The Saint's loss in Tampa assured the team will end the season for the third straight year without a winning record. It will be the fourth year in the last five the Saints will end the season that way. The Saints are now 5-8 with three games left, two of which will be on the road.
Drew Brees continued his turnover spree with 3 more interceptions, the last one was fatal and turned the ball over to Tampa who ran the clock. It was the second straight game Brees was held without a passing touchdown and Tampa kept the Saints offense out of the end zone.
The coaching staff and the team are a basket case and continue to show no improvement. Bounty gate has written the final chapter on Payton and his coaching staff and it is only a matter of time before the announcement is made by management. This writer was on record as saying Payton should have been fired for allowing Bounty gate to happen at the time it was made public. Payton has lost control of the football team and the players are just putting their time in. And to top it off, when Payton returned the year after Bounty gate he received a large raise. What a shame.
Drew Brees and his personal stats are no help and he and the players are paid to win games.
They are not being paid for personal records. The sports writers in New Orleans never understood that and have been less than objective in their reporting ever since bounty gate. This writer is on the record with a commentary after bounty gate was exposed that expressed the opinion that Payton's best years as the Saints coach had passed.
The results this season and the last four I believe confirm that opinion.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
