tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74777214918582883182024-03-05T08:33:50.953-08:00Jeremy Shockey ReduxSaints win the Super Bowl!
And I badass it back to the Pro Bowl!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-31508153052708792942010-02-01T02:26:00.000-08:002010-02-01T02:26:33.684-08:00Stunning Euphoria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V8Vjtq5gy_YnKSunrdZoVuiHf49AHMDjyeIXpihf6Q3CMuTa0rddAVdbvMGHAuzCOZ9A0AHhr3VeRT2UuqaGO6zBnftDYMB8v3PUS-nKwCDvYZdwy7NvQ9ghyphenhyphenRpw_JopebTQITbb_fs/s1600-h/Hartley+celebrates+with+team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V8Vjtq5gy_YnKSunrdZoVuiHf49AHMDjyeIXpihf6Q3CMuTa0rddAVdbvMGHAuzCOZ9A0AHhr3VeRT2UuqaGO6zBnftDYMB8v3PUS-nKwCDvYZdwy7NvQ9ghyphenhyphenRpw_JopebTQITbb_fs/s400/Hartley+celebrates+with+team.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br />
Jshox would like to apologize for being silent for more than a week after the greatest moments in Saints' history.<br />
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But it just goes to figure, after starting this blog in preseason, I get sidelined by a work/living transition during a part of the year none of us have ever seen the Saints still alive.<br />
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Saints Alive!<br />
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I'm feeling pretty good about this matchup with the Colts. For one thing, I can't think of a single game where the Colts lit up an opponent like what we did to the Giants, Hoodies, and Cardinals. Peyton's team has been on survivor-mode all season.<br />
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But give Sean and Drew a couple weeks to plan and design and, oila, the Pats and Cardinals are burned to smithereens.<br />
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History is on our side. I even say the NFL's whorific attempt to claim rights to 'Who Dat!' is, in part, a presumption that a dynasty could possibly be in the making, although the corporate vermin who run the NFL didn't care who said 'Who Dat!' or sold a shirt with the phrase for the past 30 years.<br />
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Whatever. I have to admit that when this blog started, I, jshox, thought it was more likely Shockey himself would 'badass' it back to the Pro Bowl before the Saints reached the Super Bowl. But I prefaced the description of this blog with 'Saints Win the Super Bowl!' So consider this site a token to destiny.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-12765204481508974722010-01-22T02:27:00.003-08:002010-01-22T06:29:24.045-08:00Keep bringing wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2mvXw6D1USWpJ1YFrT2So30BB5xZZpsKMfoQUs2gfa40LYn0S1T9-D2gGffaZK7BYRPXNietllveO9312HwwXi1YpT8_c1uVLqKaR8O55chlYROUQQEBnX0ooKkIEz6Il2HAZIeX6vg/s1600-h/Reggie+outruns+em.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2mvXw6D1USWpJ1YFrT2So30BB5xZZpsKMfoQUs2gfa40LYn0S1T9-D2gGffaZK7BYRPXNietllveO9312HwwXi1YpT8_c1uVLqKaR8O55chlYROUQQEBnX0ooKkIEz6Il2HAZIeX6vg/s400/Reggie+outruns+em.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
</div>Last Sunday's victory against the Cardinals was the greatest playoff game in Saints' history.<br />
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It was also Reggie Bush's most explosive. It stacks against any singular performance he dished for USC. <br />
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On Sunday the Saints play the biggest home game in the history of New Orleans professional sports. It's history some -- like me -- had felt would elude us forever after our team won its first playoff game (2000 against the Rams) only to fall next to the Vikings, 34-16.<br />
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</div>Yeah, Minnesota. The Saints, who are 2-7 thus far in the playoffs and will be fighting tooth and nail for a third win, also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o60t89P7r2k&feature=PlayList&p=24C3CA7AF99C1509&index=0"><b>dropped their first playoff game to the Vikings in 1987.</b></a><br />
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Yep, we got a heaping pile of history.<br />
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Of course those games were eons ago in the time line of professional football. And rosters change. But colors stay the same. And epic games in which your beloved sports team gets crushed don't fade easily. They stick in your craw like Skittles compacted in the cavities of your freshly pulled third molars and resurface with surprise when you see something good -- like the 49ers' heir to Joe Montana winning Super Bowls or a bowl of freshly popped popcorn. <br />
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Which is kind of like saying it takes a stud quarterback to make a second appearance in the NFC Championship in four years. This is the Drew Brees era.<br />
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But it's also coach Sean Payton's, who now seemed to have presciently held Reggie back much of this season while he regained strength following knee surgery. During pre-game against the Cardinals Reggie gripped a bat emblazoned with 'Bring da Wood' before splitting Arizona's defense with a north-south running attack that No. 25 had never displayed in the Dome before. It's like what G. Bomb said in the comments: "He hit those guys early and they went 'Hey, aren't you supposed to be dancing and stuff back there until I catch you?' 'No,' Reg said, 'coach said bring the wood. So I am bringing something. Even though I don't know what that means.'"<br />
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</div>It seems that no one in this country realizes what this Saints season for the fans means. Like as if the city of New Orleans is rebuilt and the washing away of 42 years of mental anguish and ineptitude for a sports team is less a story than an over-the-hill solipsistic quarterback who went to the Dark Side for one last chance at glory and a new Wrangler jeans contract.<br />
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It's like a fluff fest for 40-year-old Favre out there. And his biggest lover, Madden, isn't even around to fellate with the rest. <br />
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</div>The Saints are used to getting hosed. As one of five football teams to never reach the Super Bowl -- including Browns, Lions, Jaguars and Texans -- the Black and Gold are on the brink in its own venue and set to recalibrate the way a nation and sports culture identify with a city's team.<br />
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Destiny, which doesn't count yet for the Jaguars and Texans because they are still infants in the realm of expansion teams, is on the Saints' side. Revenge is ours against the Vikings. And Favre, who hasn't won a road playoff game in 12 years, is set to crack. I've watched him this year and he played his best game against the Cowboys -- no way he follows that with an identical performance.<br />
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</div>I see Favre getting smashed in the mouth and intercepted at least twice. Yep: twice.<br />
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As for Brees and Co., it will be same 'ol same 'ol: Saints score at least 35.<br />
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This is a new Saints era. No one outside the team and fan base is ready to accept the team as contenders -- but one more win will change that.<br />
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No one is ready to accept Brees as the best quarterback in the NFL, despite breaking records and putting up better numbers these past two seasons than the Colts' quarterback -- but one more win will change that.<br />
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</div>The main ingredient is there. The most explosive offense is ready. We're already proud of our Saints team, but let's cheer them on so we can proudly back our loyalty in the face of Cowgirls, Massholes and numerous other douchebag fans of America.<br />
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Since I was born, Saints quarterback spot, you've come a long way, baby: Archie Manning, Bobby Scott, Bobby Douglass, Dave Wilson, Ken Stabler, Guido Merkens (why bother with a last name when you have that perfection?), Ken Stabler, Dave Wilson, Richard Todd, Bobby Hebert, John Fourcade, Steve Walsh, Mike Buck, Wade Wilson, Jim Everett, Doug Nussmeier, Heath Shuler, Billy Joe Hobert, Danny Weurffel, Billy Joe Tolliver, Kerry Collins, Jake Delhomme, Jeff Blake, Aaron Brooks, Todd Bouman.<br />
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And coaches too (Ditka was only half dumb, Mora was total passive-aggressive asshole (NSFW)): <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Hksc_CdW48&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Hksc_CdW48&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-47687410827256818812010-01-15T13:59:00.000-08:002010-01-15T13:59:37.975-08:00The Deuce is loose!In what is undoubtedly the most surprising and inspiring game plan this season, the Saints have re-signed half back legend Deuce McAllister a day before the divisional playoff game against the Cardinals.<br />
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So far most sources are saying Deuce will be listed as inactive but an honorary team captain. While that's great, this smells as of a purely a crowd-motivational move, and also a psychological one. The Dome wasn't rocking when the Cowgirls came to town a few weeks ago and Dallas won easily.<br />
