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The NFL released the 2012 regular season schedules for all teams last night, and now we know the exact when and where to go along with the who we found out way back in January once the 2011 regular season ended.

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CSC Related Coverage – Saints 2012 NFL Schedule: Primetime Is Our Time

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Now that you’ve had a night to sleep on it, it’s time to really dig into it, and what better way to do that than with a “Fast Five” Q&A?

If you need some help in digesting the schedule, I offer you the following helpful links: nfl.com’s analysis, Jeff Duncan’s quick take, and Pat Y’s analysis.

Without further ado, on with the questions…

1. What do you predict for the Saints 2012 regular season record?

2. What do you think is the easiest part of the schedule?

3. What do you think is the most difficult part of the schedule?

4. If you could switch one 2012 road game to a home game, which one would you choose and why?

5. Do you like where the bye fell for the Saints? Why or why not? Or do you even care?

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Thanks in advance for playing and have a great day, Who Dats!!

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Saints, Brees within $2M/yr on long term contract

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The 2012 NFL regular season schedules have been released on nfl.com, and despite the stink of Bountygate still stuck on the team, the Saints will play four primetime games this year (two Sunday nighters on NBC, one Monday Nighter on ESPN, and a Thursday nighter on NFL network).

Go here to see nfl.com’s Saints release page, and make the jump to see the Saints whole schedule and break it down with your CSC buds in comment section…

CSC Shoutout to Sarah T. for posting links to PDFs and fanshots of the full schedule right after it was released and while I was feverishly typing to get this story posted…

Week 1 – Sep 09 – 1:00 PM ET – Redskins

Week 2 – Sep 16 – 1:00 PM ET – AT Panthers

Week 3 – Sep 23 – 1:00 PM ET – Chiefs

Week 4 – Sep 30 – 4:15 PM ET – at Packers

Week 5 – Oct 07 – 8:20 PM ET – Chargers

Week 6 – Bye

Week 7 – Oct 21 – 1:00 PM ET – at Buccaneers

Week 8 – Oct 28 – 8:20 PM ET – at Broncos

Week 9 – Nov 05 – 8:30 PM ET – Eagles

Week 10 – Nov 11 – 1:00 PM ET – Falcons

Week 11 – Nov 18 – 4:05 PM ET – at Raiders

Week 12 – Nov 25 – 4:15 PM ET – 49ers

Week 13 – Nov 29 – 8:20 PM ET – at Falcons

Week 14 – Dec 09 – 4:15 PM ET – at Giants

Week 15 – Dec 16 – 1:00 PM ET – Buccaneers

Week 16 – Dec 23 – 1:00 PM ET – at Cowboys

Week 17 – Dec 30 – 1:00 PM ET – Panthers

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(Prime time games are BOLD)

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OK, so there it is, folks. Time to pore over it and get to dicussin’, predictin’ and lamenting (our poor opponents). GO!!!

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TWEETS:

Jermon Bushrod ‏ @j_bushrod7475#cosign “@MalcolmJenkins: Struggling to stay awake… That workout took it outta me this morning”

Jedidiah Collins ‏ @JedCollins45Ok who asked for the rain? Glad we didn’t have practice outside today.

Jason La Canfora ‏ @JasonLaCanforaGregg Williams happened to be in Wichita to help a friend build a cabin. When tornado struck he began helping others: http://bit.ly/IMLrZD

Lance Moore ‏ @LanceMoore16Hope everyone is having a great day. Gotta get these errands in. I’ll check up later. Be cool

Thomas Morstead ‏ @thomasmorsteadAnother GREAT @Saints workout today! Got to see our new LB’s in action… @Chambo57 @D_Hawthorne57 @CurtisLofton50

Jermon Bushrod ‏ @j_bushrod7475Another good day of work!! Getting better

Johnny Patrick ‏ @JohnnyPatrick32Another great time….. I need a massage lol

Brian de la Puente ‏ @BriandelaPuentehope the girls are doing okay with this rain at @Habitat_org! #saintswives

martez wilson ‏ @MartezWilson95Thot 4 2day: 2 things tht determine success in life: The way U manage when U have nothing; and The way you manage when you have everything.

Grandmaster Wang ‏ @moosedeniedBy this time next year, he’s gonna be tweeting more frequently than @danchrism RT @skooks: I wonder what Sean Payton is doing today

JUNIOR GALETTE ‏ @JuniorG93Working out Like A Slave So I can Eat Like A King…ain’t nun changed since Haiti..Eat Or Get Ate mentality & My Ribs Touching #WhoDat #NuLa

Lance Moore ‏ @LanceMoore16That workout this morning was a banger! Love that feeling.

