Take Slight Solace Saints' Fans, The Best Team In The NFC Wasn't Watching From Home Yesterday1/22/2018
I can't say I saw it coming, but while watching the NFC Championship - a game that the Saints were ten seconds of torment away from participating in as the favorite - I couldn't help but feel better about being on the wrong side of one of the most excruciating of losses in NFL history. Make no mistake, while Drew Brees and Co. almost assuredly would have put forth a more admirable performance than that of the group whose emotional let down was just as sizable as their margin of defeat, they wouldn't have beaten that Eagles team in Philadelphia. I think what prolonged the initial sting of snatching the the biggest of L's straight from the jaws of victory was the idea that it inevitably cost the Saints their second Super Bowl appearance. Fortunately for those trying desperately to ease the pain, even the most biased of Who Dat would have to admit that - judging by yesterday - the Eagles were all 'Dat' and more. To think otherwise would require you to believe that the same team that fell into a 17-0 hole in Minnesota would have been completely and utterly flawless in an outdoor stadium that was even more hostile. Perfection would have been required to top perhaps the only team in the league whose swag compares admirably to that of their own, and - despite the incredible and unforeseen strides they made as young team - the New Orleans Saints are certainly not perfect. Now, Marcus Williams and the gang would have appreciated the opportunity to prove me wrong nonetheless, but I can't - in good conscience - tell you that they were an in-bounds arm tackle away from conference supremacy. Not after Nick Foles torched a Vikings secondary that gave Drew Brees an entire half worth of fits, and the Eagles defense easily dismissed of the curious Case that was the career resurrection of Keenum. Underdogs or not, the Eagles' bite was even bigger than their barks for respect. That may have been aided by an opponent whose excitement level had nowhere to go but down, but it doesn't take away from a SKOL'ding so dominant that it made everyone outside of Philadelphia question how a team that cohesive and - dare I say it - likable plays in Philadelphia. Hats off to the Eagles. They saved this Saints fan from an entire offseason rehashing what could have been. With the amount of season ending injuries they were dealt at positions that would be made most vulnerable by a team that was surgical in dismantling their opponent, it's safe to assume that it would have been a season that lasted just one week longer.
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