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But when Deuce is introduced, you know the crowd will go nuts. And the signing has likely gotten most of Who Dat Nation wondering what the signing of Deuce means instead of fretting about Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald. Slick move, Saints organization. And with that, here's a tribute to No. 26, who embodied both power and speed. <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DxR78x7-7_w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DxR78x7-7_w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-48126644318334620902010-01-12T01:25:00.000-08:002010-01-12T02:34:42.063-08:00Bring on the CardinalsAfter watching that 51-45 barn-burner in which Arizona outlasted Green Bay with a turnover returned for a touchdown, I'm not sure it mattered who won. Either team is a tough match-up. <br />
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Indeed, Arizona will be tough. Obviously this team can stretch the field like a coonass can stretch a pot of chili with rice.<br />
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Defense on either side might be an afterthought.<br />
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But here's how we'll be alright: Drew Brees and the boys score seven on their first possession, just like they did in every game of the first half of the season, and finish strong in the fourth quarter.<br />
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Until the last third of the season, no other team was more impressive than the Saints with beginning and finishing a game.<br />
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As for the defense, we can only hope for a few three-and-outs; a couple turnovers. Arizona seems to have hit its prime with the passing game at the right time of year, just like last year. The best possible scenario, I believe, for defending Arizona is to get ahead quickly and make the Cardinals play catch-up. <br />
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The defense will get its turnovers. <br />
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Also, after weeks of substitutes, Gregg Williams will finally have the luxury of calling blitz packages with an entirely healthy secondary. Jabari Greer, our best cornerback, is returning after several weeks of being sidelined by a MCL injury, and Tracy Porter and Scott Fujita should be in tip-top shape.<br />
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And I'm sure GW will have schemes designed to kill those post routes the Cardinals used to destroy the Packers. <br />
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Defensive end Charles Grant, however, is lost for the playoffs with a torn tricep. But defensive end Will Smith is the star in our front-four pass rush, clocking in twice as many sacks as Grant; and more tackles. And backups Bobby McCray, Anthony Hargrove and Paul Spicer shouldn't be a big drop off from Grant's play.<br />
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We hope not. <br />
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First off all, GW should plan to wear a visor and punk them blonde tips. That shit is scary. With that in order the blitz packages should fall in line. <br />
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In other news, besides Drew Brees getting hosed by voters who chose Peyton Manning for MVP a second consecutive season, despite Brees' nearly breaking Dan Marino's single-season passing yardage record (falling 15 yards short) in '08 and completing over 70 percent of passes this season, a new NFL record . . . <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/07/AR2010010702947.html"><b>my quarterback is smarter than your quarterback.</b></a><br />
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As previously posted here, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis, who felt in 1974 that his team was intimidated by the Big Red Machine before pumping them up with yells of "We gonna get down! We gonna do the do! I'm going to hit these motherfuckers!" and beaning Rose, Bench, and three other players before getting tossed (his team got the message and won), had a interesting <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7477721491858288318&postID=4812664431833462090" http:="" watch?v="_vUhSYLRw14&feature=player_embedded#"" www.youtube.com=""><b>documentary made about a certain no-hitter he threw in 1970.</b></a><br />
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Although Mark McGwire admitted today that he did use steroids during his career and 1998, when he smashed 70 home runs and Roger Maris' record of 61, the latest baseball documentary to go viral is one about Keith Hernandez: <object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4288854&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4288854&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/4288854">I'm Keith Hernandez</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user992997">water&power</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-43472613403641196692009-12-31T02:43:00.000-08:002009-12-31T02:58:44.133-08:00Let's do what we do -- let's be special!My Grandpa and Uncle Boo used to say there are only two teams you ever cheer for -- the Saints and whoever's playing the Cowboys.<br />
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This code of fandom was usually reminded to me on the way home from a Saints and Buccaneers game in the Dome, back in the '80s, when the Bucs were horrible and I was young -- and older relatives joined my Grandpa and Uncle Boo for better games.<br />
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</div>So it still pains me to have watched the Saints get a boot in their ass from the Cowgirls.<br />
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And it churned greasy bacon and eggs on top the previous night's whiskey and Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale in my stomach to watch the Saints get shutout by the Bucs in the second half and lose by an overtime field goal. <br />
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I was bitter. And I was traveling and visiting relatives during the holidays. Without a laptop. And too pissed to hop on an in-law's pc and blog about two games the Saints showed up a total three quarters for.<br />
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I'm sure we're all bitter. But remember this: so far this season has been one a fan can only dream about. And it's far from over. <br />
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Ironically, the Saints can prove their road invincibility by beating Carolina, although the only road win that matters from here on out is the one in Miami: the Super Bowl. <br />
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Still, the Saints should destroy the Panthers -- like they did the Jets, Giants and Patriots -- so they can get their swagger back and game-plan aggressively with confidence for the playoffs. <br />
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</div>After all, it'll be a new decade. A new year to spit-shine the rust off the run-defense that made Cadillac Williams look like a Pro Bowler and Tony Romo a Top Five quarterback, instead of just a smirking douchebag. <br />
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Let's hope the offense in this Carolina game will get back to 40-plus-point scoring fashion. It will be special against a Panthers defense that has allowed less than 12 points a game in its last five match ups. <br />
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I want to see the Saints air it out. Let's watch Drew Brees and our offensive arsenal torch them cats -- let's do what we do and let's be special.<br />
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The running game, honestly, with Brees and Sean Payton -- and the arsenal -- forever shall be, secondary. We are the forerunners in the modernization of the NFL: pass, pass and more pass. Only rely on the run in red-zone, short-yardage and run-out-the-clock situations.<br />
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</div>Let's slide into this postseason with our guns blazing. <b>Our defense is still ranked third in pass defense</b>, behind the Jets and Bills, and Jabari Greer is due back. <br />
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Our defense is still ranked ninth in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" post-edit.g?blogid="7477721491858288318&postID=4347261340364119669"" www.blogger.com="">http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/2_988_Bendability_Index.html</a>"><b>bendability index.</b><br />
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And our offense is the only one to score 500 points. And by the way, Brees leads the quarterbacks of the Colts and Chargers, teams that lead in power rankings, with a 109.6 passer rating and 33.3 ppg.<br />
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The Saints are doing better than your TV-shooting-neighbors would lead you to believe. It's damn hard to win more than 13 games a season. Just ask the 2008 Steelers (12-4), 2007 Giants (10-6), 2006 Colts (12-4), and 2005 Steelers (11-5).<br />
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Who was the last team to win a Super Bowl with 14-2 reg-season record, you ask? Yep, the 2004 Patriots. And they did it in 2003 too. But shit on them.<br />
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</div>So it's time to concede that I, jshox, the alter ego of Jeremy Shockey, is a bit disappointed my namesake did not make the Pro Bowl. But this blog is really about the Super Bowl!<br />
