Saints Win 2 In a Row. Can We Say STREAK!!!!
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by user Nola Chick
A pathetic streak, yes...but we'll take it however we can get it. The New Orleans Saints pulled off their second win of the season against those seemingly salmonella plagued Dirty Birds. If you were able to stomach the entire game without reaching for a bottle of Pepto (or a sharp object to stab yourself in the eye), consider yourself a true warrior.
To call the win ugly would be like calling Britney Spears "challenged." This win was downright horrific. For a while, it seemed like the Saints' secondary was dead set on letting Byron Leftwich and Roddy White look like the second coming of Tom Brady and Randy Moss. As for the offense, you started to get the feeling you were watching an episode of Quantam Leap, except it was Rex Grossman who had somehow made the "leap" into the body of Drew Brees. Meanwhile, we Saints fans cringed, desperately begging for Ziggy to get Rex on to his next destination.
The Saints put together 3 decent drives, each of which yielded a touchdown. They even tacked on a 2 point conversion for good measure. But those 22 points were hard fought and overshadowed by shoddy play on both sides of the ball and way too many unnecessary penalties. (Two holding penalties negated 20 yards on the ground by Reggie Bush.) Towards the end of it all, Saints fans got a sinking feeling that this ugly mess would end with the Falcons' geriatric kicker Morten Andersen scoring the game winning field goal. Man, I love it when we're wrong!
If you want the stats, click here, cause hey, I'm no analyst. But allow me to pull a Billy Crystal and "Analyze This." The Saints have a highly manageable schedule ahead of them. In fact, only 3 of the 10 remaining teams have winning records. If they can pull at least another 7 ugly wins out of their hats, (including two against division rivals) they'll be sitting pretty come December in the NFC South.
