Raiders fans need the Saints help.
 

You know, I\'m confused as to which stage of \"the Saints cycle\" we\'re currently in.

Stage 1--we start slow and lose the opener.
Stage 2--we light it up against a good team, bandwagoners rejoice.
Stage 3--we choke to an inferior team, we argue for 1-3 weeks about how it is or isn\'t partly Brooks\' fault.
Stage 4--we rip off 2 straight wins right before fans give up all hope of the playoffs.
Stage 5--we play well until December.
Stage 6--we have a train wreck on one game that we absolutely have to win to get a wild card berth.
Stage 7--everyone is bitter until we start thinking about all the cool free agents that will fix our ailing D.
Stage 8--we sign none of those cool free agents.
Stage 9--everyone is bitter until we start thinking about all the cool players in the draft so we can fix our ailing D.
Stage 10--we argue for months about how it was/wasn\'t the right thing to go get this year\'s version of Sully.
Stage 11--Many predictions of 11-5 or better and heated arguments about the 3-4 guys who pick less than 10-6 as being Carolina fans or something.

Raiders fans need the Saints help.
 

Looks like we skipped Stage 2 and went straight into Stage 3, BMG.

Raiders fans need the Saints help.
 

I think we still have a shot at the post-season....If we all rally around Brooks and pray..............

Raiders fans need the Saints help.
 

Why aren\'t we playing Henderson????????....Clayton for Tampa seems to be alright.............send the rookie in to get the vets amped....

Raiders fans need the Saints help.
 

Clayton is a much better WR. Henderson is still raw, and with the dropsies he supposedly had in training camp, I don\'t blame the coaches for keeping him on the sidelines. There are already two players on the team who are just as fast and more reliable - Stallworth and Lewis. Who do you take off the field to put Henderson on it? Pathon? Not likely. Maybe you play him for Lewis, but Lewis comes up clutch a whole lot when he\'s in as a wideout.