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And there's always next year.<br />
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However, let's congratulate the Saints who have been honored this year among peers and fans: Brees, Jahri Evans, Darren Sharper, Jonathan Stinchcomb, and Jonathan Vilma.<br />
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Now let's put our Who Dat! asses in Miami for another reason.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-59636906342195043102009-12-15T03:25:00.000-08:002009-12-15T03:45:10.412-08:00Most single-season wins ever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufZEOjQq-_DUhWejaepGCeaAFp9D3YBEeVNhGbDMoAzX8IgJ9OC0HazgjTgOAcI6p6VY10M6hHPZWLFV2VkwcOhlyw9qiUQtQovMd3BZpVmmqYKu3J8nFBuWfkHjMAiYY-io1oZdF7CM/s1600-h/Who+Dat+Nation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufZEOjQq-_DUhWejaepGCeaAFp9D3YBEeVNhGbDMoAzX8IgJ9OC0HazgjTgOAcI6p6VY10M6hHPZWLFV2VkwcOhlyw9qiUQtQovMd3BZpVmmqYKu3J8nFBuWfkHjMAiYY-io1oZdF7CM/s400/Who+Dat+Nation.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>With the Saints marching to 13 wins, the team's most in a single season, Who Dat Nation has plenty to cheer about. The Saints swept division-rival Falcons 26-23 in Atlanta on Sunday, a feat I didn't think was possible in August, and keep the magic of an undefeated season alive.<br />
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The Saints' previous best two regular seasons were in 1987 and 1992, both of which they won 12 games, only to get drubbed in the playoffs 44-10 by the Vikings and 36-20 by the Eagles, respectively.<br />
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In fact, the Saints and Colts have already joined a very elite club even if neither go 16-0. Only five other teams have gone 13-0.<br />
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Here's how that panned out: 2007 Patriots, 16-0, lost Super Bowl XLII; 2005 Colts, 14-2, lost divisional playoff; 1998 Broncos, 14-2, won Super Bowl XXXIII; 1972 Dolphins, 14-0, won Super Bowl VII; 1934 Bears, 13-0, lost NFL Championship.<br />
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With that record in mind, it's safe to assume both the Saints and Colts have an 80 percent chance of playing in the Super Bowl. Of course, history will be made if both teams go 16-0 to get there, wherein the Saints crush the Colts 36-24.<br />
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Needless to say, that fearless prediction will prove true as long as cornerbacks Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter return healthy. Linebacker Scott Fujita will be a welcome return over third-string action too. Because we're gonna need the best talent our roster has to offer if we're gonna stop Peyton Manning's aerial attack.<br />
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Especially after witnessing the defense allow two Sundays in a row quarterbacks Jason Campbell and Chris Redman pass all over it as if they're Peyton Manning. Filling in for injured Matt Ryan in his first full game, Redman chunked the pigskin around for 303 yards.<br />
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</div>Sedrick Ellis got a handle on Redman in the first quarter. But the front four didn't put him on his backside enough and had zero sacks.<br />
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However I'm confident the return of Greer and Porter -- which is highly likely since neither have been moved to the injured reserve list -- will get defensive coordinator Gregg Williams' schemes back to their disruptive orders, allowing the front four to wreak more havoc.<br />
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When it looked like the Saints put the game away in the third quarter by going up 23-9 with a Reggie Bush screen, the Falcons got right back in it with Redman's 50-yard-pass to Michael Jenkins. Williams had dialed up a "Chucky" -- a double cornerback blitz he had designed years ago when facing Jon Gruden's Buccaneers -- and the Falcons immediately recognized it and got free safety Darren Sharper to bite with a stutter to a seam route over the top.<br />
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When the same thing had happened in the first quarter Jenkins had dropped the ball. <br />
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</div>Reggie had a big day with two touchdown catch-and-runs and also ran for 33 yards on six carries. His 79 all-purpose yards was a great return to the lineup -- again.<br />
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Stay healthy Reggie.<br />
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For the second week in a row middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma practically saved the game himself. It's like as if he's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98uDkyzVvSc"><b>Mr. T with a Night-F Mohawk</b></a>, intercepting passes on final drives or shutting down the Falcons in the middle on fourth-and-two.<br />
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With 1:12 remaining, Vilma sniffed out a short pass to Jason Snelling -- the same play went for 38 yards in the first quarter -- and stuffed the running back on fourth down.<br />
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It was a pretty big deal because the Falcons were at mid-field and had plenty of time to tie it up.<br />
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Of course, if kicker Garrett Hartley hadn't missed that extra point in the first half the game wouldn't have been another fibrillative story.<br />
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Then again, if we had just kicked a field goal on our final drive the Falcons would have been forced to score a touchdown to win it.<br />
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Instead, coach Sean Payton ordered a fake. And who else but Mark Brunell rolled out to his left and attempted to line up guard Carl Nicks, of all people, though I won't question <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2008/draft/players/7031.html"><b>his athleticism</b></a>, for a touchdown pass, before checking down to tight end Darnell Dinkins in the flat. But Brunell waited too long to pass, so when Dinkins caught it he was already stepping out of bounds.<br />
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But did Nicks' fat man route running fire me up? You bet!<br />
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</div>Despite the close wins these past two weeks, the Saints have remarkably allowed only two sacks and two turnovers in the past three games.<br />
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Drew Brees rarely rolls out of the pocket and almost always steps up to get defenders behind him, but showed some nimbleness by evading Thomas DeCoud.<br />
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Falcons coach Mike Smith provided<br />
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</div>some comic relief in the third quarter when he smashed his headset after the Falcons were penalized for pass interference.<br />
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On Sunday Terry Bradshaw expressed concern for the Saints moving away from a balanced attack. The Saints have thrown the ball more than 40 times in the past two weeks while running it about 25 times a game.<br />
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Then again, in just 49 plays while destroying the Patriots, the Saints ran the ball 26 times and Brees had 23 pass attempts <a href="http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_3002_Brees:_the_best_day_ever.html"><b>for the best day ever.</b></a> <br />
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Pierre Thomas has thus far rushed for 713 yards for 5.3 a carry. It'd be pretty cool for him to break 1,000.<br />
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Mike "The Hammer" Bell has ran for 598 yards at 4.2 a carry.<br />
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The Saints haven't had a thousand-yard rusher since Deuce McAllister.<br />
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Bush has added 310 yards at 5 a carry.<br />
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I'd say we're running the ball pretty well.<br />
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Having said all that, I keep failing to mention the Saints locked up a bye, only their second in franchise history. And we've got a two-game lead on the Vikings for home field advantage. I say bring 'em to the Dome, where we can get it on!<br />
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As usual, Brees got all his receivers involved in the game. Here Devery Henderson runs past cornerback Brent Grimes.<br />
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By the way, Lance "Mighty Mouse" Moore is due back for Saturday's game against Dallas. It'll be interesting to see how Payton and Brees mix it up to get 2008's best receiver involved.<br />
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In another update, The Unknown Who Dat, TUWD, Mr. Meaux Jeaux, 'Ol Blue Dat, Crazy Uncle Saints Fan, or whatever you might call him, is still out there. But I'm hoping there's some sort of fan tribute to him in the Dome this Saturday so maybe he'll actually find out there's a nationwide search for him. A fan with a sign needs to proclaim a TUWD Alert!<br />
