In Week 1, I picked the Packers to beat the Saints, which made sense in my head because when a team quarterbacked by Aaron Rodgers is facing a team quarterbacked by Jameis Winston, I am taking Rodgers' team 100% of the time. The Packers lost 38-3.
In Week 2, I thought, "Wow, the Saints looked really good against the Packers, so I'm going to pick them to beat the Panthers this week." The Saints did not win that week. As a matter of fact, they got beat so bad (26-7) that I forgot they beat the Packers in Week 1.
In Week 3, the Saints were playing the Patriots and I didn't think there was anyway they were going to be able to go into Foxborough and steal a game on the road, especially after losing by 19 points to THE PANTHERS. Once again, the Saints had the last laugh after beating the Patriots 28-13.
In Week 4, I thought I had a lay-up: I picked the Saints to beat the Giants, who are horrible. The Saints were WINNING this game 21-10 with seven minutes left, but somehow managed to lose. I'm assuming it's because I picked them to win. After this loss, I banned myself from ever visiting New Orleans. I don't deserve to be there.
In Week 5, I outsmarted myself. The Saints were playing Washington and although my gut said, "Go with New Orleans," I never listen to my gut because if God wanted us to listen to our gut, he would have put our brain there. Maybe our brain should be there, because once again, I whiffed on the pick.
In Week 6, I picked the bye to beat the Saints and as we all saw, New Orleans won again.
In Week 7, I finally got one right, but I still don't feel good about it because I picked them to beat a Seahawks team that didn't have Russell Wilson. Even my 18-month old daughter knew the Saints were going to win that game.
In Week 8, I picked the Buccaneers to beat the Saints and of course, we all know what happened. The Buccaneers did not beat the Saints. New Orleans played half this game with its third-string quarterback and somehow still won.
In Week 9, I picked the Saints to beat the Falcons and I have to say, there was no game this season that was a bigger slap in the face than this one. When picking any game involving the Falcons, you always have to account for the fact that they're almost certainly going to have a spectacular fourth quarter collapse and the collapse ACTUALLY HAPPENED. The Falcons blew an 18-point lead over the final 10 minutes of the game and in any other season, this story ends with an Atlanta loss, but not this season, not in the season where all my Saints picks are wrong. After blowing the lead, the Falcons still won because they hit a last-second field goal. I am so jinxed that I reversed the most predictable thing in sports history, which is the Falcons collapsing late in a game.
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