What we learned from our loss on Thursday night

WillSaints81 · 12-08-2017, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by blackangold

I agree Brees has no WR/TE weapons... hell Thomas is really only a possession guy, but Brees knows better than to throw that ball. You could tell by his expression that he knew it was on him.

Regardless, the better team lost tonight. It pisses me off because this basically ensures we won’t get a first round bye. Need to get healthy and we’ll easily win the next 3 games.

We can still get a first round bye. We have an easier remaining schedule than Minnesota. But Minnesota has to lose week 15 to Cincinatti.

SaintFanInATLHELL · 12-09-2017, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by WillSaints81

We can still get a first round bye. We have an easier remaining schedule than Minnesota. But Minnesota has to lose week 15 to Cincinatti.

Three items.

1. Your prediction of a division loss has come true unfortunately. I guess it ended up being the right call.

2. That loss throws playoff positioning out the window. The organization should (and we should too) put it completely out of our minds because the only playoff position the Saints now controls is #4. And no matter how the rest of the games shake out this weekend, because of the loss the Saints will not be in a position for a bye.

At this point the team is in a 7 game playoff with a home game in the wildcard round. Anything else is gravy. I just hope that we've learned some new lessons from the road losses to two of the three playoff teams ahead of us in the standings. It's likely we may be in Minnesota for the divisional round of the playoffs.

3. Thanks for no more loss predicitions. We can get the best positioning by running the table for the last 3 games. We are still in control of the South. BTW everything in #2 is based on winning out.

SFIAH

K Major · 12-09-2017, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by SaintFanInATLHELL

Three items.

1. Your prediction of a division loss has come true unfortunately. I guess it ended up being the right call.

2. That loss throws playoff positioning out the window. The organization should (and we should too) put it completely out of our minds because the only playoff position the Saints now controls is #4. And no matter how the rest of the games shake out this weekend, because of the loss the Saints will not be in a position for a bye.

Hopefully WillSaints81 reads this before posting another "what if" scenario.

WillSaints81 · 12-09-2017, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by K Major

Hopefully WillSaints81 reads this before posting another "what if" scenario.

I don't think we will end up a 4. LA and Philadelphia are playing each other this week. I don't need to post a what if scenario for that.

12-08-2017, 10:27 AM	#1
WillSaints81 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4,285	Re: What we learned from our loss on Thursday night Originally Posted by blackangold I agree Brees has no WR/TE weapons... hell Thomas is really only a possession guy, but Brees knows better than to throw that ball. You could tell by his expression that he knew it was on him. Regardless, the better team lost tonight. It pisses me off because this basically ensures we won’t get a first round bye. Need to get healthy and we’ll easily win the next 3 games. We can still get a first round bye. We have an easier remaining schedule than Minnesota. But Minnesota has to lose week 15 to Cincinatti.

12-09-2017, 10:35 AM	#2
SaintFanInATLHELL The Professor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lithonia, GA Posts: 2,786	Re: What we learned from our loss on Thursday night Originally Posted by WillSaints81 We can still get a first round bye. We have an easier remaining schedule than Minnesota. But Minnesota has to lose week 15 to Cincinatti. Three items. 1. Your prediction of a division loss has come true unfortunately. I guess it ended up being the right call. 2. That loss throws playoff positioning out the window. The organization should (and we should too) put it completely out of our minds because the only playoff position the Saints now controls is #4. And no matter how the rest of the games shake out this weekend, because of the loss the Saints will not be in a position for a bye. At this point the team is in a 7 game playoff with a home game in the wildcard round. Anything else is gravy. I just hope that we've learned some new lessons from the road losses to two of the three playoff teams ahead of us in the standings. It's likely we may be in Minnesota for the divisional round of the playoffs. 3. Thanks for no more loss predicitions. We can get the best positioning by running the table for the last 3 games. We are still in control of the South. BTW everything in #2 is based on winning out. SFIAH K Major likes this.
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12-09-2017, 11:41 AM	#3
K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,840 Blog Entries: 3	Re: What we learned from our loss on Thursday night Originally Posted by SaintFanInATLHELL Three items. 1. Your prediction of a division loss has come true unfortunately. I guess it ended up being the right call. 2. That loss throws playoff positioning out the window. The organization should (and we should too) put it completely out of our minds because the only playoff position the Saints now controls is #4. And no matter how the rest of the games shake out this weekend, because of the loss the Saints will not be in a position for a bye. Hopefully WillSaints81 reads this before posting another "what if" scenario.

12-09-2017, 11:49 PM	#4
WillSaints81 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4,285	Re: What we learned from our loss on Thursday night Originally Posted by K Major Hopefully WillSaints81 reads this before posting another "what if" scenario. I don't think we will end up a 4. LA and Philadelphia are playing each other this week. I don't need to post a what if scenario for that.