Saints own second-most 'extreme' home-field advantage in NFL
 

Everybody in the NFL is looking for an edge over the opposition, whether it's with personnel, scheme or otherwise. Some teams are fortunate enough to have an advantage built in -- for eight games a year, at least -- with intimidating home fields and stadiums.

Count the New Orleans Saints in that bunch, as Cover32.com ranked the Mercedes-Benz SuperDome as the second-most "extreme" home-field advantage in the NFL. Only Seattle's CenturyLink Field, known for the 12th Man, was listed higher.

As the article's author Shane Anderson points out, the Saints have gone undefeated at home two of the last four years (2011, 2013) in a stadium that can bring plenty of noise.

"I mean, what can be louder than 90,000-plus fans under one roof in the party capital of America," Anderson asks.

It's a valid question, and the Saints will hope they can give their dedicated and noisy fans a better show than in 2014, when New Orleans finished with a 7-9 record, including just a five-game home losing streak to end year.

Saints own second-most 'extreme' home-field advantage in NFL

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"I mean, what can be louder than 90,000-plus fans under one roof in the party capital of America," Anderson asks

did we add 30,000 seats? or are we pumping in 50% more fan noise ala our good friends in Atl?

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Good question... are we piping in some noise too? Last year's performance in the Benz Dome does not support this premise, however.

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It's the structure, sound has nowhere to go with concrete. All the newer stadiums are build with thinner materials. They are not designed to last 1,000 years.

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Hard to validate that after last year. Hopefully the advantage returns this year.

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We don't have a great home field advantage when these young players expect to win at home because they weren't around when we didn't. That was the problem last season... Guys just expected to blow away teams in the Dome and they didn't put in the work.

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We must need to turn up the Superdome speakers again.

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Without clicking the link, I just knew that fake crowd noise dump would of been ranked above the Dome

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Oh boy.......we're in the top two alcohol fuel injected NFL stadiums.

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We're so F'ing loud we make it hard for our own team to concentrate!!!

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the only game I attended last year was the Overtime victory in the dome vs. the Buccaneers - and the crowd was fantastic. I admit, throughout the game it didn't have that Superdome feel, but we showed up big time when the boys pinned them back within their own 5 yard line. Then a crowd induced false start brings them back their 1 Yd line or so. and then we got the Safety. And oh man when when Khiry broke those tackles near the goal line for the OT touchdown.. I still get chills when I watch the video. Good memories

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I know it sounds crazy, but sometimes I sit in my seat and I could swear that noon kickoff games on Sunday after evening LSU games the night before, are not quite as loud as, night games in the Dome, or even 3 PM kickoffs, or games where there's no LSU game that weekend. It's like a certain small percentage of the crowd is hungover and screamed out, and it holds us back.

But night games, and late kickoffs? The Dome is as loud and crazy as anyplace, including CenturyLink with its extra fake pumped-in noise.

I firmly believe our Super Bowl would never have happened, without that "too many men in the huddle" penalty against Minnesota, which put them out of field goal range, making Favre throw the INT on the very next play at the end of the game -- that penalty was directly caused by the confusion and sheer noise of the crowd. Without it, no Lombardi.

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You think Seattle being in an outdoor stadium wasn't pumping in fan noise too?

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Mmmmmmm! I don't recall much "home field advantage" at all last season!! :-(. Hope they can make better use of it this season.

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I know right. It was like a funeral home.

But 2014 was the exception not the rule. Over the last decade we're easily in the top 5 and probably higher.

Barring another 2014 disaster, 2015 should be a phenomenal success. Its gonna get painfully loud.

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So loud we gave Jimmy Graham a flinch.