Going Back To The Big Easy - Saints Talk

[mussa]

Garcia is not going to win this game for the Eagles, its Westbrook, and Buck and the O-line. I can see The Saints trying to keep Garcia in the pocket, because they are a smart team.  We need to ground and pound the Saints to win.  No reason why we can't run all day on them with our O-line. Its up to the coaches now kids!

[SunMo]

Another stat to throw out there:  the Eagles are 3-0 this season on short weeks (vs DAL, vs CAR, at WSH)

how was carolina a short week?  that was on Monday Night

[rjs246]

I just tried to google it and didn't immediately see an easy answer so forget it. But I've read several articles over the past few years talking about the advantages of home teams coming off of a bye both in the playoffs and during the season. I'm sure there will be another at some point this week. Sports journalists love to recycle their stories.

[SD_Eagle5]

Here's a fact, the Saints have only won 1 playoff game in the existence of their franchise (2000 vs. St. Louis). What influence does that have on Saturdays game? 0

[ice grillin you]

how was carolina a short week?  that was on Monday Night

plus how many of those teams had a week off like the saints will have had...not even sure why easy is touting that number


i expect the eagles to get run out of the building this week...the katrina emotional wave is gonna be to strong...next to that the deciding factor will be the eagles inability to get any kind of pass rush...its been so bad for the better part of three months now...do it again this week and brees will throw for 400 yards

who cares tho...after that giant game i will be on cloud 9 no matter what happens this week...any more wins this season is purely a bonus

[Tomahawk]

I just tried to google it and didn't immediately see an easy answer so forget it. But I've read several articles over the past few years talking about the advantages of home teams coming off of a bye both in the playoffs and during the season. I'm sure there will be another at some point this week. Sports journalists love to recycle their stories.

Don't worry about it as Wingspan's post was informative enough. According to the numbers he posted, since 1997 the home teams are 27-9 (.750 or 3/4 or 75%).

[BigEd76]

Another stat to throw out there:  the Eagles are 3-0 this season on short weeks (vs DAL, vs CAR, at WSH)

how was carolina a short week?  that was on Monday Night

Got distracted and typed the wrong team.  I meant Atlanta instead of Carolina....

[Cerevant]

Don't worry about it as Wingspan's post was informative enough. According to the numbers he posted, since 1997 the home teams are 27-9 (.750 or 3/4 or 75%).

And I predict that trend to continue: Philadelphia, Chicago, San Diego and Baltimore all win this weekend.  75%   

[SunMo]

Got distracted and typed the wrong team.  I meant Atlanta instead of Carolina....

i expect better from you

[Feva]

From Baldinger's article:

The second thing is defending wide receiver Marques Colston. He is such a big kid, and the Eagles need to body him up. If he catches the ball and falls down, he gets a first down. The Eagles need to get up on him, maybe use a big body like Michael Lewis to man him up and get physical with him.

= Death

[Quasimoto]

Well we have two choices.  We can put Lewis in and get burned deep and look foolish.  Or we can put Considine in and have him whiff on a tackle at the line of scrimmage and look foolish.  Pick your poison.

[Zanshin]

Well, neither of those guys have any business lining up over Colston in single coverage.  Not much doubt about that.

[Feva]

Well we have two choices.  We can put Lewis in and get burned deep and look foolish.  Or we can put Considine in and have him whiff on a tackle at the line of scrimmage and look foolish.  Pick your poison.

I dunno, call me crazy... but I figure that Colston warrants putting a corner on him instead of a safety... but that's just me. 

[Quasimoto]

Hanson is going to maul him at the line.  I can feel it now.

I'm really worried about the homefield factor for the Saints.  The Iggs are going to have to play so carefully not to get some really ticky tacky calls.  Though this past weekend's game proved that the refs suck no matter where they are.  I figured we'd have that whole "we're at home so we'll get some calls our way" thing going but that never really happened.  I know the yellow hankies will be flying everywhere in NO.

[Dillen]

I remember the "Who the hell Joselio Hanson?" topic and someone said if he has any decent amount of playing time the team is going to be in shambles. He's actually been a good find.