From: scsd1055@altair.selu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Saints sinners...
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:53:45 -0600
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University

	Oh well, we Saints fans find ourselves eating shoepick (or crow
for those of you not in the know) once again.    Bo hooo  Booo Hoooo!!!  
I guess Ricky Jackson said it best after the game, "mumble...mumble...
we got...mumble...beat."
	But seriously, one must give credit where credit is due.  The Bills
are legit, and if they survive the AFC playoffs will have a legitimate shot
at nailing down their first SB title.  But I still feel that the 49ers are
(not counting Saturdays game...hahaha), the best.

	Saints:

	IMHO, the Saints did play a good game....for 2 quarters (1 & 2).
In the first half they put a lot of pressure on Kelly and had fair-good luck 
moving the ball.  But, I can't for the life of me understand how the Saints 
got away from their first half game plan.  In the first half, Heyward and
Hilliard switched up and combined in the backfield to present a fair-good
running game, then in the second half in comes Dunbar!  UGH!  What is up with
that?  Why put in a rookie (Vaughn Dunbar), whom hasn't been doing all that 
well running the ball, into the game when you're only up by 10pts on a very
good football team?  I question that bit of reasoning.

	For the Saints it's just too bad that:

	1)  3 of their 4 scores were field goals!

	2)  Saints receivers dropped 4 easy 10+ yard passes (Martin 2, 
	    Hilliard 1, Small 1) 

	3)  the Saints allowed Bufford Jordan (who has practiced a total of 
            three days with the  team for the entire season) to be placed on 
	    the not-so-special kickoff receiving team 

	4)  and finally, too bad that (and I know I'm going to catch hell 
	    for saying this) the refs made two bad calls
  
		One, when Kelly was sacked and flagged for intentional 
	grounding.  Kelly was clearly in the endzone.  The ref made the 
	correct call, but placed the ball on the one yard line...wrong!  
		Two, the pass interfernce call was bad, bad, bad, bad!  
	Look now...I'm not moaning, just putting forth a little critisism.  
	Heck at worst it was incidental contact!   Kelly threw the ball off 
	mark (he admitted in the locker room later that the pass slipped 
	from his hand), and more towards the Saints defender than his own man, 
	thus making the receiver jump back in towards the Saints defender 
	who was making an honest effort to defend the pass.  The contact 
	was made, but I'm arguing that it was incidental...but that's all 
	academic right?  Hell, games shouldn't be decided on penalties...
	unless flagrant.  



	Bills:

	Great D in the second half.  For a D with so many injuries to key
personel, to play that type of standup or shutup football demands a round
of applause.
	Great running game.  I don't know why Thomas wasn't allowed to run
the ball on every down.  The Saints have been weak against the run all year.
	I do have one question though...I haven't seen many Bills games
but is Kelly really worth his pay check?  In the games that I've seen in the
past few years (and like I said...I haven't seen many), I haven't been very
impressed with Kelly.  I know he's a big strong guy that plays tough, hangs
in the pocket, and isn't rattled easily, but what else is so special 
about him???  Can't be accuracy, can't be scrambling ability, can't be 
the shoes...hahaha...a little joke.  But seriously, has Kelly been worth 
his weight in contract money?

Bill P
-Geaux Saints---Merry Xmas all!
God give us just one playoff victory.  Is that too much to ask???
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