Needing a Mapquest on the Road to the Superbowl

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

 

The Saints vaulted into last place in their division – that’s right - behind Atlanta (where Michael Vick played) – with their performance Monday Night.

 

When Reggie Bush ran back his second punt for a touchdown, I was kicking myself that I had sold my tickets.  An hour later I was glad I wasn’t there.  That horrible walk out of the dome after an idiotic loss – how many times have I taken that walk?

 

Of course, here’s the obvious – if I had told you Reggie would run back 2 punts, Brees would have his typical 330 yard game, we would kick a field goal of over 50 yards, Adrian Peterson would be held to little yardage, and Pierre Thomas would consistently run kickoffs for terrific yardage, you would assume a win right?

 

No, Saints do that voodoo that they do so well:

 

Lance Moore and Robert Meacham bobble passes and they both turn out to be critical.

A field goal would get blocked and bounce up right into the arms of a sprinter for a TD.

Brees would get sacked and lose a fumble – not on the 50, but the 6.

Grammatica would miss an additional potential game winner to match his Denver effort.

Bush would get tackled by the carpet on another potential punt return TD.

Bush would fumble after being the victim of a facemask yank that everyone in America saw except those holding yellow handkerchiefs.

Jason David gets in the game just in time for the Vikings to need him.

Another rookie, Tracy Porter goes down, when it was looking like he would be an all-rookie selection, joining Sedrick Ellis on the disabled list.   Calling Dr. House.  Cure the curse.  Send someone from Red Sox nation to explain this, or we’ll be matching the Cubs for futility.

 

I am now ready to support Tom Benson in his quest for a new stadium.  It has become obvious that after 30 plus years in the dome that the land is cursed.  The rumor of building this land on a cemetery is obviously true.  The only way we can get through this bad Poltergeist movie is to move the dome.  I vote for New Orleans East.  Move it to the swamp.  The drives home would be shorter, and when it sinks into the swamp – we’re done.

 

And here’s my real comment on the game – it’s awfully hard to say that a great offense that is so prolific doesn’t work – but here’s what I think.  We just don’t run the ball enough.  We never wear the defense out.  We wind them from chasing us, but we don’t grind them, and punish them.  We can’t throw it 40 times a game and win – nobody can.

No matter how great the quarterback is playing.