To all Bears fans here, from a Saints fan... you DESERVE it!

[Brotherjohn]

Great game, and GREAT DEFENSE!

We Saints fans can complain all we want about turnovers and officiating. But what it comes down to is the Saints were flat-out BEAT on the line of scrimmage. Especially your defense taking it to our offense.

The fumbles, for the most part, were caused by Bears and not the elements. That's one of the reasons you have the No. 1 defense. The one or two the Saints dropped of their own account were just our own damn fault (and one of those we were DAMN lucky to fall on).

The officiating, while there may have been a couple of picky calls, they did not make the difference. If we had been able to hold our own on the line of scrimmage and hold onto the ball, we wouldn't even be talking about a call or two here or there.

The early turnovers caused the Saints to go away from the "smash-mouth" (read Deuce McAlister) game plan they wanted to establish. When you're behind by 16 near the end of the 1st half, you have to adapt. Brees did his best to get us back in (and Bush... tie for RECORD longest TD in NFL post-season history!). But in the end, couldn't withstand the pressure. It wasn't so much him as a great Bears DL, though. Few QBs could have done much better against the Bears front the way they played yesterday.

We lost because we were outplayed by a No. 1 defense that was much stronger than our No. 1 offense. Great game, Bears! You know what they say defense wins...

Good luck in Miami! Show'em what the NFC is all about!