I see, Dads. So, would you call the secret to the Saints success an instance of scheduling to lowered expectations?
Okay, and that's a loaded question but I've often wondered whether it benefits a team to play a patsy schedule. They might forgo a few losses but are they getting the regular season experience they need to advance deep into the playoffs?
The schedule can usually and not always determine a teams success, each team has its lows and highs each year. How that schedule will effect the win loss record can only be determined after the season has started. I know it looks like an easy schedule, but to be frank, previous years our division was much tighter as well as others, some of the teams we are playing this year did much better in previous years than we know today.
I don't think that playing patsy teams helps by no means, since your going to have to face a hard core team in the end that may have dominated earlier games, but so far the saints have done well with some of the "current" NFL leaders, if they were overrated that could be debated or not, but it is what it is.
Do you think the Atl game will be close? If we perform like we did last week I'm sure it will be out of control...to me unless our D picks up the pace like they did late last week, it will be a point toss up between Ryan and Brees.
Which leads me to answer YES, this should be a close game, NO and ATL have a history of some awesome games no matter who is leading the division that year it ends up being a battle and good football for the fans.
I unfortunately found out today that I will not be available to watch the game Mon night, I will be out at sea for the night, thank goodness for DVR.
