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***Peyton*** · 01-04-2011, 01:17 PM

(01-04-2011 01:14 PM)AsylumGuido Wrote: My bad. I used my home in Louisiana to calculate. It looks like we are screwed. Oh, well.

Might as well not even show up lol.

I do think the Saints got a raw deal in having to play this game on Saturday.

AsylumGuido · 01-04-2011, 01:22 PM

(01-04-2011 01:17 PM)Peyton Wrote: Might as well not even show up lol.

I do think the Saints got a raw deal in having to play this game on Saturday.

Oh, well. You gotta play with the cards you are dealt.

***phocis850*** · (This post was last modified: 01-04-2011 01:28 PM by phocis850.)

(01-04-2011 01:17 PM)Peyton Wrote: Might as well not even show up lol.

I do think the Saints got a raw deal in having to play this game on Saturday.

Depends on how you look at it.. According to me, that is one extra day rest against their next opponent.

RFlagg · 01-04-2011, 01:33 PM

(01-04-2011 01:27 PM)phocis850 Wrote: Depends on how you look at it.. According to me, that is one extra day rest against their next opponent.

That'll depend as well. If the Packers bet the Eagles, then yes, the Saints will get the extra day off before traveling to Chicago. If the Eagles win, however, the Saints would play in Atlanta on Saturday, January 15th.

And speaking of trends that would have to be bucked, hear's another: The Saints have never won a road playoff game.

**Radical** · 01-04-2011, 03:11 PM

The whole Tampa thing was no more than coincidence. You can look at the 2000 mile air trip away from home and see why they don't play well the following week.

AsylumGuido · 01-04-2011, 04:15 PM

(01-04-2011 03:11 PM)Radical Wrote: The whole Tampa thing was no more than coincidence. You can look at the 2000 mile air trip away from home and see why they don't play well the following week.

Yet if they were 1000 miles away it would make a difference? You are talking about a couple of hours max. This too is coincidence. The fact is that teams from 2000 miles plus rarely play west coast games at Seattle. Quite often the league schedules bye weeks following road games. This would reduce the number of chances even more. It's like the "Saints never won road playoff" deal. When you have only played three road playoff games that is very possible. One in 1990, another in 200 and 2006 at Chicago for the NFC title.

**Radical** · 01-04-2011, 04:55 PM

(01-04-2011 04:15 PM)AsylumGuido Wrote: Yet if they were 1000 miles away it would make a difference? You are talking about a couple of hours max. This too is coincidence. The fact is that teams from 2000 miles plus rarely play west coast games at Seattle. Quite often the league schedules bye weeks following road games. This would reduce the number of chances even more. It's like the "Saints never won road playoff" deal. When you have only played three road playoff games that is very possible. One in 1990, another in 200 and 2006 at Chicago for the NFC title.

Spending a lot of time in the air takes a lot out of you as a football player believe it or not.

AsylumGuido · 01-04-2011, 09:46 PM

(01-04-2011 04:55 PM)Radical Wrote: Spending a lot of time in the air takes a lot out of you as a football player believe it or not.

But what is the difference between 1000 and 2000? Or even 1500? It came out of the Seattle public relations office. Believe it or not a three hour charter flight doesn't mean anything. Yup, pretty grueling there.

AsylumGuido · 01-04-2011, 11:25 PM

(01-03-2011 05:08 PM)Radical Wrote: If I remember correctly, no team that has traveled more than 2000 miles to the Seahawks stadium has come back and won.

Thanks to our good friend, HolyDuckett, we have this fact:

Sun October 14, 2007 New Orleans Saints 28 @ Seattle Seahawks 17
Sun October 21, 2007 New Orleans Saints 22 vs. Atlanta Falcons 16

Not Only did New Orleans travel to Seattle and win, but they came back the next week and beat Atlanta.

ChrisD · 01-05-2011, 03:26 AM

I could care less what the Saints do this weekend. But honestly. . Sure, I would love to poke fun if they lose to the Seahawks. But I really want them to win. (Which will probably happen anyway.) I WANT our Falcons to have to play the Saints again. Why you ask? Because I would rather see the Falcons get to the Superbowl taking the tough route, rather than taking the easy one.

If the Seahawks somehow pull off a miracle, then our Falcons end up playing them and beat them, there will be doubts, always. "Oh well, they never had to play the Saints!" or "Oh, they only played the Seahawks and _____ to get there."

If we play the Saints, and beat them, then win the NFC game, well, there won't be any doubts allowed.