"We may have lost the game...,
 

but you'll be hurting tomorrow."
I really don't get that quote. Can someone explain it to me?

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A winning QB getting sacked 10 times in a game.

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It refers to a quote by Saints DE Dog Atkins, The Saints teams he played on were awful. They played Hard they were just outmatched

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It means I hate losing and I am going to beat you as hard as I can. It's not going to be a cake walk no matter how many times you score. When you crawl out of bed it's going to be a tough day getting around with your banged up body hurting from top to bottom. But mostly across your stomach and chest where I nailed you every time I got the chance.

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It was a quote from DT Doug Atkins from the early 70s, but it really applied to many of our 80s & 90s teams... Dome Patrol, etc, where we might not have been winners, but we always had some fierce, mean hitters.
-- I remember watching in person the beating Joe Montana would take vs. guys like Frank Warren, Jim Wilks, Bruce Clark, and yes, Ricky Jackson... Montana would gut it out, and find a way to pull another miracle out, but man, some of the hits we leveled on the 49ers back then.
-- I am convinced it was US, who drove Steve Young into an untimely retirement... He always insisted on running, and he would pay the price vs. our Dome Patrol, even past their prime. Too many knocks on the head... Anybody else remember that home opener vs. the 9'ers in ? 94? when he pretty much dropped out in his own huddle after running into Turnbull and Warren. The next play Grbac threw a pick 6, and the Dome went Ape... Of course, eventually we lost the game in another heartbreak....
---yeah... it hurt to play us.

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DE Doug Atkins :bng:
http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/...cEM/s-l225.jpg


The Cleveland Browns selected Atkins with the 11th overall selection in the 1953 NFL draft.[5] He played his first two seasons in the NFL with the Browns, winning the NFL Eastern Conference in 1953, and the NFL Championship in 1954.[6] The Browns traded Atkins and Ken Gorgal to the Chicago Bears for a third-round and a sixth-round pick in the 1956 NFL draft.[7][8] In Chicago, Atkins quickly became the leader of a devastating defensive unit. With the Bears, Atkins was a First Team All-Pro selection in 1958, 1960, 1961, and 1963, along with being a starter in the Pro Bowl in eight of his last nine years with Chicago.[9]

At the 1966 Pro Bowl, Atkins announced his retirement from football. He changed his mind and signed with the Bears for the 1966 season.[10] Before the 1967 season, Atkins requested a trade from Chicago and was traded to the New Orleans Saints. He suffered a fractured knee cap during the 1968 season.[11] He retired after the 1969 season. On the final play of his NFL career, Atkins sacked Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dick Shiner, preserving the Saints' 27–24 victory in the 1969 season finale.[

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Always thought it ended .... but we won the party

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What is "this has been missing from the Saints defense for over a decade", Alex?

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I agree on most of it except Montana had a long career, playing up until 40 as a backup. He got the best of us for sure. They cheated their ass off on the salary cap though, no way he would have that kind of success today. Stories of them paying players cash under the table to stick around. Some of those SB's are fraudulent.

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Its a quote to make losers feel better.

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They also had Bill Walsh.

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I'm certain I'm going to piss some of you off, but I really have to agree. I mean two pro teams playing against each other and both side aren't going to go home hurting? It just seems to me that losing the game adds some sting on top of the hurt.

Thanks all for explaining this too me, but I'm gonna leave this off my list of motivational speeches.

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This question category should go to Atlanta.....
they know a thing or two about this subject.

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You may win the game and dance off the field but when you wake up and crawl across the floor to get to the shower you will wonder if it was really worth it and dread the next meting because you have all this beating to look foreword to again.

Playing like this gave us the terms like hearing foot steps, spaghetti arms and owning the middle of the field.

It is not what a loser says. It is what a winner says despite losing. 110% for 60 minutes. The worse the game gets the madder a player gets, the more they take it out on opposing players.

It is old school defensive mentality that is slowly fading from the game. It is the small things I miss seeing. Never help an opposing player up. Use their head to get yourself to your feet after a tackle. pile driving a player as a exclamation point to a tackle. A tackle that left a player crumpled on the field was a bag of honor. If they are blowing snot bubbles too it was icing on the cake.

millionaires vs 100k with off season jobs to make ends met.

Times were different. Hurting players was part of the game. Players accepted it as part of the risks of game. Nasty play had a completely different meaning back then, today they suspend you for games for what was normal play back in the day. Back then you saw little of these knee shots you see today. I actually think it was safer in many ways in the old days offenses than it is today.

there is a built in safety factor in flinching out of fear.

That is how I was taught football as a kid. That is why I love it.

Never stop and pound the helll out of them till the final whistle blows.

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If we would have lost to say Kurt Warner after that vicious hit that pretty much ended his career I would say he felt that one for many mornings. Same for Favre. Think even his own brother said something about him being beat up pretty bad, even pictures Brett posted.

http://margaretflanigan.com/wp-conte...kle-injury.jpg

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanag...ingx-large.jpg

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But we won both of those games....

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I clearly stated if we had lost. I am assuming you want me to find a specific game for you where something of this nature happened but the team lost? I could do that but what is the point. You obviously know these events happen but just don't like the phrase for whatever reason. I can't help you with that one only try to explain why inflicting uncommon physical pain is sometimes the intent. Winning may not be the ultimate goal at some point.

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Got it and thanks. You can tell it's the winter doldrums with grown people discussing something a lineman said when I was still in high school -a whole buncha years ago. I would say everybody's (except Dieon Sanders') goal on defense is to inflict uncommon physical pain on the other team, win or lose. The saying just seems like it would have to end with either the guy sticking out his tongue or with the snappy, "So there!" attached to it. Anyhow Happy Fat Tuesday to all tomorrow and is it going to be football season anytime soon?

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nono, Beast, I was talking about Steve Young-- as far as us retiring him earlier, since he insisted on running around, like a fool. He paid the price...

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There are teams like that. You might beat them on the scoreboard but you'll be hurting on the ride home I have both played for and against those teams.

11 years ago I played a semi-final against a team that had beaten us by 30 in two games that season. On that day we physically beat the crap out of them. They hade players limping and getting carried of the field. We were missing fire Power on O, especially at WR and eventually lost the game 14-10. They lost 5 players.