It's too early to talk about that! Oh no, you're going to curse it! Yeah well in amongst the continuing BS I have to keep reading about Jimmy Graham's contract and the Franchise tag and is he a Wide Receiver and will Brees restructure (yawn, yawn, yawn and yawn) I thought I would put up something else!

I don't believe in cursing it or talking too early, I'm looking at what I have seen through nearly 6 games.

1 - The Saints ARE going to win the NFC South. The lead we have on the rest of the teams is ridiculous. The Bucs are horrible. The Panthers are better than their record suggests but will not muster more than maybe 6 wins this season. The Falcons, it delights me to say, are done. In fact I am starting to wonder if they can stay in front of the Panthers.

2 - There is no way the NFC East is being won with more than an 8-8 record. That division is truly mediocre. They will all continue to take games off of each other and will not muster enough to go beyond a .500 record

3 - The NFC North is the toughest division in football. The worst team at the moment (Vikings) may just sort their QB situation out finally and they have players like AP and Jennings as well as 3 #1 draft picks they aren't playing properly. Throw in the Bears and Packers who are playing at a good level and dare to write off the Lions at your peril. No team in here can go through the season without losing at LEAST 4 games. I would be very surprised if the NFC North isn't won at 11-5. We have played our only opponent in that division this season. We won. We own the head-to-head.

So my logic is working towards believing that as things are going we are good for at least a 12-4 record, an NFC South win, a massive step on the NFC East and a likely step on the NFC North putting us in Seed #1 or #2 slot.

I'm looking at the schedules for the Seahawks and 49ers. I know our schedule like the back of my hand. They have to play each other in San Fran. They still have divisional games. One of them is picking up a Wildcard spot.

The head-to-head games with those two are season defining. We probably believed that at the start of the season. Now it is even more prevalent. I feel much more confident that we can beat the 49ers at home than when the season started. Going to Seattle could well be the game that ultimately defines the question. #1 or #2 seed. As things stand, it's on that much of a knife edge. Walk out of Seattle with a win and the road to the Superbowl goes through New Orleans. Walk out with a loss and I think we may well need to be crossing our fingers that the Rams and Cardinals can pull out an upset against them.

Am I the only one thinking this way? I love typing