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Icky is good enough to re-sign. Really not a debate.

The game will again rest on the defense being able to generate turnovers and maybe even score. They got a pick 6 in the last game and a red zone INT. That was a net 14 point swing. Can’t expect that every game and certainly not against the same opponent. I don’t expect this will even be a close game.

I don’t think the Panthers/Rams game needs to be nudged. I think the Rams will come in prepared and blow the doors off the Panthers either way. If anything, the refs will try to keep the Panthers in the game so it’s not a blowout and it’s an entertaining game

If the referees allow legal holding for the 49ers like the MNF game it’s not going to matter what happens

First Saturday game I guarantee it

I mean I’m happy there’s a playoff game but I can’t say I am excited about this division title when they backed in and needed a division opponent to win to get in. And after last nights game I have zero faith in the team or the league itself to have even a decent game in the first round.

I think the panthers could beat either but I’d rather the 49ers because it’s very hard to beat the same team twice unless you’re the saints playing the panthers for some reason

Seahawks 2010

I guarantee the NFL changes the playoff rules after the Panthers vomit their way into the playoffs by default.

What a miserable way to win a division title haha

Rigged game gonna end 20-19 I was off by two points

Oh man these last two minutes are going to be interesting. I don’t think that INT was expected

Maximum entertainment value. Let’s see how the Saints get the win out of this, some chicanery is on the way.

Here comes the long backbreaking drive aided by some ref help

Buckle up because the ending to this is going to be very very flaggy

A DPI there doesn’t fit the preferred outcome for the game

The only team that worries me is New Orleans. Shough seems like the real deal and they’re building an offense that moves the ball regardless of the talent around him. That’s scary.

I guess I also don’t even want this Panthers team to be in the playoffs, they are not a good football team and have no real business hosting a playoff game. But I hear you, the NFL is built to entertain us, and they have a good product for doing so. I’m still entertained by it for sure. But now that the way the NFL manages games for maximum entertainment engagement and marketing consumption, it’s making these games harder to enjoy when the outcomes are obvious.

I knew the Bucs would win yesterday and I knew the Saints would win today. Takes away the sting when you already know what’s going to happen.

Atlanta will score another TD taking a two score lead which will swing in-game money line betting towards the Falcons, setting up a late game Saints comeback with a last second FG for the Saints to win 20-17. These scripts are too predictable now

It was scripted from the start. Saints will win 20-17 book it here

The Saints are going to win this game by 3 I guarantee it. Sorry guys it was all scripted all along.

Me too. He looks like he should suck but he doesn’t. I hope he gets Chris Simms’ed but we don’t have the pass rushers like we used to

I have always been a skeptic the NFL was truly fair but it’s finally becoming common knowledge the NFL manages the games towards preferred outcomes to maximize user engagement and media consumption. There were many instances in this game that showed how skewed the refereeing was. The refs calling the ball out of bounds on that play was insane. The OPI on T-Mac and the DPI on Nick Scott were just clear, obvious nudging calls. The OPI completely swung the momentum. They did a terrible job hiding it in this one.

Yea the 2024 draft was bad, I agree. Top two draft picks are non-contributors. The Brooks pick was truly terrible. But they definitely rented Dowdle for a season waiting for Brooks to come back, who was a good back when healthy. It remains to be seen if that pans out. Brooks has had two offseasons out of football, he might not be ready to come back until 2027 truly. I think they should have been giving Etienne more touches late in the season but oh well.