There’s no question Spencer Rattler grabbed his opportunity this past Sunday vs. the Commanders and ran with it. However, repeating that performance at Lambeau Field in Green Bay this coming Monday night would be something very different. Can he pull it off?

That is the lead topic on Wednesday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 324) presented by Evangeline Securities, as host Jim Derry also talks about the Black and Gold being the biggest underdog they have been in 30 years. Can they shock the NFL world?

Lastly, Gabe Henderson is here to talk about LSU in the Texas Bowl, Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl and the transfer portal. He, Jim and Uncle Big Nick make their top picks for the first weekend of College Football Playoffs, and Jim shares his thoughts on quarterback TJ Finley heading to Tulane to play for his fifth college.

There’s no question that New Orleans Saints football is more fun than it was 6 weeks ago or so. But does that mean Darren Rizzi should be considered when the team begins the process next month of figuring out who will lead them on a permanent basis?

For examples on why or why not, we point to one big decision he made in Sunday’s loss to the Washington Commanders – and not simply going for two, but WHEN he made the decision. Also, no matter what one thinks of RIzzi, there’s no denying Spencer Rattler shined when given a chance to resurrect the Saints in the second half.

Host Jim Derry shares his thoughts in his weekly ‘Derry’s Dime’, and he asks viewers and listeners, as well, what they think on the Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 323) presented by Evangeline Securities in another spirited ‘Mano E Monday’ episode. We also talk about what we might expect in next Monday’s game at potentially frozen Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Most pundits aren’t giving the Saints much of a chance to upset the Washington Commanders on Sunday as they sit more than a touchdown underdog at home. Most of that is because quarterback Derek Carr is out. Here we are on Friday, and we still don’t know whether it will be Jake Haener or Spencer Rattler who will be the replacement. But does it matter?

That’s just one topic for you on Thursday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 322) presented by Evangeline Securities, as Jim Derry has a plethora of things to talk about. Gabe Henderson is here as always, and he’ll weigh in on not who will win the Heisman Trophy, but whether it SHOULD be Colorado’s Travis Hunter or Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty.

Uncle Big Nick rubs it in a bit that he was better than Jim last week, and each will have their best bets for Week 15 in the NFL (and one college pick to go with it).

In August, a game in December at home against the Washington Commanders and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was marked as a sure victory for the New Orleans Saints. My, how 4 months can change things, as the home team currently stands as a 7½-point underdog.

That is the lead topic on Wednesday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 321) presented by Evangeline Securities, as host Jim Derry asks if the Commanders are a model franchise to look to when thinking about the future – or maybe just take pieces from multiple teams. Also, Jim talks to former Saints safety Roman Harper and asks how the team can back to respectability.

Lastly, Franklinton football coach Nick Saltaformaggio again joins the show to discuss his team playing in an LHSAA state title game on Friday, and Gabe Henderson talks about the potential of legendary coach Bill Belichick going to the college ranks at North Carolina.

The good news for the New Orleans Saints from Sunday’s game in the Meadowlands is they won. Yay. The bad news is in one of the NFL’s worst football games of the season, quarterback Derek Carr suffered a likely season-ending injury one week after Taysom Hill did the same.

Who will it be going forward: Jake Haener or Spencer Rattler? Does it even matter? What about interim coach Darren Rizzi? Does his less than awe-inspiring performance eliminate him from contention? If not, will the next 4 weeks do that? Host Jim Derry shares his thoughts in his weekly ‘Derry’s Dime’, and he asks viewers and listeners, as well, what they think on the Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 320) presented by Evangeline Securities in another spirited ‘Mano E Monday’ episode.

Also, we talk about Tulane coach Jon Sumrall announcing he’s staying in New Orleans, although his quarterback Darian Mensah says he’s entering the transfer portal. The Wave will play Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl, while LSU will face off against Baylor in the Texas Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Lastly, Jim and Gabe Henderson offer thoughts on the CFP brackets and whether the committee got it right.

