The Saints got drunk on the praise given to them by the New Orleans sports writers after beating the Rams last week. The writers acted like the Saints beat a top rated team but the Rams were 4-6, a poor team and it showed. But yesterday in the Dome the Lions outplayed and out coached the Saints and the Saints fell to 5-7. So far this season the Saints have beaten only one team with a winning record, Seattle.
The Lions ended Brees passing touchdown streak and Brees threw three interceptions which gave him 7 turnovers in the last four games. After the Ram game sports writers were talking about Brees personal stats as if football is not a team sport. And now the fans will hear the same excuses this week which have been the staple since "bounty gate."
The Saints are not a well coached team and the players still do not earn their salary, and that includes Brees. This is a coaching staff and team that has not recovered from "bounty gate" and will not until the Saints change the head coach and his staff as this writer predicted after "bounty gate" was first made known. The Saints have won only 12 of their last 28 regular season games and have made no progress since "bounty gate" season which was 4 seasons ago. The coaching staff and players are just hanging on for the ride in this fifth season.
Sports writers in New Orleans who cover the Saints care only about one thing, apple polishing stories with no objectivity. In fact after the Rams game one writer said no team could cover Saints receiver Michael Thomas but Detroit did and actually took him out of the game. He was not even a factor for the Saints. Saint fans should tune them out. Tom Benson and Mickey Loomis has been silent for the last 4 years and just maybe after this season is over they might have some thing to say. They have been just as bad as the Saints and the sports writers.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
