Question about Saints and all their... Crap?

The media can be a strange, bipolar (not exactly the right word) animal. On the one hand, they still desperately want to believe that the Patriots are the best team ever, and on the other they are looking for the new kid on the block. They’ve found that new kid in the Saints, especially after their beat-down of the Patriots.

It’s a feel-good story for whom you can be assured someone in Hollywood is already writing the script… a city that was absolutely devastated by semi-natural disaster, a local economy that was already fragile crushed by the disaster plus economic downturn, finally has something – however unimportant in the grand scheme of life – to hang on to and cheer about. For that, and for the fact that the Saints have indeed been winning their games, I don’t begrudge the media their fascination.

Do I think people will jump off bridges if the Saints are “exposed”? Yes, but only because the media will immediately redirect everyone’s attention to the Pats.

I’m not even sure how to respond to this except I’m a big Peyton Manning fan due to his father. Just like i’m a big Brett Favre fan becaause i live on the ms. gulf coast where he’s from.
Weather you think the Saints are over hyped or not we are 11-0 just like the colts so good luck against tenn. and we will see who’s 12-0 on sunday

The Saints and Brees are good stories, for sure, but I don’t know that they’re really being too hyped right now. They are 11-0 after all. And Brees almost set the passing yards record last year. Plus, he went to college in this state, so we should feel some sort of affection for him (and I’m saying this as an IU grad, only because our football team is irrelevant).

As for facing adversity, they had had comebacks this year. Off the top of my head, I remember Miami should have beat them and the Saints came back to win that one. Maybe that’s the only actual comeback but they have had some tough games too.

Look, there really isn’t all that much to hate about the Saints unless you hate feel-good stories (and in this over saturated media world, that’s understandable). But Brees really is a great guy who’s had to overcome some physical limitations to become one of the best QB’s in the league. Colston was nearly the last pick in the draft at a position that is usually highly drafted. The city really did go through hell and is still in recovery. And for everyone who hates USC, Bush is becoming more expendable game by game.

If the Colts have to share the undefeated spotlight with another team, I’m not sure there’s anyone else I’d rather share it with.

Yes, your bias is messing up your perception.
1. Saints have only had a few perfect games, but their most perfect game was against the Pats on national tv. This helps them out. They performed their best on the biggest stage so far this season. They also pounded the Giants when the Giants were still hot and were everyone’s pick to win the NFC. The Saints have actually done their best against the best teams. That deserves some hype.
2. The Who Dat has been a Saints thing for as long as I can remember. They’ll not be giving it up even if their team sucks. It has always been there. It has nothing to do with success, it’s just part of their identity. Obviously a Saints fan can explain it better.
3. They’ve faced adversity and done fine. They faced a huge deficit in their Miami game and came back by the will of force. Same in the Carolina game, when their defense sealed the deal. They’ve had a few comebacks as well and they’re also a great frontrunner. They also have had their share of injuries. All of that is adversity. Their 11-0 is just as impressive or more so than ours. They’ve beaten four teams w/ a winning record and all of them convincingly.
4. No, the whole nation still hasn’t made them the superbowl favorite. I see most people picking the Vikes out of that conference, just like they’re picking anyone but the colts from the AFC. They really don’t have the hype say the 07 Pats had.

Saints being perfect doesn’t make the Colts any less perfect. I’ll be rooting for them to go undefeated just like I’ll be rooting for us do the same (but we won’t as we’ll start resting.)

I lived in LA until I moved to IN in ‘96 so I suffered enough in my fan-dom, lol. Also I went to Purdue so I’m a big Drew Brees fan. That said, I do not believe Brees is overrated in the slightest. You don’t come one pass short of setting the passing record in a single season and be a slouch. And the GMs and Payton are doing a terrific job over there finding veteran players that no one wants and having them play an intricate role. That’s one thing I wished the Colts could do better.

If Coach of the Year could go to a coordinator it needs to go to their Defensive Coordinator Greg Williams (it is Greg Williams right? I’m too lazy to google it and check). He has done a terrific job turning a bad defense into a respectable one, one that can score points and get the offense back onto the field.

All in all, I believe that Saints are getting the right about of respect and press coverage and I would be ecstatic if both teams met in the Super Bowl (undefeated or not) and I would not be sad about the outcome of that game either way it goes.

I enjoy the C’mon man segment

Boiler up!

We’re flying under the radar, somehow. Undefeated teams having smashed good sides like the Patriots should be getting hype, this is the NFL, it’s bloody hard to win 5 straight, let alone 12. The Saints deserve all the press they’re getting.

Now the Favres, they’re overhyped.

They are no threat to us if or until we meet them in the SuperBowl.