Saints on track for 16-0 (and what will they do to Falcons?)
This was how Bill Belichick looked after Devery Henderson's 75-yard touchdown catch. OK, you are now free to laugh.
The New Orleans Saints just put up 38 points on the New England Patriots, who had been allowing the second-fewest points in the NFL (16.4). So what are the Saints going to do the Falcons in two weeks — and at what point would it be considered a felony?
If you missed it, New Orleans body-slammed the Patriots, 38-17, Monday night. They’re 11-0. When they were only 6-0 going into a game against the Falcons, I laughed at suggestions they might go undefeated. I now laugh at myself. (Feel free to join in.)
The Saints are the best team in the NFL — better than the 11-0 Indianapolis Colts, better than Brett Favre and Minnesota (10-1). And about those signs of seeming slippage in recent weeks: It’s now clear they were only bored, waiting to be challenged.
The Saints did something Monday teams just don’t do: They turned Bill Belichick, the defensive genius, into a punchline. Drew Brees threw five touchdowns to five different receivers. After each one, ESPN cameras focused on Belichick, who had that, “I never saw that on film” look on his face.
I’m pretty sure Darnell Dinkins alone will will be worth a few weeks of therapy for Belichick. He scored the Saints’ fourth touchdown. He’s a third-string tight end. He didn’t even have a reception before Monday. At what point does coach Sean Payton start pulling players out of the crowd?
Nineteen different Saints have scored touchdowns this season. They were so impressive that even two of the NFL’s most egomaniacal players weighed in on Twitter during the game. From Ocho Cinco at 10:37: “Okay am I tripping or are the Saints making this look real easy.”
From Terrell Owens at 10:40: “Man! The Pats r gettin thumped!!! These ppl need 2 start giving Brees his just due!! Enuff of Brady/Manning already!!! I’m jus saying!! Smdh.” (I had to Google “SMDH.” Stands for shaking my damn head. Now I feel cool.)
So the question of the day: Will the Saints go undefeated? Yes. (Now watch them lose to Washington next week.) Their remaining schedule: Redskins (3-8) and Falcons (6-5) on the road, Dallas (8-3) and Tampa (1-10) at home, then Carolina (4-7) on the road.
I realize the Falcons-Saints is a rivalry game. But with the Falcons so beat up offensively, and below-average defensively, I have a hard time seeing them keep pace with the New Orleans offense. Unless the Saints get tired. Very tired.
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December 1st, 2009
12:29 am
[...] This was how Bill Belichick looked after Devery Henderson’s 75-yard touchdown catch. OK, you are now free to laugh. The New Orleans Saints just put up 38 points on the New England Patriots, who had been allowing the second-fewest points in the NFL …Read Original Story: Saints on track for 16-0 (and what will they do to Falcons?) – Atlanta Jo… [...]
Whopper Dawg
December 1st, 2009
12:37 am
Saints are obviously playing very well. With the injuries we have had and the modest momentum we have generated this year, it could be a blow out.
Than, again, I thought that Tech +7 and the over were the locks of the decade.
Professor Dan
December 1st, 2009
12:47 am
Jeff, as usual you have the best commentary, and funniest, from the AJC all the time. Tonight, I really liked how Coach B went all Roberto Duran with 5:38 to go and said “No Mas” by pulling his starters. The Saints are for real – hopefully on when the Saints come here it will be like the old days with the charter busses showing up from New Orleans and Saints fans dancing around the Ga Dome with the umbrellas. Gotta love them boys – Who Dat. Professor Dan
Bernard P Fife
December 1st, 2009
12:55 am
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December 1st, 2009
2:56 am
[...] This was how Bill Belichick looked after Devery Henderson’s 75-yard touchdown catch. OK, you are now free to laugh. The New Orleans Saints just put up 38 points on the New England Patriots, who had been allowing the second-fewest points in the NFL …Read Original Story: Saints on track for 16-0 (and what will they do to Falcons?) – Atlanta Jo… [...]
David Smith
December 1st, 2009
3:03 am
The Saints are playing great football right now but, will probably get beaten by the last team everyone expects. YOUR 2009 ATLANTA FALCONS BOOK IT!!!!!.
JSS
December 1st, 2009
3:15 am
Deranged and confused should be the new moniker for Atlanta sport fans… Enjoy this special season in the Big Easy… You have to be able to cover people to beat them. That is the one thing the Falcons simply can not do… They still have the Cowboys (albeit it is in N.O.) and Carolina always gives them trouble in Charlotte. Sean Payton will have some interesting choices to make. Enjoy you LONG WEEK Jeff Schultz…
"Chef" Tim Dix
December 1st, 2009
5:06 am
“The Cresent City Special” points out the importants of the Philly game.
