Saints Season Side Bet Update

Posted by Benson

Well...well........well....................

So...whether or not you follow the Saints, you have probably heard about their abysmal performance against the St. Louis Rams this past Sunday.  And I do mean abysmal.  It was a tragedy that harkened back to the incredible failure that was the Seahawks game.

Yea, I see where this game is headed...

Except the Rams aren't the Seahawks.  The Rams don't even have a winning record, sitting at 6-8 after having their way with the Saints.  The Rams were playing their backup quarterback with no hopes of getting into the playoffs (though the young QB was doing a very nice job).

The Saints went into that game knowing they could lock in a playoff spot by beating the Rams; knowing that if they lost they would be neck and neck with the Panthers facing an upcoming game against them, this time on the road.

First pass of the game...come on!

And...the Saints played like they forgot how to win a football game.  Brees threw two picks, one on the first throw of the friggin' game, and coughed up a fumble for a third turnover.  He threw a fair few more passes that should have been picks, and was lucky enough to recover another one of his fumbles.  It was a comedy of errors with my beloved Garrett Hartley having two blocked kicks (again, not that making those kicks would have mattered at all.  Mind you he did kick a recovered onsides kick...that we failed to score off of, but that's not his fault.  He did his job...the one that mattered at any rate.).

"Doesn't Drew realize I'm triple covered..."

This at least makes the Saints Season Side Bet a little more interesting.  The Saints now have a 10-4 record with two games left to go, and with the way they have been playing I think it is fair to say that anything could happen.  At the very least we KNOW that one of us will win, but Doug is looking good at 11 wins.

"Yea, I deserve this don't I"

If the Saints lose out, Jamie and Matt come away winners, if they beat the Panthers, pop themselves into the playoffs, and take it easy against the Bucks, Doug will come out a winner.  Alternatively, if they get clobbered by the Panthers and make up for it with a Pyrrhic victory over the Bucks, Doug also comes out on top.  If the Saints buckle down, play tightly, and maybe get a little lucky, I'll be taking home the cash.

Too little too late Drew...