The US government is considering bailing out Detroit.
No, Not the Lions.
Because if they were going to bail out a football team, who rivals the 40 years of mediocrity established by our New Orleans Saints?
Consider that FEMA repair of the Superdome just a down payment.
Bail us out of our misery. Buy out our season tickets. Their value is dropping faster than the housing market.
Sean Payton may be an aerial genius. He’s constructed a wonderful passing attack with an outstanding quarterback and a bevy of excellent receivers. But Mike Martz can’t get a head coaching job because aerial circuses don’t translate to wins. Maybe our coach will learn to construct a defense and a balanced offensive attack at some point, but it’s not looking good.
Watching the Saints disintegrate into an injury-riddled, bickering group has not been pleasant. And, don’t try to tell me they’re not good on the road. Where they’re playing has little to do with their inadequacies.
So, it’s off to Kansas City, Kansas City here we come. Having a tough year Herm? We’re sending a little care package your way. Wasn’t it just last year that Kansas City had that great draft that was going to turn their franchise around? Well, just ask Cleveland. Just ask New Orleans. One draft doesn’t get you drunk and it doesn’t make your team. It takes several good drafts in a row to turn a team around. The clinker we had between Bush and Ellis/Porter is killing us. Not knocking Robert Meachum, but he wasn't what we needed. Was there a starting safety somewhere in that draft? Let’s hope we aren’t in our wishful Mel Kiper mode too soon.
It’s going to take an incredible win streak to salvage this season. If Drew Brees breaks Dan Marino’s record it will be because of too many 400 yard losing efforts. If he doesn’t, there’s hope. I guess we can draw inspiration from the fact that stranger things have happened.
Like trillion dollar bailouts.
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