Featured Discussion Saints vs. Buccaneers Game Day Thread

[A.8Manning]

Originally Posted by frydaddy

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.

Dude, one day you'll stop watching sports like the kid you once were. It's got nothing to do with liking the Saints or not.The Packers game was just as hilarious a cliche movie. Star player who was worshipped all pregame show and has multiple commercials during game is allegedly injured but comes back in second half to save the day lol..it's so obvious now. So very,very obvious. The crazy people are the one's who think they are watching a natural competition. It's entertainment. It's a show.

[Garry42]

I can only hope this comment is meant to be comedy! If not.....I'm completely lost!

Originally Posted by A.8Manning

Dude, one day you'll stop watching sports like the kid you once were. It's got nothing to do with liking the Saints or not.The Packers game was just as hilarious a cliche movie. Star player who was worshipped all pregame show and has multiple commercials during game is allegedly injured but comes back in second half to save the day lol..it's so obvious now. So very,very obvious. The crazy people are the one's who think they are watching a natural competition. It's entertainment. It's a show.

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[AsylumGuido]

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

Originally Posted by A.8Manning

Dude, one day you'll stop watching sports like the kid you once were. It's got nothing to do with liking the Saints or not.The Packers game was just as hilarious a cliche movie. Star player who was worshipped all pregame show and has multiple commercials during game is allegedly injured but comes back in second half to save the day lol..it's so obvious now. So very,very obvious. The crazy people are the one's who think they are watching a natural competition. It's entertainment. It's a show.

Wow! This guy makes Will(Insert Team Name Here)81 seem halfway normal.

[The Dude]

Originally Posted by frydaddy

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.

He’s not completely wrong. TV stations get paid by sponsors. It’s how they generate revenue. The stations with the best programming get more viewers. The more viewers the more the stations can charge their sponsors to run commercials.
These games are scripted to generate ratings. The outcome of every play and every game isnt etched in stone but the games are manipulated through scheduling, officiating, suspensions, and many other tactics that effect the outcome of games. This allows the NFL and the networks to put the teams that can generate TV revenue in the best position to win games.

[K Major]

Week to week league.

Saints will clean this up on D.

[saintfan]

Originally Posted by K Major

Week to week league.

Saints will clean this up on D.

I sure hope so. I mean, for the love of Pete we can't play much worse.

[saintsfan1976]

They say football is a game of inches.

Our defense was 2 feet behind all day.

D line was owned. LBs were slow. Secondary looked lost.

I’m eager to see how we bounce back, facing our home crowd again and a hungry Browns team.

[ChrisXVI]

Does anybody have access to the PFF grades from this game? For some reason PFF doesn’t give any grades with their little game recaps anymore.

I know they aren’t gospel or anything but I’m curious.

[K Major]

Originally Posted by ChrisXVI

Does anybody have access to the PFF grades from this game? For some reason PFF doesn’t give any grades with their little game recaps anymore.

I know they aren’t gospel or anything but I’m curious.

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[K Major]

Secondary Player grades - Game #1 vs Bucs

FS - Williams (40.5) - graded as poor
SS - Coleman (63.1) - graded as avg
CB - Lattimore (44.8) - graded as below avg
CB - Crawley ( 39.0) - graded what the hell are you doing ..jk (below avg)