Saints at Chiefs - Week 11 - Record: 1-9

There's something in me that is pleased with losing games, because then I think the odds of us winning games later will be better. I know that is competely fallacious thinking, for the only thing that determines whether you win or not is not odds but whether or not you play better and smarter than the other team. If we have a crappy team in perpetuity, then we'll lose every game no matter how many times another team has beaten us.

"And the Saints have already won 57-thousandeth straight over the Chiefs--and there it is, win number 57-thousand-and-one in a row over Kansas City..."

Depressing.

Oh, I don't know how many times the Saints have beaten us in a row. I think this loss makes at least two in a row because I'm pretty sure we lost to them four years ago too.

My point is that we have a very bad team, at least right now. How much confidence do I have in our ability to build a winner later, even with a really high pick in next year's draft? Not a whole lot. Ergh.

I really work not to do what I'm going to tell you I feel like doing because it is insulting, I know. But right now the feeling of doing it is still there. So I'll share with you what I want to do without actually doing it--so remember, I'm just telling you I feel like doing this.

What I want to do is say:

"I'm sorry Tony Gonzalez, Dwayne Bowe, and Larry Johnson that the team the front office put together around you fine players is such a crappy one."

Okay, I'm not saying that in any way, I just confess that I do feel like saying that.

And why, you may ask, is Larry Johnson in that mix when he's been such a prick lately? Well, he is still a great runner, but you can't do diddly with the offensive line we have. Besides, it isn't about what kind of person you are, it is what you do on the field. I am not excusing Johnson in any way, I am genuinely glad he seems to be coming around. Who you are is way more important than how many touchdowns you score.

It's just here in this blog I'm talking about how many touchdowns you score.

And what's with everyone suddenly thinking Tyler Thigpen is the next incarnation of Terry Bradshaw? "Got a strong arm, very mobile, I think the Chiefs have found their guy."

Huh?

This game showed Thigpen doesn't even have close to what it takes to lead a team, much less lead a team as bad as this one. Sure the badness of the team helps make him not-so-good also, but really, do you really think this is the guy to take us to the promised land in how many hundreds of years from now that may possibly be? Sure there is the thought that Thigpen needs to get his licks in, I understand that. But come on, you really think this guy has Brett Favre in him, Dan Marino in him, Troy Aikman in him? Really? You do?

For the game today, it was nothing really different from all the other sorry affairs. We get a nifty early lead, and then our injury-riddled defense runs around a bit, trying real hard-- which is a good thing, yes. But what's new.