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November 2008 ArchivesThe fine folks at profootballweekly.com have decided the NFL's MVP race will come down to two players - New Orleans' Drew Brees and Arizona's Kurt Warner. Right now, they say Warner has the lead. But Brees' finishing five week could ultimately determine the race. ...Alex Marvez of FOX Sports says he can only wonder what it was like in 1973 to see the Buffalo Bills squander O.J. Simpson's 2,000-yard rushing season, but he thinks he might be seeing something similar in N.O. this year as the Saints struggle to stay in the playoff race despite an unbelievable season by Brees. ...ESPN's Kevin Seifert says the Packers' locker room had heads hanging as they admitted to being embarrassed in front of a national audience. Seifert lauds what he called a 'nearly perfect game' from Drew Brees. ...Pat Yasinskas of ESPN ponders whether or not the Saints may be hitting their stride too late to make a difference in a very competitive NFC South. Though he does acknowledge the offense looked awesome Monday night. ...(Game over) The win helps keep the Saints' postseason hopes alive. Drew Brees was 20-of-26 for 323 yards and four touchdowns, 115 of those yards and two of the scores going to Lance Moore. Pierre Thomas added two touchdowns and 87 yards and Deuce McAllister had a score and five yards rushing. <...It's game day, and that means papers from Louisiana and Wisconsin have put out their final stories before tonight's Saints-Packers showdown at the Superdome. The game amounts to a playoff for the playoffs. The loser, in all likelihood, is out. The winner, at least for another week, remains in the race. So, what are those great cheese-loving and cheese-producing fans from the upper Midwest saying about the game? Well, th... According to the NFL.com blog, Saints coach Sean Payton is optimistic that running back Reggie Bush will return to the lineup this coming Monday night. ...Thursday notes: "Just some swelling in his left knee," head coach Sean Payton said. "It was maintenance and just monitoring where he's at. They drained it yesterday and we wanted to rest him today and see if it could calm down some." • ... From the Associated Press: Tailback Aaron Stecker will miss the rest of this season with a hamstring injury. Stecker became the 13th member of the Saints' injured reserve list Tuesday. Stecker had been battling his injury since the first week of the season. He aggravated it on a 12-yard catch early in the first quarter Sunday at Kansas City and left the game. ...Mike Detillier, in a column written prior to Sunday's win at Kansas City, fooled a lot of 'experts' prior to the season, with many having the Black and Gold headed for the NFC South championship and possibly more. ...
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton briefed the media in a press conference on Monday. Here are some notes -- Injury updates: -- Goal line stands:
Pat Yasinskas is joining the the number of people trying to figure out just what the Vilma and Shockey trades could cost the Saints in the draft. According to Yasinskas' research, if the deal for Vilma reached 'second round pick status,' the Saints would owe the Giants a #1 for Shockey, but that would be in 2010's draft. ...As if the Saints didn't need more bad news, the team's Mr. Everything, Reggie Bush, is looking less likely to play Sunday.In the meantime, all of the Kansas City papers are raving about how the Chiefs are getting better and better. ...Calling him the most overrated player in recent sports history Mike Freeman really unloads on Jeremy Shockey and says the Saints got taken in this deal. ...Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com originally trumpeted the Saints acquisition of Jeremy Shockey, but now he's not so sure. ...Tom Thomasen of Bleacher Report wonders is up for the job of coaching the Saints and suggests that teams have figured out that he doesn't like to run the football, so they strictly play the pass. ...With Tracy Porter and Mike McKenzie on the Injured Reserve and with cornerback Aaron Glenn fighting a bum ankle, New Orleans went out and signed former Redskins cornerback Leigh Torrence, the Wasington Post reported Monday afternoon. Torrence played in nine games for Washington this season, totaling 16 tackles and tw... The Sports Network's fantasy sports editor Steve Schwarz puts it all in perspective for the Saints. He says that for fantasy owners, Drew Brees has worked magic while in reality the Saints have fallen on their face. ...Pat Yasinskas of ESPN thinks the Saints should pursue DeAngelo Hall, now that the Raiders have cut him. His reasoning, and I concur, is that the Saints have already shown a penchant to go for broke this year (Vilma, Shockey, etc.) Say what you want about Tom Benson, but he has never been shy about pulling out the checkbook if he think... Post practice report: "I'm not even concerned with it," McAllister said. "Whenever it happens, happen. My focus is Atlanta." He said he doesn't have a problem compartmentalizing the issues while getting ready for another week. "I've got to work so that's what I do," McAllister said. "Th... It's that time of year for New Orleans. We've just passed the bye week and New Orleans sits at 4-4. What are people saying about the Saints right now? Let's find out. Paul Davis over at Bleacher Report says the Saints rate around a B-/C+. Sayeth Mr. Davis: "Something must be done over the bye week and for the upcoming game at ... |
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