Jedidiah Collins ‏ @JedCollins45“Anything that is easy to start is easy to fail” #quote Nothing easy in this business. Day #2, second step to our goal #Saints #WHODAT

martez wilson ‏ @MartezWilson95RT @MartezWilson95: Thot 4 2day: SILENT has the same letters as LISTEN. We have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason.

Adam Schefter ‏ @AdamSchefterSuspended New Orleans coach Sean Payton can’t have contact with anyone on the Saints or in the NFL during his suspension.

LINKS:

Misbehaving NFL fans may get detention at online school
If you’re ejected from a stadium this season, you might have to complete a four-hour class on proper conduct to get back inside for future games.

Sports Radio Interviews ” Blog Archive ” Jimmy Graham Urges New Orleans to Sign Drew Brees Long-Term as Soon as Possible

Russell Wilson wants NFL teams to view him like Drew Brees | ProFootballTalk
Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson has a standard comeback for those who think he’s too short for the NFL: Is Drew Brees too short? Wilson, who measures in at 5 feet, 10 and 5/8 inches, knows that plenty of people question whether a quarterback that short can make it in pro football.

Brees, Fujita meet with NFL – Who Dat Social Club

Podcast: Mortensen on Payton suspension – NFC South Blog – ESPN
Mortensen says that if Payton tries to cut corners on this suspension and gets caught, he won’t be coaching in the league for a long time. Mortensen says that it is such an extreme punishment, there must be something else here that is bothering commissioner Roger Goodell about Payton and the Saints.

Penn State Guard DeOn’tae Pannell visits the New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints hosted a visit with Penn State guard DeOn’tae Pannell.

New Orleans Saints have nothing but a normal day – New Orleans Saints Football NFL News – NOLA.com
“There is nothing new or unique about what Gregg Williams said,” the lawsuit said. “Although the NFL has now punished Williams and the Saints, for almost its entire history the NFL glorified violent hits,” said the complaint. “It encouraged its players to think of themselves as gladiators. But, along the way, the NFL failed to educate its players about the consequences of such a win-at-all costs mentality.”

Disgraced coach helps with storm clean up in Wichita – KSN TV, Kansas News and Weather
Suspended indefinitely from the NFL for running a bounty program encouraging his players to injure other players, Gregg Williams helped at least one couple clear debris from their home after the storm

Saints re-sign WR Courtney Roby – New Orleans Saints – SunHerald.com
The New Orleans Saints have re-signed wide receiver Courtney Roby to a one-year contract.

NFL.com reports Harper, Smith, Vilma coud face severe punishment in bounty program – New Orleans Saints – SunHerald.com
A story on NFL.com is reporting that safety Roman Harper and defensive end Will Smith could be facing punishment in the Saints bounty program scandal.

New Orleans Saints CB Jabari Greer on the first day back – New Orleans Saints Football NFL News – NOLA.com
While Greer did not address the bounty scandal and its fallout directly Monday, Brees, according to the NFL Network, stepped up his pressure against the league, which has thus far closely guarded its evidentiary hand. Commissioner Roger Goodell is under no obligation to release the documentary clues undergirding the league’s explosive report, which the NFL says amounts to some 18,000 pages and which has been corroborated by multiple, independent sources.

Winning would be the Saints’ best revenge: A letter to the editor | NOLA.com
To the Saints fans and players: Don’t get mad, get even. Have a winning season, take it to the Super Bowl in 2013. That should let Mr. Goodell know who he’s messing with. Juliette Coig Metairie

NFL.com news: Roman Harper, Will Smith could be punished in ‘bounty’ case
While much of the attention regarding pending player discipline for the New Orleans Saints’ “bounty” program has focused on linebacker Jonathan Vilma, safety Roman Harper and defensive end Will Smith also featured prominently in the NFL’s investigation, sources with knowledge of the situation said Monday.

New Orleans Saints’ Sean Payton barred from all league contact, source says – ESPN
“We didn’t get any meaningful evidence, or any meaningful truth or facts,” Brees told NFL.com after the meetings.

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Even though the 2012 NFL schedule isn’t set to be officially released until 7pm EST tonight, now is the time when information slowly begins to get leaked out to the public. It appears that has already started happening.

Larry Holder claims to have the Saints eight home game dates for the 2012 season. They are:

Here are #Saints home dates: Sept 9, Sept 16, Oct 7, Nov 5, Nov 11, Nov 25, Dec 16, Dec 30. All of this via source familiar w: schedule.

