ATLANTA at NEW ORLEANS (1 Viewer)

[RushHour]

I don't understand what's wrong with running up the score if you want to. If you don't want to give up 50, play some D. Why shouldn't teams try all the time? Because another team is pathetic?

 

[Prince Myshkin]

i'm going to win my league, but had i started sproles instead of cj spiller, that td would have been the difference. would have been kinda cool, but i probably would have had a heart attack before it ever happened.

Not that anyone cares, but I have Brees and Sproles going, and that TD puts me up by one point.

pretty cool way to win a championship

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Wow the Saints wouldn't wait 1 more week for 30 more yards ?Now I need a miracle 6.2 PPR garbage points for Julio JonesCOME ON JULIO

You'll get'em next year big guy.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

Kind of weak forcing the record there while running up the score.

Kind of weak thinking running up the score exists in professional sports.People came to the stadium to see their team play their hearts out for 4 quarters. Get real.

I am real. It's cheap and low.

It's not a popular position here, but I agree with you. I don't like running up the score. The purpose of the game is to win-- not humiliate your opponent. You gain nothing by doing it.That being said, this is an exception-- a significant record on Monday Night Football. I don't believe in running up the score, but I have no problem with this.

 

[smackdaddies]

370 yards for Matty Ice and no INT, but only 1 td. Not like they were not moving the ball

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I don't understand what's wrong with running up the score if you want to. If you don't want to give up 50, play some D. Why shouldn't teams try all the time? Because another team is pathetic?

This isn't the place for this argument, but it's simple: A win where you humiliate your opponent is NOT a better win than just winning. It doesn't count more, you gain nothing and it serves no purpose. This is one of the few negatives of fantasy football. It creates shadow games that make it easier to lose sight of the real game. But as much as I dislike running up the score, I have no problem with it in this instance. The circumstances dictated scoring to get the record this week.

 

[mr roboto]

rubbin balls

 

[Sea Duck]

It's not a popular position here, but I agree with you. I don't like running up the score. The purpose of the game is to win-- not humiliate your opponent. You gain nothing by doing it.

I think the NFL and its sponsors made a lot of money in the 4th quarter of tonight's game. Pretty sure they weren't rooting for Brees to take a knee on every snap.

 

[Payne]

I think it was stupid for the Saints to run it up. You beat a division opponent for the 2nd time. Oh...and you may very well play them again here real soon.

Why give them the ammunition?

 

[guderian]

I think it was stupid for the Saints to run it up. You beat a division opponent for the 2nd time. Oh...and you may very well play them again here real soon.Why give them the ammunition?

It's a shame that they're paid millions of dollars, had the division title on the line and still need stuff like this for motivation.

 

[Kilgore]

i'm going to win my league, but had i started sproles instead of cj spiller, that td would have been the difference. would have been kinda cool, but i probably would have had a heart attack before it ever happened.

Not that anyone cares, but I have Brees and Sproles going, and that TD puts me up by one point.

Put me up 3, and won me the title. All Hail Brees.

 

[Breesisdaman]

Wow the Saints wouldn't wait 1 more week for 30 more yards ?

No Dez, It was much more meaningful to get the record on a Monday night with the whole world watching him do it against a playoff caliber Atlanta Falcons team. Any HOF Quarterback would have done the same thing. Even Dan Marino if he were able tn a side note Chargers GM AJ Smith had to just love the fact that it was broken on a touchdown pass from Brees to Sproles.

I think it was stupid for the Saints to run it up. You beat a division opponent for the 2nd time. Oh...and you may very well play them again here real soon.Why give them the ammunition?

because they are not scared of the Falcons. They have won 10 of the last 12 games played against Atlanta.

 

[guderian]

Wow the Saints wouldn't wait 1 more week for 30 more yards ?

No Dez, It was much more meaningful to get the record on a Monday night with the whole world watching him do it against a playoff caliber Atlanta Falcons team. Any HOF Quarterback would have done the same thing. Even Dan Marino if he were able tn a side note Chargers GM AJ had to just love the fact that it was broken on a touchdown pass from Brees to Sproles.

I also think the biggest issue was getting it out of the way to avoid a week of distractions.

 

[Breesisdaman]

Wow the Saints wouldn't wait 1 more week for 30 more yards ?

No Dez, It was much more meaningful to get the record on a Monday night with the whole world watching him do it against a playoff caliber Atlanta Falcons team. Any HOF Quarterback would have done the same thing. Even Dan Marino if he were able tn a side note Chargers GM AJ had to just love the fact that it was broken on a touchdown pass from Brees to Sproles.

I also think the biggest issue was getting it out of the way to avoid a week of distractions.

Also if they want to they can give Brees a week off with that business out of the way. (They wont though)

 

[FavreCo]

The Falcons need to utilize Rodgers the same way the Saints use Sproles. They need to get off of the RB-FB bs and get with the program. They could be a high powered O with White, Jones, Douglas, a new TE and Rodgers.

 

[Henry Ford]

I think it was stupid for the Saints to run it up. You beat a division opponent for the 2nd time. Oh...and you may very well play them again here real soon.Why give them the ammunition?

I'm pretty sure Atlanta and New Orleans don't need any extra ammunition to play hard against each other in the playoffs.

 

[Kilgore]

I think it was stupid for the Saints to run it up. You beat a division opponent for the 2nd time. Oh...and you may very well play them again here real soon.Why give them the ammunition?

This wasn't a garden-variety case of running up the score. This was the Saints helping Drew Brees break a record in front of the home fans.The Falcons are a supposed playoff team. If they were serious about being a playoff team, then they still would have been in the game in the 4th quarter, instead of hoping that the Saints would run out the clock and end their misery.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

One positive thing among many to come out of this is that nationally the fans and the media seem to be aware of what has been one of the leagues most heated and best rivalries for 40 years now:

Saints vs Falcons.

It's always like this.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

One positive thing among many to come out of this is that nationally the fans and the media seem to be aware of what has been one of the leagues most heated and best rivalries for 40 years now:Saints vs Falcons.It's always like this.

I've been to this game in Atlanta. Easily the best tailgating I've ever done at an NFL game.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

I think it was stupid for the Saints to run it up. You beat a division opponent for the 2nd time. Oh...and you may very well play them again here real soon.Why give them the ammunition?

Ammunition? They got rolled and embarrassed on national TV, with the division title on the line, after publicly stating they were going to do their best to prevent Brees from getting the record. I hardly think this will matter. And that game wasn't even close to Brees' best effort as of late. Saints could put up 60 on this team in the playoffs if they really get in the zone on offense.