The New Orleans Saints began their playoff run and march to
the Super Bowl with a 38 – 27 spanking of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the
Superdome on Sunday. Next up are the
Atlanta Falcons whom they should handle handily, and they’ll be back in the
Superbowl.
That, ladies and gentlemen is what we call fantasy football.
Back on planet earth, Drew Brees mimicked Superman with one
of his near-perfect games. Just when you
thought he might sit down for the year due to an injured foot, he rattles the
dome with 412 passing yards, and staked the Saints to a 24-0 lead. He now has 4546 yards passing for the year,
and with one game to go would surely be staring at another 5000 yard season had
he not missed a game. All the more
remarkable in that Marques Colston was inactive due to injury, and Ben Watson
was hobbled. He got support from Brandin
Cooks, who had a big game while going over 1100 yards receiving for the year,
and Tim Hightower, who broke the 100 yard rushing mark, the rarest of
achievements in this offense. Hightower
fortunately looks more like Pierre Thomas than Mark Ingram and hopefully
management is noticing. Traveris Cadet,
back with the Saints this week, got action over CJ Spiller, whom it looks like
Payton has sat down for the year. Spiller
apparently has never fully recovered from knee surgery, which is a condition I
fully understand.
The defense played well at times, with Delvin Breaux
standing out, but they still set an NFL record for touchdown passes allowed
with 43. With one game to go, they may
set a record that can never be broken.
For the Jaguars, they couldn’t even induce a penalty out of
Brandon Browner, although they did beat him with a bomb. Bombed and booed, Brandon Browner looks
bamboozled. Bummer.
So with only the Falcons left, who got Mercury Morris drunk
again when they upset Carolina, the Saints look to the future. Rumors are rampant about Payton and Brees,
while idiots in the media implore Tom Benson to sell his teams. Hey, Tom, please dump your $2 billion worth
of businesses because I said so.
Try Craig’s List.
See you in Atlanta for the Fed-Ex Going Nowhere Bowl. It will be the official start of the wait til next year.
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