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Snap Judgments: Saints Crush Pats, 38-17 11.30.09 at 11:36 pm ET
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Drew Brees led the Saints to a dominating 38-17 victory over the Patriots. (AP)

Drew Brees led the Saints to a dominating 38-17 victory over the Patriots. (AP)

NEW ORLEANS — The Saints just finished vaporizing the Patriots, 38-17, in front of a raucous Monday night crowd here at the Superdome. We’ll have more shortly, but here are a few quick notes worth passing along.

•What else can be said? The game was nowhere near as close as the score would indicate. The Patriots were never in this one after the midway point of the second quarter when, with New England holding a 7-3 lead and driving for another score, Tom Brady airmailed a ball that New Orleans safety Mike McKenzie picked off. (It was the first of two bad interceptions for Brady, who pulled a Sanchez in the fourth quarter and hit Darren Sharper right between the numbers.)

•A quick look at the stats: Brady was yanked for Brian Hoyer midway through the fourth quarter, and finished 21-for-36 for 237 yards with no touchdowns and two picks. Two players had good nights for the New England offense, Laurence Maroney (64 rushing yards, two TDs) and Sam Aiken (90 receiving yards). On the other side of the ball … well, where do you want to start? Drew Brees was electric (18-for-23, 371 yards, five touchdowns), while Pierre Thomas ran for 64 yards and Marques Colston (121 receiving yards) and Devery Henderson (116 receiving yards) ran wild all night.

•The Saints’ offense pantsed the New England defense. The Patriots had absolutely no answer to anything that New Orleans did all night. Brees was in control of this one all night, spreading the wealth to a variety of wide receivers on the way to a perfect passer rating. New England had a bunch of missed tackles and it fell for Brees’ pump fakes. I wouldn’t go as far as to call it embarrassing — other good defenses have looked foolish at the expense of the Saints — but as it stands right now, the Patriots certainly don’t have a championship-caliber defense.

•There are very few positives for the Patriots to take out of this game. The offense was unable to get anything started through the final two-plus quarters, while the defense submitted one of its worst efforts of the year. Even the New England special teams — which has improved greatly over the course of the season — had a bad night. Stephen Gostkowski missed a field goal at the end of the first half and struggled to reach the end zone. In addition, Matthew Slater was absolutely LIT UP on a second-half kickoff return.

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  • Rob in Boston

    The biggest disapointment was play of our young D. I thought secondary was vastly improved but they looked horrible. Also No pass rush and I’d like to see another stud receiver in there B4 I comment on Brady. One bad game we can only hope but had to be one of worse games in his career.

  • Booyakasha

    Well, NOW everyone knows why Belichick went for it on 4th and 2 against the Colts- WE. CAN’T. STOP. ANYBODY. As usual, the offense played well enough to win [Brady's INT notwithstanding] but we STILL let receivers get a free release off the lines [nevermind that Saint DB's have to draw blood to get a call]. We have NO pass rush- maybe it might be time to send guys in the blitz!?!?!

    Overall, this doesn’t impact us too badly. We’d REALLY have to screw the pooch to not make the playoffs and things set up very well for us to get a first round bye. I have no doubt that should we see these guys [Come on, they're the f******* SAINTS for the love of God!] or the Colts in the playoffs we’ll win. I don’t think there’s been a team in the NFL going back 8 years that could beat us twice in a season.

  • ChalmetteMark

    Pats got schooled! Now tell us why we still suck. Geaux Saints!!!

  • pdubbs

    Saints have a good (maybe great) team THIS year.. don’t annoint them just yet until they win something.

  • ChalmetteMark

    I love it!!! Every week we get told we would lose. Then when we win, the Saints get told don’t to expect to go far.

  • ChalmetteMark

    I thought the PAT only allowed 16 points?

  • ChalmetteMark

    There it is: The Pats played poorly and the Saints aren’t that good. We hear it every week. You got beat man-up and take it ladies.

  • Fred Brady

    Charlie Weis and Romeo are without jobs, Pats NEED to hire them back.

  • junbug

    Booyadummy,

    When are you going to stop living in the Patsie’s past. You know this is a “what have you done for me lately” league. You can’t keep living in the past. I think Tedy Bruschi said it best when he said that all those gaudy stats were from teams of the past and this is not the same type of team. Get over it. Your Patsies got their @$$3$ handed to them on national television and it could have been worst. Lick your wounds or your butt, whatever you do best, and get ready for next week. The sharks are in the water after we have now given the rest of the league the blueprint for humiliating you.

    GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!

  • luis

    we all have to admit it the pats dont have a championship team right now thats not to say they wont have one but as far as right now there not if the playoofs started today they whould lose to the colts chargers and bengals

  • Booyakasha

    ——>”Booyadummy”- Wow, with a dry, cool wit like that it’s hard to even continue.

    When are you going to stop living in the Patsie’s past.

    —–>How about when the Pats have a season worse than 11-5? Christ, a small taste of success and you’re already insufferable. The Saints are not historically a good team and don’t have the talent to play with the Patriots.

    You know this is a “what have you done for me lately” league. You can’t keep living in the past. I think Tedy Bruschi said it best when he said that all those gaudy stats were from teams of the past and this is not the same type of team. Get over it.

    —–>True, it’s not the same type of team but they are, offensively, a better team. Defense is clearly worse and that needs to be addressed.

    Your Patsies got their @$$3$ handed to them on national television and it could have been worst.

    —–>The game was much closer than the score indicates. If Wilhite didn’t blow the coverage on the first Saints drive of the 3rd it’s a different ballgame. Come on, man, this is a Boston site and you’re trolling- at least have the decency to show respect and humility.

    Lick your wounds or your butt, whatever you do best, and get ready for next week.

    ——>Hah- jokes on you I can’t reach my butt with my tongue and there are no physical manifestations of the “wounds” suffered from this game for me to lick.

    The sharks are in the water after we have now given the rest of the league the blueprint for humiliating you

    —–>More wrongheaded thinking- we’re playing the Dolphins next week, the Sharks do not exist as a franchise except in the film “Any Given Sunday.”

    —–>I don’t see enough of the Saints to bear either the franchise or their fans any ill will, please don’t go out of your way to alter that.

  • 5678

    Aren’t the saints moving to LA in 3-4 years?

  • 5678

    Yup i just got off the phone with the governator(doesnt look good), the saints go 18-1 this year and move to LA in 3 years:) gorgeous new stadium/perhaps they would change the name of the team and color scheme? oh im excited as a graphic designer this is a great opportunity LA SAINTS!!

  • Veefox

    You morans. The Saints just signed a contract to stay in NOLA until 2025. The Superbowl is coming in 2012 and the Superdome will be completely renovated. The Saints are not going anywhere. Get your facts straight before you speak nonsense.

  • Booyakasha

    “You morans”

    —–>Just trying to wrap my mind around the irony of this sentence.

  • 5678

    Contracts are made to be broken:)mwhahaha-see cleveland browns to baltimore:) neworleans the city, and the saints franchise cant sustain this success+the superdome is a dump IM Pei coudnt save that eyesore! and I just checked the facts-and ….the owners non commitalshhh(wait did u hear that…..La…..La……La…LA….LA…LA..LA Saints…LA Saints..talkin bout those Saints there really great, birthmarks on my cheek, gay corners just signed last week and will be cut in 2 with lisps and ambiguously gay rhetoric on the mic after the game… LA Saints… I’m excited because I’m moving to LA in 2 years and I need a second team to adopt…talkin bout those Saints

  • brian

    the Pats aren’t a dynasty anymore. Let’s stop acting like they’ve won anything since 2004. They haven’t. The only integral player from the 01, 03, 04 teams is Brady, and we see in his inability to hit on the long ball and his record in big games, he wasn’t the same guy before the knee injury and he’s less now. This is not a championship caliber team and anyone who is let down by this loss still believes they are.

  • 5678

    there really great:) I love the LA Saints

  • 5678

    actually why do we support regional millionaires who wera local laundry/blow coke cheat on there wives, do steroids and dont give a flying fat goose about you or I!! lord Ive seen the light!! no not matt light he blew the superbowl for us…im talking about the fact that when i meet all these athletes in bars(coz i work there) they think were all a joke and lame..ahhhh…and they get paid to throw a ball around…ahhhh…u mean they cant cure cancer????? no…what about 2012??? …

  • 5678

    i just took the biggest dump of my life, and it was in he shape of the new LA Saints logo

  • junbug

    5678..who did we humiliate…the patsies, the patsies, yeaaaa. Oh, and the Saints just took a dump on your team and from what I saw tonight, you guys liked it. go to bed and dream of Patsie teams past. That’s what you all do best.

