Making the Playoffs - Sacred Math
 

Someone will post the Jim Mora rant, I'm bettin'. But rational folks, lend me your ears...I'll give them back.

FACT: 1-3 Overall
FACT: 0-3 Road record
FACT: 1 game back in the NFC Turd Bowl South
FACT: 7 of next 12 games at home
FACT: Bye Week is after Sunday vs Tampa
FACT: 5 road games left in DET, CAR, PIT, CHI, and TB. Two of those are potentially bad weather games in PIT (NOV 30) & in CHI (DEC 15th)

There's a high probably we will NOT sweep at home this year considering the competition...to sweep GB, BAL, SF, CIN at home in that 5 game span is unlikely to put it kindly...we lose 2 of them. So, if we have a 6-2 home record with all division wins, there is an excellent chance of squeaking into that "impossible" playoff berth.

Now, does that road schedule really frighten anyone? We will not beat both TB and CAR on the road, but we will win one of those. We will not beat both PIT and CHI, but we will win one of those. That leaves the Detroit game. If we win that, guess what our road record will be? 3-5.

6-2 at home
3-5 on the road
4-2 in the division
9-7 and good enough to win this turd division.

OR...we just simply quit, end it at 1-15, and I'll break out the ol' Aints bag from its long retirement & fiddle as Rome burns.

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Sorry..couldn't resist..lol

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Carolina last year
Week 1 - LOSS
Week 2 - LOSS
Week 3 - WIN
Week 4 - LOSS

Finished with the 2nd best record in the NFC.

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Wow, hadn't seen that before.:rolleyes:

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I'm willing to believe, but I have to see it with my own eyes.

• Offense: fixable. Still lacks depth on offensive line, but could improve if disciplined.
• Defensive line: may not be fixable.
• Linebackers: LB's forced to plug holes our d-line cannot fill (they are secondary assistance d-linemen).
• Safeties: Young and New Safties will have to learn quickly how to play the Saints Hybrid LB/Ball Hawk role.

If we can somehow get some cohesion on both sides of the ball, I'm willing to believe. Otherwise I have no opinion other than our record currently speaks for itself and will speak for itself in the near future.

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Ok so we make the playoffs. Then what. All that gives us is an excruciating season to watch without the reward of a Super Bowl or good draft pick.
No way in hell this team wins a road game in the playoffs. If we had home field advantage with the team we have right now we would still be one and done.

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There was no way we'd win @ PHI last year either. And getting a better draft position as a reward?

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Our team is pathetic on the road, the numbers in this case don't lie and its getting hard to ignore

We will need a miracle to get .500 record this year

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How is beating Tampa at home this week, then the Bye Week getting healthy & fixing this turd of a team, then beating Detroit on the road a miracle?

3-3 is not out of the question. If we play like we did last night and against Cleveland, then I will wholeheartedly agree with you that it would be a miracle to see .500.

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Well unfortunately for us, there is no indication we are capable of playing any better than we have the past 4 weeks, I'm not in the slightest bit confident that this team can beat Detroit or Tampa bay.