I have a question for all of you *ahem* fans that are still pissed today that we won

[Sam Mills Fan]

If you were Ron Rivera or a player on the team, what would you have done differently to lose on purpose than what actually happened? I'm legitimately curious. Because we started a 3rd string QB and finished with a 4th stringer, had David Mayo lead the defense, had CAP and Travaris Cadet (who I legitimately didn't know was on this team) run the ball 27 times, had Colin Jones match up on Michael Thomas more than once, and we STILL easily won. That despite the fact that the Saints had Teddy Bridgewater (an obvious NFL starter talent) and Michael Thomas playing the entire game. 

So...would you have told Kyle Allen to intentionally throw interceptions? Would you have intentionally fallen over your own feet if you were CAP? Please explain this to me. We had a super vanilla gameplan and ran the ball more than we threw (first time in months I think where that's happened).

[Jmac]

Suit up the cheerleaders and the field maintenance crew if need be.....that game was a poke in the eye from Payton.

[ericr0319]

you're an idiot. i don't think anything thinks we didn't do what we needed to do to throw the game. people are just pissed we won. including me. 

[Panther49er]

1 minute ago, Jmac said:

Suit up the cheerleaders and the field maintenance crew if need be.....that game was a poke in the eye from Payton.

Cheerleaders would have been more entertaining for sure

[RumHam]

I'm not mad we won. Hell the Falcons won and we finish 3rd getting the easier schedule next year. We still have a good draft pick. There's still going to be a plethora of pass rushers and most likely Will Grier will still be there.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Just now, Jmac said:

Suit up the cheerleaders and the field maintenance crew if need be.....that game was a poke in the eye from Payton.

They had starters out there for longer than we did and had an NFL starting QB and their best receiver out there the *entire* game. A lot of you people have this defeatist mentality that if we were to ever beat the Saints, they MUST have let us. Very sad stuff. Show pride in your organization.

[Jon Snow]

The only thing that matters is winning.  

[MVPccaffrey]

There are some real morons on this board; some fans actually think Payton threw the game just so the panthers would pick 4 spots lower in the draft.  As if that calculus entered the mind of an opposing HC for even one second. 

[PanthersGOATFan336]

1 minute ago, MVPccaffrey said:

There are some real morons on this board; some fans actually think Payton threw the game just so the panthers would pick 4 spots lower in the draft.  As if that calculus entered the mind of an opposing HC for even one second. 

The 4th down attempts were very telling

[Sam Mills Fan]

Just now, MVPccaffrey said:

There are some real morons on this board; some fans actually think Payton threw the game just so the panthers would pick 4 spots lower in the draft.  As if that calculus entered the mind of an opposing HC for even one second. 

Especially since it wrecked any momentum the Saints had. Getting blown out in your own house is NEVER good, teams like the Colts and Steelers and Packers have had big home losses to close out regular seasons and then proceeded to choke early in the playoffs.

[Lasus83.]

7 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

If you were Ron Rivera or a player on the team, what would you have done differently to lose on purpose than what actually happened? I'm legitimately curious. Because we started a 3rd string QB and finished with a 4th stringer, had David Mayo lead the defense, had CAP and Travaris Cadet (who I legitimately didn't know was on this team) run the ball 27 times, had Colin Jones match up on Michael Thomas more than once, and we STILL easily won. That despite the fact that the Saints had Teddy Bridgewater (an obvious NFL starter talent) and Michael Thomas playing the entire game. 

So...would you have told Kyle Allen to intentionally throw interceptions? Would you have intentionally fallen over your own feet if you were CAP? Please explain this to me. We had a super vanilla gameplan and ran the ball more than we threw (first time in months I think where that's happened).

We had a lot of starters on the field for a good amount of the day yesterday.  I would have rested those starters after the 1st series.  Called it 'evaluating the depth' of the team.

I would have ensured the play calling 'matched the kinds of looks that we wanted to get out of those younger players'.

I would have not game planned at all.

Basically, it would have been a 4th preseason game kind of day.

[Smithers]

The people who are bitching that we won are the same people that bitch when they get a raise because it means they have to pay more taxes and qualify for less in assistance.  

[coralreefer_1]

Its not even about all that, or winning, or losing a draft pick. 

People ( whether they are "ahem" real fans...or "ahem" fake fans) use the last game to vent and say goodbye. As I said before...we as a fanbase gave up weeks ago. Yesterday meant nothing really.

Now we are all waiting to hear if Julio is right and RR gets fired this morning. THAT is what ppl are here for.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

If I was Ron, id plan for this game like it were an important one. Guaranteed loss right there.