After the complete defeat of the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football, there can be no doubts that both our team and the Chicago Bears will not meet again in the NFC Championship Game. And I wonder how we ever became dillusional enough to believe history would repeat itself. Little was done on paper to improve the team, and many would say that letting a steady kicker and an aging but iconic receiver go did not make this team better.
No draft pick has emerged as an impact player, which is a disturbing reminder of mistakes this franchise has made so often in the past. Not the worst draft of all times, mind you...but an extreme departure from last year's results, probably an indication of the fact that our draftees simply over-achieved as the football-speak goes and their selection was no indication of draft day/war room genius.
And so where does that leave us facing a bye this week and the perennial divison powerhouse Carolina Panthers coming to town to dispense pain-based revenge for taking the division last season, while our team seeks faith-based solutions?
We are looking for wonder-coach to revise the schemes and find answers to our offensive failures. No one expected this team to be a defensive power, but we were supposed to put the points on the board and let the other team try and maintain pace.
With Deuce gone and the defense looking as bad as ever, it looks like die-hard Saints fans like me are going to need to pace ourselves too.
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