  • junbug

    Booyadummy,

    Please write something of your own instead of copying and pasting my entire tirade! Oh that’s right, you can’t think straight because of the train that just rolled over your Patsie team! Maybe you should just get some rest and dream of much better days. Join the rest of your sorry buddies that can’t seem to wrap yourselves around the fact that the Patsies suck this year when it comes to playing in big games.

  • junbug

    Ok. I’ll stop dogging your team. Just give the proper respect to the winning team. Be champion like even when you lose. That’s all I’m asking for.

    GEAUX SAINTS!

  • Booyakasha

    Booyadummy,

    —–>Ok, I’m telling you this in all honesty- this nickname is sub-moronic. My handle is silly and irreverent, but not embarrassing.

    Please write something of your own instead of copying and pasting my entire tirade! Oh that’s right, you can’t think straight because of the train that just rolled over your Patsie team!

    —–>I wrote responses to different parts of your posts, just like I’m doing here. See, you didn’t write this sentence, I did. The Saints show a lot of promise but haven’t reached that elite level to be considered amongst that Pats’ peers.

    Maybe you should just get some rest and dream of much better days. Join the rest of your sorry buddies that can’t seem to wrap yourselves around the fact that the Patsies suck this year when it comes to playing in big games.

    —–>I waited and waited but you didn’t respond. I figured you weren’t around or I had responded so well that you couldn’t in good conscience post anything. Good God, man, the Pats are 7-4 and on top of their division [a division much better than the NFC South]. They will most likely make the playoffs. Just in terms of self-interest, you should avoid bad karma by taunting Patriots fans. What if they meet again in the Super Bowl or the Saints are knocked out in the first round? You guys have Brees who, while not an elite level QB like Brady or Manning [or what Favre was], is very good. But there is little other talent on that roster.

  • Booyakasha

    Ok. I’ll stop dogging your team. Just give the proper respect to the winning team. Be champion like even when you lose. That’s all I’m asking for.

    —–>Ummmmm, I’m not the one going onto another team’s site and pouring lemon juice in the wound. Maybe that doesn’t put you in the best position to bleat about “respect.” Why would I behave like a champion? I thought you were quite adamant about the “Patsies” [clever one] NOT being a champion anymore?

    GEAUX SAINTS!

    —–>You need to take the long view. The Patriots are a venerable and historically great franchise. The Saints are not. The question is: Are you a football fan or merely a Saints fan? If the latter, then carry on. If the former, you should be deferential and respectful and experience a slight twinge of angst when your team beats the Patriots.

  • +p8664Lobc&&

    LA SAINTS..Saints are one bad season away junbug…if they have a bad season(even if they sign some symbolic contract to appease your fans) say hello to the newest Hollywood Franchise:)…the owner is non commital and will go after the almighty dollar..tell me junbug” does it depress you, just to know how alone your really are”:)…will you ssssupport your team when they go away?will you come to this forum and talk about that game way back when:)..and your one lombardi maybe:)…”see im not a monster im just ahead of the curb”(its called rope a dope lmao!!)

  • 5678

    LA SAINTS..Saints are one bad season away junbug…if they have a bad season(even if they sign some symbolic contract to appease your fans) say hello to the newest Hollywood Franchise:)…the owner is non commital and will go after the almighty dollar..tell me junbug” does it depress you, just to know how alone your really are”:)…will you ssssupport your team when they go away?will you come to this forum and talk about that game way back when:)..and your one lombardi maybe:)…”see im not a monster im just ahead of the curb”(its called rope a dope lmao!!)

  • junbug

    5678, after that last little description of the Saints organization, it sounds like you snorted the dope, not roped it.

    Booyadummy, I’m only on your site because it was the first site to put out an article and your fanatics are the ones that didn’t show respect for the fantastic game plan and execution of it by the NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.

    You guys take care and keep on dreamin this season. I’m not talking about last year, next year or even the last decade. This season, your team is not what it once was. Handle your business.

  • Dewey24

    Bottom line: Patriots are a second tier team right now. The Saints, Colts and Vikings are better, period. The defense is young and has NO big playmakers. They simply aren’t that good. Next year maybe, but it’s another year that Moss gets older. He isn’t getting better, just slower.

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