Dattitude with Jim Derry

It has been more than a calendar month since the New Orleans Saints won a football game, but they still find themselves in the heart of the NFC South race with a game they SHOULD win Sunday against division-foe Carolina, who has won just once all season. But these Saints continue to create more questions for their fans than answers, and the oddsmakers see this game a little differently than they w...

Twelve games into the season, New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen is telling the fan base basically not to worry and that the team will continue to “chop wood” and will correct their mistakes. Does he realize there are only five games remaining in the season and most people “chop wood” before winter begins? And what about the rest of the team that seemed perturbed because the fan base wasn’t sup...

It has been a rough 2 weeks for the New Orleans Saints and their Who Dat fans. With multiple chances to take hold of the NFC South, the team has failed, and now they’re either going to get back on the winning train and win the division for the fifth time in eight years, or they’re going to fall in a deep, dark abyss. Which is it? We’ll find out a whole lot about this team Sunday against the Detroi...

It's one of the biggest football weekends of the year, as college football will hold its annual conference championship games, which in turn will settle who will make the CFP in the last season of four teams before we go to 12 in 2024. Also, will it be Oregon's Bo Nix or LSU's Jayden Daniels as the Heisman Trophy winner. There's an excellent chance we'll know the answer when Friday's Pac-12 champi...

Is there any team in the NFL that seems to loathe prosperity more than the New Orleans Saints? In clearly the biggest game of the season to date – and against its most fiercest rival in the Atlanta Falcons – the Black and Gold did everything but hand the Dirty Birds an early Christmas present. Oh, and then their head coach and starting quarterback came out in the postgame press conference and deci...

Their week off is over, and the New Orleans Saints have their most important game to date right in front of them, as they travel to Atlanta to face their most heated rival. Can they defeat the Falcons and move two games ahead of them in the NFC South standings with six games to go? Or will it be more of the same old, same old? That's what Jim Derry and The Athletic's Larry Holder will be talking a...

It has not been the season – thus far – that fans of the New Orleans Saints have expected. However, is it the one we all should have seen coming? It is time to go through and give our midseason grades for the team. We have a special Wednesday Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 190) to dish out the reality, and host Jim Derry brought in Larry Holder from his regular Friday spot. What do we give the offense? Th...

Oh, so that's why so many of you have chosen to be a "glass half-empty" kind of Saints fan this year? Following a 27-19 loss to the mediocre Minnesota Vikings, it is clear this team is incapable of carrying on good cheer into the holiday season. Derry (Downer)'s Dime exposes that on Monday's Dattitude, Ep. 189.

One could make an argument facing the Minnesota Vikings is the biggest game of the season for the New Orleans Saints, as they head into their bye week looking for their first three-game win streak of 2023. Can the offense continue their momentum? Can the defense tighten up and play well from the start against the reigning NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Joshua Dobbs, who just made his way to Min...

Two weeks ago, Dattitude Podcast host Jim Derry was a little hot under the collar and asking “Is this team any different than the one we expected to see in the preseason?” Today, he’s asking the same question with a completely different tone. Why? That is one of the themes of Thursday’s Ep. 187. It’s also time to reveal the best bets of the week for Jim (who is at 60-percent correct for the year a...

The New Orleans Saints are 5-4, on top of the NFC South by a full game and are the clear favorites to win the division. So why all the pouting, crying and moaning from both the local media and the Who Dat Nation? The two main areas of concern - the coaching staff and the offensive line - clearly have been better the past 2-plus weeks, and Jim Derry in his 'Dime' says to enjoy it while it lasts on...

For the first time in a month, the New Orleans Saints sit atop the NFC South. In trying to stay there, they now have to deal with the Chicago Bears, who have struggled this season and will come to the Caesars Superdome without their dynamic quarterback, Justin Fields, behind center. How will the Saints play as an 8.5-point favorite - the largest favorite they have been in the Dennis Allen era? Jim...