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</div>Until then, you absolutely must see <a href="http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=16915099"><b>this "gif," a preview of what we'll do to the Cowgirls come Saturday night.</b></a><br />
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Didya see that guy in the saloon window?<br />
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(Hey Meach, you think you can keep your pants on a little longer?) <br />
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By the way, my brother smartly equated the search for TUWD to Conan O'Brien's long-ago search for "Grady" of <i>Sanford and Son. </i> <br />
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It took 47 days, but they finally found him.<br />
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Brees can always count on his main man Marques Colston.<br />
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Deezzy, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZesebeN7yiU&feature=sub"><b>take it away.</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-47218555848087548832009-12-08T18:24:00.000-08:002009-12-08T22:01:46.128-08:00Who Dat Nation Wants to Know: Who Dis?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOWIQIVzPRFd1f8m8zo1-BjKBd3gT9kbI5V_acFLEl4K8UjiZqhzUKAQOb7iqY1z-sH6bXXId_QtqqtFnuFqNUspmb4g47BXTNv3vFt81t98bXB0XMfUGWywuROKRt05A2zsP9Ve4sLs/s1600-h/Homeless+fan+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOWIQIVzPRFd1f8m8zo1-BjKBd3gT9kbI5V_acFLEl4K8UjiZqhzUKAQOb7iqY1z-sH6bXXId_QtqqtFnuFqNUspmb4g47BXTNv3vFt81t98bXB0XMfUGWywuROKRt05A2zsP9Ve4sLs/s400/Homeless+fan+1.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Normally jshox tries to steer clear of re-blogging content that has appeared elsewhere on the internets, but Who Dat Nation is in search of a fan, and I'm not talking about a super Saints fan, because what's a super fan? But sometimes there's a fan. And I'm talking here about the <a href="http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/crazyunclesaint.gif"><b>The Unknown Who Dat.</b></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7477721491858288318&postID=4721855584808754883"><b> </b> </a><br />
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At the Redskins game he was the fan for his time and place, appearing on TV decked out in black and gold in the classy seats with a grin void of teeth and hair that had that freshly rained on look, although it did not rain at this game, sending ghastly bewilderment throughout Who Dat Nation -- <a href="http://www.findtheunknownwhodat.com/"><b>who is The Unknown Who Dat!!??</b></a> -- just before Drew Brees delivered a touchdown and 12-0 salvation.<br />
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</div>Reportedly, and jshox has talked to one eye witness who sat a couple of rows behind him, The Unknown Who Dat arrived to the 45-yard line seat, located behind the Saints bench a few rows up, steaming and with at least one corned-up female companion in tow during the final quarter. <br />
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The Unknown Who Dat gave it his best in overtime, pumping his fists with fingers taped up in white tape. <br />
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</div>And even if The Unknown Who Dat is a lazy fan, and he quite possibly could be the laziest fan in all of Saints history, he is an authentic fan, without desire to paint himself or strut like a peacock in a homemade costume. No, indeed, The Unknown Who Dat might possibly drink the paint and do his thing. And that's why he is loved -- he's one of us.<br />
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He who has never drank too much paint at a Saints game can cast the first Dome Dog. But this guy's got mojo. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-86122847897768456362009-12-08T04:02:00.000-08:002009-12-08T04:08:58.923-08:00'Maybe it's our time'The Redskins played the Saints very well. Quarterback Jason Campbell brilliantly threw for 371 yards and three touchdowns, seemingly owning Gregg Williams' defense as if the Redskins had dialed up its former defensive coordinator's number the week before in practice, and the defensive line straight-up owned the Saints' running game.<br />
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But when you're chosen, or picked for destiny, or riding whatever sort of magic voodoo carpet or propulsively gaseous red beans-gris gris the Saints have going for them this year, sometimes you're lucky. And lucky are the really good and greatly prepared. So it's not like the eminent Drew Brees is a Calvinist or Buddhist commie <a href="http://www.wwltv.com/video/featured-videos/Brees-I-believe-in-destiny-78649137.html"><b>when he says he believes in destiny and karma,<</b>/a> he means the previous couple of years the Saints got hosed by bouncing balls and there ain't no shitting way in hell a team this good can continually be defined by tough breaks and forty years of organizational opprobrium. It's our turn to earn a break. </a><br />
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One play stood out among the others that collectively said 'Calm down (especially you, bandwagoning wife), Saints got this,' and that was Robert Meachem's strip of safety Kareem Moore in the second quarter which he recovered and returned for a touchdown just moments after Moore had intercepted Brees on a third-and-26 pass.<br />
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Now in his third season after being a first-round pick out of Tennessee, Meachem has finally caught fire and is proving his draft value with eight receiving touchdowns as a complementary burner to receivers Marques Colston and Devery Henderson, not to mention again this plucky defensive touchdown.<br />
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Meachem also got the magic touch from Brees in the fourth quarter when he scored on a 50-something-yard pass against former LSU safety LaRon Landry in the fourth quarter to tie the score at 30-30 and give Who Dat Nation even more mojo to believe in.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Twelve and freaking 0. I wasn't so worried about the Saints not going undefeated on Sunday as they trailed the lowly 3-8 Redskins, at that point, all game, as I was about the national recognition and perception of the team doing a 180 following its rout of the Patriots only six days before.<br />
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</div>With still about a minute left in the game, the Redskins had enough time to drive the field for a field goal, but linebacker Jonathan Vilma came up with an interception. The Saints were without timeouts and failed to get the ball close enough to line up a field goal for kicker Garrett Hartley -- his 58-yard attempt was short -- but momentum of the game had definitely turned. Saints Alive!<br />
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</div>Hartley celebrates the win after booting a chip shot hiked from the one-yard line.<br />
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</div>Defensive tackle Remi Ayodele blesses Hartley.<br />
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</div>Running back Mike "The Hammer" Bell is like Who's Twelve-N.O., now, beeatches!<br />
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</div>And then Bell gets cozy with fans at the first game the Saints have won in cold weather -- 40 or below -- since 1995.<br />
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</div>Wide receiver Marques Colston, who initially burned LaRon Landry for a big-play touchdown in the second quarter, autographed game programs pre-kickoff for fans Grayson Bralley and Shepp Shirey.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-64286891407013056102009-12-03T14:45:00.000-08:002009-12-03T17:28:21.012-08:00CrunkvilleAnother awesome video of Bobby Hebert, with wig, in the press box, and highlights from the Monday Night Football game. Although I heard today that on camera Golden Boy can be seen saying to Darth Vader's chick "They score so fast," this can't be seen on the video. Nor can Wes Welker be seen wide-eyed and shaking his head in the third quarter after Malcolm Jenkins and Roman Harper totally made him a non-factor. But those images will replay in my mind, so without further ado, Saints Go All The Way!<br />
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<object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pnuhrpmL9HY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pnuhrpmL9HY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-5624925270065228852009-12-03T03:27:00.000-08:002009-12-03T03:27:46.973-08:00A must-read on Marques Colston<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?page=hotread12/Marques%20Colston"><b>Right here is a great little story about the third greatest Saints receiver thus far who is only 11 games into his fourth season.</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-4116635333485318522009-12-01T00:22:00.000-08:002009-12-01T00:22:31.980-08:0021-point butt whipping of the PattycakesI never thought the Saints would stomp the Patriots 38-17 on Monday Night Football to win their eleventh game in a row. Or that Drew Brees would surgically throw five touchdowns with only five incompletions for a perfect passer rating.<br />
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</div>Nor did I think that Mike McKenzie would play like a Pro Bowler after sitting out for a year and getting called up by the Saints just before Thanksgiving. With our starting cornerbacks out due to injuries, I was concerned mostly about the play of McKenzie and rookie Malcolm Jenkins. But McKenzie was making tackles all over the place and Jenkins stuck to Wes Welker like white on rice. Jenkins shut Welker down; I've never seen anyone do that before. <br />
