Leave it to the Saints to have a Monday night game during a week in which Thursday is a major holiday which requires that you start cooking days in advance and tend to your out-of-town-friends’ doggie. Has no one the slightest regard for a blogger’s demanding schedule? Nooooo.

The good news is that it’s a perfect excuse to half-ass it for a week. High five!

The Saints sure were pretty Monday night. Oh sure, they gave up 21 points in the first half. They didn’t gain a damn thing on Carolina or Tampa (thanks, Detroit) and they’re still probably totally screwed (thanks, Marteen.) But it was still one for the archives. And I’d sooner DIE than shirk my blogging responsibilities. Still, it’s a short Thanksgiving week, and I’m not above half-assing it for legit reasons. Or any other kind of reasons. So the following is pretty much just a raw dump of in-game comments cobbled together into something resembling a recap. Enjoy. Or something.

Welcome to the second part of the first installment of moosedenied’s newest gimmick feature, Glenn Frey Is An Asshole.

Periodically, we’ll pause to take a look at the current status of each of our heroes (and Jason David) individually and serve up the relevant information in convenient individually-wrapped snack-sized portions for busy professionals on the run.

Again, just to be clear, we here at moosedenied have no idea whether or not Glenn Frey is actually a real live asshole.

You can find Remi Ayodele through Matt Lehr here. Dulymus through Usama begins right……. NOW!

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Kinda sums up the 2008 Saints, doesn’t it?

Oh, if only every week’s opponent were a team who’s 1-18 over their last 19 games. A team that lost.. at home… to Oakland…… by two touchdowns. A team starting its third quarterback, who’s a second year guy from Coastal Carolina with a 26th ranked 76.3 passer rating.

Now don’t get me wrong, you’ve got to give credit to the Saints for their performance, especially on defense. After all, they held the Chiefs to a point total only 21% higher than their 29th ranked average. They only allowed the Chiefs 12.75% more total yards than their 26th ranked average. They only allowed the aforementioned 2nd year guy from Coastal Carolina to throw for 68 yards above his average and his third highest total of the season. No wonder so many people are heaping praise on the defense today. Clearly they’ve arrived.

Welcome to the first installment of moosedenied’s newest gimmick feature, which we’ve mysteriously entitled Glenn Frey Is An Asshole.

Periodically, we’ll pause to take a look at the current status of each of our heroes (and Jason David) individually and serve up the relevant information in convenient individually-wrapped snack-sized portions for busy professionals on the run.

We here at moosedenied have no idea whether or not Glenn Frey is actually a bonafide asshole. All visual evidence suggests that he probably is, and there has to be some reason someone out there typed the phrase into Google and inexplicably somehow ended up here. Bea’s Head was so happy when she checked the logs and found someone who found this place by searching for something other than Kenny Wilkerson (Hi Kenny!) or nudie pics of one of the bandwagon chicks. So here’s to you, Timothy B Schmitt. Huzzah!

Pop quiz, hotshot: When a head coach takes a team deep into the playoffs, and then the team finishes the following two consecutive seasons below 500, what does history suggest the future holds for the team and for the coach?

It’s been three weeks since the unofficial death of the 2008 season. Getting their asses handed to them by a mediocre team with a vastly overrated rookie quarterback was just icing on the cake. It’s time to shift focus.

The question is no longer whether or not the Saints have it in them to go on a run and get back into the playoff race. They don’t. The question now is just where in the hell is this team headed under Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis?

Alright stop, collaborate and listen
Georgia Dome’s like a douchebag convention

Somehow the Fightin’ Mike Smiths have managed to go 5-3 and lyrical poet Matty Ice is all of a sudden the hottest thing since Tony Romo.

Must be that 17th ranked 85.4 passer rating. Or perhaps it’s the 22nd ranked 58.6% completion percentage. Or the 21st ranked 207.6 passing yards per game at the helm of the league’s 22nd ranked passing offense. Now that’s what I call lighting up the stage and waxing a chump like a candle.

This weekend, it’s the Saints’ turn to check out the hook while the dee jay revolves it. It’s also the Saints’ chance to finally climb out of the division cellar. Hey, it’s something. Baby steps. Winning this game would put both the Saints and Falcons at 5-4, with the Saints holding the head-to-head for the time being, and perhaps more importantly, a 2-1 division record to the Falcons’ 0-3.