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Buccaneers @ Saints: Scouting Report
by Saintsational
on Sep 5, 2008 6:00 AM CDT
It's almost here! It's almost here! We are now two days away from the Saints season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers! I have compiled an assortment of linkage and quotes from behind enemy lines regarding the upcoming game for you guys to check out. Besides getting a little more familiar with the Bucs and what they are thinking as they head into this Sundays matchup, it should also get your blood flowing and build your excitement and anticipation.
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Buccaneers/Saints Preview
With last season's failure still fresh in their minds, expect the Saints to be a focused and fired-up bunch in front of what should be a raucous home crowd on Sunday. That doesn't guarantee an easy victory, however. Tampa Bay will prove to be no pushover and should come in with plenty of motivation as well, since very few observers are expecting the Buccaneers to repeat last year's accomplishments in the topsy-turvy NFC South. If the Bucs can win the turnover battle, an area in which the team excelled in 2007, there's no reason to believe they can't leave the Superdome a game up on their division rival. Still, the Saints' offseason improvements on the defensive side and obvious firepower on offense may prove to be a little too much for the visitors to overcome.
"Realistically, we have an opportunity right here because we have the pieces of the puzzle in place," Brees said. "There are those windows of opportunity for every team and this is a window of opportunity for the New Orleans Saints."
Drew Brees
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Last Call for CSC Pick'em
by Saintsational
on Sep 4, 2008 5:29 PM CDT
Just wanted to remind all of you one last time about the Canal Street Chronicles Pick'em league that we have started. It is open to anyone and everyone! Everyone and anyone! Mom, that means you too! So tell your friends and family. The more people signed up, the better. Go ahead and email this post to anyone in your life who likes football, the Saints, competition and/or losing. In conjunction with FunOfficePools, we will be running a NFL football pick'em game. Let's find out who is really the best prognosticator of the pigskin! Each week we'll be predicting the winners of every NFL football game. We're picking straight up, but you get bonus points for correctly picking underdogs. You always get 1 point if you correctly pick the favorite to win. If the spread is less than 3, than whichever team you pick to win is worth 1 point. If the spread is between 3 and 7, you can earn 2 points for correctly picking the underdog. And if you correctly pick a 7 point or greater underdog, you get 3 points! To participate, just join our pool . It's completely free to play, and FunOfficePools.com is spam-free as well. The pool is open now to join, and first picks are due by Sept 4th - so sign up now! The pool will run the whole regular season. There is no limit to the amount of people who can join, so let's get as many of you signed up as we can, and find out who really is the best at picking winners in football. You''ll first have to create an account, then join the pool. The pool name isCanal Street Chronicles and the password is WhoDat. If you've already signed up, click here to go to the FunOfficePools main page and log in.
Last call!!
For those of you who haven't set your picks yet, DO IT!! They are due this evening!!
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Reminder: Set Your Rosters!
by Saintsational
on Sep 4, 2008 3:00 PM CDT
For those of you fortunate enough to be participating in SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles FanHouse fantasy football league this year, this post serves as a reminder for you to set your roster before game time tonight! Oh yeah, and prepare to lose!
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Buccaneers @ Saints: Game Predictions
by Saintsational
on Sep 4, 2008 6:00 AM CDT
Satchmo26
I think it's time we try and start getting back into normal mode again so without further ado, I bring to you our weekly prediction thread. But of course, first things first. Let's give props to last weeks winner as voted by you. This one was a squeaker, as Satchmo26 barely edged out Steve the fan and Stujo4 for the win. I notice that we don't get too many votes on those polls, so if anyone has any input to make this post better, I would love to hear it.
Now that we've got that out of the way, it's time to reveal last weeks predictions from the Miami game, decide who got it right and who got it oh so wrong and put it to a vote.
| Member Name | Prediction | Analysis |
| asaint |
PT will break of a healthy kickoff return, at least 35+ Pierre will also have an avg of over 5 yds per carry one at least 8 carries, and one for 20+ the kicking battle will not be any easier to determine because they both hit a field goal and the youngin’ boots one for a touchback and one to the 12 yard line(yeah, I’m going ALL out on these) Meachem turns out a solid night with at least 3 catches |
Let's all give it up to asaint for making his first prediction. Unfortunately, it sucked. Please try again this week! |
| Grumps | Jeremy Shockey finally plays and has about 4 looks…catching three… Lance Moore has the most yards receiving of the Saints… Aaron Glenn stands out from the secondary with a few big plays… Palko has two pass td’s and an interception… Saints D stalls the H2 but allows Ricky “i likes my pot” Williams to run for a decent average… |
I'm afraid not.
