I don't think that it was during the playoffs.  He also doesn't have the most for a career.

I did watch the fourth quarter and Brees threw those Ints late in the game because of pressure.  Sure, the Falcons could blitz more because they were ahead, but that's the luxury of having a lead.  Total yards and time of possession don't mean anything in a game with 5 turnovers.  Often, the team with five turnovers has more yards and time of possession because they are playing catch up while the other team plays more conservatively.  Yardage and TOP are not always indicators of which team played better.  

But I did watch the fourth quarter and saw what took place then.  

Rol, I'll let you be right if you want, but I'm the one that's right with the prediction...

Only one thing matters and that's the final score.  All of those other stats mean nothing.  

Hey, I'll take a dumb luck victory over the Packers.  I'm perfectly fine with that.

Man, that was one of the worst endings I have ever seen. Saints being Aints. Followed by an all out hot streak and embarrassing fall that is more consistent of the Raiders. Drew Brees runs a more exciting team than the Falcons. It is too bad they cannot win without bribing players.

By the way rol I think you got a bad choice of teams for your poll. By dissapointing I mean teams that I actually expected to do good and the Raiders were never one of them for anyone.

I was thinking of teams doing only okay, but not horrible. Like the Saints, Pittsburgh, and the Redskins. The Saints and Pittsburgh were both largely winning teams last year and RG3 is just plain fun to watch. Most of those teams are not disappointing because I expected them to be bad or only averge.

Hmm, you're right. Brees didn't fake an injury and then sulk on the sideline for the rest of the game, so I guess my analogy was a tad off. I'll amend it to say "he had five Cutler-esque moments." I'm glad we've reached this happy compromise.

Rol's already covered the second paragraph, but since Brees came to the Saints that team has only lost to the Falcons three times out of fourteen (including last night's game). Since Week 6 of last season the Falcons are 1-3 against the Saints (inluding last night), and 18-1 against everybody else. The sole reason they won last night is because Brees ket giving the ball away, both early and late. I know you only watched the end of the game, but after an uncharacteristic implosion the Saints were completely dominant in the second and third quarter, and would have added on an extra seven points at the half if not for a bone-headed penalty by Graham (I believe), and an extra three if Brees had either thrown the ball away or had an extra second of gametime. In spite of all that, they still had a chance to pull one out at the end.

Unless your grocery list said "Brees was going to going to play his worst game every, and by a large margin to boot," then it wouldn't have amounted to much.

You know they are now that I've picked against them.

Noname, you and I have been friends for a while, but I am calling bullshit on this statement.  Cutler had gotten a severely sprained MCL that game which didn't allow him to plant in order to throw.  He attempted to throw a pass after getting the injury and his entire leg gave underneath him.  To top it off, he didn't ask to leave the game.  His coach, Lovie Smith, told him to sit.  I'm sure that you'll make a joke about his coach not having faith in him but whatever...  About him sulking; how would you react if you had played football your entire life, had gotten one game away from the Super Bowl, had to sit on the sidelines and watch the biggest game of your career, and not be able to do anything about it?  Would you be whistling zippity doo dah?  I know that I wouldn't.  My point is that he is tough and you really should stop with this crap.  I have watched the man take the worst beating that I have ever seen a Bears QB take over the last few years (this is saying a lot), normally pop right up, and more often than not win the game.  And about him being a bad player; he is actually a good QB.  How do I know this?  When he plays, the Bears usually win.  When he doesn't, they look like one of the worst teams in the league.  Look at the last two seasons if you want proof of this.  I am not saying that he's a perfect QB, but he should not be synonomous with shitty QB play, being a coward, and a sulking jerk like you are trying to make it look here.  You need to stop looking at the world through green and yellow tinted glasses.

The rest of this post you pretty much said the exact same thing as Rol, so I will you to be right about the Saints Falcons game just like he is.  But I was right about who was going to win.