Featured Discussion Saints vs. Buccaneers Game Day Thread

[Rsanders24]

There's to downsides to this...one...we may never see Winston again this season and the fact that it was a divisional game....man...that's like two losses.

I hate the preseason even more now...

[ChrisXVI]

It’s just the same old stuff. Losing games we have no business losing only to do just enough to get into the playoffs and end up choking in spectacular fashion a la Beastquake, Vernon Davis and the Minneapolis Miracle.

[Saint in Aus]

We have a tough run this year. We cannot afford to drop games like this. Extremely disappointing. Gutted.

[spkb25]

I am in DRP, didn't see the game. How bad we're the d tackles and how bad is shankins? Again I'm asking because I did not get to see it and I'm just assuming they were terrible

[SmashMouth]

Originally Posted by spkb25

I am in DRP, didn't see the game. How bad we're the d tackles and how bad is shankins? Again I'm asking because I did not get to see it and I'm just assuming they were terrible

You could've streamed.... we all do this.

[saintfan]

Originally Posted by spkb25

I am in DRP, didn't see the game. How bad we're the d tackles and how bad is shankins? Again I'm asking because I did not get to see it and I'm just assuming they were terrible

It was turrible. Just turrible.

[jeanpierre]

Common thread with these defensive failures since 2015 - Sean Payton, Dennis Allen, Mickey Loomis...

[frydaddy]

I kept expecting the nightmare to end and it just got worse as it went along. Every man on defense needs to search their soul over the next few days and decide where they stand. All of the physical talent is there, but there was no fire out of anyone on that side of the ball today. They laid down and let themselves be walked on. I hope it hurts like hell, hope they don't sleep well tonight. Its gut check time, right f***in now. Either right the ship or blow the whole damn thing up. I want to believe they have it in them. So, for now I do. Onto the Browns and the first step on the revenge tour.

[A.8Manning]

Originally Posted by frydaddy

I kept expecting the nightmare to end and it just got worse as it went along. Every man on defense needs to search their soul over the next few days and decide where they stand. All of the physical talent is there, but there was no fire out of anyone on that side of the ball today. They laid down and let themselves be walked on. I hope it hurts like hell, hope they don't sleep well tonight. Its gut check time, right f***in now. Either right the ship or blow the whole damn thing up. I want to believe they have it in them. So, for now I do. Onto the Browns and the first step on the revenge tour.

players get 6 and 7 digits to play a game. They dont care if they win or lose.
if it were real,players would be getting cut at a faster rate each year. This was staged. No way in hell the Bucs had a remote chance..no way in hell they can score that much. You'd think fans would learn this after the playoff game last year. Sports is entertainment,not competition. Saints took a dive to end last year and to start this year

[frydaddy]

Originally Posted by A.8Manning

players get 6 and 7 digits to play a game. They dont care if they win or lose.
if it were real,players would be getting cut at a faster rate each year. This was staged. No way in hell the Bucs had a remote chance..no way in hell they can score that much. You'd think fans would learn this after the playoff game last year. Sports is entertainment,not competition. Saints took a dive to end last year and to start this year

Oh good lord here come the conspiracy theorists. That's the worst thing about a loss like this, brings out all the crazies.

It was a bad day, everyone has them. Just so happens that our entire starting defense all had one at the same time. As others have said, I blame the coaches. Too many guys being played at new positions, too many starting because of how much they're getting paid or their draft status instead of their merit. This was a reality check. I believe they'll clean it up.