It's Pretty Much Impossible To Doubt The Saints At This Point [NFL Power Rankings]

 The Saints haven't been properly challenged. I doubt anyone who watched that massacre would call the Pats game a well-matched one. The entire team looked to be suffering from hangovers. The Saint's win could have been accomplished by any mid-ranked team with a decent passing game. 

Texas longhorns at 30.

If two undefeated teams are in the Super Bowl, I bet that would break all previous broadcast records. I can't imagine two teams going undefeated in the same regular season, and both making it to the big game, but don't you know that would be exciting as hell?!?!

I like seeing the Cowboys at Number 6.  Other polls have them at 10-13.  This will be Tony Romo's last shot this December.  Biggest game of his career will be on Dec. 19th at #1 New Orleans!

Barring some major upsets over the next few weeks and on into the playoffs, it's sure looking like a Saints vs. Colts Super Bowl.  At this point, I'd definitely put my money on the Saints!

LOL HouTxFan and Pat are cracking me up, but i would still like to comment on the original comment about it being impossible to doubt the saints at this point, while if one had of asked me last week i would have without a doubt said the saints are garbage but after watching the hurting they put on the pats last nite, they just may be the team to beat in the super bowl and i, being a die hard love em forever and ever STEELER fan will with all the breath in me believe my precious STEELERS can still make it to the superbowl and lose to new orleans LOL LOL LOL.  So I agree it is impossibe to doubt the saints at this point.

I didn't have to try hard at all to find connections.  You have such problems accepting what you demand of others...you try so hard to live for the moment only and backpedal from previous comments.  It's either  kinda cute or sad, depending upon one's disposition toward children.  Anyway, it's late...it's cold...tuck yourself in, and remember...Santa Claus is coming to town soon.

You're trying too hard to find connections where there are none. And honestly, it's just sad. But whatever... do your thing. It's entertaining, if nothing else.

No problem if you want to back out of statements you are on the record as having made in previous conversations...you obviously have the right, and most definitely the privileges, to change your mind whenever you want.

You said Brady passed a torch last night.  Since you previously implied people should outline their reasons if they dare to have an opinion that differs from yours, I pointed out that I didn't think Brady even had a torch to pass, since he hasn't played well, at least figuratively speaking, since the 2007 season.  I gave my reason for my opinion of Brady being torch-challenged.  You previously implied, albeit in another conversation, that I tried to paint you as a homer, therefore I am a jerk.  I pointed out that you made an "anti-homer" jab at the Texans in this conversation, thinking your "homer / jerk" rule should kick in, and you see no correlation.  Big surprise there...uhhhh, no.  As someone, perhaps you, said earlier...whatever. 

There's no contradiction. You're just trying to tie together multiple unrelated conversations and taking things out of context, in an effort to paint me in a corner. It's funny, really.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Saints are the best team so far this season.  The biggest thing for them right now is battling the Vikes for home field throughout the playoffs.  That will probably determine who goes to the Super Bowl for the NFC.  It will be tough to beat the Vikes or the Saints on their home field!

No, it wasn't the figurative speech; I can comprehend it quite well.  No doubt, I'm not near as smart as you, but...  It's actually the contradictions and such that make things so hard to follow. 

Despite the fact that Brady was out and Peyton Manning is the early favorite for MVP, Tom Brady still has had the better overall career, when you look at regular and post season accomplishments. But last night, he looked terrible, and Brees was almost perfect.

The torch-passing was more of a figurative thing, since the Patriots have been the dominant team of the decade, and it looks like the Saints are taking over. Unfortunately, figurative speech is sometimes lost on people, hence the lack of appreciation for it. Whatever.

Pat wrote:

I'll take some of that action

Yeah... you know... the "greatest QB alive" torch. You might not be familiar, because the Texans have never had someone who could ever enter the conversation.

Personally if i was a betting man i would put money on the vikes and this is coming from a packer fan. They will beat the saints and lose in the Superbowl to the ...... Chargers! Book it!

Brady had a torch to pass?

Niners have to win out to make the playoffs?

Not really.

Case in point: SF has Seattle this week and AZ has Minnesota. That's not an easy task for SF, but it is a winnable game. Certainly SF has a better chance against the 'hawks than AZ has against the vikes.

