After watching Tampa Bay this past Sunday...

Sometimes the Saints just don’t play well down there. It’s hard to predict, but there’s been some bad Saints games in Tampa.

Going to the game so I’m really hoping those thunderstorms pass through in the morning before game time

Tampax has always played them tough down there...I expect more of the same.

I also expect it to be a somewhat close game as well. Bucs are playing pretty well, division road game. Thankfully Desean Jackson is out.

Saints 31
Bucs 23

Those were bad calls but the Kirkwood TD shouldn’t have counted as it was OPI. Also they missed a blatant face mask call on us. There were some awful calls and no calls that hurt us, but Cowboys got hurt by the refs also.

Saints will win this game. Not sure by what and does not matter. This is the type of game that we will enforce our will. I expect about 200 yards rushing.

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Nice playcall cherry picking

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We lost b/c the O came out flat and never gained momentum. After the TD that should have got them kickstarted, or even after a couple of the first downs in the second half but it didn’t. I’ve already said there were bad calls and no calls against the Saints, but Cowboys had some also. I wasn’t happy about the loss either. But blame it on the offense, not the referees.

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I would trade all the good and bad calls and no calls that Dallas received in a heartbeat.

The Saints WRs were mugged on virtually every play.

There were way more no calls that favored Dallas.

In a tight game, it tips the scales.

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I think our offense is playing like a well oiled machine. I think Brees is the best QB to ever step on the field. I don't need him to win 5 more SBs to prove that, I'd still feel that way if he'd never won a SB. But, against Dallas last week, he and our offense completely sucked, they sucked, bad.

I've gone back and watched some more of the game, Brees was off, our WRs were mugged some but also many times they weren't and still couldn't separate, plus they couldn't catch the ball. Kamara looked like he was running half speed, trust me, he wasn't playing like he usually does and our Oline stunk. Give credit to Dallas's Dline, but our Oline has played against better Dlines and dominated, they just sucked that night.

Giving the Saints a TD when it shouldn't have been cannot be overlooked. That's a big deal we would have been furious on. I agree the ticktacky call on Lattimore and one of the Apple calls was ticktacky compared to what they got away with. At the same time we've faced other DBs who've mugged our WRs and it didn't stop us. We just came out lethargic and stunk it up. We didn't deserve that game and the score was closer than what it should have been. That's on our O not the refs. It happens, it's football, they are human, they simply didn't have focus and went through the motions. It's not a big deal, may even happen again during the regular season. It's hard as hell to play lights out all 16 regular season games. We just better not let up during the playoffs and I don't see that happening.