Category: Sports

The only teams that are worse than the Saints are St. Louis and Miami, and that’s just because they haven’t had their bye week already.  Are we emotionally spent after last season?

Is it:

1. Olindo Low Kick Mare -Sunday’s blocked kick was totally his fault. Peppers knocked it down with his elbow. I can’t really fault him for missing the long field goal, a kick we had no business attempting. Way to go, Chip Lohmiller.
2. Devry Dropsies Henderson – That catch and run to the one was great, but that last drop/bounce into the hands of the Panthers was ridiculous. At least he looked like he was about to cry after the game.
3. Jamal Front Door Brown – When he wasn’t getting run over, he was lining up incorrectly and costing us a touchdown.
4. John the Other Front Door Stinchcomb – See Jamal Brown, without the illegal formation penalty.
5. Drew Bad Decision Brees – Drew didn’t get sacked on Sunday, but still looked terrible. Is it his fault? Is it the O-line’s fault? Is it the wide receivers fault?
6. Sean Predictable Payton – What’s with this short pass bullshit? Did you forget how to use Reggie? Where’s the play-action? What’s with all the slants and five-yard out passes? ALL OF WHICH ARE DROPPED, by the way. What’s with the conservative play calling? The long field goal attempts with a kicker who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn?
7. Robert Where Am I Meachem – Are you not that good? Can you not learn the playbook? Are you fat? Injured? We need someone to step up in our receiving corps. I don’t care if it’s Meachem, Copper, Moore, or Patten.

On the bright side, Eric Johnson looks pretty good and so does Mike Karney. Reggie’s games are getting better. Mike McKenzie bailed out the secondary. (I never thought I would appreciate McKenzie so much). Hollis Thomas looked good. Will Smith finally got a sack.

What do you think is wrong with the Saints? Do you still believe? I do.

Conde Nast has an article about Rita Benson LeBlanc, future owner of the Saints. Tom Benson can’t retire soon enough.

The city’s pro-football fans—the ones Benson LeBlanc took by storm—hope she tells her grandfather something like what Saints coaches tell potential free agents: Move the team and become just another owner; stay and become a hometown hero. “The question is how much being beloved is worth to Benson,” says Matheson.

It may be worth less to Benson than to his granddaughter. After all, he takes concessions; she makes them. Benson LeBlanc says a shiny new stadium would be nice, but she’s not “pushing hardcore” for one. “There are no mandates from the club,” she says, sounding like the anti-Benson. “Any proposal would have to go beyond just a mere facility and involve reclaiming property that was devastated by Katrina. We’re trying to do everything we can to bring prosperity and economic investment to New Orleans.”

http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2007/09/17/Rita-LeBlanc-Benson-Saints#page1

I didn’t get to see the game, but judging from the score and the highlights, that looked like an ass-whupping last night.

What’s wrong with Deuce that he can’t score from the 5?  I guess the entire Chiefs team is a lot heavier than the entire Eagles team.  I still love you, Deuce.

Please, let’s start the regular season.