Total Meltdown: Picking studs & duds from Saints collapse vs Raiders + Live mailbag

Man, oh man, a brutal day in the Superdome for the home opener with black and gold.

End up falling to the now 3-0 Las Vegas Raiders, 35-27.

A game that looked like they were going to coast to a victory in and then...

We're able to squander it in

the fourth

quarter.

It's been a rough morning.

Obviously, post-game's long, so we're always tired the next day.

But just overall, that game was definitely draining on so many levels.

Yeah, the tired feels a little different when it's that type of game tired.

Because I'm always operating on only a few hours of sleep when we come on to do this.

But today, it just feels like my brain is angry again.

that i even have to try to figure out what the hell happened i'm ashamed to admit that midway through the third quarter and i feel personally responsible for how that game went because midway through the third quarter i was like thinking like i might have to fire off a tweet pointing out that tyler shook might be in the mvp conversation on monday based on how and like I feel completely vindicated in that idea based on how that game was going halfway through the third quarter.

You had a guy with like 200 yards, like 80% completions and four touchdown passes.

Right.

And, and then everything was going the way you wanted.

And it was like, you actually had solved the issues that were plaguing you in terms of you put 13 points on the board in the first half and you scored a touchdown in the first quarter for the first time all year.

And, You know, you take the ball away and you score.

That point, Jeff, for me, you come out in the third quarter, you get a touchdown.

The ensuing kickoff, you end up turning the ball over and get a touchdown out of that.

So, yeah, I was riding high, too, at that moment.

It almost felt like they didn't know what to do with themselves because they've been in that situation so few times.

I don't know if they've ever been in that situation under Kellen Moore where, you know, you've beaten bad teams.

which I don't, the Raiders, one of my takeaways from that game is I went in wondering, Hey, are the Raiders for real? Are the Raiders legit? The Raiders are legit.

They're not exact.

Man, oh man, a brutal day in the Superdome for the home opener with black and gold.

End up falling to the now 3-0 Las Vegas Raiders, 35-27.

A game that looked like they were going to coast to a victory in and then...

We're able to squander it in

the fourth

quarter.

It's been a rough morning.

Obviously, post-game's long, so we're always tired the next day.

But just overall, that game was definitely draining on so many levels.

Yeah, the tired feels a little different when it's that type of game tired.

Because I'm always operating on only a few hours of sleep when we come on to do this.

But today, it just feels like my brain is angry again.

that i even have to try to figure out what the hell happened i'm ashamed to admit that midway through the third quarter and i feel personally responsible for how that game went because midway through the third quarter i was like thinking like i might have to fire off a tweet pointing out that tyler shook might be in the mvp conversation on monday based on how and like I feel completely vindicated in that idea based on how that game was going halfway through the third quarter.

You had a guy with like 200 yards, like 80% completions and four touchdown passes.

Right.

And, and then everything was going the way you wanted.

And it was like, you actually had solved the issues that were plaguing you in terms of you put 13 points on the board in the first half and you scored a touchdown in the first quarter for the first time all year.

And, You know, you take the ball away and you score.

That point, Jeff, for me, you come out in the third quarter, you get a touchdown.

The ensuing kickoff, you end up turning the ball over and get a touchdown out of that.

So, yeah, I was riding high, too, at that moment.

It almost felt like they didn't know what to do with themselves because they've been in that situation so few times.

I don't know if they've ever been in that situation under Kellen Moore where, you know, you've beaten bad teams.

which I don't, the Raiders, one of my takeaways from that game is I went in wondering, Hey, are the Raiders for real? Are the Raiders legit? The Raiders are legit.

They're not exact.