Posts tagged New Orleans Saints
NFC Playoff Picture: Clearing Out the Trash
Dec 14th
While there are still eight teams vying for two wild card slots in the AFC, the NFC picture has become pretty clear after Sunday’s games. The Green Bay Packers currently hold the fifth seed, behind the division-leading New Orleans Saints (13-0, No. 1 seed), Minnesota Vikings (11-2, 2), Philadelphia Eagles (9-4, 3) and Arizona Cardinals [...]
Woodson Defensive POM, And Why He Should Win Defensive POY
Dec 3rd
Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month on Thursday, for the month of November. This is Woodson’s second such award this season, the first coming for his play in September. Additionally, Woodson has twice been named the NFC’s defensive player of the week, most recently for his [...]
Five Reasons Not To Be Excited About The Green Bay Packers
Nov 28th
The Green Bay Packers have won three straight games after an embarrassing loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers almost derailed their season. The Packers sit at 7-4, in prime position for a wild card berth. There are a lot of things to like about the team, right now. But we’re pessimists and therefore, we can’t [...]
Did Packers Get Right Defensive Coordinator?
Nov 10th
When the Green Bay Packers fired defensive coordinator Bob Sanders in January, coach Mike McCarthy interviewed Gregg Williams, then the former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator, and Mike Nolan, then the former San Francisco 49ers coach. Williams’ story is well documented. He had interviewed with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton prior to visiting Green Bay. [...]
After 10,001 Simulations, Packers Make the Playoffs
Nov 5th
From the Take From This What You Will Department… After 10,001 simulations run on the remainder of the NFL schedule, the Green Bay Packers make the playoffs at 10-6. That is, if you believe What If Sports, which runs said simulations based on some sort of mumbo jumbo that isn’t terribly clear. From what I [...]
The View to the West: A Look at the Minnesota Vikings
Mar 24th
Since there has been minimal Green Bay Packers news for us to talk about or rumors to speculate about lately, we thought we’d take a look at our hated rivals to the west, the Minnesota Vikings, aka the Queens, and the idiotic moves they’ve been making this offseason. Last week the Queens lost former Packers [...]
Saints Cut Mike McKenzie – Waaaaah Wah!
Mar 20th
Getting cut – it’s a reality for many veterans with high salary cap numbers this time of year. Yesterday, the New Orleans Saints released cornerback Mike McKenzie, and I must say, it couldn’t have happened to a better guy. McKenzie is 32 and would have had a salary cap number of $4.575 million this year. [...]
Free Agency 2009: Day 2 Update
Feb 28th
The Green Bay Packers didn’t make a peep on day two of the free agency signing period and appear to be content waiting around for now, while trying to secure a visit from Dallas Cowboys defensive end, Chris Canty. Several players signed contracts today, and the most interesting news out of Green Bay was that [...]
The White Elephant in the Room
Dec 10th
Most everyone is quick to point the finger at defensive coordinator Bob Sanders as the scapegoat in this dismal Green Bay Packers’ season. And the proverbial finger has good reason to be pointed in Sanders direction, especially after a disgusting 24-21 home loss to the Houston Texans, in which the defense was carved up for [...]
Packers vs. Saints Recap
Nov 25th
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In the first half of the Green Bay Packers excruciating 51-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints, there were a few questionable calls and non-calls that went New Orleans’ way. Something stunk about a lot of those (the Drew Brees intentional grounding non-call, for example) and had the game stayed close, I would have made [...]
Uh… What Was I Saying?
Nov 24th
I was going to go into a long diatribe about Green Bay Packers’ fans vs. New Orleans Saints’ fans in advance of the Monday night tilt this evening. You know – they wear bags on their heads, we (well, not me, but people) wear cheese on our heads. They have the whole, “Who Dat?” thing, [...]