Saints are fading fast
The Saints are fading fast and threatening home field throughout the NFC playoffs after losing to the lowly lowly lowly Tampa Bay Bucs. What was that and how does that happen on your home field? I know the Saints didn’t deserve to be undefeated going into the Dallas game a couple weeks ago but there is no excuse to lose to the Bucs and a rookie qb.
Where does this leave the Saints? They now have to go to Carolina to clinch home field and that isn’t a done deal. How can a team who knew they could clinch home field lose like that to one of the worst teams in the entire league? The only answer is that the Saints have lost their mojo. It sounds dumb but nobody is afraid of this team now and they are psychologically shaken at this point. The reason I’m not a fan of the Colts losing is because in my opinion teams don’t need that on their mind. The Saints have done some damage to themselves and the way other teams look at them because of this loss. Carolina isn’t making the playoffs but has been playing pretty well without Delhomme at qb and the Drew Brees has looked human these last couple weeks and practically handed the MVP to Peyton Manning who deserves the award.
I want the Saints to go far but they aren’t the best team in the NFC and right now aren’t the best team in their division. They’ll make the playoffs and probably earn a first round bye but that doesn’t mean anything at this point because the mystique and magic the team had only a month ago is gone. The Cowboys and Eagles are peaking at the right team and are the teams to beat in the NFC.
