There's always two sides to every story right?

Exactly, what I was thinking. If the hits weren’t hinky, then why did the NFL see fit to fine their asses?

And a few late hits from the Saints equate to them having a Dirty Defense?

If this is your statistical method of operation, then I sir would take a look in the Mirror. I mean if DN are going to want to hold the Saints Defense accountable and accuse them of have a “dirty Defense”, how can we do this when the Vikings in the past have made some “dirty hits” and been accused of having a “dirty defense”.

We’re just waiting for our shot… Last year was our shot, because you just don’t know what might happen this season..

we need to pick our spots in the game. Can’t do anything stupid, the zebras will be overcompensating for their screwups in NFCCG. Would like to see Jamarca Sanford start at safety. The man hits. Ray Edwards needs to tee off as well, as he did with Romo. Special teams play is also conducive to big hits, within the rules. An AP forearm shiver, or a steamroll, ala Steeler safety Gay would be fine. The key is to WIN the game, but, if we can send a few of theirs to the trainer’s room, within the rules, all the better.

It’s called southern hospitality because the vikes were so close we figured we would share the experiance with you

on the instant replays in OT. i believe there were 3 of them and they all went the Saints’ way.

One of my favorite albums of there’s.

We beat Pack at Lambeau without Sydney, but then they beat us in the dome after he’s (hopefully) back? Huh, interesting.

I mean who released the pic?

We’ve been calling “the Saints dirty, and the officials blind” ever since the NFCCG ended.

NFCCG’s don’t come around very often. You should know this, you’re a Saints fan. :)
So when you get robbed of chance to win due to cheap hits and blind officials, it hurts just a little bit more than losing fair and square.

They’re athletes, so i guess we can’t expect them to be geniuses. Maybe they forgot about their teammates’ fines. They actually were more effective at substantiating the accusations in my opinion. Otherwise, I agree with everything you’ve said. Hell, even if we had won that game how would Favre have been able to play in the SB on that ankle?

If the Saints lost to the Vikings and you guys went on to the Superbowl, would you be saying the same things as you are saying now. Would you even care?

Hmm if we popped your effing qb into surgery illegally would you be pissed? Oh wait you won. Thats why you have to hear our crap. Umhuh I would still be pissed if with undebatable evidence the Saints injured my qb illegally even if we made it to the superbowl. Did you see his ankle? It might’ve wouldn’t even be prepared for a superbowl Battle so SHUT DA HELL UP! – Viking Community

I think you just summed up our frustration with that game and proved yourself to be a classy fan of a winning team. We lost, and while we have good reasons to be frustrated about why we lost, it’s stupid to call the Saints down for taking advantage of good fortune and missed calls. Hope the rematch is a good competitive game with good officiating and clean hard play from both sides.

Hell yea +4 Jricky

You throw your own team under the bus again

Of course I agree that there were a couple of late hits and missed calls. I think it comes down to what you consider a “cheap shot.” No intelligent football player would purposely break rules, rough the passer/kicker, etc. just for the fun of doing it. They know that behavior would only be likely to hurt their team (through penalties) and/or their pocketbook (through fines.) That being said, when a team plays with aggression, things happen—late hits, hits that go low, etc. You know that every member of the defense knows the NFL doesn’t want anyone to touch the QB’s head. But look how often it happens. I’m sure the Vikes and every other NFL team had their share of roughing and unsportsmanlike calls through the season last year. If my team hadn’t, I’d be concerned about their level of desire!

I’ve often said that I consider the Vikes to be a high quality team with consistant talent. I’ll certainly be in that number on September 9th, (no small feat since I’ll have to travel about 1,000 miles!) Here’s hoping for a great game, with little to no injuries (if that’s at all possible!) Oh, and ditto on the hopes for good officiating!

I’m strictly expressing my concerns on those HITS ONLY! NOT us losing gesh people dont undastand this.

You’re right, our OL had the opportunity and responsibility to protect Favre at any cost and failed to do so. This was after your D used similar tactics on Warner, and Greg Williams stated in the media that Favre would get the same treatment. Here’s hoping the season opener is another hard-fought contest, with less controversy, no injuries and different results!

On a side note… several Saints fans have taken the high road here on DN, even in some threads where we’ve shown our ass. I appreciate the class that you, Jricky, lb, Grumps, Whodat… and probably others have shown. Jricky and Cali may have done us all a favor with that infamous exchange a couple of months ago, or maybe it’s just been coincidence. Either way, the dialogue with Saints fans has been healthier of late.

Do you need a nap? I think you might be a bit cranky.

You wasted a lot of effort there dude. I doubt very many of the people who would come to read a site like this woudl bother to read past your first sentence. I didn’t. Maybe you actually made some good points. I’ll never know.

get out of here with that! You don’t like the Vikings. We know that, express it on your site. We have our site to express our feelings.. So deal with it!

And not only are you the President, you’re also a client.

Thank goodness we have your enlightened opinion to lead us out of the darkness of our ways on the DN.

I’m so glad that you felt fit to come here for the first time (under this name) on the 31st of August, and then grace us with your wisdom in your very post 2 days later.

Where you during last season’s NFC CG? I was here. I’m pretty sure UnBannedVikingholic was here too. We sure could have used your enlightened, objective viewpoint then, when we were going through the moment.

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William D’Arcy, you come here out of the blue and try to lay your holier-than-thou bullcrap on us and I’m not buying into it. You haven’t earned the right to credibly take anyone here on the DN to task for anything, we don’t know you from Adam and at this point, I don’t care to know you. At all. You have contributed absolutely nothing to the DN, or to the Viking fan community here, and that puts UnBannedVikingholic about 20 stories over you. As far as I can see, UBV is a “True Vikings fan”, and you…. you’re just a literate troll.

And more, you’re wrong. Not completely wrong, but wrong enough to make it clear that if you watched the game, you didn’t understand what you were watching, and if you read about it later, your reading list was pretty limited. You don’t know what you’re talking about, despite your ability to write as if you do, and that further damages your credibility.

More, I don’t give a damn that you’re pissed about the bin Laden pic either. I served 20 years in the military and I know a bullshitter when I read one. Using the loss of buddies as a justification tool against free speech is pathetic, the guys I know who’ve lost friends have a lot more respect than that. People can, and will, joke about whatever the hell they want to, this is still a free country and THAT is what you were supposed to be fighting for. Or did that escape your attention?

Respect? You get none from me, troll.