I am looking for Brees, Shockey, David Thomas, Kyle Eckel, S Fujita, Shanle, Charleston (who did play quite a bit against the Vikings, got some pressure on Favre) Collie, Clark, Manning to have big games.
The Saints will be able to keep up with the Colts. The thing holding them back in the Vikings game was the entire offensive gameplan was designed to stop Jared Allen. They slowed him down but it gave Brees less receiving options, lots of two tight end sets, sometimes 3 (both with Strief as an extra blocker, he even lined up as a fullback, yet supposedly isn't athletic enough to play left tackle full time)
This game will be majority sumos going against an all black defense(except Stinchcomb and Strief who will be an extra blocker from time to time). I don't see why there aren't more White DT's and Defensive ends, as more teams use sumos this would greatly benefit defenses. Some of the overrated sumos are able to handle speed rushers but they struggle to handle guys like Allen who have a combination of power and speed, its like they have no strength at all. The worst game Brees had this season was against the Bills, who coincidentally, have a few White guys on the Dline, they were able to own the Sumos on the Saints and had Brees backpedaling for the majority of the game, he can work with little time, but he was getting nanoseconds to throw in that game. Brees will have all day to throw against the Colts and their undersized affletes. This is going to be a high scoring game. Plus last game Shockey was still having the toe problem and bruised his knee, the Saints offense is not the same without him, he should be healthy.
Saints to win this one. Shockey to be MVP, first TE to be mvp of the Superbowl. Highly unlikely heh but i hope he has a great game. Im looking for Brees to get a superbowl win and solidify his spot as an elite quarterback. All the negatives constantly said about him "oh he doesnt have the size, he lacks this or that" but I wouldn't be upset if Manning gets another ring, but they are playing up the black coach thing, even though Caldwell isn't the reason for the success, they have mentioned him and how well he has done this year quite a bit on tv. If the Colts win this will be the 3rd time in the past 4 years that a black coach has won.
Interesting matchup will be Collie vs whoever Saints line up against him. Saints fans think the Saints will be able to shut him down because they shut down Welker to only 30 or 40 yards. The thing is, they held Welker that entire game, literally. Illegal contact/pi etc. The flags should be thrown this game, the only flag thrown against the Patriots is when Welker was actually shoved down while running his route.Edited by: dwid