Jason Cole - Douche of the Year Winner

Here’s the deal: the Saints are a great story. A franchise, virtually left for dead three seasons ago, rallies the community, becomes an overnight wonder, and appears poised for postseason success at the highest level.

The Colts aren’t. They have Peyton Manning, who is a freakish combination of Albert Einstein and Johnny Unitas, and might be the best QB to ever play the game. They have Bill Polian, who somehow year after year makes every other team look stupid when it comes to the draft and personnel. They have Jim Caldwell, who might just be a robot, because I have yet to see him blink this season, either figuratively or actually. They have a team of guys who keep their mouths shut, play 60 minutes every week, don’t showboat, and get the job done. No controversy. Just football.

So yeah, guys like Jason Cole will write that the Saints are better and that they’re unstoppable and leave the Colts for dead on the side of the road. Ultimately though, both teams are 11-0. The Saints haven’t even won their division yet. They almost assuredly will, but not yet.

Basically, let them talk. Who cares? They keep talking, we keep winning.

Let them hate. Any Given Sunday, anything can happen. The media can’t focus on this because they need narratives to sell stories. As we close in on the playoffs, you’ll hear more and more about the Saints and the Vikings (esp. Brett Farve) and less about the Colts because right now those two teams are battling for the no. 1 seed and could possibly face off in the NFC Championship. The Colts look to be all but locked into that no. 1 spot and the narrative is that they don’t do anything in the playoffs, so they’re seen as “boring” to the media. We can compare stats and wins all day long to make a case for the Colts as #1 and Manning as MVP, but it wouldn’t do any good because at the end of the day, the media needs narrative to sell a story and the most interesting story is the most recent one and the one that has ramifications for the near future.

Mike Florio on PFT today ranks us #3 and states: " OK, they’re undefeated. But they wouldn’t beat the Vikings right now. " He doesn’t know this. He has nothing to back this up, but since it fits the narrative of Saints vs. Vikings, it’s the best statement to make, no matter how ludicrous.

Personally, I hope the story plays out that the Colts and Saints (fuck the Vikings) play in Miami so this storyline can finally be put to rest. Until then, be thankful that the media will continue to underplay the Colts as champions, and the Colts will just keep doing what they do.

Who gives a rats a@@ what people in the media think.
Before this game they were saying the Saints needed to win to be considered legit.
Ha do they really think the Saints players coaches owners and fans dont know were legit.
Now all of the sudden were the best team in the nfl.
We play the Redskins next week they have a very good defense win or lose really is irrelevent,yea it would be nice to go blow them out but if we squeak by with a win or even if we lose so what.
We are who we are just like the Colts
We are both legit contenders but their are other teams that are legit to
In the nfc there’s the Vike’s they are on fire and seem to have the whole package also
In the afc there’s the bengals they are playing very well
I just hope we get to the superbowl against New Orleans favorite son Peyton
good luck

I would love to see a 17-1 Saints vs 17-1 Colts battle. The Saints greatest show on turf impression is downright scary. The Colts have not even played their best football. THAT would be fun.

I envy how the Saints plastered the Pats and made it look effortless. That’s the win I was really, really hoping to see from the Colts. A win is a win and all that but I would love to see the Colts step up and just ruin one of our potential postseason rivals. I want a “statement win”.

That said, you just can’t read too much into any given Colts-Pats game. The two teams play so often they might as well be division rivals. They both spend a huge amount of time trying to figure out how to beat each other. It’s the same as Colts-Texans, sure neither of those wins were terribly convincing, but you have to consider how well-prepared those teams are every time they play each other.

So, whatever. We knew that the Saints boosters would use a big win over NE as their excuse to finally crown the Saints for this year. They will keep beating this drum even if the Colts finish with a better season record. Let them have their fun while the Colts get busy locking up that #1 seed.

reminded me of the 2005 MNF game in Foxborough when the Colts land-blasted the Pats. Good times. Good times.

The Saints played lights-out last night and are a very very good team. I was more impressed with the defense (and an old personal fave – Mike McKenzie) than the offense. Only because the offense delivered what I expected whereas the defense delivered what I didn’t think was possible. It amazes me the 180 the Saints’ D has done since last year.

So, here’s to the Saints ending the favring Favres’ season. And I suppose it will be up to Peyton and the Colts to beat them in the Superbowl. ;-)