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I am cheering for Brett Favruh. The ol' gunslinger.
Can't believe there wasn't a thread already on this...should be a great game.
Saints 33
Vikings 27
...go Saints!
I am cheering for Brett Favruh. The ol' gunslinger.
Favre is my favorite player, but as the fans here now (at least the ones that have been here a few years) the Saints are my team. So, as great as a Vikings win would be for Favre...I hope the Saints cruise.
The game makes me nervous...i could see AP going nuts and then Favre having a big day. But, if the Saints come out and are up 10-14 right after the dust settles from the kickoff...i think they'll definitely win.
If the Colts win their game, I'm going to root for Minnesota. Better matchup for Indy. Vikings have a terrible coach, a QB that can and will be taken down, and a secondary ripe to get torched by Manning. The only thing I really like about a matchup with the Saints would be that their defensive front isn't as beastly as Minnesota's so they'd blitz more, and Manning is best against the blitz (101.4 QB rating with 69% completions against the blitz in 2009).
Of course this is all contingent on the Colts winning their game first, but I'm confident they will.
For the sake of Polian, the Colts better win.
Favre. Bush. Tough call.
Lol, how could anyone hate Bush? Dude has done nothing in the NFL. Did the heisman mean that much?
Vikes 34 - 21 Saints
I want the Saints to win, but I'm picking the Vikes, 30-27
Who Dats 35
Norsemen 17
I'm going to disagree with you here JT, and you touched on the reason. The pass rush. I really think a strong pass rushing team is the only one that can beat the Colts, and that would be Minnesota. I don't see Manning losing unless he's hurried/sacked often. Minnesota is also, IMO, the only team that can force PM out of his comfort zone, where he's far more prone to making mistakes. Add in the superior running game and Minnesota is by far the more troubling matchup.
The Saints secondary has been torched, and torched often. N.O. also has an anemic (when compared to the Vikes) pass rush. They rely far too much on getting turnovers, which Peyton won't make if he's not under duress. Saints also can't control the clock like Minnesota because their running game (APs troubles aside) isn't as good, IMO. Overall, the only thing I think the Saints can do better than the Vikes is pass, and even that's arguable because BF is a far more experienced playoff QB, and has put up nice numbers himself.
My Saints/Vikes comparison
Running game = Vikes
Passing game = Saints
QB play = Vikes (edge to BF for experience)
Receivers = Vikes
Offensive line = Saints
Defensive line = Vikes
Linebackers = Vikes
Secondary = Saints (I like their big play ability)
Return game = Slight edge to Saints (Bush) although the vikes can hit the home run with Harvin too
Placekicking = Vikes
Punting = Vikes (big time)
IMO the Vikes are better top to bottom, but the Saints can come out and totally roll you up. Should be a fun game, whoever play the Colts
Good article from ESPNs Wojo
I'm 100 percent sure the New Orleans Saints will beat the Minnesota Vikings in Sunday's NFC Championship Game. Other than getting lucky on your wedding night, this is the closest thing to a lock.
Seriously, how can you not pick the Saints? They're the No. 1 seed and have the No. 1 scoring offense in the league.
Big whoop. The Vikings are the No. 2 seed and have the No. 2 scoring offense (29.4 points per game versus the Saints' 31.9), so it's not as if the Saints' O has lapped the field.
OK, I'm 95 percent sure. But did you see what the Saints did to the Arizona Cardinals in the divisional-round playoffs? Beat them by 31.
Minnesota beat the Dallas Cowboys by 31, too. Those are the same Cowboys who beat the Saints 24-17.
Fine. I'm 90 percent sure. By the way, did I mention the game is in the Superdome? Ever had 70,149 people "Who Dat"-ing you into submission? They say the Metrodome is loud. Please. The Metrodome is the Omaha String Quartet compared with the Superdome. It's the only stadium that can cause ear bleeds.
Some home-field advantage. The Saints lost their last two home games of the regular season -- to the Cowboys on Dec. 19 and to the crummy Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Dec. 27.
So? Since Minnesota's bye week, the Vikings are 0-3 on the road. Get them outside Minneapolis, and they melt like snowflakes on a hot plate. Their defense gives up 22-plus more points and 167-plus more yards per game on the road than at home. And three of their four road wins of the season came at Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis (combined record: 8-40).
Whatever. The Vikings didn't lose a game at home; the Saints lost two.
Look, even if I'm just 85 percent sure, it doesn't change this little statistical gem dug up by ESPN's Stats & Information staff: Since 1966, dome teams are 1-11 in conference championships on the road. Vikings = road dome team = loss to Saints.
