Why aren’t the New Orleans Saints playing in more primetime games?

jeanpierre · 06-30-2017, 03:03 PM

True, we are what our record says we are; but how many games were we in it to the last play of the game?

You can count the games the Saints were blown out of in Payton's era on one hand...

Here's the thing, there's a sliding scale of winning percentage vs market share...

Translated, Saints have to do it better, 12-4, vs a 9-7 Dallas, Philly, New York, etc...

Until last season, how many 7-9 ~ 9-7 records did Dallas post yet they still had as many if not more prime time slots as the Saints?

And don't get me started on Thanksgiving Day games...

I'd prefer they just have all games on Sunday with 12 cst and 4 cst starting times for division rivals or division leaders...

And one prime time night game that they could even float the teams that are hot to the prime time slot that evening to maintain their ratings...

But Goodell and his minions find it more compelling to have a 6-8 Eagles @ a 5-9 Redskins trying to get into the playoffs with a win and a tie between Minnesota and Detroit, right?

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jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Why aren’t the New Orleans Saints playing in more primetime games? True, we are what our record says we are; but how many games were we in it to the last play of the game? You can count the games the Saints were blown out of in Payton's era on one hand... Here's the thing, there's a sliding scale of winning percentage vs market share... Translated, Saints have to do it better, 12-4, vs a 9-7 Dallas, Philly, New York, etc... Until last season, how many 7-9 ~ 9-7 records did Dallas post yet they still had as many if not more prime time slots as the Saints? And don't get me started on Thanksgiving Day games... I'd prefer they just have all games on Sunday with 12 cst and 4 cst starting times for division rivals or division leaders... And one prime time night game that they could even float the teams that are hot to the prime time slot that evening to maintain their ratings... But Goodell and his minions find it more compelling to have a 6-8 Eagles @ a 5-9 Redskins trying to get into the playoffs with a win and a tie between Minnesota and Detroit, right? foreverfan and skymike like this.
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