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</div>The passes were incredible. Brees kicked the game off with a dime to Devery Henderson and I'm sure all of Who Dat Nation knew it was going to be that kind of game.<br />
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Pierre Thomas got the Brees Machine rolling after pirouetting down the sideline on a screen pass for the first touchdown, 10-7.<br />
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And Henderson set the Superdome on fire when he caught a 75-yard pass -- the longest of the season -- for a touchdown in the second quarter. But give Brees all the credit for pump-faking to the left after staring to the left while the Patriots blitzed to free up Henderson on a seam route up the middle.<br />
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Even Mark Brunell ran onto the field to celebrate after Brees' pass to Devery. <br />
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</div>Anthony Hargrove started the pressure on the quarterback with this sack of Golden Boy in the second quarter. <br />
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</div>Predator is back! Seriously, I see McKenzie starting now that he's back with the Saints, at least until both Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter are completely healthy.<br />
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The Saints played perfectly against the Patriots in all aspects of the game, except for one big blunder: when defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis picked up a fumble and ran with it until he fumbled it right back to the Pats and then coach Payton threw away a challenge and a timeout on a play that was obviously a fumble. I mean Big Sed was still standing when the ball hit the turf!<br />
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Brees confirms Vader's chick's suspicion about that lump and advises he should get that checked while ESPN sideline reporter Suzy Kolber waits for a kiss. <br />
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</div>ELEVEN & EAUX!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-57534565764916174512009-11-23T03:12:00.000-08:002009-11-23T03:12:18.146-08:0010 and Eaux!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntFrNj_vywwK364POPl8R9Ct8yDzrp0ZbIZ98b4rYlECeZD4ahcgisuq_CXfoRVch6Cej9evrPki5secLJrfcjEqkrg2MyHO-YI5zwt-_9GbH82NfUJExaUQSepig0mrNOMaMkGH7mvM/s1600/Meachem+drags+DB+to+end+zone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntFrNj_vywwK364POPl8R9Ct8yDzrp0ZbIZ98b4rYlECeZD4ahcgisuq_CXfoRVch6Cej9evrPki5secLJrfcjEqkrg2MyHO-YI5zwt-_9GbH82NfUJExaUQSepig0mrNOMaMkGH7mvM/s400/Meachem+drags+DB+to+end+zone.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>The New Orleans Saints are 10-0, the longest string of victories in the history of the franchise. Even better, the Saints pounded the Buccaneers today 38-7 to get back in championship form while their biggest challenge of the season -- hell, their biggest challenge since playing the Bears in Chicago three seasons ago for the NFC championship -- looms on Monday Night Football after Thanksgiving against the Patriots.<br />
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To hell with Golden Boy and Vader's Chick and the Pattycakes. The Saints will stomp 'em on national TV like we did Dallas in 2006. Believe!<br />
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Up top Robert Meachem drags linebacker Geno Hayes into the end zone for a first quarter touchdown. Meachem scored twice today. In three seasons he had never scored more than one touchdown in a game as a Saint. But now he's helping us load up the arsenal.<br />
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</div>Drew Brees was not sacked today. Here he gets rid of the ball in the second quarter.<br />
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Anyone else loving the fact Brees threw for less than 200 yards today but we still score 38 points? Last season, when he nearly broke Dan Marino's single season passing-yardage record, Brees would have to throw more than 400 yards to give us a chance to win. I'm digging the balance.<br />
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Hell, even David Thomas outshined jshox at the tight end position today.<br />
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That touchdown catch for Thomas came when he was in the fullback position. That's what I saw in a highlight. I can't tell you how or where he caught other balls because the National Fascists League kept kept cutting streaming video of the game from the internets. <br />
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Reggie Bush and Lance Moore were out today. But New England, do you see how our weapons will destroy you? <br />
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Hoo doggies, we're gonna be better on defense against the Pattycakes when tackle Sedrick Ellis and cornerback Jabari Greer get back in the lineup.<br />
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And in breaking news today, Who Dats breathed a sigh of relief when the Saints revealed cornerback Tracy Porter's injury is a sprain to his left medial collateral ligament, which means he is likely to return this regular season. The MCL sprain is not nearly as severe as a season-ending ACL injury and the Saints have already seen this year running backs Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell return from MCL injuries and defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis due to return from one in a matter of one or two weeks. The only difference to Porter's injury is the apparent pain he was in for such a long time after it happened, meaning he's still hurt pretty bad and it could take a lot longer than the minimal four weeks for him to bounce back and possibly push the six-week timeframe. But he's very young and should be OK, even if we can't count on the Saints' front office to be totally honest about the injury's extent. In the meantime, rookie Malcom Jenkins should get plenty of opportunities to prove he can translate those college shutdown corner abilities into NFL capability.<br />
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</div>This 28-23 victory over the Rams, who averaged nine points a game going into this match up, wasn't pretty, but true Who Dats will take this win and many more like it. (Make that a couple.) And that's because any win on any given Sunday is a win -- just ask the Colts.<br />
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Not since 1987, when Bobby Hebert was quarterback and the Dome Patrol was gelling, have the Saints won nine straight games. That's the franchise record. But this Saints team has obviously reached that mark in its first nine games. That Saints team did it after a 3-3 start before losing to the Vikings in the playoffs. (The last of the 15-game regular seasons.) <br />
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Reggie Bush was in Stealth Bomber mode against the Rams. With some big-yardage runs and two touchdowns to his name, here he flys over Rams safety Oshiomogho Atogwe for a three-yard touchdown in the second quarter.<br />
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Tied at 14-14 to start the second half, jshox began contemplating the Any Given Sunday mantra and for at least half a minute felt it was OK for the Saints' undefeated record to skid to a halt against a one-win team in their dome. And then Courtney Roby took the second-half kickoff for an untouched tear down the left sideline and jshox realized the specter of the Saints dropping a gimme to the Rams was unfathomable.<br />
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Give Colston credit for the effort despite the lack of ball security. I'm sure a veteran like Colston has learned a valuable lesson.<br />
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</div>Take a look back there. Can you see jshox and Robert Meachem celebrating? One possesion after the Colston fumble and the Saints march right back down the field and score with a dandy of a pass of about 30 yards from Brees to Meachem, after he beat two defenders to the end zone. (In the foreground is Rams cornerback Ronald Buntell.)<br />
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Defensive end Will Smith racked up another sack today, while his counterpart Charles Grant played a respectable run-defense game. Smith now has 7.5 sacks after nine games -- Who Dat! Here he sacks Marc Bulger and forces a fumble:<br />
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</div>Smith and Grant were bright spots on the defense with missing action from free safety Darren Sharper, cornerback Jabari Greer, tackle Sedrick Ellis, and in the second half cornerback Tracy Porter. Porter appeared to have sustained a substantial knee injury after suffering from friendly fire from free safety Usama Young when both defensive backs were trying to make a tackle. Porter had to be escorted off the field and eventually carted to the locker room.<br />
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</div>Early speculation is figuring Porter ruptured an ACL and could be out for the season, which downright sucks. Porter, a native of Port Allen and a lifelong Saints fan, has developed into a premiere cornerback, a position where the Saints lacked depth in previous years, and was looking forward to a full season after proving his worth last year as a rookie but missing about the last five games due to a broken wrist.<br />
