Detroit extended the Saints loosing streak on the road Sunday in beating the Saints 24-23. The Saints are now 2-4 after six games. Their performance shows they still have their troubles despite playing well at different times during the game. And they are still wearing the look of a loser.
Brees continues to be unsure and threw a critical interception in the last few minutes of the game that Detroit converted into the winning touchdown. Brees also had a bad fourth quarter completing only 3 passes in 14 attempts. The Saints could not put Detroit away even with a 13 point lead late in the ball game.
Sports writer Jim Duncan in Monday's Times Picayune said the Saints have failed their rallying call of "Finish Strong" and if that sounds familiar its because you read it here first in PolitiDose more than a year ago. Duncan also praised the Saints for dominating 56 minutes of the game, forgetting about the last 4 minutes and that there are 60 minutes in a game. As Yankee great Yogi Berra said so many times, "It ain't over till its over." All six writers in Sunday's Times Picayune picked the Lions to win the game and restored a little of their ability to properly make a judgement based on performance rather than the usual hype.
Playing 56 minutes of competative football does not always indicate progress. Sunday's up coming game with Green Bay and playing the balance of their schedule will give the answer. The question begs, how is it that so many experience Saint players are making the same mistakes after 6 regular season games. The coaches nor the players have been able to give a reasonable answer.
And has anyone noticed the Saints still can not keep a good running back healthy during the whole season with out missing games with injury. First it was Ingram and now Thomas is out for 2 or 3 games acording to reports. The Saints have not been able to draft or trade for a good running back they could rely on for every game and this season is no different.
This commentary written by John Lucia