Of the two which one do YOU think the Falcons have a chance to win?
Fried chicken skin is greasy and delicious
December 1st, 2009
6:19 am
So, apparently, Sean Payton AND Gregg Williams are geniuses. They may never lose again until those two retire.
FoxNoise.net
December 1st, 2009
6:24 am
The Saints will lose to Dallas – and also maybe the last game (Carolina, ugh!) because their stars will be sitting on the bench.
11-5 Day Dream Believer
December 1st, 2009
7:01 am
The Saints will be 15-1 (with one loss to Atlanta).
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The Falcons will be 11-5 and knock them off in the playoffs.
TheAntiMe
December 1st, 2009
7:09 am
The New Orleans Titanic will meet it’s iceberg this season and will go down for the loss. It is very rare for a team, no matter how well they have played, to finish the season undefeated in the NFL.
Unfortunately, the Falcons are highly unlikely to heat up enough to qualify to be that iceberg as Drew Brees is going to light up the virtually non-existent Atlanta secondary for 500 yards.
The Falcons could have very well had a chance to play spoiler for the Saints this season were the secondary not so unbelievably sorry. You had better fix this, Mr. Dimitroff, or these Falcons will stay the lamest of ducks on defense.
FalconUGAFan
December 1st, 2009
7:25 am
Clearly the cream of the crop this year. Congrats to NO fans…may we have some please?
smdht Can I get credit for adding “too”?
falcon
December 1st, 2009
7:29 am
Those Saints’ receivers going up against Chris Houston, Christopher Owens, Brent Grimes, Eric Coleman and Thomas DeCoud? Let me see. I just don’t see it happening for the Falcons. But let’s not look past this week’s game with the Eagles, who I think the Falcons can definitely beat at home.
JIm
December 1st, 2009
7:31 am
aints 45 falcons 14 Gonna be ugly.
SimpleDawg
December 1st, 2009
7:46 am
Oh, I don’t know…..go ask those Lil’ Yeller Fellers about a lead pipe cinch of a victory for a seemingly invincible juggernaut against a seemingly inferior opponent. How’d that deal work out?
nonbeliever
December 1st, 2009
7:58 am
This is the year Dimitroff, like fantasy football players, found out it is a lot easier to draft early than late in the round.
da roosta
December 1st, 2009
8:02 am
McKenzie and McAllister picked up in the last two weeks? We stick with what we have and people like this are out there. Moves like these put teams in a position to contend. We scramble each week to hide weaknesses in the secondary. It just makes you wonder.
Singletary
December 1st, 2009
8:09 am
I’ll play (okay, Chris Redman will.) Let’s show up. Why not? It’s our predator dome, and we make the rules in the sand box. As long as e don’t embarass ourselves…we might just cop a freebie.
JSS
December 1st, 2009
8:09 am
Simple Dawg,
5AM, dang I’m dedicated t exercise thing! NFL as you know is not the NCAA and you know it… Get real, enjoy the next 362 days of your gloat… And please don’t retort with silly college football talk, I don’t care about it… That was a NFL beatdown…
Good point, da roosta!
December 1st, 2009
8:14 am
What is Dimitroff thinking?
bigeasy830
December 1st, 2009
8:21 am
The only chance the Falcons have at beating the Siants is with Chris Redman at QB at least he can make all the throws and don’t limit the offense. If Matt Ryan played the entire game against the Bucs, the Falcons would have lost. Matt Ryan have been exposed, he cannot stretch the field vertically or laterally. His arm is too weak. Matt Ryan looks like the second coming of Danny Weurful.
“Back To Life, Back To Reality”
MiltonDawg
December 1st, 2009
8:25 am
Yes da roosta, i was watching mckenzie last night and wondering why TD had not moved on him or at least try him out. seriously, is houston better than mckenzie? or grimes better than mcallister? this one is going to bite us bad.
Barkin'Dog
December 1st, 2009
8:28 am
I think it’s best for a team in the NFL to have a loss in the regular season, so they can refocus and finish strong – winning the last game. I’ll bet the Patriots wished they had a loss 2 seasons ago, before losing the last game to the Giants. The stress of trying to win them all is too great, evidently. Beside that, I’m an old Miami Dolphin fan from south Florida who wants their perfect season to stay in tact.
dean
December 1st, 2009
8:29 am
Yesterday the New Orleans media were talking about the Saints being a DYNASTY. Ha ha ha. Win a playoff game or 2 first. IF you Saints make it to the Super Bowl I have a piece of friendly advice for you: Make sure the team’s “Man of the Year” is holed up, under armed guard, in his hotel room. Trust this Falcons fan on that.
