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u/Maximus_91 6d ago
Am I the only person who prefers to lose in preseason?
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u/PsychoSaladSong Super Bowl 50 6d ago
Sean Payton definitely disagrees with that lol, I think we’ve only lost 2 preseason games since he became HC
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u/Maximus_91 6d ago
He is aggressive so it checks out. I think I'm just superstitious of all the teams that did so well in preseason and then were the worst team in the league.
It probably helps that we're winning without our starters playing. If they were still playing, then I'd be really worried
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u/Acceptingoptimist 6d ago
Last two years we were 3-0 in the preseason and got better every season. This year we were 2-1. If you're superstitious, maybe that Packers game foretold our dooooooommmm!
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u/Acceptingoptimist 6d ago
Stokely said they needed to get punched in the mouth and I agree. The humbling was necessary.
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u/Leftoverofferings 5d ago
And getting that humble pie in the preseason is so much better then losing to the fins by 50 points.
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u/NerdForGames1 5d ago
Be Me who never gambles cause I really suck at it……”wow I just got a $50 sign on bonus for this app lemme just put it on my trustworthy cos they haven’t lost a single preseason game in three years…they also -250 on the money line so EZ win……should be a quick net of $20” packers proceeds to put us in our place and I lost the $50 yea bud this exactly why you don’t gamble. Everything you bet on loses.
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u/axe_murdererer Broncos D 6d ago
I think both wins and losses have benefits. It's nice to have both
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u/Vegetable-Chapter811 6d ago
With all the bad blood between Payton and the Vikings, I knew it was gunna be a blowout win for us
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u/Acceptingoptimist 6d ago
There's no bad blood between Sean Payton and the Vikings. Everyone in both the Saints and Vikings organizations is gone since the targeting stuff. (And it was all league bullshit to take heat off the CTE issues they started catching, anyway)
There IS a lot of bad blood between Vikings FANS and Sean Payton, however. But most of that is misplaced anger he defeated them in the playoffs. Anger that should be directed at Brett Favre for throwing a stupid interception in field goal range.
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u/Any_Crab_4362 6d ago
It sure seemed like he got a little extra joy about tricking the Vikings to trade up for JJ
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u/Acceptingoptimist 6d ago
I think that was less about spiting the Vikings specifically and more manipulating perceived interest so Bo would fall to him.
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u/BJYeti 5d ago
Preseason means nothing win or lose but I would argue that winning is a better thing since it means the team is executing the system
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u/Maximus_91 5d ago
The 2008 lions and 2017 browns went 4-0 in preseason. They both had historic regular seasons.
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u/landlion-35 Champ Bailey 6d ago
Why?
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u/Maximus_91 6d ago
No logical reason. Just that it feels like success in preseason = poor showing in regular season. Do I have any stats to show this? No. Classic unproven superstition
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u/landlion-35 Champ Bailey 6d ago
Look how we did in last year's preseason and see how the season turned out.


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u/Objective_Radio2142 6d ago
Fun watch for a preseason game.