I'm late on this, but the Denver/Saints game should have been delayed. If I'm a Denver fan, I'd be screaming at the NFL and the Broncos for a long time. NFL for not delaying the game, the Broncos for not hammering home the importance of following the COVID guidelines and getting the team in that shit show of a situation.
The NFL should not be having what amounts to an FCS option team visiting Alabama. I even felt bad for the defense for Denver because they got gassed so easily, no amount of talent and conditioning could have prepared them for that.
And, as a Saints fan, it is kind of embarrassing in mixed fan base company to be like, "yeah, with that win over the QB-less Broncos, we're still the #1 seed." IF this team some how wins the Super Bowl, I wouldn't hold it against the entire Denver fanbase to scream "asterisk" at my fellow fan base.
The whole situation just sucks. I've read so many articles and listened to so many talking heads, I get why the NFL forced it. I get holding Denver accountable. But shit. Coach Payton didn't say it, but his subtext of Taysom executed the game plan we asked him to execute equated to dumbing down the offense because they knew they were going to run away with it regardless so why show off by putting 50 on them. Parity makes this a fun sport to watch. Would I love my team to have 9 Super Bowls in 20 seasons like some other teams? Sure, but I'd like to think they got it playing 11 on 11 against highly paid professionals and not some poor dude who was a WR yesterday.
All that to say, I will be insufferably fanboying if this team does go all the way (to be slaughtered by the AFC representative).