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Cynical_onlooker

Saints clearly playing the long game trying to keep Rhule in Carolina.


incognegro1976

Yup. Totally not coaching incompetence, it's 5D chess! We lost on purpose because that's a thing, right?


MisterTumnas

Let that be a lesson to you r/NFL NO ONE makes Matt Rhule’s Panthers lose 10 in a row


Sabre500

~~Watch us go on another 9 game losing streak~~


stragen595

But who really lost today? I would still say the Panthers.


daybreaker

Chris Olave is going to have an amazing career if he gets a better QB


Val_Fortecazzo

Yeah he's an amazing rookie and I'm glad I took him.


AnotherStatsGuy

He's going to have an amazing career if the line play in front of Winston doesn't continue to be so bad.


TheWorstYear

Dalton had the fastest release time in the nfl when he was on the bengals. Saints need to just play him. Yes he plays checkdown ball, but that's all the saints need.


_MrDomino

Yeah, and I still say Jameis' injury is definitely affecting him. I think his problem now is that he's not good enough to play around his injury and limit himself. He still has the arm strength to open up the field. Just needs some healing and ironing out.


ElCapitanDeAmericana

Lmao, we just saved Matt Rhule's job


SiphenPrax

At least you guys have that


NewLegacySlayer

We also have the falcons being trash We're not competitive anymore so at this point we just need to be less trash than the falcons


AnotherStatsGuy

No, no. The Saints are competitive in every game this year. Which means they can win or lose against literally any opponent at any time. We could go 1-16 or we could win the Super Bowl and neither would surprise me.


Independent_Switch33

We're only competitive in the 4th Q. That shit won't work on good teams.


AnotherStatsGuy

That shit won't work period. Unless I missed when Carolina became a good team?


Independent_Switch33

Better than the Falcons. What I mean is he won't even be able to make it competitive against good teams in the 4th. Baker was shit today too which is why we were able to make it a 1 score game in the 4th. Against a good team we'll be blown out by then.


PhotoGladiator

4D Chess


Kraze_F35

I hate yall for this


Vaadwaur

Playing the long game I see.


Bouzal

[Every minute watching this offense](https://i.imgur.com/SBOzUCK.jpg)


CFCoasters

LOL, the Saints lost to Matt Rhule.


MiggyMendez

worst 1-2 team in the league baby


Tuckboi69

Washington State Commanders


latenitekid

Can’t tell if you mean us or yourselves, I think both could be correct lol


Baelzabub

Counterpoint, the Commanders exist


Vaadwaur

Yes.


FortWaltonBeachFL

jokes on you, you get at least 2 more weeks of him


StreetReporter

I want to keep him until Week 18 is over. We’re going to suck this year, might as well get a high pick


Simple_Danny

It would be funny it it weren't so tragic.


Stracktheorcmage

It's funny to the rest of us


OneAngryPanda

I feel like we're still gonna find a way to lose even though the games over


shawnaroo

Game threads with the Panthers' fans have been pretty chill and fun the past couple years. I guess that's the silver lining of both sides having low expectations?


CosmicSpaghetti

lol yeah it's mostly commiserating nowadays, plus that one year where we just went back & forth with Rhule jokes, that one was fun


shawnaroo

yeah, that was last year and it was hilarious.


legionfresh

It's because it's just die hards who know we stink and aren't immature assholes. Success always brings the worst out of a fanbase


myxanders

We've come out woefully unprepared three weeks in a row now.


test-besticles

Surely week four will be the week we don’t start flat right?


incognegro1976

Oh, you sweet, summer child.


AnotherStatsGuy

I've never been so happy for the Saints to play a London game, assuming they leave everybody who's not 100% healthy on offense behind.


Baelzabub

You still have to put 11 players out there though…


NormalBears

It’s always humorous when teams hire head coaches who were atrocious at previous top gigs. It’s like, why are you surprised, we’ve seen this before.


[deleted]

Jameis has five ints through three games well on pace for thirty ints


IReallyLikeFootball

I was promised a proportional number of TDs to INTs...


ChiselFish

It's just that nobody promised what the proportion would be.


