OK, I Don't Want to Hear any More Deification of the Saints
If I hear another person spout off about how Drew Brees is so amazing and the story of the day is the Saints comeback and never say die attitide, I am going to immediately write a sternly worded letter. The story of the day is that this supposedly infalliable team escaped an embarrassing loss by a box hair. It took the Skins kicker shanking a 27 yard field goal with a minute and half left (that's two games this dickhead has blown in a month), an absurd interception by a terrible Skins quarterback with 45 seconds left that took away another chance for the skins to kick a field goal to win it, and the league stepping in and reversing a call in OT for the vaunted saints to beat one of the worst teams in football.
I'm just saying, yes, they dismantled the Patriots. But they should have lost to two of the worst teams in the league - the Rams and the Skins. That defense is not good. You know who else the Skins have scored 30 points against? No one. I know, I know. I heard all about it. They had a hurricane there. It's so inspirational. You know what? The statute of limitations has worn off on that one. And New York -- same goes to you and 9-11. As far as I'm concerned, Drew Brees can take his birth mark and sell it on ebay. I don't know what that means. But what I do know is, I am sick of hearing about the Saints and I can't wait to see them and all their fans, who are buying tickets with your tax dollars, get their stupid cajun hearts broken. And I hope we get to do it.
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I "second" your post, particularly the drew brees face birthmark. New Orleans needs to go back to sucking the way it sucked before the hurricane (I've been and was underwhelmed.)
For 2 seconds I watched NFL Primetime (they were talking about the Saints/Skins game and I was kinda over it) but I caught their commentators talk about how this is a team of 'destiny' and despite the fact that the Saints gave up 455 yards on defense against the Redskins "they find a way to win!" After 1998 I stopped believing in 'destiny' and 'luck' to win games.
December 6, 2009 at 6:41 PM
This was a classic FFL vs real football problem for me. I have Brees in a league I have a chance to win. I wanted the game to get extended and the chance to get more points. At the same time, I wanted the Saints to go down for the obvious Vikes implications.
When Suisam missed that kick it pulled from the back of my brain the name Chuck Nelson. He is possibly the worst kicker in Vikings history.
http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NELSOCHU01
December 7, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Maybe I'm just missing it, or maybe, as a non-Republican, my projection skills aren't finally honed enough to make me rage every time someone expresses sympathy for a city that was basically drowned while we all stood there and watched, I don't know, but I haven't really been hearing the Pity Bandwagon for the Saints this year. Are people really still expressing solidarity with the team based on Katrina? Or are they on the bandwagon because it's a fun team to watch, Brees is the Springsteen to Brady's George Michael, and it's nice to see a franchise that's traditionally sucked balls finally figure out how to be a consistent winner for a couple years running? I choose to believe the latter.
That said, the "Team of Destiny" crap is just that - crap. They were lucky as all hell and had no business winning that game yesterday. And Brees throwing a 53-yard touchdown in the final minute probably cost me the FFL regular season title, so fuck that, too.
In a similar vein, what I don't understand is why, when the Colts get lucky and/or pull rabbits out of their hat for six weeks running, mostly against teams they should be thumping, it's an indication of how awesomely awesome they are, rather than an indication that they're living on borrowed time, with no running game, and lucky as balls to have Peyton Manning.
December 7, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I essentially wrote all this in a 50 word text to Jan last night. Saints got so lucky it's ridiculous...of course the Vikes didn't help their cause any.
Also, a bunch of people in our suicide pool had New Orleans (I had the Bears), so I would have been one of about 5 people left had they lost. FUUUUUU**!!
MCA - great call on the Colts. They will lose their first playoff game.
Also - "finding a way to win" essentially means "getting lucky." Announcers and commentators must be forbidden from using that phrase or something.
December 7, 2009 at 7:43 PM
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