ILNFL sandbox thread, because you shouldn't pass up a chance to LOL @ the NY Giants

So who wants a Coughlin or Mora dead pool?

^^^^^^ lol thanks ESPN pg 2

Yes, definitely start with the NFC crap factor, the Browns, Texans, Raiders and Bills are perfect examples of parity at work in 2006.

HOW does Matt Millen still have a job??!?!?

FOR REALS.

that's from peter king's column, i can't decide if he's being snarky or serious.

Or addendum if you lost to any of these teams you are dis-qualified from the playoff.

word -- coughlin is going to join ray handley and richie kotite in that special place where the biggest NYC head coach fuck-ups go after they get shitcanned.

oh yeah -- YAY IGGLES and YAY JETS. mangini for couch of the year?!? (still woulda been nice if laveranues could've, like, gotten a coupla points 'cause his not doing so eliminated me from my league's finals) ;__;

in that case, out of playoffs:

jets
green bay (probably out anyway)
atlanta
carolina
kc
indianapolis

Ken Dorsey will be starting Sunday against the Texans. New Years Eve, so much to answer for.

DISAZTAH WAITIN TA HAP'N.

Dude's I been repping for the Jets as secret East stealers but a 9-6 record with an OKAYISH team in a pretty middling conference/division is not exactly something to start the parades over, in other words, otto OTM. Also Daver, really, I mean that is true (though pretending Pennington sucks is a bit of a stretch).

i'm gonna feel this embolism in morning.

SAINTS:
1 Sun, Sep 10 at Cleveland W 19-14 -- FOX
2 Sun, Sep 17 at Green Bay W 34-27 -- FOX
3 Mon, Sep 25 Atlanta W 23-3 -- ESPN
4 Sun, Oct 1 at Carolina L 18-21 -- FOX
5 Sun, Oct 8 Tampa Bay W 24-21 -- FOX
6 Sun, Oct 15 Philadelphia W 27-24 -- FOX
7 -- bye -- -- --
8 Sun, Oct 29 Baltimore L 22-35 -- CBS
9 Sun, Nov 5 at Tampa Bay W 31-14 -- FOX
10 Sun, Nov 12 at Pittsburgh L 31-38 -- FOX
11 Sun, Nov 19 Cincinnati L 16-31 -- CBS
12 Sun, Nov 26 at Atlanta W 31-13 -- FOX
13 Sun, Dec 3 San Francisco W 34-10 -- FOX
14 Sun, Dec 10 at Dallas W 42-17 -- NBC
15 Sun, Dec 17 Washington L 10-16 -- FOX
16 Sun, Dec 24 at NY Giants W 30-7 -- FOX

Anyway, I'm rooting for the Jets because everybody else in the AFC makes me sick. The Titians are my backup team but their uniform makes me want to stick hot kittens into my eyes.

Well, Mickey Loomis is certainly the GM of the year if it isn't AJ Smith, but EVERYBODY thought the Saints would be at least a 7-9 team this year with the addition of Brees and a healthy Deuce + Bush. On the contrary, most people thought the Jets would be among the very worst teams in football.

1) you can't pick who you play (tho shitting the bed the previous year guarantees a cupcakey schedule)
2) who did the Saints beat (besides early season Philly, and the to-that-point rolling Cowboys)? - the only AFC team they won against was CLEVELAND (sorry lk), the Portisless Redskins took 'em @ home, Tampa Bay sucks, those Hotlanta wins are kinda tarnished, &c.

Meaning that I'm all for Sean Payton as COY (plz kick the crap out of the Bears) (sry otto), but SuperMangina In A Bottle had a lot less to work with than Payton did - give a hairless monkey like Haslett Brees & Bush & Colston & an actual home field, and he could probably win at least 9 games.

That, coupled w/ the fact that he started in the NFL as a BALL BOY at AGE TWENTY THREE, puts him over my top. Even if the Jets are a lock to get bounced in the 1st round. If they make the playoffs.