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Got back late from the game. It was incredibly loud and intimidating! The Dome and Saints fans are worth an easily 3 - 5 points or more by themselves in a playoff game IMHO.Originally Posted by johnnylightnin
Rankins being injured is a huge blow for the defense as he became a sack machine and run stuffer this year for us from his DT position.
That said, we can take beat the Rams with a quick start on offense next week and our D is better vs. theirs.
Photo on Facebook making the rounds of post game prayer, players from both teams kneeling/praying together. Front and center in that photo...#49 of the Eagles, our very own Boston Scott.
Love the NFL or hate it - the one thing you have to admit is that they have the best play-off sit up there is
Perfect number
Perfect framework
Perfect timing
All with a very meaningful regular season with divisional play (I know some would rather have top 6 regardless of division)
Over and done with championship in basically one month
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Agreed. I know there is talk of going to 8 for FBS, but 12 might be the magic number. Give out 4 byes to reward strength of schedule and keep the P5s happy. Take the top 8 conference champs and award 4 at large selections. First two rounds at home of higher seeds, and semifinal and final at a bowl site.
So very true.
And at least in the games I've seen, all of the players and staff of both teams are standing during the National Anthem.
That's the interesting thing about the Chief's defense. They give up 27 points on the road but just 17 at home.
Because the Saints won the game the missed calls and the phantom calls were pushed to the backburner. But head referee Carl Cheffers really had a bad night. Two of the holding calls on the Saints - one on Andrus Peat where Fletcher Cox bull rushed him to the ground and then fell on top of him- and the other on Max Unger, where the d lineman fell to the ground while being blocked - were both phantom calls. The other was the hand to Brees' face on that last drive of the first half. A correct call would have set the Saints up for a possible TD just before the half. They settled for 3.
There is speculation floating around that maybe Cheffers was "compensating" after this article was published. It correctly pointed out that the Saints are 11-1 when Cheffers calls a game.
https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2019...elphia-eagles/
Found this about Rams fans petitioning to remove the ref assign to the NFC Championship game: https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2019...m-saints-rams/
I hope the refs do a great job...and may the best team win. But, if the refs have an influence on the outcome, I hope that favors the Saints. What I expect is the Saints to get screwed again. It's not just the calls made, it's also the calls not made that cause the refs to influence an outcome.
I know this, we fans can get all upset and rant & rave before, during and after the game about the refs, but the players can't let that bother them. You see games when the players start worrying about the refs, arguing every call, and lose focus on their jobs. That gets you beat.
And this petition can cause the refs to over-compensate just so they prove the Rams' fans wrong. Seen that happen before too.
Going with the home teams...
Chiefs 30 Pats 24
Saints 31 Rams 28
NE is 6-1 at home in AFC Championship games and 2-3 on the road. Under Bilicheck/Brady they are 21-3 at home in the playoffs. Not so good on the road. Chiefs get it done.
31-28 is the score the Saints beat the Rams to get our first ever playoff win. They were the St. Louis Rams at that time, but still...
The key is the Saints rush defense vs. the Rams running attack. The Dallas D couldn't stop the Rams running the ball, so I don't know how well the Saints' D will do. But! to win the game, the Saints' D has to find a way to slow down Gurley & Company. Not having Rankins sucks. If the Rams have their way running the ball, well then...it's not gonna be a happy day for the Who Dat Nation.
Yeah, there are other factors. Brees and the O need to shake out of this 2-month funk they have been mired in. Scoring 19 pts...which is what the O has averaged the last 8 games...won't win this game.
It’s game day! Even with Rankins, Kirkwood, and Watson out, the line is still Saints -3. All the Rams are healthy. Let’s see how it plays out, but I’m optimistic. Saints are also still the favorite to win the Super Bowl.
If this game was being played in L.A., Rams would win, and probably fairly comfortably, like 10-14 pts. If this game was being played on a neutral site, a true neutral site, Rams would have the edge in a close one. Probably a last possession type of game, one score. But, with the Dome Field Advantage, I'm taking the Saints by 3.
Saints 34 Rams 27
Pats 31 Chiefs 24
I would like to see a Chiefs vs Saints Super Bowl, but I will go with the underdog Pats unitil someone beats them or they run into the Saints.
See you at 2:05!
WHO DAT!!
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