A season that started riddled with injuries will end with a side of suspensions. The NFL laid down a four week smack down against 6 players (including 3 Saints) for violating the league’s policy on steroids and related substances. That means unless the Saints miraculously make the playoffs, we’ve seen the last of Will Smith and Deuce McAllister in ‘08, along with the already on IR Charles Grant. In Deuce’s case, it may be his end as a Saint period. (“Waiter, there’s a ’sigh’ in my soup…”)
The “good” news, the suspensions shouldn’t have too dramatic an impact on the team. We hardly run Deuce, Grant’s already out, and Will Smith hasn’t exactly been the king of the pass rush lately. The bad news, the way our season’s going, it probably wouldn’t have mattered either way.
Now that I’ve rehashed all this old news, I leave you Saints fans with some questions to ponder:
1) At what point do we yell “Check Please” and start playing for Draft position?
2) Who the hell did we piss off in a former life to deserve this kind of torture from the football gods?
3) How do we spoil things for the Falcons and the Panthers and still somehow manage to get a good spot in the draft order?
4) How the hell do you “shoot yourself” at a club Plaxico? No…really?
Ponder to yourself, or feel free to share with the class…
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Sigh. I am really having motivation problems. I can’t believe I am burning frequent flier and hotel points for this Atlanta game. Forget playing for draft position. We should do our best to spoil Atlanta. Trade Reggie for some good draft picks.
This weekend’s Cafe 641 Blueplate Special:
Payton’s “If you don’t check your pass-happy ego at the door and start running the ball, you’re gonna wind up making cookies at Jim Haslett’s unemployment party, you arrogant fuck!” Souffle
LMMFAO at Chef. Hahahahaha.
1. Never! We only get to see the Saints 16 times a year. I want as many of those as possible to be pleasant experiences, because there aren’t enough of ‘em and the wait is too long once they’re done. It’s just as easy to pick a bust at 10 as it is at 20. Never waste 1 of your 16 on a loss for the sake of draft position.
2. I’m pretty sure it’s the whole momotheism thing. The football gods are Zeus and company. It’s why the Titans are doing so well.
3. Marteen took care of the second part earlier in the year. As for the first part, Drew’s got that covered.
4. Just keepin’ it real. I just wish it had happened in August. To Marteen.
Yeah, “momotheism” is an actual thing. Totally meant to do that.
D’oh.
We pissed of ALOT of football deities repeatedly to end up with a season like this one…we need to go make a sacrifice to the gods.
As for Plaxico…I don’t even have words for that.
wang, i ask that from here on out you refrain from using words in your comments that force me to turn to wikipedia. good call on point 4 though. guess it was a classic case of dave chapelle’s “when keeping it real goes wrong.”
ooh chef, i’ll take that with a side of “jammal branch hold ‘deez nuts’ if you get another penalty called on you” pate.