Like, Damn! Or, the perspective of a Saints fan

It was fun this week talking back and forth about our teams. It was a fantastic game, definitely the best since at least 2003. My mouth was hanging open for the last 5 minutes of that game. It was good to win, to beat a good team, and to watch a great game doing so. Cheers to you and your fellow Saints fans.

I’m convinced we will see you in the playoffs again.

In those last minutes of the game, I thought to myself, ‘No matter who wins, this is one of the best games I’ve seen in a long time – at least a decade’. Both teams played their hearts out, played smart, hardly any penalties.
And most importantly, 2 great fan bases!

I appreciate your perspective. I can only imagine how long-time Saints fans feel, as the Niners used to so often rip out the Saints’ hearts in games that mattered, though usually in the Superdome by Joe Cool.

I never bought the “grass” argument. The Saints were just so home dominant that their road numbers couldn’t help but be average by comparison. The issue was more that playing at home created such an advantage for the blitz scheme of their defense which leads to sacks & turnovers which means short fields for Brees. Also, no noise for Brees means his OL and his audibles work without issue. The road is different as we saw in the first quarter and a half yesterday, and for much of the 2nd half when the Saints went the first 25+ minutes without a TD.

It is worth noting that the Niners held the Saints to 17 points in their first 12 possessions. The inability of our offense to do better in TOP gave the Saints a few extra possessions which almost got us beat. You can’t give a great QB that many chances.

Next season, so long as you guys have Brees working with Payton you’ll be in the hunt, like Brady and BB. Coaching and QB play are too valuable to success in the current NFL. I know the NFC South never has repeat division winners so that history may be more of an obstacle, but you guys will be hard for anyone to beat, especially in the Dome, which is where our teams will meet next regular season.

Believe me, we’ve seen a lot worse—you should have seen our war of words with Vikings fans after we beat them in the conference championship.

Thank you MtnExile. Excellent post and way to represent our blog at CSC. And I know, it’s been 2 years since and they still whine about it. They are the worst form of scum as a fanbase, and not too mention, the idiot who Runs that Blog Over There. He has slandered our team and the city for 2 years, along with the rest of his cronies. He just won’t let it go. And yet he’s gloating over there accusing the Saints as cheap shot artists. That’s the only way he’ll win a championship, pulling for the Saints and Packers to lose.

We do not operate like that. And neither does niner nation. There’s a difference in being upset with a loss, and whining about a loss. We take it like men and move on. I would never stoop down to that level like I mentioned above.

Excellent form with a wry twist. Thank you and good luck to you and your fellow fans.

Packers are not doing well.

Okay, NFC championship in the Stick. You guys have to save us from a Giants-Patriots rematch, please. (On the other hand, a HarBowl would be interesting.)

this team has the feel…just like 2010 sf giants. i feel really good about next week

We always talk trash tongue in cheek with just about all fans (although Cleveland fans were surprisingly laid back), but after the games, it’s usually all good. You guys are definitely classy and have an awesome team to hang your hat on. Brees isn’t done winning Super Bowls yet.

Thanks for the week of chat and a game we’ll all remember. And thank you for not being Detroit fans. Your view of Vikings fans is pretty much how most of us felt about Lions’ fans. They were classless children.

Good luck next year, and in a perfect world, we’ll see the best D and the best O in the league hook up NEXT January as well.

Thanks for your good sportmanship. We’ve definitely had our share of run-ins with bad fans (Lions). Lots of respect for you guys and your team. Definitely the toughest team we’ve played all year. As long as you guys have Brees and Peyton, you guys will always compete for the playoffs and, as we all know, anything can happen once you’re in. Good luck and we’ll see you next year.