RockyMountainSaint

C'mon Dude.
It's so obvious.

Seer1

WTHF? Just like mud made by ADD children...

WillSaints81

Buffalo
Washington
LA
Carolina(who has responded everytime to something we do, there's also a trend I noticed)

We lose to TB and we don't beat a tough Washington team, we could indeed be a looking at a losing run.

I don't have us beating bills. That game looks brutal.

The Buffalo game has what it takes to be what Houston and Detroit did to us the last three years. I could even see Buffalo getting a defensive TD. They can stop the run too so guess what? It's up to the defense? I feel Brees is just going to have very bad game here.

Washington...how does Brees respond after that game? Let's not forget about the elephant in the room....Gallette. Thomas isn't breaking free from tougher defenses this year and that one has Josh Norman, as well as a solid number two corner. That's also a game where I feel the offense is gonna need to score 30 points to win. This will be the game imo that decides what we are.

LA.....their offense is not that scary, but it's in LA. The bigger problem is Donald. Washington dictates this game because we have not won a road game in the Payton/Brees era against a swing opponent without a home game.

Carolina....again, they always respond after one game. There's a interesting pattern. 2014 was a blowout in each other's places; 2015 had Carolina winning two close games; Carolina scored better in NO; 2016 had two more close wins, but at home. It was higher scoring in NO by both teams. Well, we just went into Carolina and blew them out, where they have actually played worse offensively than in our place. Nobody looks at that, however, and that's dangerous. Cam's gotten by a lot of defenses in our league. We will see, but the history with Cam says enough. It has either been close games by both(final score at least) or each swapping routs. And we just did the first route, so...

I think we can win the next three games after that but if we split with both TB and Carolina and we don't beat Washington we are looking at 9-7 and depending what happens with Minnesota and Green Bay in the north(because Rodgers is not out for the season), that could knock us out.

I'm not drinking the kool-aid yet because the offense looks ugly the last three weeks(including the second half vs lions) and I cannot imagine the defense keeping up with QBs that can take advantage off opportunities. This defense has not played a Cousins, Goff, or Newton yet without the offense of ours doing anything(our O showed up opposite Newton; if it didn't, think he would have quit?).

Winning overlooks a lot of flaws I see watching the games, and I have been watching. Brees is OFF(throwing short passes for no gain just to avoid sacks as opposed to just throwing it away) and SP has given him often one chance to convert for each first down. The oline also is shaky. Remember what I said that this team maybe had to be a top ten defense to win. It's actually looking like that because this offense is just a bit too one note lately.

Lose to the bucs and run the risk of turning 5-2 into 5-6. We will see. the next few weeks will interesting.

QBREES9

Every game is a must win.

Euphoria

I don't think it is a must win. It isn't a play off game or a game to get us in just yet.

What I am excited about is that the games are much more exciting. Instead of watching our O score and then smh because then our D comes back onto the field to give up a TD.

vpheughan

Coach Cliche Here!!

"Every game is tough game when the other team has their backs against the wall! There are no EASY games because it is what it is and on any given Sunday! Give 110% on every play, dig deep! Get up when you've been knocked down, hit the other team right in the mouth and get "UN"tracked!!

ALWAYS............WHAT IF???????? after every vicrory

Mardigras9

I think Chicago was the trap game and they survived. Now turning the ball over and only converting 2/9 3rd downs is not going to get it done against a better team. We have been fortunate in the last 2 wins, not being penalized for the mistakes, wouldn't want to keep relying on that. On the extremely positive side, this team has not played their best ball yet and are in good position.

Rugby Saint II

I'm going to give some credit to the biggest influence for winning........lady luck. We are healthy(lucky) while getting the ball bouncing our way and the calls from the referees which all factor into winning.

RailBoss

Lady Luck + Karma + Voodoo + Marie Laveau + Minimal Injuries
We had it all back in that fateful game against the Colts.

the-commish

I would prefer Carolina beats Atlanta Sunday, even though they are closer to the Saints than Atlanta is.

That is because Atlanta plays the Cowboys at home the following weekend... and Dallas will apparently be without its chief weapon, Ezekiel Elliott. Without Zeke, I don't have much hope for a Cowboys victory over Atlanta.

The Saints play at Buffalo that same weekend... and that is going to be a tough one for our boys to win.