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| Stujo4 |
Deuce gets 8 touches. No need to use him up. Lots of PT#23 signage around the Dome. Fans demand more playing time for him. General consensus is our 2nd/3rd string plays pretty well and we all take on a false sense of security regarding the Saints bench. The word “deep” gets thrown out a lot. Mehlhaff and Gramatica still virtually tied. More shots of Martin on the sidelines not smiling. Overall, Palko stinks it up. Pushrod draws ANOTHER penalty. Coach Gibbs is not shown on the sideline or in the booth. If he is glimpsed on camera, he is not identified by the announcers. He takes no questions after the game. Has anyone ever actually SEEN this guy? Or is one of the giant flag carrying boys running the Saints D Saintsational Dave holds up a sign saying “Gibbs Gumbo” and is escorted to the Girod Street gutter. Fiance Erin stays in her seat and cries while calculating eBay value of her remaining season tickets. |
Stu was going for the funniest this week it appears. The only one I can give him is his Palko stinking it up prediction, which was so accurate it got Palko cut. |
| TAYDIGGA |
Reggie gets a couple carries—if he plays at all. Same goes for Colston Thomas has a few carries and a few yards, nothing spectacular Stecker has a great game Porter Returns a INT for 30+ yards Game is fun but we lose for some strange reason |
Nope. The game was NOT fun, but we do lose. |
| Steve the fan |
1. Riding a surge from being picked by steve the fan in the CSC fantasy draft, Mighty Martin The Machine Auto-Matica Gramatica will explode, cementing himself not only on the Saints roster for 08-09 but for a spot in the coveted National Football Hall of Fame. Give the man his light yellowish color jacket!
2. The TMG will appear to a chorus of Bronx cheers and will appease the unclean masses by displaying the proper technique in becoming the greatest TMG ever. 3. Shockey will get tossed from the game for doing his best Kyle Turley impersonation. |
Gramatica does win the spot, but not because of anything he did. More from what Mehlhaff doesn't do! |
| Satchmo26 |
1. Henderson will drop yet another well thrown ball (Hey, it worked for me last week so I might as well throw it out there again as a sure bet). If he does drop another one this game, Payton and Loomis will be forced to shop him around for any possible trade partners. There are many teams out there in need of WR’s. 2. The defense, although not as good as last week, will hold the Fish (correction: Ocean Mammals) to 10 points or less. 3. Payton will again decide to not play Shockey tonight and thereby cause the Buc’s to have a harder time game planning for week 1. 4. Deuce will play on one or two drives and run for 20 to 40 yards. He’ll pound one in for a short yardage TD. |
Jesus, Satchmo!! You have some sort of uncanny psychic ability! Henderson DOES drop another well thrown ball. Payton DOES sit Shockey yet again and Deuce runs for 30 yards, exactly between 20 and 40! How many children am I going to have? I don't even think this one needs a vote! |
For funniest prediction, I'll throw it to Grumps for his Ricky Williams nickname. I know Satchmo26 enjoyed it. Keep it up Stujo4, you'll win one of these days.
With the short week last week, I had to post the prediction thread on game day and therefore we didn't have much time for everyone to make them. Hat tip to everyone who still managed to get them in on time. This week, I am leaving plenty of time for everyone to get in there, so be sure to speak up and unleash your inner Ms. Cleo!
We're playing for keeps this time. This is now the real deal! With the starters playing the entire game, it should be easier to make your predictions. So let's see what you got. Let 'em fly!
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"It was on CNN every second of the day, so that's kind of what was on, after breakfast, lunch, dinner, in between meetings and that sort of thing. So we were all kept up to speed," quarterback Drew Brees said after Wednesday's practice in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium. It was the first time players were made available to the media this week.
"Everybody was following it," Brees said. "I mean, literally, if you walked by a TV, you were going to stop and stare at it for like 10, 15 minutes before you went on to do anything else."
"It's kind of a camp atmosphere a little bit," Brees said. "You know, you're not sleeping in your own bed. You're staring at these guys on your team all day long because you have no place else to go. You're spending your free time in a meeting room or a film room.
"You make the most of the circumstances, though. And it's an opportunity for all of us to kind of stay close together, a feeling of unity amongst the team. 'Hey, we're all in this together. We all have the same worries and concerns. So let's make sure we take care of business while we're here so we can obviously take care of business on Sunday."
Drew Brees
Times-Pic
1 day ago
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"When you talk about what they had coming back, and then you throw in the likes of a (Jonathan) Vilma, he's a ringleader," Gruden said. "He's a great linebacker. And Sedrick Ellis is a top-10 pick. We already have tremendous respect for Will Smith. And I didn't even bring up (Bobby) McCray, the fine pass rusher they got from Jacksonville. So they're going to have a very good football team. They brought in a number of corners. So they're going to be outstanding, I think, potentially, this season."
Jon Gruden
Times-Pic
1 day ago
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"This is my home now -- I love this city," Shockey told me. "And this team, no matter what happens, we're gonna ride this out and come back and give this place something to cheer for. Big-time."
Jeremy Shockey
ESPN.com
1 day ago
Saintsational
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Fantasy Football Post on Fake Teams
by Saintsational
on Sep 3, 2008 3:00 PM CDT
Hey guys! Recently, SB Nation asked all of it's football bloggers to write a quick post over at Fake Teams, our Fantasy Sports website. I bet you didn't even know we had one of those, did you? Anyway, they asked us all to write a little something about who we think will be the best fantasy player and best fantasy sleeper from our respective teams. You can check out who I picked right here. I am curious to know what you guys think about my selections. Do you agree? If not, who do you think should be up there? For those of you who play fantasy football, I highly recommend you check it out. I am sure there are quite a few nuggets of information there you can pick up. It might also be time for you to poke around and check out many of the other features here on SB Nation that you have always been curious about but never took the time to explore. I am willing to bet there is a lot here that you never even knew about.
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