RailBoss

Funny how every year we all go through this starting with the Draft,
Off-Season Trades, Coaching Changes and Training Camp.
Also wondering which Benson family member is getting the shaft
and whether we should keep Drew and for some reason we keep
talking about Jimmy. But in the end the seasons under SP have
been competitive and I never feel that we have lost our integrity
at any game. (except for the Redskins Game). For those of us that
have been around from the earlier days of this Franchise it's hard to
forget that old sinking feeling game after game.

saintsfan1976

Good OR bad - it's just preseason.

AsylumGuido

The concept seems so simple, but some can't handle simple.

foreverfan

Get the plays over with the starters with NO INJURIES and then test the backups for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions. Who ever turns the ball over the most is GONE and who ever lets the defenders create the most turnovers against is GONE.

And get rid of dumb players and people who are easily injured.

darstep

I have my eye on the individuals knowing that the puzzle pieces are still scrambled.
Watching Peat get manhandled and hoodwinked.
Watching Coleman unable to prevent himself from reverting back to the gutt-trap catch thing.
Seeing if Ingram's vision has improved (that one I cant even tell...I don't see a hole either).
Wondering if corner's are assessed fines for looking back and making a play on the ball???
Individual play should still show up in pre-season.
Sure they are rusty and winded.
But all the players are trying to break a sweat without pulling a muscle.
I like some of the new faces - especially on defense.
Aside from the couple of big plays, they have done pretty well - much improved.
Fairly looks hungry - making a mess in the middle. That will be BIG.
Laranitis (I bet I killed his name) gets to the ball.
Young corners look promising, especially if the front 7 can take some pressure off of them.
Our trouble for years has been defense.
Barring injury, they look like they will help our cause this year.
We should see more of the 1st unit offense this week than we have seen so far.
Hanging on to the ball might give us 15-20 more snaps this week to see who's who.

**SaintSince67**

Mardigras9

There are a lot of things that look bad so far in the preseason, and that is where I like them to look bad and get fixed before the regular season starts. Preseason is definitely no predictor of regular season success.

hagan714

the saints go into the off season wishing and dreaming about fixing what is wrong with the team

the shopping spree starts and the trash is thrown to the curb. selling off good stuff to buy is a nasty fact of life

They dream a dream and come into camp with desires to make that dream come true

In four games 90% of those dreams are dashed on the rocks.

when the season starts you always have the same system as before just with a few tweaks that all pray will get them a few more wins instead of a few more losses.

That is the course of events between each season.

Its the media job to lead us down the avenue of broken dreams each and every year.

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

Seer1

Yep, that's it. Fold up the uni's, pack away the pads, give'em all a few million dollars and send'em home. Season's already done.

Sigh.....

CharityMike

Thats how some around here feel.