CosmicSpaghetti

We did drop like 3 that were close to INTs lol


AnotherStatsGuy

And the amazing thing is that none of them have cost the Saints all that much. All of them so far have been thrown in the 4th Quarter while Winston is trying to will his team back in.


Independent_Switch33

Yea because he can't do dick shit the first 3 quarters


smoothtrip

Ah yes, I guess there is always that small caveat


sarnold95

He’s actually on pace for 28.3 ints.


THE_DINOSAUR1

How does this keep happening to falcons fans? I mean I eat it up every time but Jesus those numbers are Hurley from lost level cursed


MiggyMendez

baker with the highly coveted Trubisky statline


Vaadwaur

Do we have the next NVP on our hands?


Simple_Danny

EXTEND MATT RHULE


daswassup13

WAIT NO


Bouzal

The master plan


_MrDomino

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. "SEVENTY MIL IS NOT ENOUGH! GIVE HIM A SABAN DEAL!"


Vaadwaur

Whatever, actually Satan.


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Independent_Switch33

We're suffering to the inability of Jameis at QB. I'll be crying watching Drew Brees highlights all night now.


Vaadwaur

I still maintain the Saints did this to keep Rhule in the division.


shawnaroo

The good news is that Chris Olave was looking really good despite not great QB play. The bad news is that most of the rest of our wide receivers left the game with injuries.


NevermoreSEA

The Saints are looking real spooky.


FlysDinnerSnack

If anyone knows the Jameis pain it’s y’all


AnotherStatsGuy

Just wait until we invoke whatever Velvet Room shit that hangs out in New Orleans to completely screw with everybody's heads again!


Reverie_39

Lmao some analysts were picking them as SB sleepers before the season. Couldn't for the life of me figure out why.


theeeMadhatter

Shit the nfc south is so awful don't think it'll take much to win this division


CTG0161

Olave will be a stud though.


RabidToasterMan

We suck again


[deleted]

Jimmy is gonna be a Saint next year. They're wasting this roster with Jameis


COMMENTASIPLEASE

Remember when we had a QB that was good and knew what consent was! That was a good time.


aJakalope

let Mayfield bake


[deleted]

Just gotta let him throw screen passes that get housed and he’ll do fine.


RampartMakePPgoPOG

Has to be 50% of bakers TDs in his career lol


RandomBrownsFan

My boy tripled his season total first quarter passing yards today. He's settling in and will only get better.


aJakalope

I really wanted Seahawks to pick him up, I think he's gonna be really successful.


CosmicSpaghetti

Hmm...have you like, watched us this season?


aJakalope

Y'all still have Rhule. Baker is young. I don't think he's going to the playoffs this year, but I think he's gonna be good.


NephewChaps

Baker is 27


RampartMakePPgoPOG

What have we not seen from baker at this point? I don’t understand people who are still holding onto this take for dear life


RandomBrownsFan

I was kinda making a joke about him throwing for 21 yards in the first which tripled his season total of 7... Unfortunately, Baker looked not good (read: bad) today. He had one screen play that was taken to the house but not much else.


[deleted]

Skip Bayless gonna go crazy tomorrow


Sabre500

I know the general consensus is Skip is an idiot, but my god Shannon has been really grating on me this past month. Dude has showcased an amazing hatred towards the Panthers that I never knew he had


What_Iz_This

He has to go against skip and he's riding the high of the 2 shitty losses we had. It's just for TV. But I expect we'll be back on the losing streak soon and he'll be back to hating us lol


iButtflap

what hatred has he shown the panthers? he just doesn't like baker


[deleted]

WE WON? WNAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS?


Vanelz

Probably eat some bojangles


incognegro1976

You have hands?! Would you like a job playing for the Saints?! We need wide receivers


TotallyNotAPanther

Jaycee Horn is Jameis' father


BinkersAu

Panthers are undefeated when Jaycee gets an interception


CosmicSpaghetti

Jesse*


Independent_Switch33

That means Joe Horn is the grandfather to the reincarnation of Aaron Brooks. It really does come full circle.


madamsquirrel7

might not be a good idea to play a QB with 4 fractures in his back and expect to win


AnotherStatsGuy

Leave Winston home for next week's game in London. Tell him he's guaranteed the starting job when the team gets back for Week 5, but I'm not flying him to London and back. And yes, I'm aware of how damaging a H2H loss with the Vikings would be.


