the 49ers and/or eagles when it counts in the playoffs, and 2 – not losing to the Bengals or Panthers and ending up the 6 cede and having to go to Green Bay in week one of the playoffs.