Friday, January 7, 2011

Saturday starts wild card weekend for the NFL

New Orleans Saints Vs Seattle Seahawks

How the Saints could win:

The Saints have a great offense with Drew Brees (4620 yards, 33 TDs, 22 INTs) who has great numbers through the air and Marques Colston (84 rec for 1023), Lance Moore (95 rec for 763), and Robert Meachem (66 rec for 638) are catching a lot of his passes this season. The defense has 22 interception and they can get Matt Hasselbeck to throw interception (17 int compared to 12 tds this season).

How the Seahawks could win:

The Seahawks best chance to beat the Saints with help from the crowd which is one of the loudest groups of fans in the NFL and if the noise makes it to hard to change the play and Brees throws interceptions while Hasselbeck has a game like past years instead of like this season is the only way it stays competitive.

Who I believe will win:

If you look on paper the Saints are way, way, way more talented then the Seahawks and the Saints have been to the superbowl and won it before while Drew Brees can put up a score on the first possession of the game and the crowd can go to sleep because Brees and the Saints can put up some big numbers on the scoreboards and this may be another one of those games.

Jets Vs Colts

The Battle of superbowl III continues, OK the Colts are not in Baltimore anymore and Rex Ryan's wife has a foot fetish.

How the Jets could win this game:

The comeback play of the year LaDainian Tomlinson will need to put up some big numbers on the Colts defense and he should because the Colts have one of the worst run defenses (4.7 per carry and 132.1 yards per game) in the NFL and Mark Sanchez will need to not over do it and turn the ball over. Darrelle Revis will need to shutdown Reggie Wayne ( 111 rec and 1355 yards) and it is very possible that he could do so and then Manning will have to use the short game along with finding the other receivers and the Jets will also need to score early.

How the Colts will win the game:

Manning will need to trust his run game a bit and then have his exterior receivers and have them do some damage like Pierre Garcon (67 rec for 784) and Blair White (36 rec for 355), and Jacob Tamme (67 rec for 631) while if Austin Collins can play (concussion) he would be a great addition (58 rec for 649). The defense will need to be stronger against the run and make Sanchez (3291 yards, 17 TDs, 13 INTs) win the game through the air as he dodges Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis from the pass rush.

Who I think will win:

Usually it is easy to just say Payton Manning is one of the best QBs in the league and has allows found a way to win the game but it is going to be much harder because Manning does not have as much to work with. So the Jets should have a good chance to win and I will say the Jets will win as Reggie Wayne will not be a factor in the game because Darrelle Revis will be on him all day and the run game for the Jets should eat up many many yards and keep Manning pacing on the sideline.

Thanks

Tom Mehegan

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