So if SF wins and AZ loses, which is a decent possibility, then SF would only be 1 game behind AZ for the NFC west lead going into their MNF matchup against AZ the following week.

SF has already beat AZ, in AZ. If SF can win at home on MNF over AZ, again not easy but certainly far from impossible then SF would lead the NFC west. They'd be tied, record wise, with AZ but they'd have the tiebreak over AZ due to head to head record.

Would SF have to win out after that to win the West? Compare the schedules:

SF has Philly, Detroit and St. Louis. AZ has Detroit, St. Louis and Green Bay. I think both SF and AZ would go 2-1 in those games and that would still leave SF as the NFC West champs.

So I don't think SF has to win out to make the playoffs, they just need to beat Seattle and win their home games down the stretch.

The Texans need a new coach

Wow, they'll be lucky to win one more game this season? LUCKY to? I don't know about that.

I'd say they'd be lucky to win 4 more games, but "should" win at the Giants, at the Redskins, and at home vs. Philly. WILL they win those 3? maybe not, but I wouldn't say they'd be lucky to only win one of those. I'd say that would be supremely UNLUCKY.

hate to say it but the cowboys are WAY TOO high. They will be lucky to finish 9-7 with their up coming schedule. it's brutal.

Before last night I still had trouble saying that the Saints are an elite team even with there 10-0 record but after beating or should I say embarrassing the Patriots last night, they are now an elite team in my eyes and they will be a great team for years to come.

He looked ok on Sunday night. Only 1 TD pass, but nearly 300 yds and some decent long balls.

The Saints have 2 tough games left, at Atlanta and against the Cowboys.  If they're going to lose at all, it's to the Falcons who really gave them a good game in New Orleans.  The Colts are living on the edge the way the Bengals were earlier in the year, and it eventually came back to bite the Bengals against Houston.

Flacco hasn't regressed he's hurt. He can't step into anything over 15 yards.

Not this year, but they will play each other in 2012 and 2014.

After watching the Rams let Justin Forsett and the Seattle Seahawks run wild on them, it blows my mind that they were thisclose to upsetting the Saints.  Steven Jackson deserves better

looks like the Super Bowl is set  New Orleans VS Indianapolis

i know i am jumping the gun but that would be a good Super Bowl i think...but i wouldn't rule out my Cowboys just yet!

Don't forget about those Cincinnati Bearcats, i would like to see them against the Buckeyes.

The only chance I see for Minnesota is to "win out" and hope the Saints lose.  Minnesota could beat them at home (possibly).

and by that time, Favre's arm will be hanging around his kneecap, so I'll definitely go with a Saints blowout - maybe 41-0 like the Giants did the last time Minnesota had a "Super Bowl bound" team.

I was going to suggest TCU for the #32 spot since they won't be getting a shot at the BCS championship, at least they could get a little love here.

And with San Diego up next, the Browns should stay lock in to the #33 spot.

Chiefs looked about as bad as they could with 4 turnovers which translated to 28 points and a safety. It's back at Arrowhead next week though, and Denver is 1-16 all time at Arrowhead in December. I like the Chiefs chances as long as they hold on to the football.

Man, it's crazy how many mediocre to bad teams there are this year in the NFL. That said, Saints/Vikings would be an epic NFC Championship game. Saints win though. That offense, even with guys hurt, is ridiculous.

Damn, you're right. Can you put the Cincinnati Bearcats at 32, and the Florida Gators at 31?

It's almost like the Patriots passed the torch to the Saints. The Saints are a lot like the Patriots of the early 2000s. They have a star QB, productive receivers you've never heard of, running back by committee, strong on both lines, playmaking LBs, and interchangeable pieces in the secondary. New Orleans has made all the right moves in free agency and the draft, bringing in players that would fit their system, much like the Patriots have done for years.

Good job, hard to disagree too much. My only differences would be the Packers in the top ten and the Steelers ahead of the Broncos

The undefeated University of Cincinnati Bearcats would beg to differ. But I digress.

I would like to nominate Ohio State University for slot #32. They're the second best football team in Ohio behind the Bengals.

As I said on Twitter, the best pass that I saw from Tom Brady last night was when he passed the torch to Drew Brees.

That game was embarrassing. The Saints are just too good.