NoSaint

Did boomer just pick the Cowboys because stephon Gilmore isn’t playing? I’m assuming a joke but not even close to a good one

though it’s odd he hid this instead of giving a heads up in advance

There may be some tie to the training regiments. We don’t know how they changed. it may also be in part that when you are “in the mix” you don’t shelve guys as quickly

Seems like just the type of thing mark would post if trying not to be figured out

the flip side is it could be a coaching/discipline issue on them committing penalties but it’s pretty darn skewed towards opponents never committing them too. paired with the overturned PI going against them... fans have some feelings going.

i think a lot of fans are so used to thanksgiving meaning you need 9 games to go right to stay alive that they are missing that we are as close to locks as humanly possible and chasing the pats and by proxy potentially home field advantages/byes is probably the better one to root for.

Local writer did an interesting piece on the saints and penalties that was a bit eye opening...calls in their favor vs against. Could be discipline, could be a little ill will. hands to the face - called 7 times on the (most in league) and 0 on opponents defensive holding - 9 on them (2nd in league), and only 1 on opponents DPI - 6 against them (10th) opponents 2 (28th) Offensive holding- 22 (1st) vs 8 (fewest) their +33 ratio is more than 2nd and 3rd combined.

or just kind to a young guy? i haven’t watched the match up but it’s not crazy for a vet to toss a kind word sometimes

He’s also been about the most outspoken against the league office of any coach I recall. The saints vs the nfl narrative has been an interesting story

Ultimately, that he took a selfie is good ammo for grumpy old men to be angry. it seems to have little to do with the issue at hand. he wasn’t engaged at the end and that’s an honest and embarrassing mistake. Thinking the game was over he was having fun with fans. The story is nothing to do with a camera and everything to do with missing situational awareness in an easy moment

honestly, I don’t even care if the comeback is possible. You finish the game.

but you benefit from a year in his prime at $1.8m in cash paid. So it’s all a trade off. its not like the bills and his agent aren’t looking at his overall career worth based on when it slots up though. tagged on the end of this deal, or replacing his final year?

you can start any thread you want, and people can go ahead and not agree with the premise of it when you do. I think the problem here is assuming the trend line off very limited data points. They played good games. They are also remarkably healthy, and one of those was the Dolphins. the performances were also pretty darn close to “average” for offenses against these teams. the dolphins average point differential is 16.6 per game and allowing 32 per game. We outperformed slightly on the total but remarkably close on differential and we were pretty spot on average to what the broncos allow in points. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a 20-3 win be a situation that gets the offense much praise. Having back to back relatively average games gets more of a good job than a rub it in people’s faces reaction from me is all

maybe, maybe not. like I said, good day but I don’t know that our offense is at a level for us to have call out threads.

I mean, we scored less than league average points against a better than average defense. We scored essentially spot on what they allow. Relatively average day. the defense pitched a heckuva game against a bad offense. it was a good day. I don’t know that anyone should be doing call out threads on behalf of the offense though.

Oh I get being over the top. I was commenting almost exclusively on the graphic design elements- not the act of posting a celebratory statement ?

Would have to retire to get in ?

it was a good game. you might be pushing a little hard for 20 points but it was a nice win

I heard some people debating if gore would get into the hall of game but I pointed out that place is for quitters so it probably won’t happen any time soon our PR team probably got a little over the top with the extra bills logo. honestly that whole graphic is a bit extra

I didn’t do any type of research on comparable situations/punishments... but it feels fair that he’d be punished substantially but not overwhelmingly for his behavior

super edgy! Was just pointing out that as a largely white male group here, there may be elements at play in the talk of why other races and genders feel the way they do that many here won’t fully understand. As it’s a football thread let’s call it a day here. Plus, I have no desire to debate it. to the list, without context in the OP I’d guess hearing that it was a radio show maybe it came About conversationally and wasn’t prepped for in advance causing names to fall through the cracks? With such obvious omissions I jump straight to then shooting from the hip and just spacing on some options that could be on it. But could be a weird qualifier added.

I bet I can guess your race and gender while I think we sometimes get carried away- it doesn’t shock me that people get excited to identify with successes

I used the phrase hot trash a little tongue in cheek. my point being that replacing Brady’s contribution is getting easier and they are still the top of the pile. hopefully the teams trend begins to align with his

Am I the only one that hopes Brady is playing a little better than we are seeing him get credit for? if he’s hot trash and the pats are rolling that’s not a good thing for us

I agree it’ll be week 1 because that’s relatively in line with past incidents (see haynesworth). I won’t think it’s cause of an unverifiable accusation though as that becomes a default in any punishment levied for an altercation moving forward. Week 5 vs 1 means little to the Nfl. Every fight ending in a racial accusation means a lot to the Nfl. Either they verify it or they can’t. If they can’t, they can’t let it change the outcome. If the can, it becomes a debate.