These Ain't your Dad's 'Aints!

The New Orleans Saints managed to stay undefeated at home against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. At 7-0 they are one of two undefeated teams left in the NFL (the Colts are the other). My Dad started rooting for New Orleans when he moved there in 1982 and the team was known as the "Aints". They were bad, really bad. But now, they have the easiest remaining schedule of any team in the NFL according to ESPN. And because ESPN likes to drum up stories, they are playing the undefeated season angle on the Saints. Their remaining games are as follows:

Sunday, Nov 8 - Carolina

Sunday, Nov 15 - @ St. Louis

Sunday, Nov 22 - @ Tampa Bay

Monday, Nov 30 - New England

Sunday, Dec 6 - @ Washington

Sunday, Dec 13 - @ Atlanta

Saturday, Dec 19 - Dallas

Sunday, Dec 27 - Tampa Bay

Sunday, Jan 3 - @ Carolina

Brees is doing his best Peyton imitation as he tears up opposing secondaries and consistently makes great throws downfield. That, combined with the Stay-Puff schedule, means that Saints have a pretty legit shot to go undefeated this year. With the majority of their schedule being comprised of the NFC south powder puff teams, the Saints will be the odds on favorite in every game from here on out.

Despite this, I believe the Saints are going to have a nasty faceplant of a fall soon. The most likely games for them to lose would be against New England in the Superdome or in Atlanta against the Falcons. I think those games are too hard for the Saints to overlook - more likely New Orleans will be looking ahead just a bit and fall right on their asses against a hapless team like Washington or Tampa Bay. I have a feeling that some embarassing Lions-esque loss will happen to the Saints and ruin their perfect season. I know that's just the pesemist in me, but that's how I see it going down! ...Or who knows, maybe they will be the first undefeated team in the past couple decades.