*NEW ORLEANS -4 over Tennessee----------Saints coming off 2 ROAD losses.....coming Home for the first time....you KNOW that THEY know that they need to improve, come up big here. I can hear their coaches...."THIS IS YOUR SEASON, YOU WANNA GET TO THE SUPER BOWL? THEN YOU GOTTA GET THIS ONE DONE!" Were the Saints expected to be bad? No......Just like McNabb wasnt expected to be bad last monday night, but he was....then he came back yesterday and torched a team. Saints were MINUS 2 on the turnover ratio to Indy and MINUS 2 on the turnover ratio to Tampa Bay. What happens if the turnover ratio is even in tonight's game? In my opinion: a blowout...a torching......42-9. yes, Tennessee covered against Indy last week, almost winning....impressive while even giving 1 turnover to Indy on the ratio. BUT BUT BUT.....that was at HOME in Tennessee's house. Can I discount Tennessee's road win at Jacksonville? YES! Jacksonville's offense(specifically their rushing) sucks. Titans scored only 13 points. With a fired up D playing at home, Saints' D(and offense probably) WILL be improved relative to its first two road games. And you cant really expect the Saints will be losing the TO ratio again(since TO's are highly unpredictable). Yes, this is a revenge game for Ten since NO beat them last year......revenge motivation worries me a bit. But in my methodological valuation for football, Home field advantage trumps everything. Remember what the Saints did in their first game last year when Atlanta came down as 4 point favorites? 23-3 Saints. Vick===Young?? Yeah, they say its 'different this time'. I dont think it will be.(Lose 31-14......My bad, Saints played Tenn in a preseason game last year. Didnt realize that so it wasnt really a revenge game. Also didnt realize how athletic Tenn's whole team is and how slow and weak New Orleans is. Saints give 4 turnovers here which makes them MINUS 8 on the ratio for the season. But this thing was really coaching: 1) Coaches are supposed to come up with new plays in situations like this and the Saints just werent fooling anybody with their shit. 2) 3-0 game in the 1st quarter, 4th and inches at the 50 yard line....and the Saints try a bomb?! Listen up! THIS IS WHY THE SAINTS DEFENSE QUIT IN THE 2ND HALF. In that situation, that early in the game, you punt to show your defense you have confidence in them. And when New Orleans got ahead in the 3rd quarter, that is when the crowd should have stoked the momentum and incited the blowout. The defense should have stepped it up and locked it down.....but they were pissed at the coach's stupid-ass 4th and inches decision so they didnt try as hard. A bad loss, but NOT such a bad bet)