dizzle88

We are just an inconsistent team unfortunately.

2018 offense literally ran out of gas. After the Dallas game, the offense was never the same.

Whilst our D only got better, the offense just became more and more stagnant. I liked Ingram but he did what he does in big time games - he disappeared for the 2nd year in a row.

Teams dared us to beat them whilst they focused on Kamara and Thomas, which we couldn't do.

Like it or not - regardless of the non PI call, the offense had a ton of opportunities to put the game away and we stalled on multiple consecutive drives.

Your bonehead creator picked a fine chapter to omit from your memory bank....let me ask you, does a machine like yourself ever experience fear? - Vegeta, DBZ

st thomas

Can’t argue with that they dared us to beat them with anyone else and we failed

CHA_CHING

100% agree with you. Your assessment of the offensive struggles is in line with what I believe. I honestly think Payton knew there was a problem and that's why he tried to kick the tires at washed up WRs no one wanted (Dez Bryant, Brandon Marshall). He knew there was an obvious problem and did try to fix it. He is trying to fix it now by bringing in Jared Cook. Brees hasn't had a reliable TE in some time now, but that may change for the better soon.

My main concern right now is that the team seems to be allowing the non-call to define that loss and the end of the season. It's all we ever hear about. Don't know if we can really discuss what went wrong in that game (or the final month of the season) cause all you ever hear about is the non-call. I truly hope they can put this in the past and move on come August.

The NFC title game went eerily similar to the Steelers game. In that game, we also blew a 10 point lead and the offense went from dominating (first half) to punting constantly (second half). The defense ultimately bailed us out that day with a master performance, and yet we still needed a big PI call on the final drive to get that last TD and the lead. Like the Rams game, we had several opportunities to drop the hammer and blow Pittsburgh out, but the offense went cold in the second half.

I've been discussing the Eagles playoff game on another site with a few guys into stats and both of them said the same thing - the Saints dominated Philly for 3 quarters and yet barely mustered 20 points on the board. Looking at the stats and positive net yardage of big plays after the 1st quarter, it would look like we routed Philly, but we didn't. They had a chance to beat us in the end. One of my friends I'm discussing with believes Payton called a bad game by coming out and immediately going pass heavy and not bothering running when Brees was obviously struggling. Had it not been for the defense, the game could've got ugly quick.