Of course, the 4-8 New Orleans Saints will face the 2-10 New York Giants this Sunday, but we have more important questions than how these teams matchup against one another. The first one is, while we are pretty sure there will be big changes for the Saints in the offseason, do we really know who will be making them? Will it be Mickey Loomis? Does Gayle Benson have other ideas?

Jim Derry asks The Athletic’s Larry Holder for his thoughts, as they get into a deep discussion about what could happen when the middle of January rolls around and the season is over, and they do it on Friday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 319) presented by Evangeline Securities.

Jim also has plenty to say on how Lions coach Dan Campbell could have turned a sure victory into a loss Thursday night at Ford Field against NFC North-rival Green Bay. Also, that style of football might be fun for the casual fan because it’s different and it reminds them of playing Madden Football, but it’s just plain stupid (and psycho).

It's conference championship weekend in college football, so which ones will be the most interesting? Also, can Tulane get past their hiccup last week and win on the road at Army in the American Athletic Conference? What about Texas-Georgia in the SEC? SMU-Clemson in the ACC? Penn State-Oregon in the Big Ten?

We look at them all on Thursday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 318) presented by Evangeline Securities, as Jim Derry brings in Uncle Big Nick and Gabe Henderson to share their thoughts, as well as get their best bets of Friday / Saturday and for Week 14 in the NFL.

Also, Jim touches on the Saints and whether Darren Rizzi has a real chance to win the head coaching job on a permanent basis, and how the team matches up against the Giants this Sunday in the Meadowlands.

We made up a new word on Wednesday, and it seems pretty simple. So we ask our viewers and listeners where the New Orleans Saints rank in the NFL’s “lowerarchy?” There are plenty of teams in worse shape than us, right?

That is the lead topic on Wednesday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 317) presented by Evangeline Securities, as host Jim Derry begins to look ahead to the Saints facing one of those “lower” teams in the New York Giants. Derek Carr or Drew Lock? Alvin Kamara or Tyrone Tracy? Brian Daboll or whoever the next coach of the Saints will be? You get the picture.

Also, Jim is talking about Friday’s LHSAA football semifinals, as this weekend’s winners are headed to the Caesars Superdome for the state championship games next week. One of the 16 coaches joins us, as Franklinton’s Nick Saltaformaggio is here to discuss his Demons, as well as what it’s like to be in the semis with a third different school in 11 years. Jim and Salt also look at the other games in the semis that involve local schools.

It was pretty clear that ‘Rizzmas’ ended Sunday in the Caesars Superdome. It wasn’t just because the New Orleans Saints lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 21-14, but the fact that Mr. Everything, AKA Taysom Hill, was lost for the season (and potentially beyond) with a gruesome knee injury that involved him being removed from the field on a cart.

Indeed, there were plenty of missteps for interim coach Darren Rizzi and the Saints, as they could not take advantage of holding the ball for 13:58 of the first 15 minutes and forcing a shutout of the Rams in the first half for the first time in the Sean McVay era. Instead, it was the visitors who were nearly unstoppable in the second half, and whatever dream of a miracle finish to the season was over.

Host Jim Derry shares his thoughts in his weekly ‘Derry’s Dime’, and he asks viewers and listeners, as well, what they think on the Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 316) presented by Evangeline Securities in another ‘Mano E Monday’ episode. We also talk a bit about LSU’s romp of Oklahoma and the grittiness of quarterback Garrett Nussmeier.

As bad as this season has been, it might be hard for some to believe the New Orleans Saints haven’t lost a football game since Nov. 3. And they can finish off a month-long homestand in style Sunday against Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams.

Will Who Dats still have visions of a Merry Rizzmas in their heads after this one is over? Can the Alvin Kamara, Taysom Hill and the Saints running game blow past a porous Rams run defense? What about Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua against the Black and Gold’s 30th-ranked pass defense?

Jim Derry has asks The Athletic’s Larry Holder what he thinks, as the duo previews Sunday’s game on Friday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 315) presented by Evangeline Securities. Jim also reviews Tulane’s loss to Memphis and what that might mean in regards to the Wave’s American Athletic Conference championship game meeting with Army, and we also preview Week 13 in the NFL.