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Porter, you're one of my personal favorites. I hope you get healthy and see action again this season. <br />
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As for rookie Malcom Jenkins, first-round draft pick cornerback out of Ohio State, now it's time to earn your paycheck. Dude, we need you to step up big time. Just like how Porter did as a rookie when we were fishing for anyone to play bigger than former cornerback Jason David.<br />
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Is Mike McKenzie for hire? Seriously, dude is available and likely in game shape. Hell, Denver signed Ty Law about a week ago -- why not Mike?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That reminds me: I loved watching the Patriots lose to the Colts tonight. I threw in the towel on the Colts after they had fallen 31-14 in the fourth quarter and fell asleep on the couch, but sniffed a possible comeback with about three minutes left in the game and they were down by six. My wife, who has incrementally learned a little more about football each year over the past few seasons after knowing or caring for nothing about it, originally, also sniffed a comeback and turned up the TV when I rubbed my eyes and said "WTF?" And then just a couple of plays later it happened: Darth Vaderchick went for fourth and two on his own 28 and the Patriots failed on the conversion and the rest is history: Colts win in the waning minute and hand the Patriots their most ignominious defeat in the Golden Boy-Darth Vaderchick era. That I can clap for. <br />
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</div>8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0, 8-0. There's 42 of 'em for as many years as it took us to get to eight straight wins to start the season. <br />
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For the third straight week the Saints spot the opposing team a sizable lead, this one 17-3 against the Panthers before halftime, but come out ahead with a butt-kicking win, 30-20.<br />
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Darren Sharper, celebrating here, is happy about keeping Carolina to just three points in the second half after the Panthers' rushing attack ran roughshod over the Saints in the first half. But that's been the way it goes these past few weeks, first with Miami and its Wildcat, then Atlanta and bubble butt Micheal Turner, and today Carolina and DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart.<br />
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But just like the previous two weeks, the Saints adjusted to the run and the offense and Drew Brees found their groove.<br />
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</div>The defense mobbed running back Tyrell Sutton in the second half. As for action photos, this is about as good as it gets on my end. I get shots from the AP and I think the one photog they sent to the game was busy eating Dome Dogs and shooting Saintsations, a la "Thib" of Houma style. Yeah you right!<br />
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</div>Jshox and Marques Colston are like Tomahawk cruise missiles in this offensive juggernauts's weaponry, but both were off today with dropped passes, but better believe me and Marky C are going to the Pro Bowl.<br />
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By the way, did you see when jshox got called for offensive pass interference when it was obviously a foul on the defense? I could've sworn that ref was from a stupid SEC officiating crew.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is jshox's confessional: when Delhomme was a Saint, about seven years ago, I once chanted with the Dome crowd "We want Jake!" during a poor Aaron Brooks performance, one of many at that point after the Breaux Bridge Bomber -- at least that's what I called him -- had shown a series of brilliance during his backup play when Brooks was hurt. In fact, those chants came against Carolina in the final game of the season when New Orleans was fighting for a wild card. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-79160824175863407622009-11-05T22:51:00.000-08:002009-11-05T22:52:36.610-08:00If you bite it, they will . . . score at least 40You might remember former coach turned football analyst Jon Gruden on Monday Night Football raving about the highly specialized mouthpieces the Saints wear and benefit from in their offensive aerial attacks. Fellow analyst and former quarterback Ron Jaworski mockingly bit on a pen and said that's all he had to help him lead the Philadelphia Eagles in the early 1980s.<br />
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Just when you thought the rambling Gruden had truly lost it that night, hours after he had donned a Joker mask and raved about the wild card-aspect with which tight ends Jeremy Shockey and Tony Gonzalez brought to both of their teams, the color analyst fits his upper jaw with molded plastic and says something to the like "This is what makes the New Orleans Saints perfect."<br />
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As if all the praise he had lavished the Saints with up to that point wasn't already hard enough to believe, now Gruden was saying mouthpieces have a role in their perfect start. And as much as jshox wanted to further investigate the space age polymer discussed by the good friend of coach Sean Payton's, the Los Angeles Times<b> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nfl-farmer6-2009nov06,0,7429686.column">posts the following tonight: "I wouldn't have dreamed in a million years that I'd be wearing a $2,000 mouthpiece," Saints cornerback Tracy Porter said. "That's like a <i>grill</i>."</a> </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-26156971658497022132009-11-05T00:58:00.000-08:002009-11-05T01:08:38.091-08:00Dome Patrol flashbackWhen I was a kid the Saints fired us up with quarterback sacks, goal line stands, a tandem rushing attack by Dalton Hilliard and Rueben Mayes, Bobby Hebert passes to Eric Martin, and Morten Anderson field goals. <br />
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But no group of players on that team from 1987 till about 1993 was better than the 3-4 linebacking corps: LOLB Rickey Jackson, ROLB Pat Swilling, LILB Sam Mills, and RILB Vaughan Johnson. That foursome just destroyed opponents. Their defensive play was fierce and inspired a lot of cheering in the early Jim Mora years.<br />
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And Rickey Jackson, year in and year out, was a human wrecking ball whose play was second only to Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants. <br />
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Without further ado, here's an homage to the greatest group of linebackers who helped the Saints finish the 1987 season with nine consecutive wins and start the 1991 season with seven wins:<br />
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Those were the days of the Dome Patrol. Saints fans revered the Dome Patrol, it was our pride and joy. The offense may have stalled often, but at least on defense we could say Look at all those black jerseys around the ball! Indeed. I wish there was a highlight reel on youtube that encompasses some of the best Dome Patrol moments over six years, but this one culled from a few games is good enough:<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lK4NpOZgqxo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lK4NpOZgqxo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-32167352354182250322009-11-03T00:51:00.000-08:002009-11-03T16:21:52.805-08:007-0 again, 18 years later<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Then again, could you imagine if the hype were to happen? The Saints, mainly a perennial pushover for most of its 42 years' existence, would have to be considered the greatest NFL team of all time.<br />
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That irony would be the sweetest glory forever.<br />
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But what's really important to consider is that as long as Drew Brees and Sean Payton are in New Orleans we've got a real shot at winning a Super Bowl. Or two. Or three.<br />
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Jshox doesn't plan on going anywhere soon. Last night I rambled with five catches for 72 yards. This one came over defensive end Jamaal Anderson in the first half when the Falcons blitzed their weakside linebacker.<br />
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See how our weapons will destroy you?<br />
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</div>Will Smith caught fire again last night and sacked Matt Ryan twice.<br />
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Charles Grant, you still with us? You've been quiet since the Jets game, and that was weeks ago.<br />
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Besides being thin up front without Sedrick Ellis, we're definitely thin at linebacker without Scott Fujita. Take for example Marvin Mitchell's crawling after Tony Gonzalez in the first half or his offsides on third and four. <br />
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</div>Pierre Thomas, as seen in the photos up top, and Mike "The Hammer" Bell were banging last night. But Michael Turner for the Falcons was even tougher, running for 151 yards. I think it's that bubble butt of his that gives him so much balance.<br />