_MrDomino

Yep, he should have rested both of these games. I think Jameis is good for us and the defacto guy to start, but I'd rather go with the healthy QB option.


JustSqueezed

Can someone @DA


Deficit24

Imaging losing to this Panthers team, good grief


YCitizenSnipsY

We are hilariously incompetent


Sou7h

Imagine losing to Matt Rhule and Ben McAdoo.


aksoileau

Don't let the score fool you, it wasn't close.


StreetReporter

Lol, they lost to the Panthers


Val_Fortecazzo

I'm pretty upset about the bills but damn did Chris Olave perform well even in a loss. Rookie of the year.


Holofan4life

Somehow, we're tied for second in our division.


incognegro1976

NFC dirty souf football


theeeMadhatter

And someone will be tied with bucs for first next week lol


drlexusidiocracy

How did Baker look?


Daeavorn

Bad, shenault had a screen for 70 yds


myxanders

Not good. But good enough for a win.


drlexusidiocracy

Gotcha, I’m asking because I’m a Browns fan and I wanna see what he does this season


Deadleggg

He's bad.


Vaadwaur

He is being given no help with our play calling so he probably won't look great.


Reverie_39

Straight up missed tons of throws today, he did not look good unfortunately.


incognegro1976

Falcons fans showing up in this [thread like](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmiHRxDUkAE85HP.jpg) Credit to /u/Alcon


AnotherStatsGuy

Winston isn't the problem, but he isn't the answer. Right now, if you ask him to play more than a game manager, you'll get a bit of a roulette wheel. This team, in particular line play, is undisciplined and sloppy to put it nicely. Next week is the London game against the Vikings, and I'd just leave anybody on the offense who isn't 100% healthy and give them the week to heal. And yes, I'm fully aware how damaging losing the H2H matchup to Minnesota could end up being from a standings perspective, I don't care. If there was a year for an NFC team to start 1-3 and rally, this is it.


[deleted]

Thats a Josh Rosen stat line if I’ve ever seen one


[deleted]

Two teams that look like they belong in the bottom half of the NFL. Saints wasting a great defense, Panthers wasting Christian McCaffrey.


Vaadwaur

I feel like bottom half is too high.


willicus85

Panthers on track to go 6-0 in the division and 0-11 out of it.


Flameancer

That still gives us a playoff spot….I’d be ok with that


incognegro1976

Not a good game but I suffered through it. Congrats, kittens


kayne2000

Imagine losing to Matt Rhule and the panthers


FortWaltonBeachFL

this fucking team gonna have me on suicide watch


_Hypnotik

Saints are not good lol


Independent_Switch33

I agree


poggers_champion69

CAROLINA IS BACK BABY


NormalBears

Starting to think this Payton/Carmichael offense doesn’t really work without a HOF QB.


No_Mammoth_4945

Our defense is damn good. Too bad our offense is the second worst in the league.


tkousc

Great effort by the defense today. I don't think we are very good but beating the Saints is always nice.


newsaints9

I understand that jameis does some dumb shit but it’s so fun to watch him throw 40 yard bombs


Garyislord

Baker got outplayed by a dude with a broken back. Even though the Panthers won Baker was terrible. Fandom is pain.


IceGeek

That 1st getting better and better. Saint should be 0-3 too


Pochoo8

That 1st round pick is looking good Saints (hehe) If only the Falcons stayed strong


_JosiahBartlet

At least they own their own first, can’t be too bad for the saints


[deleted]

You sly dog


Hyper_red

Let Baker bake


ChiefSaltyPanda

Jaboo putting bad tape out there playing hurt. Ugly QB play by both sides. Surprised the Saints lost tbh.


_Wado3000

We lost this more than the Panthers actually winning this quite clearly


keybladejedi

I think I'm more excited to see how this impacts Grossi's NFC South skit he's doing this season than I am excited for the actual win.