As the college football season enters its final month of the regular season, we have hit the midway point of the NFL season. And with it being Thursday, Jim Derry and Uncle Big Nick look to stay in the green with their best bets of the week, that include UBN's parlay on the LSU-Alabama game and Jim's top plays in the NFL on Ep. 184.

For the third straight week, the New Orleans Saints offense posted more than 400 yards. However, this time, it was in a 38-27 decisive victory over the Indianapolis Colts. What was right about this one? Is it something we can expect in the future? Are the Derek Carr haters gone, or are they just hibernating for a bit on their holes? We get into all of the above on 'Derry's Dime' during Monday's Da...

After a 2-0 start, the New Orleans Saints have lost four of their past five games and are in danger of falling to two games below .500, as they head to Indianapolis to face the Colts on Sunday. Is this a must-win game, and can this roller-coaster season begin to head back in a positive direction? Is this a rerun of 2022? We dissect it all on Friday (Oct. 27) on Ep. 182, as WWL-TV sports director D...

It's Thursday, so it's time for the best bets of NFL Week 8 and college football Week 9 on Ep. 181 with Uncle Big Nick. But before we get to the picks, Jim has something to say about the local press getting on New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr for being emotional. Since when is being emotional in football a bad thing?

It might not be easy to hear, but it needs to be said: The New Orleans Saints have now put themselves in must-win territory after losing to Jacksonville at the Caesars Superdome on Thursday night. In fact, if one wanted a synopsis of the entire 2023 season to date, they could just go back and watch that 31-24 catastrophe. In Jim Derry’s ‘Dime’ on Ep. 180, he dissects the game and all the issues, s...

There's no time to wallow in pity if you're a player, coach or fan of the New Orleans Saints. It's a short week, and the good news is the Black and Gold are finally back home in the Caesars Superdome. In come the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are a bit road-weary themselves – playing one home game after spending 10 days in London. Can the up-and-down Saints get it together on Thursday night, and will...

One week a shutout victory for the New Orleans Saints, the next week the offense can't figure out how to get the ball in the end zone. Such is life for Who Dats, but will it change any time soon? And is this coaching staff finally beginning to realize it's getting to now or never time in this team reaching its potential? Hear Jim Derry and his 'Dime' on the day after a 20-13 frustrating loss to th...

It's Friday, so once again Larry Holder of The Athletic joins Jim Derry for another Saints preview - this time as they are set to face the Houston Texans on the road. Can the Black and Gold keep up their momentum? Larry and Jim also will take a look at some of the big games in the NFL for Week 6, and Uncle Big Nick shares his top plays along with Jim's picks on Ep. 177.

The Saints played their best game of the year so far in a 34-0 shutout victory over the downtrodden New England Patriots. Does that mean all is right once again for the Black and Gold? The theme of 'Derry's Dime' on Monday is to soak it in, but let's put in perspective exactly what this victory means.

We're heading into Week 5 of the NFL season, and the New Orleans Saints have yet to score more than 20 points on offense. It's tough to win when that happens, no matter how good your defense is. (And they haven't been very good the past five quarters.) Will that change this Sunday in New England against Bill Belichick's Patriots? And will Derek Carr be more accurate in the second week dealing with...

Normally, Thursday is a day when we have long turned the page on the previous week of football and moved on to the upcoming slate of action. However, Dattitude Podcast host Jim Derry spent the early part of the week in bed sick and did not have a chance to share his frustrations on the Saints’ 26-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this past Sunday. Consider those frustrations released in Ep. 174....

Once again, it's Friday so that means Larry Holder of The Athletic joins Jim Derry to preview the Saints upcoming game, which so happens to be against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in the Caesars Superdome. How will the team to with Jameis Winston filling in for an injured Derek Carr at quarterback, and will Alvin Kamara be key in his first game back from suspension? Join us, as we also share...

It's Thursday, so that means it's time to make some picks on Dattitude with Jim Derry and Uncle Big Nick. On Ep. 172, Jim is all NFL as usual, and he has a teaser, a parlay and 3 other picks. UBN is staying mostly in his lane, picking 4 college plays and slips in a NFL selection from across the pond.