If these dates are accurate, that means a month-long stretch of no games in the Dome from early October to early November. I would assume one of those weeks is a bye. It also means no Thanksgiving Day matchup for the Saints.

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Okay, everybody! I know I’m kinda new here but we have got to come to a concrete decision about something very important. This crucial decision should matter to anyone who has ever considered themselves a Saints fan.

Not really, but it may be a way to have fun with this whole Bountygate fiasco. It’s time to choose an official nickname for Roger Goodell. That is, if you’re not afraid that he’ll suspend you’re citizenship and have you deported.

I don’t think the usual derogatory nicknames that any middle school student could come up with would do this justice. I’ve seen “Satch” Kelly refer to him as Herr Goodell which is a good start since RG is acting like a power hungry dictator. I kind of like the reference to Hitler, but since I thought this whole appeals process was a joke I actually see him more like Colonol Klink, a foolish Nazi guard trying to keep the lid on a three ring circus he calls a POW camp (or league).

Maybe he’s more like the “Soup Nazi” from Seinfeld to some of you. Maybe we call him “Rule Nazi” but it doesn’t roll off the tongue very smoothly. Plus, I’d hate to copycat a nickname like that.

On the other hand, maybe he’s more like a crime boss? You ever seen Goodfellas or almost any movie involving the mafia? The Don, or head of the family, is always making an example out of his enemies and underlings alike. According to the media, Goodell had to make an example out of the Saints to show his seriousness which is ridiculous. If he wanted to show his seriousness he could have done this the first time they busted the Saints. If they had enough evidence to feel the need to tell us to stop…why not just stop it? Why let it fester for three seasons if you’re serious?

Either way I think Mr. Goodell is deserving of a new nefarious title because Commissioner does not properly describe his job as judge, jury, and executioner. I personally refer to him as Captain Gonad since his man-junk grows to unbelievable size when distributing his crippling kind of justice. These suspensions are the equivalent of being sentenced to a year in prison with John Holmes as your cellmate because you know somebody’s getting screwed. So please help me with some good ideas for a universally acceptable nickname for this man!

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With the sixteenth pick of the 2012 CSC Community Mock Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles (chosen by GRIZZ) select…

Courtney Upshaw, OLB, Alabama

For the Jets, I’ve decided to select linebacker Courtney Upshaw. He fits the Jets’ system with his excellent pass-rushing skills. Here are some numbers for you “stat fiends.”

6’2″ 272 lbs

40-yard dash: 4.81 (Pro Day)

Bench press: 22 Reps

As you can see, he’s stayed healthy through his college career and ended up with 15.5 sacks during his last two years on a stellar Crimson Tide defense. The only knock on Upshaw (according to analysts) are his cover skills, which he didn’t get too much of a chance to display in college, so that is still up in the air.

He also ran a disappointing 40-yard dash time with a 4.81…but his football speed seems to be alright. I think that Upshaw’s NFL comparisons are Pittsburgh’s LaMarr Woodley (at best) or KC’s Justin Houston (at worst). That’s my pick for the Jet’s and I’m sticking with it!

Now…let’s go eat a g**d*** snack!

Below are the complete results from our community mock draft.

Catch up with all of the mock draft selections in our 2012 CSC Community Mock Draft Section.

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With the sixteenth pick of the 2012 CSC Community Mock Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles (chosen by GRIZZ) select…

Courtney Upshaw, OLB, Alabama

For the Jets, I’ve decided to select linebacker Courtney Upshaw. He fits the Jets’ system with his excellent pass-rushing skills. Here are some numbers for you “stat fiends.”

6’2″ 272 lbs

40-yard dash: 4.81 (Pro Day)

Bench press: 22 Reps

As you can see, he’s stayed healthy through his college career and ended up with 15.5 sacks during his last two years on a stellar Crimson Tide defense. The only knock on Upshaw (according to analysts) are his cover skills, which he didn’t get too much of a chance to display in college, so that is still up in the air.

He also ran a disappointing 40-yard dash time with a 4.81…but his football speed seems to be alright. I think that Upshaw’s NFL comparisons are Pittsburgh’s LaMarr Woodley (at best) or KC’s Justin Houston (at worst). That’s my pick for the Jet’s and I’m sticking with it!

Now…let’s go eat a g**d*** snack!

Below are the complete results from our community mock draft.

Catch up with all of the mock draft selections in our 2012 CSC Community Mock Draft Section.

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Roman Harper, Will Smith could be punished more than others in ‘bounty’ case

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