Nice try. Of those 12 games, 11 were played outdoors. When the visiting dome team played the home dome team (Atlanta at Minnesota in 1998), the Falcons won.
Was hoping you would miss that. OK, 80 percent. But admit it: You're worried about the knee injury to Vikings defensive end Ray Edwards.
You mean the guy who had three sacks and six hurries against the Cowboys? The guy who was Velcro'd to Tony Romo? Vikings coach Brad Childress says Edwards and his MCL sprain should be fine by Sunday.
That's good for the Vikings, bad for the Saints. Still, a 75 percent certainty factor works for me. Plus, the Saints have quarterback Drew Brees, the No. 1-rated quarterback in the NFL.
And Brett Favre was No. 2. By 2.4 ratings points. In fact, their numbers are scarily similar (same number of regular-season completions, almost identical passing yardage). Include the divisional playoff games, and Favre and Brees each have 37 touchdown passes this season.
But Favre is 40 and sings "Pants on the Ground."
And Brees is a "Gleek" who watches the weekly mash-ups with his wife. So what?
I'm just saying that Favre is the oldest quarterback to win a playoff game. And he hasn't done too well in playoff games in recent years. Since 1999, he's 4-6 in the postseason, including 0-1 in conference championships.
Brees is 2-2 in the playoffs, including 0-1 in conference championships. And who knows whether it will really matter, but the Saints are one of just five teams without a Super Bowl appearance. Sphincter factor? Favre already has been to two Super Bowls and played in four conference le games.
You're killing me. Let's make it 70 percent sure -- but that's as low as I go.
Don't get me wrong. The Saints are formidable. The smart guys in Vegas have them as four-point favorites.
Makes sense. Did you see what Reggie Bush did against the Cardinals last week? He rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown and also returned a punt for a score. Electric stuff.
Electric last week, but what about the previous weeks? In his 14 regular-season games, Bush rushed for 37 or fewer yards in 12 of them. He's dynamic but also inconsistent.
Adrian Peterson hasn't exactly dominated this season. He has only three 100-plus-yard games. Another telling stat: He has averaged fewer than 4 yards per carry in 10 of his 17 games.
Yeah, you're right; the Vikings should cut him. loooooo. He still had 1,383 rushing yards, 436 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns.
Brees. Bush. Receivers to die for. Depth at running back. Solid offensive line.
And the 25th-ranked defense in the NFL. Gave up 357.8 yards per game during the regular season.
That 25th-ranked defense held Arizona and Kurt Warner to 14 points.
The sixth-ranked Vikings defense held Dallas to three points.
Sigh. Sixty percent positive about New Orleans. But remember, the Saints bring the wood.
The Vikings bring Edwards and Jared Allen.
I give up. Fifty percent sure. It's a toss-up.
See? We do agree.
I pretty much just don't want the Saints in the Super Bowl because America is so on their jock right now, it'd be a virtual home game for them. Plus I think Sean Payton is fully capable to scheme a way to beat the Colts defense as long as Drew Brees isn't tasting Freeney and Mathis's balls all day.
Yeah, I agree Payton is a better coach than that bearded weirdo stalking the Vikes sideline. Every time I see that goofy telemarketer headset he wears I wanna punch him.
But defense wins championships, and the Vikes have a better one when compared to the Saints.
I was thoroughly impressed with the Colts D last week, and it will be ignored again and not given any run once the SB matchup is set. I still think the Colts are the favorite to take it all, regardless of who they play.
I don't care about the heisman, if anything I'm glad because that just added fuel to VY's fire.
I don't really know why I don't like Bush. He just looks like a jackass I guess. One of those things. Now that I think about it what I meant to say is
Shockey.
I don't like the Saints, but I'll have to cheer for them here..I wouldn't be able to stomach the Manning vs. Brent hype, and I just hate the Queens in general..I also hate how their D-linemen are allowed to cheat Pacquiao-style..
31-28 Saints..
I am cheering for Cattle roper.
I wonder if the Saint fans who were MIA during the Saints 3 game losing streak will magically pop up in here if the Saints score first. Brhornets/Ghazi are the ones I am referring to.
Brent Farve.
Even money that Minny's season ends on an INT.
sons lets ING DO THIS!!!
Really hope this is a good, close game
I dunno about Ghazi ... that piss ant has 1 leg apiece in both the Vikings and Saints bandwagons, so it's a win win for him!I wonder if the Saint fans who were MIA during the Saints 3 game losing streak will magically pop up in here if the Saints score first. Brhornets/Ghazi are the ones I am referring to.
NYJ vs Indy was a lot better than expected. Let's hope this game lives up to the hype.
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