@@cavemanriley Haha only the naive think the the saints are the first or only team to pay bonuses for big hits. This happened all throughout the league before the saints were switched on.
Yep you got that right good buddy... But every time the ball was kicked to him I got really worried.. an the opponent worried for other reasons then I did... overall yes I was happy with his production...
@@44thelegendary funny how you had to comment 7 months later for that lol. But yeah Brees was past 40 and still kept going to playoffs, only weakness was the arm strength before retirement
When ever I think of this game. The first thing that comes to mind is Bobby Mccray bringing the wood, and laying KW the **** OUT! “If your gonna be a defender, you had better defend yourself” and what a game by Reggie!
@@thekingbradable Bounties were not started by the saints that type of stuff went on throughout the entire league for decades. This defense was good they forced so many turnovers that year none of which had anything to do with bounty gate.
If the Saints had this kind of defense for all these years Brees would have atleast 3 rings. These last three years the defense has made sure to choke on playoff games.
You mean one with bounties for deliberately hurting players? They knocked out Warner of the game, the most dangerous weapon of the Cardinales and went on to repeat their dirtiness with Favre a week later.
@@saintsfan255 definitely legal. And definitely with the intention to hurt. As with real life law, there's only so much the rules of the game can capture regarding shitty ways to achieve success
@Diagonal_Fleece even without the paying, that hit was with the intention of putting Warner out of the game, and they achieved that. And that is a legal but shitty way of getting success, that's my criticism.
Also I hate we got hit with the "bountygate"... I mean it's like boxing! You play til the whistle blows (protect yourself at all times). There's no player targeting stigma when you make a crack back block or get blindsided or decleated... Always felt like the NFL had it in for us.
Wasn’t there literally footage/ audio recordings of everything tho? Like the saints coaches/staff were putting bounties on certain players to influence the defense to try and injure them. I feel like that’s the problem. If it was just that they were playing hard then sure, but they were literally targeting, can’t get anymore blatant than that.
It was later proven they did have it in for the Saints because The NFL wanted another team (in the NFC conference) to go to the Superbowl instead of the Saints. Roger could not show evidence that the Saints were accused of, but like a mob boss, Roger charged and penalized the Saints organization without proof according to the NFL rules.
As bad as a head coach he was for us as a whole, Ditka's Saints defense was pretty damn good, all things considered. Zaven Yeralian was our Defensive coordinator during those years and I wish we had him now
From 2009-2020, we should've been in the superbowl at least 4 times total including 2009 superbowl win.. I don't know who many superbowls we would have won, but definitely at least made it to the SB... 4 times.. without a doubt 2011 season should have made it.. The offense was better in 2011 then 09.. But anyway I'm still pissed about the rams nfc game, right there that miss call kept us out the superbowl an the rams had no business in SB..
The Sharper interception should have never been blown dead. He never had possession of the ball until "after" there was any contact. Bad quick whistle.
Bush was sorely misused and underutilized for his entire saints career. This game was just the tip of the iceberg of what he could've been. He even averaged 5 yards a carry the next year, but only had 70 attempts. People didn't think he was a between the tackles runner bc Payton always put him in space. But if he would've gotten a consistent load instead of running RBs like Hamiliton, a Bell, he would've been an all timer. Him and Pierre both
Reggie was not a bruising back but a speedster and Payton knew this. If you know the dynamics of pro football tactics, according to what team you play and the available players, you use them according to the other team's weaknesses.
Gabriel D. Matthews II yeah, I have the video but it’s blocked worldwide so I can’t make it unlisted or anything. The 2nd half is completely copyrighted so maybe I could try to just put some music in the background of the 2nd half or just have it muted, idk
Roger did have it in for the Saints because The NFL wanted another team (in the NFC conference) to go to the Superbowl instead of the Saints. Roger could not show evidence that the Saints were accused of, but like a mob boss, Roger charged and penalized the Saints organization without proof according to the NFL rules.
When Hightower scored that TD I thought we had this game. Boy was I wrong. Then there was the dirty hit on KW which sealed the deal. There's a reason why the Saints haven't been to the Super Bowl since and they've lost in some creative ways: karma.
@@DMkizzy did you see our opponents for next year? Bucs, Saints, Chargers, Raiders, Chiefs, Eagles, Patriots not to mention the Rams and 49ers. All playoff teams or teams knocked out of the playoffs on the last day. We're going to be lucky to win 9 games next season.
Roger did have it in for the Saints because The NFL (Roger) wanted another team (in the NFC conference) to go to the Superbowl instead of the Saints. Roger could not show evidence that the Saints were accused of, but like a mob boss, Roger charged and penalized the Saints organization without proof according to the NFL rules.
5:40 You can see number 93 cheap shot Kurt Warner and then get congratulated coming off of the side line. You should never congratulate someone for blind side purposefully hurting a QB. Disrespectful and cheap. Saints with out the bounty gate don’t have a Super Bowl to their name.
@@primer3458 That's not in the rule book as a violation😂Sean was suspended for a year (not fired Roger can't fire no player) It was Roger's jealousy of the Saints that he wanted to stop them from gaining momentum by breaking up the team and accusing them without evidence of wrongdoing.
