ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018

SmashMouth · 05-29-2018, 06:52 PM

ESPN

ChrisXVI · 05-29-2018, 07:01 PM

ESPN... Enough said.

SmashMouth · 05-29-2018, 08:39 PM

At the end of year...we had a ton of guys injured on defense.

These guys were on the pre-season roster & ended up injured by the end of the regular season.
DT - Nick Fairley
DT - Mitchell Loewen
DT - David Parry
DT - John Hughes
DE - Alex Okafor
DE - Trey Hendrickson
DE - Hau'oli Kikaha
LB - AJ Klein
LB - Alex Anzalone
LB - Nate Stupar
CB - Delvin Breaux
SS - Kenny Vaccaro

The funny thing is that 2016 was even worse with injuries on defense.

foreverfan · 05-29-2018, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

At the end of year...we had a ton of guys injured on defense.

These guys were on the pre-season roster & ended up injured by the end of the regular season.
DT - Nick Fairley
DT - Mitchell Loewen
DT - David Parry
DT - John Hughes
DE - Alex Okafor
DE - Trey Hendrickson
DE - Hau'oli Kikaha
LB - AJ Klein
LB - Alex Anzalone
LB - Nate Stupar
CB - Delvin Breaux
SS - Kenny Vaccaro

The funny thing is that 2016 was even worse with injuries on defense.

ESPN=Fake Sports.

ESPN: Epstein and Steinbrenner's Personal Network

If they stated our defense at its real value (#10-20), they would have to make us the best team in the league. That doesn't fit the ESPN NFL small market team narrative.

Just goes to prove you can't believe anything put our buy TV main stream sources.

jnormand · 05-29-2018, 09:29 PM

Um...idk how they get their rankings or how they can project we're going to be the worst. How does that work? The defense was young last year and should be even better with some new additions this year. Weird.

Utah_Saint · 05-29-2018, 10:43 PM

It's ESPN. They're not very good at football.

Some of their notable predictions from last season's FPI index.

Saints, worst team in the NFCS. Will finish slightly ahead of the Bucs due to strength of schedule.

The Eagles would finish 3rd in the NFCE and only had a 1% chance of winning the Super Bowl.

The Rams would be the 29th ranked team in the NFL and "were not a credible threat" in the NFCW.

The Seahawks had the best shot in the NFC of making the playoffs by a long shot.

The Jaguars were ranked toward the bottom of the AFC, ahead of only the Browns and the Jets.

Of the 8 divisions, they only got 2 division winners correct, which coincidently, is exactly the same success rate you'd expect from a monkey throwing darts at a sports page. But we would have to give the monkey the edge because really, how hard is it to predict the Patriots and Steelers winning their divisions.

|Mitch| · 05-30-2018, 02:28 AM

If I'm reading it correctly; isn't the chart saying we'll have the 6th best defense?!

TheOak · 05-30-2018, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

If I'm reading it correctly; isn't the chart saying we'll have the 6th best defense?!

You have to scroll down to the section titled Rams Restocked Defense. There we are to have the #1 Offense and #32 Defense.

I'm predicting ESPN to have the worst predictions accuracy for 2018.

Hank and Seth that wrote the article are better at the excel than the football.

saintfan · 05-30-2018, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by TheOak

You have to scroll down to the section titled Rams Restocked Defense. There we are to have the #1 Offense and #32 Defense.

I'm predicting ESPN to have the worst predictions accuracy for 2018.

Hank and Seth that wrote the article are better at the excel than the football.

I predict that your prediction regarding the espn predictions are right!

Reverend!

K Major · 05-30-2018, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by saintfan

I predict that your prediction regarding the espn predictions are right!

Reverend!

^^^ still one of the funniest movies ... EVER !

05-29-2018, 07:01 PM	#2
ChrisXVI 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 11,482	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 ESPN... Enough said.

05-29-2018, 08:41 PM	#4
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 Originally Posted by SmashMouth At the end of year...we had a ton of guys injured on defense. These guys were on the pre-season roster & ended up injured by the end of the regular season. DT - Nick Fairley DT - Mitchell Loewen DT - David Parry DT - John Hughes DE - Alex Okafor DE - Trey Hendrickson DE - Hau'oli Kikaha LB - AJ Klein LB - Alex Anzalone LB - Nate Stupar CB - Delvin Breaux SS - Kenny Vaccaro The funny thing is that 2016 was even worse with injuries on defense. ESPN=Fake Sports. ESPN: Epstein and Steinbrenner's Personal Network If they stated our defense at its real value (#10-20), they would have to make us the best team in the league. That doesn't fit the ESPN NFL small market team narrative. Just goes to prove you can't believe anything put our buy TV main stream sources. RailBoss, Barry from MS and Rugby Saint II like this.
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jnormand 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Free State of Idaho Posts: 5,661	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 Um...idk how they get their rankings or how they can project we're going to be the worst. How does that work? The defense was young last year and should be even better with some new additions this year. Weird.

05-29-2018, 10:43 PM	#6
Utah_Saint Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 3,521	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 It's ESPN. They're not very good at football. Some of their notable predictions from last season's FPI index. Saints, worst team in the NFCS. Will finish slightly ahead of the Bucs due to strength of schedule. The Eagles would finish 3rd in the NFCE and only had a 1% chance of winning the Super Bowl. The Rams would be the 29th ranked team in the NFL and "were not a credible threat" in the NFCW. The Seahawks had the best shot in the NFC of making the playoffs by a long shot. The Jaguars were ranked toward the bottom of the AFC, ahead of only the Browns and the Jets. Of the 8 divisions, they only got 2 division winners correct, which coincidently, is exactly the same success rate you'd expect from a monkey throwing darts at a sports page. But we would have to give the monkey the edge because really, how hard is it to predict the Patriots and Steelers winning their divisions. jnormand, RailBoss, Barry from MS and 3 others like this.

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 If I'm reading it correctly; isn't the chart saying we'll have the 6th best defense?! RailBoss and Real Saint like this.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,125 Blog Entries: 29	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 At the end of year...we had a ton of guys injured on defense. These guys were on the pre-season roster & ended up injured by the end of the regular season. DT - Nick Fairley DT - Mitchell Loewen DT - David Parry DT - John Hughes DE - Alex Okafor DE - Trey Hendrickson DE - Hau'oli Kikaha LB - AJ Klein LB - Alex Anzalone LB - Nate Stupar CB - Delvin Breaux SS - Kenny Vaccaro The funny thing is that 2016 was even worse with injuries on defense. Rsanders24, foreverfan, jeanpierre and 2 others like this.

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TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,026	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| If I'm reading it correctly; isn't the chart saying we'll have the 6th best defense?! You have to scroll down to the section titled Rams Restocked Defense. There we are to have the #1 Offense and #32 Defense. I'm predicting ESPN to have the worst predictions accuracy for 2018. Hank and Seth that wrote the article are better at the excel than the football.
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saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 Originally Posted by TheOak You have to scroll down to the section titled Rams Restocked Defense. There we are to have the #1 Offense and #32 Defense. I'm predicting ESPN to have the worst predictions accuracy for 2018. Hank and Seth that wrote the article are better at the excel than the football. I predict that your prediction regarding the espn predictions are right! Reverend! RockyMountainSaint, RailBoss, SmashMouth and 1 others like this.

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,619 Blog Entries: 3	Re: ESPN Projects Saints With WORST Defense In 2018 Originally Posted by saintfan I predict that your prediction regarding the espn predictions are right! Reverend! ^^^ still one of the funniest movies ... EVER ! saintfan, RailBoss and Rugby Saint II like this.

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