TommyJack
December 1st, 2009
8:32 am
Nothing sweeter than seeing the Pats beaten. By anyone.
bigeasy830
December 1st, 2009
8:35 am
I remember in the preseaon posting that the Saints were going to be much better this year with Greg Williams running the defense. The offense was in place they just needed a proven defensive coordinator to bring toughness to the squad. They already had some talent on that defense but no toughness.
Some of you Falcons bloggers that were too bsy drinking the Kool Aid being chilled with “Matty Ice”, tought your team was a lock to win the South and on to the Super Bowl. You haad visions of having the season that the Saints are having. Well, the Saints acually improved theior team while the rest of the losers in the South did nothing. The entire NFC south was weak last year and had inflatted records due to a south schedule last year. The Saints were the only team that recognized that and improved. Now look at the rest of the losers. The Falcons are done, barely beat a terrible Bucs team. Morris didn’t looked over matched against the Falcons now did he SHULTZ and the Bucs will beat them in Tampa. Falcons will lose their last 5 games, take it to the bank.
“Back To Life, Back To Reality”
bigeasy830
December 1st, 2009
8:39 am
I also remeber posting that the biggest lost of the off season for the Falcons was Foxworth. They did not offer him a decent contract. The Falcons put all their money in players on offense to try to prop up their weak armed QB. Well, it is not working to well now is it.
“Back To Life, Back To Reality”
Lets be real...
December 1st, 2009
8:55 am
We could have…and should have without a miraculously tip-ball RZ INT…beaten this circus on their own field. And we may as well play defense with 8 men on the field. everything that can possibly go the Saints way, starting with their schedule, has done so. All of their more challenging games have taken place in the friendly confines of that Dome. Naturally their last significant challenge – Dallas – is there as well. Dallas however has one thing they have yet to face: a pass rush from hell. Its easy when you have time. not so much on your back. I’d also be surprised if that air-it-out offense doesnt flutter in a december charlotte wind. vikings are hands down the best team going right now. New orleans only hope is home field, and even then, Minnesota will make a mockery of them. Personally I’d rather see it that way. Maybe it’d shut up the obnoxious who-dat nation to get blistered on their own field.
JSS
December 1st, 2009
9:03 am
BigEasy830, yes you were an oracle this summer leading into the season… But you are from the Crescent City, you can do better than Soul II Soul!
cattle dawg
December 1st, 2009
9:05 am
Only hope the falcons have is to hire willie martinez. He just out coached God saturday night. With 2 weeks to prepare he could shut out dem saints.
Chris
December 1st, 2009
9:09 am
Is Tony Gonzalez the Falcon’s version of Moses Malone. Moses came in as a top center in the league, but he sucked up all the play in the paint and was not additive to what Wilkins and Willis were able to do prior to his arrival. I wonder if Gonzalez has had the same effect on the Falcon’s passing game?
Nestle Butterfinger
December 1st, 2009
9:10 am
NONE of this even matters!!! The fact that the Saints have an ACC like schedule this year, and get to play any “tough” opponent at home, does NOT take away from the fact that…….
UGA BEAT GT!!!!!!! 30-24!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! SO SO SO glad it hurts so bad Nerds!!!!!
Nestle Butterfinger. The Official sponsor of Demaryius Thomas and the Georgia Tech Yellowjacket Football Squad.
Jeffie Schultzie….. Could you PLEASE do another piece on the geniousness of Paul Johnson again soon!!! hahahahahhaha!!!!
JSS
December 1st, 2009
9:15 am
On a serious note, just how bad is this “uncapped year” going to effect the Falcons? I can see the Krafts, Jones, and the big spenders with real talent sense licking their chops!
bugman
December 1st, 2009
9:17 am
Dunno bout the undefeated season. At some point you think Peyton will rest some of the starters looking toward the playoffs. I’ve never understood that philosophy, thinking that it blows up the chemistry you have created all season and you might not get it back.
If there is a 1st string stumble on the horizon for NO, I’m gonna lay my $ on the long shot and say Tampa Bay cleans their broom.
And forget the superbowl this year. The game to watch is NO vs Minn.