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Drew Brees to Marques Colston is unstoppable. Every week they score or set up a touchdown on that deep route of about 30 yards where Brees puts the ball high and on Colston's back shoulder where he knows only his receiver can catch it. It's like they've created an entirely new NFL offense: This quarterback can throw the ball precisely anywhere and this big receiver can outjump and outmuscle you. Deal with it.<br />
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</div>Jabari Greer proved with his pick-six that he is becoming a premiere corner. The only bad play he's had it seems like was last night when Roddy White scored on that deep ball, and White had to push off illegally to get Greer out of his way. So of course you can't put that one on Greer either.<br />
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Tracy Porter also is playing exceptionally well. Could the New Orleans Saints be cultivating one of the best corner tandems in the league? Well hot dog and Jason David alive! I think it could be true.<br />
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Porter's interception at the 1-yard-line to keep us ahead 28-24 was key to winning.<br />
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Notice the concentration? This is Shockey and awe with a one-handed grab of about 30 yards, courtesy of Drew Breeeeeeeeeeesssss!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Archie told Drew that for the sake of Who Dat Nation he must destroy any and all Mannings who come before him in the postseason. Jshox concurred Archie's sentiments earlier on Halloween night by dressing in<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">an old jersey and pretending to be a lowly Giant. . . . What really matters is what you bring to the field. With that being said here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es0NrbxKnQo&feature=sub">jshox columnist Deezzy on the win.</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3D-uUYFW9yPlrvlIT1qN0oPJj3wSVBCgAu4y-4gzbbVos2AoqUbQpg3uwpoR3jQ3olrY0AFzSJiJrG5KUE_tGPWI6vquuFaihK7AauMdOlfcUEHy5EHcjpyGNy14lTSif-4yrxxDixk/s1600-h/jshox+against+Stephen+Nicholas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3D-uUYFW9yPlrvlIT1qN0oPJj3wSVBCgAu4y-4gzbbVos2AoqUbQpg3uwpoR3jQ3olrY0AFzSJiJrG5KUE_tGPWI6vquuFaihK7AauMdOlfcUEHy5EHcjpyGNy14lTSif-4yrxxDixk/s400/jshox+against+Stephen+Nicholas.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Brees casually stares down Ryan and thanks him for the effort. . . . All photos by AP . . . Bring on Carolina in the Dome this Sunday.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-22719872370454364822009-10-31T16:29:00.000-07:002009-10-31T16:30:43.721-07:00Unshaken, Unbroken, UnbeatenAlthough the latest SI was delivered to jshox's house on Thursday, I'm just now getting around to encapsulating the magazine's article on the Saints following our gritty comeback against the Fish in Miami. Ya are probably wondering what's with the belated blog, jshox? Well, the blogger website and my computer for some reason weren't into rubbing each other's nubbins, if you know what I'm saying.<br />
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And yesterday jshox had to attend some Halloween functions dressed as The Dude, who abides.<br />
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First off, the SI article says Drew Brees went all "Jimmy Chitwood on his coach" to get that first touchdown in Miami. And when he spiked the ball in the end zone, Jonathan Vilma said "It was an emotional charge. I loved it. We all loved it."<br />
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On practice: Brees keeps all of the receivers after practice to make sure <i>all </i>of them run <i>all </i>the patterns.<br />
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On Devery Henderson and his improved catching abilities: "Now he begins practice every day by working with (receivers coach Curtis Johnson) on catching a falling handkerchief with his fingertips, to remind himself that passes should be caught the same way." He also plays catch with trainers throughout practices and games. <br />
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Jeremy Shockey says "It's a blessing to be here." Drew always finds the open receiver. "In my experience, that's unusual."<br />
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Jonathan Stinchcomb expresses the surprise of seeing Brees dunk the ball over the field goal post: "Who knew?" And more from Stinch: "Pure attitude. In past years, a game like this, I don't know if we get there at the end. There's no question about it -- we'll be better because of this."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-18385092318746849042009-10-28T22:22:00.000-07:002009-10-28T22:31:45.425-07:00Kung Fu Panda a riot; Hornets got work to do<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRKpXJ2RRrd1oCHIGW7FRaEekJV2-Bn7haUwFSrrSQtzD6MzF_C_OCJN8uYMrJGyAg5GAxjILwSY_AVxSON3sB-eCeMzEey52OsFL3Xi7il-lC2FERR1og5V1D3QfMvjikIp3bq0xg3o/s1600-h/jack-black-kung-fu-panda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRKpXJ2RRrd1oCHIGW7FRaEekJV2-Bn7haUwFSrrSQtzD6MzF_C_OCJN8uYMrJGyAg5GAxjILwSY_AVxSON3sB-eCeMzEey52OsFL3Xi7il-lC2FERR1og5V1D3QfMvjikIp3bq0xg3o/s320/jack-black-kung-fu-panda.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Fans, ya gotta know, when I Twitter something like "Kung Fu Panda is a funny ass show.. lol" . . . that's for real.<br />
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I'm not trying to insincerely woo the affection of under-developed hotts. Jack Black voices a funnyass panda! And if that panda were on our team, I'd rotate him in at defensive tackle.<br />
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OK, so Twitter is how we really speak. After all, what else can I say about our last win? "This game was great for our team!! we never gave up and this will bring our locker room closer!!"<br />
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Take Reggie for example. This week he went on some radio show talking about how his past sub-par performances will be vindicated when we win the Super Bowl and he makes it to the Pro Bowl and is voted NFL MVP.<br />
I can't wrong a guy for saying any of those things. So here's Reggie, quick to dispute, via Twitter, what he said: "Ok just need to clarify one thing since you can't trust REPORTER's these days! Our team does not think or talk about going undefeated!" . . . "We take it one game @ a time and one play @ a time! The undefeated talk is left up to the fans and media. We just play the game. Humble pie!" . . . "I love how the ESPN reporter basically cut out my whole answer to his question about going undefeated and just used the end of it..." . . . "Gotta love the media!"<br />
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If jshox knows anything, it's not to trust the media. And the New York version will run you out of town. So lately I have stayed shut the hell up; on best behavior for at least two years now.<br />
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I live in the same apartment complex as Reggie and Chris Paul of the Hornets. I'm buds with all them, but I passed on the party Reggie hosted Monday night. However, here's a <a href="http://twitpic.com/n4yuy"><b>picture of an ice sculpture of Reggie's jersey from that night.</b></a><br />
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So Bruce Bowen is retired; gone from the San Antonio Spurs. And the Spurs are now loaded, picking up Richard Jefferson and Antonio McDyess and this beastly rookie power forward DeJuan Blair to back up Tim Duncan. Whom then, without Bowen, should CP3 battle individually? I say Jefferson. Number 24 seems a bitchass already. <br />
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Hell, CP3 builds a rivalry by himself. I don't see any other Hornets proving their guts on both sides of the floor like him. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-61373559252096896242009-10-26T14:37:00.000-07:002009-10-26T16:02:58.071-07:00Brees keeps bandwagon seats warmWhen I was a kid the old man would take me and my brother fishing in the Atchafalaya Spillway and it never mattered how badly the day would begin, we'd fish our hearts out till the very end.<br />
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We may not have filled the box up every time with fish, but we finished. <br />
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When we went down 24-3 against the Miami Fish, did you really think we wouldn't finish? That's where we dominate -- and it's our modus operandi -- finishing in the fourth quarter. And on Sunday we scored 22 points to the Dolphins' 0 in the fourth to finish the Fish 46-34.<br />
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You might think Drew Brees got the team turned around with five seconds to go in the second half when he persuaded Sean Payton to skip the field goal on the half-yard line and let him punch it in. That did leave us down by <i>just </i>two touchdowns at half time. But I'm here to tell ya it was middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma in the second quarter who shut down the Wildcat -- "We gonna make it into a pussycat offense, we gonna make it purr," as Bobby Hebert said last week -- and gave us some three-and-outs and changed the tone of the game.<br />
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</div>Vilma finished with 10 tackles.<br />
