re: Saints #2 as Organization

Posted by turkleton

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 1:53 pm to pecanridge

Posted by pinkpanther12

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 2:19 pm to turkleton

Awesome seeing Dallas at 17 and Romo a 7! Finally, someone that thinks he isn't great!

Posted by jrowla2

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 2:30 pm to Hulkklogan

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difference between packers and saints is the .5 in qb differentials they gave rodgers a 10 and drew a 9.5.

I like Rodgers a lot but I dont know how you can say he is better than Brees. Brees did have a down year last year and Rodgers his best but still.

I think I would put Packers and Saints as a tie for 1.

Posted by jdrumdog

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 3:20 pm to Jcorye1

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Jcorye1

Posted by Jcorye1

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 3:57 pm to jdrumdog

Not really. You didn't see me say anything about the Patriots ratings being too low, and I also admitted the better team won two years ago and that yall have the best home field advantage in the NFL. If I'm mad at anything, it's how short people's memories are.

Posted by Jcorye1

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 4:00 pm to Chad504boy

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I don't see you bashing brees cause New Orleans wasn't his first choice either.

Even if Brees didn't want to come to NOLA, it was his prerogative as a free agent. When you buy a sports team, you buy it with the understanding that you acknowledge the history behind it and such. I'm pretty sure there are incredibly more efficient ways to invest your capital than owning a sports team. Its not like he built the Superdome and was cutting his losses, he saw a city in need and wanted to respond by moving the team.

Posted by eyeran

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 4:07 pm to Jcorye1

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Even if Brees didn't want to come to NOLA, it was his prerogative as a free agent. When you buy a sports team, you buy it with the understanding that you acknowledge the history behind it and such. I'm pretty sure there are incredibly more efficient ways to invest your capital than owning a sports team. Its not like he built the Superdome and was cutting his losses, he saw a city in need and wanted to respond by moving the team.

I agree. Im not ready to build statues for Benson either.

Mickey Loomis just happened to hire a great coach who was able to convince Brees to come to NOLA.

Posted by Chad504boy

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 4:11 pm to eyeran

I would say probably more than half the owners of the league have used moving as leverage. Benson has dumped more money into our city than probably any other owner in the NFL.

Posted by eyeran

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 4:16 pm to Chad504boy

Yeah, i dont think anybody can criticize the money Benson's spent. The Saints have had a top 5-10 payroll for a while now. I think they were 2nd last year.

They'll probably go to first in the next few seasons with all the guys that need deals

Posted by AlejandroInHouston

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Posted on 6/2/11 at 5:32 pm to tickfawtiger

Pete Carroll outcoached Sean tho when it counted :(

Posted by goatmilker

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Posted on 6/3/11 at 6:50 am to AlejandroInHouston

Your right. The run he drew up in the dirt at the end of the game that made like 8 Saints miss was money.