I mean if you already have the wild card weekend off, lost the last 2, confidence hurting, can you really afford to put in a half ass effort and expect to go deep in the playoffs?? Football players are like wild animals. You have to keep feeding them raw meat or else they become apathetic. Like a good rushing attack. Offensive linemen love plowing open holes for 4-5 yards at a clip. They actually get stronger. Put em into pass protection too much and...

I knew they were due for the bubble to collapse but  I didn't expect the second lost.  That one hurt.  If they are going to make it past the bye week they need to beat Carolina on Sunday.  If they drop this one they won't win anything in the playoffs.

Win, lose or draw, I will still be a fan, have been for over thirty years.  But being a Saints fan means that expectations of post season or post season wins have sort of been bred out of us.  No matter what happens there will be wild times in the Vieux Carré

quarterback behind Mark Brunell and Chase Daniel. With the #1 seed locked up, there's no real reason for him to play. Added to that, he has the NFL single season completion percentage record locked up.

affect who goes to the playoffs (just ask Denver).  I couldn't believe the Colts sat Manning in the Jets game with a 14-0 record on the line!

committee to look into it. I can see sitting someone if they have an injury, but a player is healthy, he should play.

Leave it to a beautiful lady to be logical.