i think this is the meat of Holder's article. can this young team rally? they get these wins at home, but can they realize what it takes to become a strong football team and not let the negatives and despair kill them?

its like we get in a hole and we fall apart. in the past, we would be down by as much as 17 and rally fricking back to win. these younger guys have not shown that heart to fricking fight back. Brees is trying to show it, but one guy does not save a team. we can all look at example from '06, '09, and '11 of times we were down and yet we knew there was hope and we came back to win the game.

the squad we have now has yet to show that. they get whipped and stay down. i have yet to see any sort of tenacity out of the younger group we have. thats where we are lacking. the ability to fight back and not roll over.

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Posted by pmacneworleans

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 10/1/14 at 9:23 pm to BlacknGold

In my best Bobby Hebert voice, "well, yeah, but no." I think he's on to something here, but I'm not yet buying that Brees is going to be the guy that transcends it like Elway did. I get that, for better or worse, Brees will retire a Saint. But, I just believe his physical limitations will not allow him to resurrect his career. Don't get me wrong, in my heart, I want it to happen. I was there for the Saints first game ever (Tulane Stadium - John Gilliam returning the opening kickoff for a TD). I partied till the morning in the FQ the night of the Super Bowl. But, until Brees can win on the damn road and not throw a WTF was that int every road game, I just am not going to buy into this is but a bump in the road on the way to better things mantra.

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