According To ESPN, The Saints Are Likely To Lose To An All-Too-Familiar Opponent This Weekend...11/9/2017 h/t Reddit
I'm not entirely sure which use of 'Saints' was supposed to be replaced with 'Bills' in this ESPN graphic that appears to have been crafted by someone who was 55.7% in the bag at the time. I'd imagine it's the latter given the fact that New Orleans is riding a six-game winning steak and Buffalo is coming off a steamrolling at the hands of the New York Jets' repurposed tank. To be honest, it doesn't really matter because the finished product that appears on the screen is probably the most telling prognostication that a sports network that was just trying to fill dead airtime with meaningless stats has ever conjured up. If I have learned anything about the Sean Payton-led Saints since 2006 it's that whether or not they beat themselves when playing a fairly formidable opponent on the road in weather conditions that are likely to be inclement is more or less a coin flip. More so than the fact that the Carolina Panthers are nipping at their heels with a 6-3 record, the Saints history of churning out self-destructive performances in situations that are suboptimal is what makes this particular matchup so scary/intriguing. Drew Brees has been as efficient as ever this season, but if there's an encore, Packers-esque performance of back-to-back red-zone interceptions then it's going to be a long afternoon. Their two-headed rushing attack should be put to work early and often, but if Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara continue to put the ball on the ground like they have in week's past then whoever took a nap while editing may have accidentally predicted the future. Theoretically, the defense is exactly where it needs to be heading into hostile territory to silence a belligerent mafia of fans who will leave no dildo untossed in trying to distract the visiting team from the task at hand. However, if they start letting the Tre McBride's of the world get loose in their secondary then it might Mitch Trubite-them-in-the-ass this time around. Fumbled punts. Blocked extra points. Senseless penalties. There's no shortage of ways in which the Saints have managed to trip over their own feet while marching to a sure victory in recent years. If this team is actually as different as it's starting to look then they'll head into Buffalo, play mistake-free football, and not only come away on top but come away with a renewed sense that they can handle the type of adversity that would probably await them in the postseason. For once, the Saints are actually built to win this style of game. Whether they do or to will speak a hell of a lot louder about their chances going forward than some random, computer generated percentage in a botched graphic.
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