34-19 over the Seattle Seahawks taking our record to 7-3. I took the morning off work to watch the game ( Read more... )

Saints beat Carolina Panthers (1-7) yesterday 34-3. Now that's more like it ( Read more... )

So, due to work pressures I wasn't able to post last week on the 2nd half of the Steelers/Saints game. Here's a rough summary of my thoughts as the game cast went along ( Read more... )

3 all at half time ( Read more... )

Things aren't looking that hot for the Saints. Currently 4-3, after losing a game last week to the (at the time) 1-5 Cleveland Browns. Drew Brees threw 4 Interceptions. He has 10 interceptions so far this year, after only 11 the entirity of last season. Without seeing the game I'm not sure whether they were all on him or if some of them were due to ( Read more... )

...with my team (the New Orleans Saints) playing their rival from the NFC championship last season, the Minnesota Vikings ( Read more... )

So, down to the final four. I should mention that I’ve had an inkling of who my new team was going to be fore a while (I mentioned it to Jarratt at Jenni’s birthday party back in October that I thought this team was likely to win it). I also knew as soon as we were down to the final four who won - I just haven’t got around to telling people my pick ( Read more... )

Okay, so jarratt_gray pointed out that he thought my criteria meant I knew over 2 players, where as I was sort of saying I knew two or more players ( Read more... )

Another key element of my connection to a team is the players. I like to recognise names, be able to tell you something about a player (even if it’s as simple as what position he plays ( Read more... )

So, I decided that I’d put a bit of a methodology behind my selection of the new NFL team I’m going to support. To recap - the teams I supported in my youth (Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins in that chronological order) I have limited attachment to, either due to players moving on or the teams just having stunk for so long ( Read more... )