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My guess is that it wasn't addressed at all. They likely didn't expect that the Saints would go outside of the organization.

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The INT he threw to Tracy is 100% on him, anyway.

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Does anyone remember watching "Anatomy of A Play", regarding that play? Vilma audibled at the last second, because he read what they were going to do, and it put Tracy Porter in the spot to intercept that ball. Nobody is bringing that up, but are quick to bring up the Favre hits, and the bounty system, supposedly which gave the Saints some advantage.

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I'm not understanding this "tainted superbowl" crap. Making extra money to play football didn't give an unfair advantage.

The superbowl was won on the field. Not by how many envelopes got handed out off the field.

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I think it is more about perception, than anything else. They didn't have an advantage on the field, but the perception by many is that they did, because this was "cheating".

I think a lot of people are also missing what the true punishment is for. It isn't so much for having a bounty program, as it is that they did not stop it, when warned, and then lied about it.

The turnovers played a part, but as far as I am concerned, f*ck Greg Williams and the Saints defense. I'm sorry, but I'm done! Completely ridiculous - and that is an understatement!

The people who are upset, wouldn't be, if their team and QB did exactly the same thing. Of course Falcons fans are upset over it. They were blown out on national TV, and gave up the record to Brees in the process. I'd bet they wouldn't feel the same way had the shoe been on the other foot and Matt Ryan had been breaking some record on the Saints. The hypocrisy in sports is comical that way.

The thing is, the Saints always seem to pass, even in the final minutes of games. I've actually been critical of that, how they come out throwing with 3 minutes in a game, rather than running the ball. If I remember correctly, that is part of how the Falcons got back into the first game, leading it to OT. With less than 2 minutes, the Saints threw, rather than running, and with imcomplete passes, gave the Falcons the ball back with 1:55 left. The game last night may have seemed out of reach, but at the same time, teams can score quickly. Anything can happen. You play for 60 minutes, regardless. I remember watching that Monday night game between the Dolphins and Jets when the game seemed out of reach, and back came the Jets to win. You don't stop playing in professional sports, until the game is over. I guess Payton and Brees were supposed to pull a Les Miles and start kneeling with 5 minutes left, as not to upset the Falcons?

People need to get over it if they have a problem with it. This is professional sports. They could have stopped Brees from getting the record. They didn't. That is one them! It doesn't matter if they had one more game left. I actually agree with them getting the record over with, so it doesn't hang over them going into the last game of the season, and into the playoffs.

I'm not worried, but will become a little concerned if this type of play continues through the rest of the preseason, especially the 3rd game, since usually, the starters play much, if not all, of the first half.

I do realize it is JUST preseason, but the preseason can set the tone for the regular season. Last year we struggled during preseason, especially on offense, and some of that carried into the regular season. I feel like our performance during the 2009 preseason carried into the regular season and set the tone.

We did play very vanilla against the Texans, and for good reasons, since we face them in week 3 of the regular season. However, once has to assume that the Texans also played vanilla (maybe they didn't) and that is what concerns me. If it was two vanilla teams against each other, the Texans certainly looked like the better team. Did the Saints just take the night off?

I'm becoming a little concerned this will be another year of Brees under pressure, turnovers and a defense, that while is good, has inconsistant games, with an inability to stop the run, and at times, an inability to effectively stop the pass, like last night against the Texans or last year against the Seahawks, Browns, Cardinals, etc.

Again - it is JUST preseason, so I'm not worried, and will hope that last night will correct any of these issues before the regular season. I can't deny that I'm getting slightly concerned, but will not base anything off of just one preseason game.

I was listening to ESPN radio this morning in which they were discussing teams that really have nothing to play for, whether it be they have things locked up already or they have nothing to gain or lose by winning or losing. They were discussing how there is a very noticeable difference in the mentality of the players and how they play.

Tampa has a reason to play and win, because they can still make the playoffs with a Green Bay and Giants loss, I believe. The Saints, given the ATL score, really have nothing to gain or lose. I'm sure they have checked out a bit mentally.

We've turned the ball over 11 times in the 3 losses we have, if I am counting correctly. You cannot win like that. Take away those turnovers in each of those games and we likely win. We are then sitting here at 7-0 instead of 4-3. The biggest problem that is costing us games, are those turnovers.

There are other areas that need to be worked on, such as running the ball better, etc., however, despite all of the things mentioned in the list, we are capable of winning each and every one of these games if we protect the ball.

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He is HUGE!!!

I hadn't realized just how tall he actually was. How tall is he?

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He is 6'6" according to the roster.