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Courtney Roby came up big on special teams with a big return in the first quarter -- and a great tackle on punt coverage -- that set up our first score, a John Carney field goal of 46 yards! That old man's still got legs, I tell ya, even though he missed another field goal and an extra point later on. <br />
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And then of course Darren my-main-mofoing-man Sharper picked off his sixth interception and third pick-six of the season to close it 24-17. Unreal.<br />
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Ricky Williams certainly has got a lot left in the tank. The 32-year-old ran a career-long 68-yard touchdown in the first half.<br />
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Hells yeah for adversity. Big-time sportswriters and Baton Rouge poo pooers, the naysayers, the unBelievers who in the first half quit watching after saying "Same 'ol Saints", are assured a warm seat on the bandwagon after this game. You now have a team that overcame four turnovers on the road and readjusted in the second half to kick ass.<br />
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</div>It wasn't easy. The same offensive line that kept Brees upright against the Giants all day gave up five sacks to the Dolphins, most of those in the first half. And No. 99 Jason Taylor had jshox cursing as he sacked Brees and forced a turnover, making me wonder again why the Saints signed Jeremy Shockey instead of Taylor in 2008.<br />
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But jshox showed up with four catches for 105 yards. And that 65-yard-pass, the one where I proved to The U and the 305 that I still got it after breaking a tackle and pushing Gibril Wilson for 30 yards with a stiff-arm, was my old-school kickass self. Wilson got Shockeyed!<br />
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Mark Brunell and Carney discuss early bird options for dining after the game.<br />
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You know, I had a funny thought while we were getting whipped in the first half: Miami is winning with Nick Saban's players.<br />
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Get it, you looney and ungrateful LSU fans? Yeah, jshox saw thousands of you leave early Saturday night after beating down Auburn after crying for seven weeks about the Tigers not beating anyone down.<br />
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Ya'll got some warm seats saved right here. <br />
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In the fourth quarter the NFL's fourth-best rushing attack, yeah, that's us, and you don't have to be told we can throw it, too, leaned on Mike Bell, who rocked chinstraps on 12 carries for 80 yards.<br />
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Fullback Heath Evans also played big but got rocked on one catch-and-run; we're confident he's alright, if not immediately.<br />
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</div>'Breesus' blesses his battering ram.<br />
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Congratulations also to Porter for returning his first pick-six at the end to give us 47 points. I wanted another touchdown on the board and I know we wouldn't have put another one up there, running the clock out and satisfied with 40 points instead, because coach doesn't believe in running the score up like ogre Bill Belicheck.<br />
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It's too bad I don't have any photos of Porter or Sharper or even of myself, but I rely on the AP for photos and those plays took place between the thirties. I guess AP photogs just park behind the end zones all game. <br />
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</div>Now jshox <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DEZZY2425#p/u">vlogging columnist Deezzy on New Orleans' win.</a></b><br />
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</div>And Reggie still flies. Who Dat my True Dats!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-61679187622126798222009-10-21T21:24:00.000-07:002009-10-22T00:02:34.517-07:00Why Brees ain't no two-timing DolphinMost of us know how the 2006 free agency courting of Drew Brees between New Orleans and Miami ended: Nick Saban and the Dolphins lowballed, preferring free agent Daunte Culpepper instead, and the rest is history.<br />
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But Miami also had zeroed in on Brees for the 2001 draft. Ultimately, the organization at the time decided to stick with quarterback Jay Fiedler and use their first round pick for a corner back who went bust. Here's <a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/2009/10/let-me-just-say-this-dolphins-coach-nick-saban-said-wednesday-in-addressing-the-subject-directly-for-the-first-time-it-wa.html"><b>The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero's recalling of how the Miami Dolphins dropped the ball on 'Breesus' twice.</b></a><b> </b><br />
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Then again, I think <b><a href="http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/10/drew_brees_has_embraced_new_or.html">Mike Triplett of The Times-Picayune has brought even more insight into why Brees chose Sean Payton and New Orleans over Saban and Miami.</a></b> At the same time I appreciate the relationships Triplett built with the coach and quarterback to bring that kind of insight to print, because on a base level I love learning more about how Saban failed in the NFL. <br />
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On another note, here's jshox's new feature of <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2zdXEAaHaM&feature=related">vlogging Saints columnist Deezzy, recapping Sunday's game between the Saints and Giants.</a></b><br />
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I love that bedsheet over the window, but what are those designs on it, Deezzy? Be sure to ask him or just give a shout-out in the comments thread. And here's <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-7-SVsXRw&feature=sub">Deezzy 'coming right back atchyou' for a preview of the Saints at Dolphins.</a></b><br />
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Jeff Duncan and Peter Finney, eat your complimentary pressbox poboys out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-70438406901709644002009-10-21T14:46:00.000-07:002009-10-21T14:46:08.400-07:00Marques Colston on Jim Rome is BurningHere's Marques Colston on Monday's show Jim Rome is Burning in case you missed it:<br />
<object allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" data="http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf" height="216" id="ESPN_VIDEO" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="384"><param name="movie" value="http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="opaque"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="flashVars" value="id=4581060"/></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477721491858288318.post-53507530441422113642009-10-20T20:26:00.000-07:002009-10-20T21:24:42.449-07:00Reby Sky kiss your ass goodbyeA pop culture guru jshox is not. Before today, I had never heard of Reby Sky or the New York Giants Girl. So when a reader pointed her out as the attention whore who recently promoted herself on MTV as a Giants fanatic and also is in that dejected slump in the second-to-last picture of photographs from Sunday's game, well, jshox had to learn more about this tart. <br />
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</div>Nice catch, PC Ice.<br />
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For those of you not familiar with this Stage 1 Bleeth, as DB1 might describe her at hcwdb.com, Reby Sky is a shameless no-talent glamour girl who apparently is cashing in as a fan girl hott in New York's mammoth sports market, hence <a href="http://www.nygiantsgirl.com/">nygiantsgirl.com</a>.<br />
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And that's just one Web site. For the goods, go to <a href="http://www.rebysky.com/">rebysky.com</a>, where you'll find Rebecca Victoria Reyes of Queens in all sorts of poses ranging from her undies to her waxings. To further sum up her career, here's PC Ice: "MTV did one of those "True Life" stories on her. She's bat shit crazy. She changes her whole life around because of the Giants (she dumped her <span id="lw_1256077716_0">old man</span> <span id="lw_1256077716_1">sugar daddy</span> boyfriend on camera to move closer to the stadium). She started what was basically a Giants/porno Web site that the league cracked down on, because she was selling pics of her goodies covered in only NFL-licensed pasties (or something like that). Her dream was to make a living being a slutty Giants fan. Her <span id="lw_1256077716_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">MTV</span> show concluded with her failing at that. Shock me, shock me."<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK PC Ice, how about when she <a href="http://mugshotdujour.com/florida/rebecca-reyes-aka-reby-sky-opposing-an-officer-412008">blew her top at police officers and cursed them out for pulling her over because her tail lights didn't work?</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine that, barely C-list celebrity and already going bad girl. Good riddance, Reby Sky. Though I'll be looking for your sour mug at future Giants losses on my TV set.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And spray on some more body tanning crap, for chrissakes -- jshox<br />
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