Saints vs. Panthers: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday's playoff match-up between New Orleans, Carolina
 

"No. 1: Can't beat a team three times in a season? Says who? Since the AFL-NFL merger, teams that beat an opponent twice in the regular season are 13-7 in a third meeting in the playoffs."

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If we play like we did against Tampa we will not win.

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Yea the team yesterday couldn’t beat the Browns. We lost to a team with 4 wins. Doesn’t matter how close the games were when they played Carolina and Atlanta, they were still a 4 win team. Good teams beat teams with records like that. We haven’t won a single game against any of the teams in the playoffs except the Panties. You have to beat playoff teams to get anywhere once you get to the playoffs.

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Just like New England beat Miami in the second meeting?

ooops...

Nonsense. We played poorly. Tampa made some plays. It happens, and if you think Tampa has 4 win talent on that team I'm sorry to say, you're wrong.

The talk before the game was whether or not we could survive the injuries. We've been hit hard. It is what it is, but man, you're going WAY over the top. We all wanted to win, but yours isn't exactly the voice of reason right now.

Take a pill.

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Hopefully that was the wake up call.

D allowed too many 3rd down conversions

Offense stalled multiple times, couldn't convert third downs and got 10 points from 3 turnovers.

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Or get laid!

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Good teams beat teams with records like that. We haven’t won a single game against any of the teams in the playoffs except the Panties.

Dude ... Falcons week 16 ... Saints win ... Falcons Wild Card

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Saints over Cats
Falcons over Rams

Saints over Vikes
Falcons over Eagles

Saints host Falcons for NFCCG!!!

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Saints beat 3 teams that made it to the playoffs: failclowns, kittens and Bills.

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We're 4-4 versus the current playoff field.

Atl 1-1
Car 2-0
NE 0-1
Bills 1-0
Vikes 0-1
Rams 0-1

Home (3 - 1) lost to NE badly
Away (1 - 3) lost to Falcons (but not really), Min, LAR

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Is it harder to beat a team 3 times in a season or not LOSE to a team three times in a season?

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I think its just logical.

Probably 3/4 of the NFL teams are good enough to beat you on any given day, so beating a "decent" NFL team 3 times in the same year is like winning a coin toss 3 times in a row.

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I don’t know if you saw the Panthers yesterday, but that team couldn’t have beat the Browns.

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I'm going to remind you of this the next time I say the draft is a crap shoot.

:lolup:

I agree though. But there are things you can do to tip the odds in your favor. Or you can flip them in the other direction, like with ill-timed otherwise unnecessary fake FGs.

:lolup:

:bng:

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After landing on heads two times in a row, the odds of landing on heads a third time are still 50-50.

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We also beat Atlanta.

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For the most part, the NFL is a week to week league.

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It is clearly harder to not lose to a team three times in a season, especially when that team that won the prior two is playing at home.

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And the Bills too. Also take a look at the losses. 5 losses. All to current playoff teams except for TB, including a #1, #2, and #3 seed. And honestly there were extenuating circumstances with most of them:

1. Minnesota: PJ Williams was a starting CB and Lattimore was playing in his first game.
2. Patriots: Same and Anzalone was matched up with Gronk. Talk about a mismatch.
3. Rams: Lattimore and Crawley didn't play at all.
4. Falcons: Brees put a winnable game in jeopardy with a stupid throw in the red zone.

The team out on the field this upcoming Sunday is different, and better, than the team we fielded even a month ago.

I really think Dude is simply steeling himself for the case that the Saints do not win the SB. Of course each and every team that makes the playoffs wins the SB each season. NOT! I really think more of us here need to be like Buffalo Bills fans: don't worry about the outcome, just enjoy the fact that you get a chance to take the ride.

SFIAH

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We've lost 18 players to IR. We aren't even the same team. We will be beyond lucky to make the NFC Championship game. :rolleyes:

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True. But all that shows is that the outcome of a single event is different than the total outcome of all the events. Three heads in a row has a 12.5% chance even though each individual toss is a 50% chance.

But that presumes that all things are equal. And when it comes to the Kitties, all things are not equal:

1. The Saints have the better running game.
2. The Saints have the better receivers.
3. The Saints have the better QB in terms of accuracy, game management, and honestly overall common sense.
4. The Saints have the better secondary.
5. The Saints have the better offensive line.

So the first two games were unequal. This one will be too. Add to that the fact that the Dome will be rocking, I fully expect to be marching right into the divisional round.

None of the coin toss math works when there isn't a 50/50 chance on each toss.

SFIAH

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Of course we aren't the same team. We are better. EVERY team in the NFL has lost a number of players to the IR list. Some have had more critical hits than the Saints. Both the Vikings and the Eagles have lost their starting QB's. The Vikings also lost their best RB. Carolina has placed FIVE WR's and two TE's on IR this season. The Falcons just lost a starting guard to IR this week.

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Green Bay had 15 players on IR that won SB XLV vs the Steelers here in Deathstar a few years ago. Charles Woodson & Donald Driver were cheerleaders most of the second half. Oh, and they were #6 seed.

When the playoffs start on sat, everyone is 0-0 ;). No excuses.

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Beating a team three times in a row that is built to beat you is difficult. They also have a stout defense.

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It's also difficult to beat a team one time when they are better than you ;).

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They are amazing runners, and for all intensive purposes, fill the roles of the 2nd and 3rd WR's as well as the TE. So, let's just hope they both stay upright. :)

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With the uncertainty of Armstead on Sunday ...

Addison/Peppers vs Peat/Ramz. Important match up for me.

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Really concerned about Olsen just like I was about Theilen. I see them relying heavily on Olsen. Funchess can be locked down, Mctaffy can't run inside so he's very one dimensional on the outside. Cam can run but when that happens his passing gets more off target. Probably see some big runs from him early on then meltdowns when his throws get picked later on. That's how I see it going down.

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and 2 of those games were before we realized the NFL season started and ripped off 8 straight