If the Vikings could pile up nearly 500 yards against that blitzing defense, on the Saints home field, I have complete confidence Peyton Manning will have little problem moving the ball up and down the field today.
That being said, here is my final analysis on today’s event, then again with my sterling 2-8 record against the spread in this year’s playoffs who would wanna listen? First and foremost, the officiating in this years playoffs have been absolutely brutal, especially in terms of the QB’s. What you will see today is a concerted effort to protect the QB’s on both sides.....
The Dwight Freeney injury is a concern, but was so 2 weeks ago when the Jets put up 17 points in the first half and then got shut down in the 2nd half. Obviously the Saints offense is miles ahead of the Jets and will have mulitple opportunities to score....
If the Saints d wants to try to beat Peyton up like they did Farve, good luck. After the first 3 penalties for RTP, that stops then and there. If they want to blitz, they’re being set up for the expected aerial show cause everyone knows PM will not get sacked or hurried regularily. One other thing you won’t see, the Saints getting extra possessions from turnovers like the Vikings gave them 2 weeks ago. The Colts just don’t turn the ball over, PERIOD!!!
Like I said 2 weeks ago, I was never convinced that Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon were that DAMN good, but guess what? They are that DAMN GOOD!!! If that’s because of Peyton, so what? They’ve shown up bigtime in the spotlight in the playoffs and will again today.
I’m sticking to 34-27 as this will be a very entertaining game. I don’t see many turnovers in the game, maybe 3 between the 2 teams. I see the Colts being up 2 TD’s with the Saints scoring late in the game to make the final spread...
And in the end isn't that what really matters? /s
Everyone keeps blabbing about the Saints weaker defense but no one mentions that for a good portion of the season the Saints were missing their 2 starting cornerbacks, a starting safety, and two starting defensive tackles. We were picking up players from the street like Mike McKenzie. The Saints are as healthy as they’ve been all year on defense.
Meanwhile all the hype over the Colts offense is manufactured. The Saints were the #1 offense this year while the Colts were #7. The Saints scored 97 more points this year than the Colts.
Manning is suddenly a god? Drew Brees was the highest rated QB this year. Manning, #6. Brees set the all-time NFL completion percentage record this year at 70.6%
Saints 34 Colts 24...
Absolutely...and if the refs did what they should have done 2 weeks ago, we would, by now, be very very tired of hearing Brett Favre's name as the oldest QB to ever play in the Super Bowl..