I know if someone had told me before the season had started, that at the half way point in the season, the Saints would be 6-2, have a game lead in the division, and a 4 game lead on the falcons, I'd been happier than a fat kid with a Twinkie.

No running game, no run defense and for some reason on a 3rd and inches we call an end-around with our 3rd string TE. I'm sorry all you holier than thou veterans that post here but Payton shouldn't be calling the plays. He's done an awful job this year. We were setting records with Carmichael calling the plays... Now we're losing to a Jets team that has 2 of the worst starting CB's in the league. It wasn't just an off game, it was a very real wake up call that we're not quite there as an elite team.

We are not a Super Bowl team. We are 6-2 at the half way point. Duplicate that in the 2nd half of the season and it is 12-4. Not a lot of 12-4 Super Bowl winners with that kind of regular season record. Better yet, how about we just tank the 2nd half, drop the next 4 in a row to be 6-6, roar into the playoffs on all cylinders at 10-6, pimp-slap Seattle @ Seattle (a place where it is IMPOSSIBLE to beat them), and then punk-slam Goodell with that trophy-thingy upside his festered noggin in New York come February 14.

Of course, if we go 6-6 in that scenario, we can rid ourselves of that awful bandwagon adoration before we super-judy-chop the rest of the NFL in the proverbial junk.

Wish folks could quit comparing a Saints Super Bowl-related idea with comparisons to the '09 year. You don't need to win 13 straight to begin a season to win a Super Bowl. It don't hurt, but it ain't an automatic ticket.