re: Hoping for a shootout tonight..

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If the rest of the season plays out like I predict, we will get the Cardinals at home for the first round. We have a good chance to win that game. Next round, not so much. But I can't believe Saints fans wouldn't want to make the playoffs.

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Everyone wants the playoffs, but this year brings up the fact that we are just not that great or a complete team to win it all even if we made it. We have to catch lightning in a bottle to go all the way and that doesn't happen to a team this depleted and bad on both lines.

Risk losing a 8-10 1st round pick AND early 2nd, 3rd, etc rounds or an early-mid 20th 1st round pick and late 2nd, 3rd, etc rounds?

That's what it ultimately is, this team has Drew Brees, but the chances aren't very great at all if you look at who we'd go up against to get there. Strong defensive lines that can make Brees uncomfortable or have to play the perfect game and good offenses that can outshoot us.

If we make the playoffs, most of us will be happy, but I'm not gonna lie and say I wouldn't be ecstatic with early round picks for a change. That can be the difference between getting two very nfl-ready players in the early 1st and 2nd or not at all. Hell, you might be able to snag a 1st round talent with the early 2nd that just happens to fall due to other teams' necessities