JSS
December 1st, 2009
9:19 am
Is there no room on the Tech, UGA, and the Martinez blog for you UGA fans this morning? Real teams with a future being discussed here… College Football is cute, NFL is where the talent is… Go watch Glory, Glory or something…
Samuel
December 1st, 2009
9:22 am
Well one thing we know , the Falcons played the Saints better than the Patriots. I don’t know what will play out in a couple of weeks. but frankly I don’t give a damn, I’m more Interested in the Eagles game against the Falcons. No excuses kick butt GO FALCONS!!
collegeballfan
December 1st, 2009
9:26 am
The Saints can name the score.
JeanE
December 1st, 2009
9:26 am
I should’ve been rooting for the Pats but I just couldn’t do it! It was so hilarious to watch the expressions on Brady and Belichek’s faces, like a train had run over them!! We’ll probably get killed by the Saints but we play them very hard, the Pats never play them. Let’s just get by the Eagles first, shall we, Jeff? One week at a time, dude!
PMC
December 1st, 2009
9:43 am
A big question in this is why Thomas Dimitroff didn’t take a chance on Chris McCalister when he had it.
Tye Hill is not progressing. Tye Hill cannot play period. His best days are behind him…. in college. He does not even resemble an NFL player at this point.
All that said. I’m more concerned with the Turner injury than the Ryan toe. I think Chris Redman can matriculate this offense.
ALso, if the Coy Wires play with the kind of effort they did in New Orleans I think it’s premature to expect them to just blow us out at home because the personell matchups are bad.
The Falcons can absolutely win the next two games even if no one gives them a chance. It’s the NFL and the Falcons are a pretty good team even with the injuries. THey have plenty of capable players they just have to play well on the OL and DL specifically and just hold up at CB where they are dramatically under staffed.
PMC
December 1st, 2009
9:46 am
I still have Faith in the coaching staff.
I wish TD would have brought in McCalister and maybe a few others as well but I know they were looking beyond this season… still. Tye Hill is a joke. A broken kneed McCalister would have been easily worth it.
Mckenzie I think had a handshake deal with the Saints while he rehabbed.
GT
December 1st, 2009
9:57 am
11-2 ACC CHAMPIONS
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12-2 ORANGE BOWL CHAMPIONS
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Eman
December 1st, 2009
10:39 am
The saints are not going to blow us out ion our house!!! They did not blow us out in their house. We should have one that game if it was not for Matt Ryan two picks. All we need is a great running game and no turnovers. Our defence needs to get in Drew face more and we win. The saints do not play that well on da road. This is the NFL people, its who wants the game more!!!!
Matt "Choke" Ryan
December 1st, 2009
10:45 am
Falcons fans are as big of LOSERS as their CHOKE Matt “I’m faking injury so I don’t get benched” Ryan.
The Patriots WHIPPED the birds with a FULL team and just got CREAMED by a Saints team that was not playing with a FULL roster.
“YOU” people are so rediculously delusional, you probably live at Disney Land
Saints 50
Birds 3
Matt "Choke" Ryan
December 1st, 2009
10:46 am
Enter your comments here
Matt "Choke" Ryan
December 1st, 2009
10:46 am
Enter your comments hereFalcons fans are as big of LOSERS as their CHOKE Matt “I’m faking injury so I don’t get benched” Ryan.
The Patriots WHIPPED the birds with a FULL team and just got CREAMED by a Saints team that was not playing with a FULL roster.
“YOU” people are so rediculously delusional, you probably live at Disney Land
Saints 50
Birds 3
Matt "Choke" Ryan
December 1st, 2009
10:47 am
Get real………….
Falcons fans are as big of LOSERS as their CHOKE Matt “I’m faking injury so I don’t get benched” Ryan.
The Patriots WHIPPED the birds with a FULL team and just got CREAMED by a Saints team that was not playing with a FULL roster.
“YOU” people are so rediculously delusional, you probably live at Disney Land
Saints 50
Birds 3
pilgrim
December 1st, 2009
10:54 am
Saints are improved.
This from the Philadelphia Inquirer: Marcus Hayes – There is “banged up,” and then there is “thin,” and then, “ridiculous.” The Eagles are at “ridiculous.”
tell it like it is
December 1st, 2009
10:58 am
The saints will go undefeted.And your beloved falcons will win one more game this season to go 7-9.The falcons can’t compete with any team 500 or better much less the saints.
cattle dawg
December 1st, 2009
11:01 am
All I know is brooking sure does look good in that cowboy uniform. I would say that cowboys would win supa bowl, but not after watching dem saints last night. The falcons still have a good 2 year window to get things ironed out.