Saints and No Bye plus Packers

I’d rather be the 2nd and avoid TB

No excuses

LoL. Do you remember last year? All anyone on this board could talk about was the divisional round. I think 1 in 10 threads actually talked about the Vikings game. It is the height of hubris to assume we’re going to beat the bears.

Losing to the first ever seven seed? A team that in any year previous would not have made the playoffs? If that doesn’t scream saints then you haven’t watched the past ten years. Worrying about who we play in the divisional round is counting about a billion chickens before they hatch

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13-3

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Uhh...we’re 12-4

Don’t lose to the dogshit Raiders and Eagles

Reading comprehension my man. Two previous Payton era saints teams, 2011 and 2019, went 13-3 and did not get a bye. That’s only happened one other time in nfl history.

On top of that we are now the first NFC* team to get a two seed and no bye. The point is that objectively the Payton era saints have the worst seeding luck as it relates to byes in the history of the nfl

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It is the height of hubris to assume we’re going to beat the bears.

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Nobody here plays for the Saints.

I have a gut feeling the Packers will lose in an upset in the Divisional rd (like they did in 2011).

My only real concern is the toll of 3 games to get to the SB. It's unlikely the Saints starters come out relatively unscathed, despite having capable depth.

That and whatever creative mischief Goodell and/or COVID can muster to thwart the Saints.

No but it’s an absurd premise that you would take the 2 seed and avoid a first round bye just for a possible better matchup in the divisional round

I would rather avoid the Bucs in the playoffs and play Chicago and Seattle. That’s not absurd.