44Champs

Odds are against us

DAL '93
NE '01
NYG '07

TheOak

Same odds were against most of our starters ever making an NFL roster.

WhoDat!656

Dallas lost 35-16 to Washington and 13-10 to Bills

Patriots lost 17-23 to Cincinnati & 10-3 to Jets

Giants lost 35-45 to Dallas and 35-13 to Packers

0-2 is definitely not how anyone thought the season would start.

But lets look at the positives:

The O-Line is playing fairly well
We are running the ball well, (when we run it)
No major injuries so far
Didn't have a blizzard of penalty flags like Week 1
Tackling seemed to be better

I am guardly optimistic about our season

44Champs

Not too late to turn this boat around.

Mardigras9

Last team to go into the playoffs 0-3 and win the Superbowl? Oh yeah, us. Long season, but the D better get there **** together soon.

WhoDat!656

Big difference in FINISHING a season losing 3 games, especially after winning 13 straight and STARTING a season 0-3

SaintsBro

Would like to know more about the road records and defensive points per game/allowed, of those Giants and Patriots teams. That is how you dig yourself to the Super Bowl out of an 0-2 hole, by winning convincingly on the road.

WhoDat!656

Not sure if this is what you are looking for

NFL Standings: Division

NFL Standings: Division

SaintsBro

Thanks. I suspected that this information would sorta look like this.

'07 Giants - 7-1 on the road

'01 Patriots were 5-3 on the road (not counting playoffs). The 0-2 start was with Drew Bledsoe at QB, not Tom Brady, who came in late in game 2 when Bledsoe got hurt (and the rest, as they say, is history). They also won a tough divisional game in overtime on the road in Buffalo that year (comparable to our Atlanta game).

Now. Ask yourself this. Do either of those scenarios sound to you like the current Brees/Payton/Ryan Saints, who have lost their last FIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN A ROW, on the road?

The Dude

No its definitely not too late, but it is highly unlikely. It would be different if we were playing the Seattles and Danvers and playing great games and losing. We are losing and looking like crap in the process. I don't have much hope for our D getting much better. Our O does start off sluggish sometimes but this D is totally lost.