Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?!?! You kidding me?!?!?! I just hope we can win a game!
That's pretty much how I, and all of you, should feel about the Saints' chances at this point. BUT, I'm not one to give up until there's no mathematical chance. Ever if there's a sliver of hope and 785 things have to happen in perfect order for the Saints to get in, I will continue to root for that until it's a physical impossibility. After all, for years before the Sean Payton era, especially in the 80's and 90's, I turned the art of calculating how the Saints could possibly get into the playoffs down to a science. Of course, these complicated theories always rested on the Saints winning out, when losing out was a much more realistic end scenario. None the less, teams get hot and a switch can flip overnight. The Saints' backs are against the wall. They will need to win their final 4 games to have a shot. Here's the competition:
Chicago Bears at 8-4...
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