Monday Night Football! Houston @ New Orleans!

[ET80]

Just now, incognito_man said:

when does it end?

Saints/Texans Super Bowl on 2/2/20. 

[Texansfan713]

Like I said in the Texans board, if the Texans win tonight this would be O'Brien's biggest win to date.  That's how you know you are a bad HC.  It takes to 6 years to get a huge win? lol

[incognito_man]

1 minute ago, ET80 said:

Saints/Texans Super Bowl on 2/2/20. 

I hope it ends tonight with an embarrassing NO defeat.

[nolaexpat]

As a Saints fan living in Houston, I have the unique pleasure of rooting for both teams (with a strong favoritism to the Saints, of course). I also get to see and hear a lot about both teams' flaws. The Saints start seasons slow, this is a fact. We don't normally get it together until week 3 or 4. But the Texans have BOB as coach still, arguably more of a liability than the slow starts. I've penciled that as the key factor in this game from the beginning. The Texans are a really good team held back, I believe, by poor coaching and some organizational failures. We won't know how good this Saints team is (or isn't) until they play Dallas in week 4.

I called it 20-13 in the Saints forum but it's football and anything can happen. In last year's opener we lost to Tampa Bay at home and they dropped 48 on us. Fitz had like 5 TDs by half time. After that game we kind of got it together (without really changing personnel) but who knows which Saints team will show up? I think both offenses struggle a bit and it's lower-scoring than people think. For Texans fans who don't watch a lot of Saints football, though, I'd say to remember the lesson of Tampa Bay. They dropped 50 on us in week 1. You probably can, too.

But please don't, ok? 😀

[Dome]

Saints have lost their last 4 home openers. Let’s buck that trend.

[Dome]

4 minutes ago, nolaexpat said:

Fitz had like 5 TDs by half time. After that game we kind of got it together (without really changing personnel) but who knows which Saints team will show up? I think both

Eli Apple was a huge addition in terms of us turning things around. He needs to come out playing as well as he finished the season

[nolaexpat]

2 minutes ago, Dome said:

Eli Apple was a huge addition in terms of us turning things around. He needs to come out playing as well as he finished the season

I'll take any kind of defense. Anything. We normally start the season without offense or defense so any kind of life from them will be a win in my book.

[incognito_man]

32 minutes ago, Dome said:

Saints have lost their last 4 home openers. Let’s buck that trend.

Let's not! 

#TeamWatson

[tab]

i just hope both teams score tds tonight. Texans win by a field goal

[berlin calling]

time for Davenport to prove worthy of the trade up. Tunsil in or not i expect the Saints D to bring the pain on Watson.

[DawgX]

On paper, New Orleans should win. But I actually have this gut feeling that Houston pulls it off.

[Jaytrajik]

This offense is built to fly so I'm not too concerned about them but I'm worried Crennel will come out with the same bland defensive scheme he's been running in yrs past. Weak front 7 pressure, ho hum coverage up the middle, zero blitz coming from the safeties and too much cushion on their receivers. Whomever lines up in the slot will torch Colvin, that should be a matchup the Saints should exploit. We don't really know what we're getting from Gipson or Roby, JJo is one injury away from retirement. so many question marks on the defensive side of the ball especially the secondary which isn't Crennel's strong suit. 

This game scares the beejeebes out of me. Only way I see us winning is by outscoring the Saints which will be a tough feat to tackle in the superdome. 

Saints 38

Texans 27

Edited September 9, 2019 by Jaytrajik

[Scoundrel]

I need 19 points in full point PPR I have Hopkins and Josh Jacobs... do I bag the win?

[Blackstar12]

Down 10 points hopefully Hopkins gets enough to give me the win lol.

[FrantikRam]

Feels like the Saints will win easily. But they seem to always start slow.

Plus the game they've really been wanting is six days from now...should be interesting to see how they come out tonight.