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Do the New Orlean Saints have a Minnesota Vikings curse?

Posted on 01/05/2020 1:35:49 PM PST by MNJohnnie

So despite another awesome effort to tie it up and send it to OT, the Saints lose to the Vikings again in the playoffs.


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To: murron

Saints lost. They weren’t good enough. Deal with it.

The Saints hit Farve LATE multiple times on purpose.

What was Payton suspended for? Too much whining?


41 posted on 01/05/2020 3:26:29 PM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: datura
“Lifelong Vikings fan here - I’ve watched them choke at the worst times over many decades.”

Two of the most memorable, both in NFC Championship games:

Gary Anderson’s only FG miss of the season (almost a chip shot) in what almost assuredly would’ve sealed the win over the Falcons,

and “12 men in the huddle” called, moving the Vikings out of field goal range (which would’ve likely iced the game), followed by a Favre interception that set the Saints up for the game winning field goal.

So, no team’s fans should complain about a “curse” to Vikings fans.

42 posted on 01/05/2020 3:29:56 PM PST by daler
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To: MNJohnnie

I see you support the Kneeling League. Pro football is a treasonous activity these days...


43 posted on 01/05/2020 3:34:51 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Why single out the Vikes? Is that the only team the Saints have had a problem with in the playoffs? How about the Rams? Seahawks? Niners?


44 posted on 01/05/2020 4:11:41 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: MNJohnnie

No, they’re just not that good.


45 posted on 01/05/2020 4:13:20 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man)
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To: kidd

+1


46 posted on 01/05/2020 5:09:25 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: LeonardFMason
Love watching Sean Payton lose. The Vikings were a victim of the Saints “Bounty” system for cheap shots. Sean Payton was suspended for 1 FULL season in 2012. Saints! Don’t care either way. Payton doesn’t deserve to win.

Agreed.

47 posted on 01/05/2020 5:27:00 PM PST by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: LeonardFMason

I’m not the one who’s complaining about the Saints losing. It’s the Vikings fans who can’t stop crying about their precious cry baby quarterback Farce getting hurt in that game. Farce screwed up and threw an interception late in the game and he wasn’t hit when he threw it. And if there were a lot of late hits on Farve, why weren’t they penalized for them? I’ll throw it right back at you. The Vikings lost that game. Get over it.


48 posted on 01/05/2020 5:33:16 PM PST by murron
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To: murron

i am not a Viking fan.

Saints just aren’t that good.

Greatest QB by statistics Brees has won the same number of Super Bowls as Nick Foles.

Payton, and the bad Mojo he carries around, has held Brees back.


49 posted on 01/05/2020 6:03:05 PM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: Spktyr

Free Speech has never been, and ever will be, treason.

They are scum for doing it, but they have the 1st Amendment right.


50 posted on 01/05/2020 6:17:59 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: shelterguy
Now Drew Brees and Tom Brady can watch the Super Bowl together from the couch.

Maybe lick their wounds.

So to speak!

51 posted on 01/05/2020 6:20:45 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: MNJohnnie; Impy; mmichaels1970

One thing’s for sure. I feel snakebit this season, and it ain’t just the Saints at fault.


52 posted on 01/05/2020 6:24:04 PM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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To: datura

Back in the 70s, I went to some Saints games when I was a student at Tulane. I was there when then Saints QB John Reaves was so wild in his passing that the stadium announcer called one play as “John Reaves’ pass into the Westside stands is incomplete.” The Saints have always seemed snakebit.


53 posted on 01/05/2020 6:33:52 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: MNJohnnie

partial measure of karma for the injustice of 2009 nfc championship bountygate that stole Vikings Super Bowl


54 posted on 01/05/2020 6:34:47 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: MNJohnnie
I am not inclined to believe that there is some curse involved here. The Saints missed an earlier field goal, and could have won the game outright. They did tie the game though to send it in to overtime. Minnesota won the toss and scored a touchdown. It is possible that had the Saints won the toss they may have scored the winning touchdown.

Just an opinion here. I don't think ANY of the teams which won this weekend have the gas to go all the way and win the Super Bowl.

55 posted on 01/05/2020 6:49:33 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: LeonardFMason

Saints aren’t that good? Let’s see. Saints Super Bowl rings, 1, Vikings, 0. Saints 12-3 this year, Vikings 10-6. Vikings-Saints happened 10 years ago. Move on.


56 posted on 01/05/2020 7:06:16 PM PST by murron
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To: MNJohnnie

They can partially blame the Seahawks for costing them a bye week.


57 posted on 01/05/2020 8:39:30 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: datura

Growing up in L.A. and being a Rams fan, I hated your purple people eaters as they regularly kicked the Rams butts.


58 posted on 01/06/2020 3:54:24 AM PST by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: murron

Moving On - Like the Saints after ANOTHER playoff failure.


59 posted on 01/06/2020 6:56:15 AM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: LeonardFMason

Yeah like the Saints in 2010. Get over it.


60 posted on 01/06/2020 11:40:47 AM PST by murron
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