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Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

I'm convinced the team is for real.
We're contenders.

Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

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Originally Posted by Halo (Post 774404)

I'm convinced the team is for real.
We're contenders.

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Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

No kool aid drinking till the end of the second week on December.

Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

Keep the egos in the lockers. Just do your jobs one play at a time.

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Gotta geaux at least 3-2 in what is now realized as the toughest stretch of the schedule...

@Bills (Northeast), vs Redskins, @Rams (West Coast), vs Panthers, @ Falcons (Thursday Night)...

Those are some tough foes with some extreme traveling, bookended with a Thursday Night Game in our rival's house!

Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

There has only been 2 teams before the Saints to start the season at 0-2 and then went on a 6 game win streak. -And both of them won the SB that year.

Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

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Originally Posted by jeanpierre (Post 774471)

I'd be disappointed in anything but 5-0.

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Originally Posted by hagan714 (Post 774415)

No kool aid drinking till the end of the second week on December.

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Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

i know it is generally true that whenever you win 4 in a row - you are the new media darling and lose four in a row you are the media goat... six though - may be grounds for cautious optimism.

Re: Underhill: Time to consider the X-Men, er, New Orleans Saints contenders

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Originally Posted by hagan714 (Post 774415)

No kool aid drinking till the end of the second week on December.

I dont' have to wait that long. The Saints are a legit team.

After two lackluster performances (MN, Pats) on D, this team has truly turned a corner. Over the last month, we're beating teams by double digits. 5 out of the 6 teams we've defeated were held to less than 20 points. Saints have also scored points on special teams & on defense. Guys are bringing consistent pressure (Cam, Okafor, Trey) & we are getting a push up the middle. It's hard to pass against this secondary. Men are stepping up everywhere. Hardee on special teams (had a td yesterday), Banjo with the blitz while Vacarro was out, Klein stopping RB in the flats, PJ Williams had a lot of snaps and was good.

More importantly there is balance. Ingram and Kamara are a very good tandem. Clean up the muffed punts & missed PAT's/blocks (all correctable). By December, this could be an extremely dangerous team that no one will want to face in the dome or any place else for that matter. Winning 6 games in a row at this level is extremely difficult nonetheless the opponent.

Keep grinding men.

Side note - it won't show on the stat sheet but David Onyemata has been getting in. Consistently pushing the pocket & taking advantage of single blocking when Rankins gets doubled.

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Footnote - I'll fess up & admit that I had this team done after the 0-2 start. Pleasantly surprised by the turnaround thus far.