WhoDat!656

Yes it does!

NOS2SB

I believe we will destroy them.

dueceloose

Hopefully we get Foster back and others that were hurt. I'm not worried about the bucs.. unless you guys start saying we lost in the chat box and the games not over yet smh.

The Dude

Any division game is going to be hard fought. They do always seem to have our number especially at their house. It would be awesome to start the division 2-0. If we field the same team we did against ATL we got this. I expect to see a much improved offense over last weeks performance too.

SaintsBro

WHY exactly are people so scared of Tampa, why are they scared of playing IN Tampa? I guess I just don't really get it.

I suppose people are just spooked about the game where Payton broke his leg...??? Because other than that, or games where we haven't played our starters for the whole time, we have NEVER had a problem handling Tampa, under Sean Payton.

The reality is that when we NEED to beat them, it always happens very easily. We always come prepared. We always bring our game. The games we drop, we either drop them because we don't NEED to win them, or because coach breaks his flippin' leg in the first quarter.

We have put beatdowns on them in the sun, in the heat, before. We have put beatdowns on them in the Dome before.

Tampa Bay are extremely poorly coached, as evidenced by their loss at the end of their game yesterday on a stupid -- and avoidable -- penalty. And if God forbid the game next week is kinda close, their thick-necked, ham-headed coach will find a way to lose it for them.

That game in Tampa last year? Yeah, it wasn't a lot of fun, but remember this -- we were ahead on the scoreboard for more time of the game, with a lead, than we were ever behind. We were up two scores comfortably in the third, but then Spanowedon't worked his magic and let the Bucs put together two back-to-back 65+ yard drives in the blink of an eye. And no Payton to boot.

papz

We are 8-6 against Tampa Bay since Sean Payton has been here. .500 against them prior to last year's 2 game sweep. So no, we haven't always "handled" Tampa Bay. The worst kind of losses are the one where people just sit there and think it's a gimme.

I sure as hell hope we don't bring this same type of mindset some of our fans have into the game. Underestimating your opponents thinking you're better than everyone else will come back and bite you in the ass. The Bucs have plenty of weapons... we need to be prepared.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

All little common sense goes a long way.

SaintsBro

OK well if you want to pull your Winnie The Pooh blankie up above your chin and be scared of the Buccaneers, be my guest. But recent history shows we have beaten them soundly whenever both teams were at full strength, and whenever we NEEDED to beat them. THOSE games are Saints blowouts. The handful of squeakers that the Bucs barely win, are NOT NORMAL GAMES, my friend. Usually they happen after the division has already been decided between us and the Falcons.

let's look at these 6 losses against Tampa Bay:


2012 - swept them (doesn't count, but still). One of them was 41-0, BLOWOUT. The other we won and led by at least a TD for most of the game.

2011 - 26-20, loss, but if you didn't notice, OUR COACH BROKE HIS FRICKIN' LEG in the middle of the 1st quarter. Kind of hard to game plan for that since it's only happened once in the history of the NFL. We throttled them 3 weeks later with playoffs/home field on the line and Payton back on crutches

2010 - won the first one 31-6, BLOWOUT, then lost the second in December 13-23. We HAD THE LEAD when Drew Brees and other starters got pulled in the 2nd half, to get ready for the playoffs! Last game of the year. We had clinched the playoffs against the Falcons the week before and by halftime the game had no impact on home field, so Payton pulled the starters. We lost. Oh, the humanity.

2009 - WON 38-7, BLOWOUT. Then we lost to them in overtime late in the year and everyone bawled their eyes out like the world had ended. Now I don't know about you but I was AT that game, and the 2nd half was the most BORING half of Sean Payton football I EVER saw .We had a lead, we had the playoffs in hand, it was obvious to everyone in the stadium that Payton slammed the playbook shut after halftime. He didn't bench Brees, but he put most of the stars on the bench, and was mostly just handing the ball off to 3rd string running back Lynell Hamilton over and over, a guy who barely saw the field in the other games. Again -- we lost, but this game DIDN'T MATTER, losing it didn't affect the playoff seeding, or home field, AT ALL, unless you're one of those people who believed in the "Tampa Bay curse."

2008 - we lost to them the second game, but we were 6-6 at that point, with no Deuce, not entirely sure what they were playing for, other than honor

2007 - the Bucs swept us in 2007, but unless you are really concerned about Jeff Garcia QBing for the Bucs and "Cadillac" Williams scoring on us, then it's not worth talking about. Plus we all know this was the young "pass happy" Payton.

I don't know how else to explain facts to you. NO ONE is under-estimating the Bucs. But some people are definitely over-estimating them, and under-estimating our own coaches and players.

I just showed you that HALF the 6 Sean Payton losses to the Buccaneers have either been with Saints starters pulled, or with our coach calling plays while lying in the locker room with his knee on ice. I just showed you that whenever both teams and both coaches line up at full strength and play, the Saints DOMINATE the series, and usually outscore the Bucs by 2 to 1. What is so difficult to understand about that.

TheOak

Did anyone see the Jets game? I am looking at the stats and either the Jets defense is damn good or TB isnt all that this year.

Freeman ~ 15/31 210 yards 1 TD 1 INT
Martin ~ 24 / 65 yards 1 TD
Jackson had a good game 7 / 154 yards
Williams 4 / 52 1 TD

Fairly one dimensional? EG dont have to worry about 4 good recievers

D_it_up

That's gotta be some kind of record.

TheOak

Whoop! Where is Berman