Monday, February 1, 2010

five reasons why i like the saints..


I will spend the next 5 days giving you a reason a day why the Saints will win the Super Bowl. I cannot believe how many people like the Colts. No one on television gives the Saints a chance to win. I know how great Peyton Manning is, but last time I checked, he does not play any defense. So lets get into this.
Reason 1).
The Colts have benefited this post season by not having to play any team with a two dimensional attach. The Ravens and the Jets had great running attacks but average passing attacks. Each quarterback, Joe Flacco and Mark Sanchez had one purpose i their games against the Colts, "don't turn the ball over and don't be the reason we lose". Neither Sanchez or Flacco played the game like they were supposed to win the game. They both only threw the ball after their teams trailed in the game and if the Jets had explored that option more, I think they would have won the game. The Saints are not going to be afraid of Peyton Manning and what he is capable of. They have an incredible assortment of receivers who are reason 1 why I think they will win the game. They are all big, physical players who will attack the Colts defensive backfield. . The strength of the secondary of the Colts are the play of their safeties. Bullitt and Bethea are great run supporters and can play the pass pretty well. One of the corners of the Colts is rookie and he was burned by Braylon Edwards on the 80 yard touchdown pass in the championship game. The Saints throw the ball to everyone. The running backs are great screen backs, the receivers love to run deep and in the seams of the Colts zone defenses and the tight end Shockey can get deep and make it difficult for the Colts to cove him. How do you stop this assortment of talent? The Patriots played the Saints and Colts this year and was in awe of what the Saints can throw at you. They had a grasp of the Colts offense and should have won the game if not for a bobble by Kevin Faulk. The Saints had both Tom Brady and Bill Bellichick watching them run the offense and both conceded that on that particular day they had no answers for all of the weaponry. If the Saints have a running game going they will score over 40 points in the game. They are a three dimensional team who can beat you on special teams too. They had 10 different players score touchdowns on offense via the pass. They averaged 31.9 a game and over 400 yard of offense a game which were both the best in the entire league. The Colts do not have Bob Sanders and are going to rely on a rookie to understand what the Saints receivers are doing. To the Colts credit, they have a pretty good scheme and are rated in the top half of the league against the pass. That is due to the great pass rush generated by Freeney and Mathis. Freeney is hampered with an ankle sprain and he is not going to be affective as he normally would be. They played one game on this field in the regular season and rallied from a 24-3 deficit and scored 43 points including I believe 40 points in the second half to defeat the Dolphins. They average 37.6 points a game on grass this year. They don't slow down on grass like a lot of turf teams do. The Eagles, Redskins, Dolphins and Buccaneers can tell you more about that. They all gave up over 30 points in the games because the relentless passing attack by Brees. Shockey, Meachem, Colston, Thomas, Bush, Henderson are a scary bunch and will have ample opportunities to light up the scoreboard on Sunday.
Tomorrow will be reason 2......

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