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Delusional brah!


12-5 my brother!

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I don't know about y'all, but I find it funny how they describe the teams in the NFC South. A lot of weird words to try to justify where they ranked them, I think missing the mark by a lot:

26) New Orleans Saints. Addressed offensive speed and tried to balance the trenches, but the draft didn’t give them enough high-end stabilizers to raise the weekly floor – still too dependent on everything going right.

23) Atlanta Falcons. Found some utility, but didn’t meaningfully change the franchise direction – this was more fill cracks than build a contender.

22) Carolina Panthers. Invested in the trenches, which is the correct move. But didn’t add enough immediate difference-makers to change outcomes in 2026. Tough doesn’t automatically mean good.

20) Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cleanly addressed pressure and second-level speed, which actually matters in 2026. The draft made them harder to play against for sure.


I guess our draft didn't make us harder to play against? Nobody is going to contribute? Investing in the trenches is the correct move for Carolina, but not us? And what the hell does it mean to fill cracks, but not build a contender?


This is perhaps the dumbest article I've read since the season ended.

Saints Talk

Those Reddit posts have some delusional takes, one says “6-8 games suspended”, while another thinks it’ll “blow over by September “.

Wow.

In 16 years, Payton never fired Pete Carmichael.

Payton firing Lombardi smells like scapegoating to me.

Hill is barely a year recovered from a torn ACL. I disagree that he’s done. He is almost certainly past his prime, but he is absolutely still very valuable due to his versatility and I think could come back better next year than this one. Does he still have enough juice in 2027? That’s the timeframe I question.

The color is absolutely penalty flag yellow.

I know we say gold, but it’s yellow. Silly, proud denial.

I’d argue he finally did get Drew a great defense from 2018-2020. Problem is that defense finally came along at the same time Drew’s arm was falling off the cliff.

I would argue Vele has established himself as a solid #2. That gives us a high-end 2 (Olave) and a mid-tier 2 (Vele).
Don’t want to pay Olave #1 money so I’d send him packing this offseason bc I’d bet he and his agent will push to get more than I’d like to pay him

Why so certain he’s a “stop gap” ?

He looks better earlier in his NFL career than sunshine did.

It still should’ve been a turnover on downs though