burningmetal

This is really where I'm at, mentally, about this team. I truly don't have a feel. I'm not doom and gloom, and I'm not particularly optimistic either. I have a very pessimistic outlook on certain players, but I have higher hopes for other players than some people do.

I think we're going to be really good or really bad. It's been such a weird off-season and preseason that I'm not sure what's real. There's a lot of front line talent, but it's almost like they're playing dumb. If our depth is as bad as it looks on paper, and some of our injured starters don't get healthy, it could be a long season.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

halloween 65

O looks good, D I still have a 1000 doubts about. The pass rush and the middle on run downs still look weak. 9-7 is what I'm going with and that is probably to many wins could easily be 7-9. I'm not drinking the kool-aid like last season at all. We were suposedly suppose to switch to a 3-4 but nothing happened there either. I'm ready for all D coaches head to roll before a single down is played, I don't have to be fair but I do have to watch an excellent O get screwed by a pathetic D year after year after year, it makes me sick.

saintshrimp

Thank you Exactly it. We haven't had a really good Defense in 20+ years except the superbowl year and that was due to the turnovers. The actual defense was nothing special just got timely turnovers are the right time Rob's first year was decent but again not that special

Cruize

6-10. Brees goes down. Payton and Loomis get fired. The rebuilding begins for real next season. Brees, Colston, Evans, Strief, Lewis, Hicks and Browner gone.

arsaint

Dang Cruize - I thought I got depressed after reading your political opinions.

Gee whiz somebody better close all the local bridges because you'll have everyone on jump watch...

SmashMouth

Halo

Ok, so basically you're predicting it will be like 5 years before we go above .500?

Don't think so.

TXGSP

Someone has a heart attack while screaming at "one" of the horrible plays during the season.

Hopefully, there are medical personnel around...

WillSaints81

@Ari-Loss, it will be close but my Atlanta/SF theory is coming in play here.
TB-Loss. TB wants payback. We have swept them three straight years, they are due.
@Car-Win. I see the same as last year with the road teams winning. Also, Carolina has scored less points at home than on the road, but play better defense at home. But doesn't matter we beat teams who can't score points.
Dal-Win. The oline of theirs is the only reason to worry. Does that mean no defense can stop them period? It will if anything put olines at the top of team's draftlists and make them forget everything else. I think the crowd will be why we win.
@Phi-Toss-up. We have had their number but eagles did improve on defense and running game. It comes down to Bradford. We are 1-0 against Bradford.
Atl-Win.Better offense at home, better oline at home, three days rest where most players are fatigued. Defense can do nothing fatigued against a offense who doesn't overwork themselves because of so many options. And its payback time.
@Ind-Loss. But this has a chance.
NYG-Win. Giants will be good but its more about Eli and his usual homecoming rhetoric when he comes here that will make us beat them again as usual here.
Ten-Win. But could this be a trap game? I don't think it can be but Tennessee can play defense against non-studded offenses. Spiller's had success against this team and had the bills used him more than FJac they would have won in 2012. This game is going to say a lot about Ingram. Also Tennessee will be coming off a losable road game in Houston.
@Was-Toss-up. I think we take this or the eagles. Washington's been out big problem in this division. We always seem to struggle to beat them. However we beat them easily in all but two road games and we won one of those in OT and the other we gave away.
6-4
@Hou-Loss. The 2-2 or 0-4 road ic trend with us and the bucs combined and bucs going 1-1, 0-2, 1-1. We beat Indy, we win this. We lose in Indy, we lose this.
Car-Loss. Carolina puts up more effort on the road offensively.
@TB-Loss. We get swept. TB as I said is due and it sucks the second game is on the road, where its been squeaking out wins.
Det-Win. Detroit will not even have 6 wins by this point. We win and we win decisively. The problems we know Stafford has will rear its ugly head here.
Jac-Win. There is small concern with it being 5 days rest but we should win.
@Atl-Win. Because its that time of season again and Atlanta will be playing to eliminate us again only. This is for the division though if we beat Indy and Houston. we have swept Atlanta in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013.

9-7 and if we can avoid division sweeps 10-6. If we beat Indy and Houston 11-5 and avoiding any sweeps 12-4. In that case we might could beat Carolina again because we would be four or five games up on them and thats HFA conversation but I have GB going 14-2.

AlaskaSaints

Well, we're off the skyline and under the radar, that's for sure. As a matter of fact, they're tracking us with SONAR.