Brah.. you are totally clueless to the NFC south..
Like you said, you had Pitts at #1 because they were 3-0 with out their best offensive player...
Brah..
Saints have not put on their best offensive game yet... due to TURNOVERS... they are playing with out REGGIE, PIERRE THOMAS (your Chicago native), Tracey Porter and Darren Sharper...
Falcons beat New Orleans on a PRAYER... and they didn't beat an 0-4 49ers no better than the Saints beat them....
Like I said... I will be telling you .."TOLD YOU SO".. again... you ought to be tired of that by now..
and BTW.. your "should have" statement sucks arse...
That deep ball play was a prayer dude... our defense stopped them... our offense MOVED on them and SHOULD have NOT kicked on 1 and 10 DUDE!!
The Saints missed a 23 yard field goal with 3 more downs left..... You obviously thought know wtf you are talking about are you just clearly DON't like the Saints... you have a long pattern against the Saints...
I mean damn.. you don't see us Saints saying a bunch of dumb isht about the bears.... get real and start calling it the way it is... Get your hate out the way..
And the NFC does have a STAND OUT team... the DEFENDING world CHAMPS.... you don't have a clue brah...
You talk about the Saints missing cats on defense, but the defense has played tremendously through four games. Sure, the Saints are missing two running backs, but they still got Drew Brees, Colston, Henderson, Moore and Co. The Colts lose two starting WRs and roll against Denver.
The Browns start some cat named Payton Hillis and he rushes for over 100 yards against the Ravens. The Patriots don't even throw the ball to Randy Moss, no running game and beat the snot out of the Dolphins.
Every team has injuries and setbacks throughout the season, but as good as the Saints are, they should still shouldn't be impacted too much without so and so not in the lineup against the Falcons, Niners and Panthers (with a rookie quarterback).
Sure turnovers are not good, but... wait...turnovers? I thought you classified those as takeaways? (Which actually played a huge role in the Saints beating the Niners on Monday Night Football, but that is neither here nor there).
Actually kicking the field goal on first down was the smart thing to do. You don't want to risk a turnover in the Red Zone. Plus, if something happens with the snap, you can always kick it on second down.
I don't have a long pattern against the Saints. I ranked them as the best team in the NFC last year and ranked them No. 1 in the Power Rankings to start the season when a lot of people had the Jets and Green Bay being better than them.