Khyber53

I appreciate ya man, but that's bullshit. But if it makes the world make sense to you, go for it.

The problem with most conspiracy theories is the incredible assumption that every single one of the people involved will maintain complete secrecy throughout their entire lives. Yeah.

Me, I'm sick of WWE channel hopping their PLEs and shows. Netflix now with Raw. USA still has Smackdown but you can't get it with Roku if you don't also have cable. Then they went from all the PLEs on Peacock to ESPN+ which required upgrading your Disney+ package. Then they frikkin' move Saturday Night Main Event with John Cena's retirement match back over to frikkin' Peacock, which we'd just cancelled two months prior because no PLEs there anymore. And there are fewer, but longer matches and its the same danged stories again and again. Rematch after rematch after rematch between PLEs. Fewer matches, fewer wrestlers, more promos (of lesser quality) and less action. It just seems like it's all fillers and re-runs. I'm tired of Cody Rhodes. I'm tired of Jey Uso. I'm tired of the two Brons. Shuffle the deck a bit guys, this game's getting stale.

There may very well be a point here. And that should be part of our scouting and scheming. I wonder how Jackson does against speed vs height as well. And then have Moerhig (sp???) double up on the speedster for some hard hits. Nothing slows up a speedster like a couple of hard tackles.

You forgot Dan Morgan.

Funny how we said there was no value in washed up Sam Darnold and washed up Baker Mayfield, too. Just sayin'...

You pick up Bryce's option because it has value beyond just the team in the next two seasons. If we decide to go ahead and draft some QB competition, or replace the Red Rifle finally with a new free agent with some experience, you have an upswing QB in Bryce that can be traded, especially if there's a team with an injury that happens. And, let's be honest, right now Bryce is playing as well or better than the other 1st round QBs from his draft class. Scary, but true.

This. He's building a team in the right way, he's managing the creation of a support system within it and has (and I didn't think he could) begun putting some grit and resilience into this band of players. He, however, needs to be able to hand play calling over to someone and learn to manage the overall game more than each individual play. He needs to conduct, rather than try to conduct and play the solo. And I think he has something hanging over his head that is crippling him at times... the Teppers reputation for cutting coaches for poor performance. It makes him play not to lose at times, especially against lesser opponents like Sunday. Maybe he needs to instill more grit in his own game.

Current rebuild I guess.

I wish I could be certain of that. I mean, that's what I feel, but there's something there.

Two fluke wins against playoff calibre teams. You get into the playoffs and well, things happen sometimes. We were supposed to be one and done in 2003.

In his defense, we've had taller QBs in recent years that actually accomplished less. I've always said his height worked against him, but he was out there pretty fearless and performing well on Sunday. Not setting the world on fire, but there were a couple of fantastic throws he made. He didn't lose that game for us.

We aren't out of the play offs. We haven't stopped growing as a team. We're ahead of schedule on this rebuild. The sky isn't falling. We have a hard schedule ahead of us. We have to win out. And sheesh, we gotta play the kid from New Orleans twice a season for the foreseeable future. This team has been getting better. It's a young team. To even be contending right now is a major step up over what we've been since the Teppers took over. Breathe. Tune in. Keep the hope alive.

Umm, the Bucs that lost to New Orleans' wunderkind and Atlanta's grandpa?

Hope this goes great today! We need to even up the series.

Feasting on the foes with Cajun Chicken sandwiches here. And Nacho-cheese Bugles, of course. How about y'all?

Look, whichever way Sunday comes out, and I'm hoping for a win, there's still a lot of football ahead of us that can be very meaningful, either way. It's been a long time since these games meant anything.

Let's just win out until only March is left ahead of us.

Winning fixes everything. We're in the lead, for at least this moment, and like being on a sled dog team, the view from the front is much, much more pleasant. I think the team is ahead of schedule right now. And I like that. Would really love to see us win out the rest of these games. And in the playoffs, anything can happen.

Let's just win out and leave nothing to chance. I think Canales has been dialing in on the right recipe. If he can keep pounding the run game and Bryce can take advantage when there's an opening for a mid- to long- ball, we can be a strong ball control offense. Couple that with a defense that is getting stronger on all fronts and well... I'm hoping for it. This is a scrappy, resilient football team... and it's been years since we've seen that here. It's time or us to be the mouse that roared.

Alright! Now let's win out and make a statement.

Historically, it's not just Bryce that has been the problem in those New Orleans away games. Our defense shat the bed each time, too. Early career QBs always need a stout defense and he's not had much of one until the halfway mark in this season. If they can turn it on and give Bryce more opportunities while keeping Saints points off the board, then we can come away with the win we should be capable of achieving. That's a rookie QB that the Saints are putting out there (one with more tape than the last time we saw him), they've got some injuries and a very limited slate of things to play for. I hope we can play defense, lean on Rico and Chuba, get an efficient game from Bryce and build a more solid case for a playoff spot. In other words, play like the football team you're supposed to be.

Sounds like a young man with more millions in the bank than he can spend who has had to go through some very long recoveries from injuries and just wondering if its worth going through it all again. Hard not to tell him to go and enjoy his life. His "kid have a cigar moment" just turned into "welcome to the machine."

People keep throwing money at the AI growth situation in hopes it will speed things up, get them to the finish line first. And it just doesn't completely work that way. Money helps, but there's a whole supply line issue and programming issue. The problem really is that we create too many business degrees and not enough degrees in the fields that actually make things work. It's ruining a lot of stuff. And yeah, it's going to be a while before anyone can upgrade their stuff. And if you're a gamer... maybe it's time to develop a love for retro systems.

This 100 percent. Really, it comes down to defense more than anything else. We have a bit of tape on NO's rookie QB now and that gives us something to work with. He was an unknown quotient the first time around and our defense still had not gelled the way it has now. And our offensive line has to be in push mode for most of this game. Road graders over turnstiles. The Saints know their season is over, if their defense is hit with body blows early and often in the game, then at halftime, many of their starters will be thinking of winter vacation plans and checking with their agents to see about free agent possibilities.