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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by |Mitch| Who cares, it's a loss to an AFC opponent... That may be, but this is one that shouldn't have happened. Some of the worst officiating I've seen, coupled with the general ineptitude of the offense for ...

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Old 10-13-2013, 06:58 PM   #1
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Who cares, it's a loss to an AFC opponent...
That may be, but this is one that shouldn't have happened. Some of the worst officiating I've seen, coupled with the general ineptitude of the offense for most of the game, especially when it mattered most... This hurts.. Maybe I shouldn't care, but I do.. Not saying the sky is falling, but damnit, this one was ours
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Maybe I shouldn't care, but I do.. Not saying the sky is falling, but damnit, this one was ours
A loss before the bye this was the one to lose. This team has outplayed everyone's expectations so far. Just be happy that we are 5-1 with the loss to a non-division/conference opponent
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Old 10-13-2013, 07:05 PM   #3
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A loss before the bye this was the one to lose. This team has outplayed everyone's expectations so far. Just be happy that we are 5-1 with the loss to a non-division/conference opponent
I agree with you on the fact that it's just before the bye/AFC opponent and I'll even throw you in the fact that it's the pats at home, it just sucks that we pulled defeat from the jaws of victory and our play calling went into 'Ask Madden' mode in the final 2 minutes when we shoulda been throwing underneath on 1st down. Worst thing about this is that instead of setting the pace and letting Seattle keep up with us we have to go into their house and try and pull one out to keep home field.
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Old 10-13-2013, 07:19 PM   #4
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"A loss before the bye this was the one to lose. This team has outplayed everyone's expectations so far. Just be happy that we are 5-1 with the loss to a non-division/conference opponent"


This isn't college football. There are no regular season conference championships. Every win or loss counts. I realize there are tie breakers that come into play, but if we finish one game behind for home field advantage this could be the one that cost us. Why? Because we had the ball with the lead, twice, in the last couple minutes. That is supposed to be a win. Losing is one thing, but giving it away is another.

And yes, this frustration is compounded by the fact that the refs heavily influenced the outcome... I don't know how some fans can say "just be happy" fill in the blank, after any loss.

I'm happy that life goes on, but I'm not happy about giving games away.
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If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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Old 10-13-2013, 07:30 PM   #5
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This isn't college football. There are no regular season conference championships. Every win or loss counts. I realize there are tie breakers that come into play, but if we finish one game behind for home field advantage this could be the one that cost us. Why? Because we had the ball with the lead, twice, in the last couple minutes. That is supposed to be a win. Losing is one thing, but giving it away is another.

And yes, this frustration is compounded by the fact that the refs heavily influenced the outcome... I don't know how some fans can say "just be happy" fill in the blank, after any loss.

I'm happy that life goes on, but I'm not happy about giving games away.
Seriously? the only team that can compete with us for HFA is Seattle and guess what they have a loss to the AFC as well. Plus we play them so that's all moot anyway
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Old 10-13-2013, 07:37 PM   #6
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Seriously? the only team that can compete with us for HFA is Seattle and guess what they have a loss to the AFC as well. Plus we play them so that's all moot anyway
You're assuming it only comes down to that. I would love to think this is our last loss, but suppose it isn't? We could win in Seattle and still finish behind them. Would you not look back at this game and say "if only we had finished that game"?

It's not rocket science what I'm explaining to you.
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You're assuming it only comes down to that. I would love to think this is our last loss, but suppose it isn't? We could win in Seattle and still finish behind them. Would you not look back at this game and say "if only we had finished that game"?

It's not rocket science what I'm explaining to you.
You're assuming that the Seahwawks won't lose again either. A lot of football left and the fact still remains that this team has out-played everyone's expectations so far.

5-1 going into the bye with the loss to the AFC is pretty damn good, not like we were going to finished out undefeated
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Old 10-13-2013, 08:10 PM   #8
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You're assuming that the Seahwawks won't lose again either. A lot of football left and the fact still remains that this team has out-played everyone's expectations so far.

5-1 going into the bye with the loss to the AFC is pretty damn good, not like we were going to finished out undefeated
Actually, no I'm not assuming seattle wins out, but nice try. You obviously think I'm only talking about one potential loss.

The Saints have never won more than 13 games, and today didn't exactly convince me that they'll break that record. I expect the seahawks to win 12 to 13 games. I believe both teams are capable of winning any game they play, but they've both shown vulnerability.

So, what if they go 13-3 and we go 12-4? I think we'll win at least 13 games, but when you botch games like today it can cost you in the end.

Remember when we went 13-3 in '11 but finished tied with the 49ers, and they got home field because of conference records? But we lost to the BROWNS early in that season, an AFC team. Did you ever wish we would have won that game or any other game and gotten home field? Again, not rocket science. Every game matters, period.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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