New Orleans Saints @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Game Predictions

1. Drew throws for at least 300 yards and 2 TDs.
2. Hartley does not miss a field goal.
3. Colston finally scores a TD.

Defence plays lights out football
1. D will force 3 turnovers
2. D will only allow 1 FG and no TD in the entire game
3. Big Sed will be credited w/ 2 sacks

1. Saints win on a FG in OT
2. Brees passes for 3 TD
3. Saints D get 4 sacks

1. Sedrick Ellis gets a sack.
2. Saints RBs rush for 100+ yards.
3. Hartley doesn’t miss any kicks.

1. The pirate ship cannon will fire at least 20 times (20+ points for the Bucs).
2. At least one player with the surname Williams will score.
3. The expected (or recent) birth of Drew Brees’s second child will be mentioned.

1. Robinson leads the team in tackles again
2. Harley makes a 50 yard FG
3. Saints score at least 2 TDs of 20+ yards.

Saint!

1. Dave will see action as a surprise backup to Drew Brees
2. Jeff Duncan will not say anything useful.
3. Several people will drink beer.

Freeman has looked better than Brees all year. The Saints have made bad qb’s look good this year. This equates to a miserable game. I’m angry.

1. Harper forces a turnover either through a forced fumble or an INT.
2. Hartley has to kick a <40 yard FG and makes it.
3. Jesus Jones does not stop smoking and gets less than 3 carries and averages less than 1.8 yards a carry.

1. Saints offence finally gets rolling, 450+ yards.
2. Saints offence has at least two plays of 40+ yards.
3. Hartley kicks a 29 yard field goal and makes it. (Ok make that a FG under 35 yards.)

1. Two different Saints players score a TD.
2. Saints have less than 300 yards of total offense.
3. Bucs win the TOP ‘battle’ (as if anyone actually battles to have the highest TOP) but the Saints still win.

Bonus 1. Saints trail the entire game, until the last 5 minutes of regulation.
Bonus 2. The Bucs one TD is NOT a rushing or receiving TD.

1) we will score at least 7 pts
2) we will gain at least 75 yds } these are not my predictions- don’t count these
3) we will punt at least 2 times

(Which I am not going to do).. but chances are I would get all 3 right. And if no one else even got 2 right, I might wind up the winner. Which would be lame. This is an extreme example, but I hope you can see my point. It seems to me that some of the predictions lately have been like the ones I just listed as opposed to something like – Jenkins will have 2 interceptions or Roby will have 150 return yds. anyone get my drift?

1 – Drew throws 3+ TDs
2 – # or more different people w/ rec TDs
3 – Big Sed 2+ sacks

1) a defensive member of the saints dances at some point
2) we score on our opening possession
3) hartley misses a fg or extra point

Bonus: brittany gives birth while drew is in tampa. I can’t guess his first name, but his middle name is “Danger”.

“Personally, I think some of last weeks predictions were a little tame. I would like to see some members take a little more risk with their three guesses.”

Thank you Dave

1. The Saint’s offence combines for atleast 500 yards
2. Julius Jones has atleas 125 yards scrimmage
3. Atleast one Saints reciever gets 120 yards recieving

Bonus- I get out of hand with my “bold” predictions that by week 12, I will shout “I AM THE MIGHTY THOR, KING OF LIGHTNING!” and shatter atleast 5 china plates.

1. Hartley is 3/3 on FGs.
2. Saints red zone efficiency remains < 50%.
3. Sedrick Ellis gets 1+ sack, 1+ FF.

1—Hartley misses his only FG attempt of the day
2—Payton finds his stones and we go for it on 4th at least twice
3—Fourth down conversion keeps game winning TD drive alive

1: Drew Brees thrws for 250+ yds and 2+ tds.
2: No Buc RB will rush for more than 100 yds.
3: At least 5 Saints will accumulate 50+ all purpose yds (whether it be rushing, receiving, PR, or KR).

1. The team comes down with a virulent cold, except for Devery Henderson, who manages somehow not to catch it.
2. Sean Payton advises Garrett Hartley that he will fire him out of one of the pirate ship cannons if he misses one kick.
3. Garrett Hartley is promptly fired out of one of the pirate ship cannons after the game.

1) Ivory has his first 100+ yards day (total yards)

2) Jimmy Graham scores 1+ TD

3) Freeman rushes for more than 50 yards

1. The Saints will have ZERO turnovers
2. A Saints DB will have a sack
3. Ivory scores his first TD

Here’s the deal: supposedly, these two teams know each other very well, and that gives Tampa a greater than usual chance to take it to the Saints. But why doesn’t it work the other way as well? The Saints also know Tampa very well, and they’re a better team. I say this is the week everything comes together (keep saying that long enough, and eventually you’ll be right).

Atonement. Saints rush for over 150 yards.

Redemption. Saints are perfect in the red zone, scoring every time they penetrate the 20.

Resurgence. Saints’ special teams play is much improved, missing no field goals and holding the Bucs below their average on kick and punt returns (21.6 and 7.8 yards, respectively).

Oh, and Revenge. Saints, 34-13.

(One day, I’ll win this thing…and when I do it will be epic. Kind of like an undrafted rookie quarterback beating the Super Bowl champions.)

1. two td’s from brees through the air (to 2 different wideouts), and 1 from ivory (who has no giveaways in the game) on the ground

2. hartley is 2/3 on fg’s for the day

3. saints d comes up with a takeaway in the 4th (with less than 8 minutes left) that will prove the difference maker

bonus: freeman plays admirably with over 300 yards through the air

1. Alex Brown gets 2 sacks aka Gator Chomps
2. Mike Williams (Tampa) scores a TD
3. Jenkins gets a INT

1. Bress passes for at least 250 yards.
2. Shockey gets at least 2 TDs….passing or running.
3. Saints score first and are never behind in the game. (score wise)

Once again but we’ll pull it out.
Brees rushing TD from the 1
3 FG’s from who ever is kicking (we’ll take that as a moral victory cause he won’t miss any)
The Suckaneers will score one TD on a long 50+ yard run
Ellis will have a crazy good game, have 3 sacks and will knock that Josh kid out of the game they will fall apart after that in a yawner of a game.
Oh yeah Shocky will get into a fight.

1. Saints gain over 350 yards of total offense.
2. Defense will force at least 2 turnovers.
3. No Bucs rusher will rush for more than 50 yards total in the game. (Per rusher, not team total).

1. Payton locates his testicles (hard to verify), tosses out last year’s playbook (hard to verify), and find something that guides the offense to it’s best production season to date, i.e., more yds passing and running than any of the prior games.
2. Drew gets 2 or more passes of 30 yards or more, including one for a TD.
3. Defense gets at least 2 sacks.

1. Saints score first
2. Saints score last.
3. Saints continue to play with their heads up their asses between the first and last scores.

1. Hartley misses another field goal.
2. Drew gets sacked at least 3 times.
3. Colston gets his first touchdown.

1. The Saints will have a receiver over 100 yards with 2 TD’s

2. The Saints D will create at least 3 turnovers with at least 1 INT and 1 fumble recovery.

3. Hartley will be 2 for 2 on field goals.

1. Brees does not throw an INT.
2. Colston gets his first TD and its in the red zone
3.Jones plays and scores 2 TD

1) A Saints LB has an INT
2) Roby has at least one return of 50 yds
3) Saints have 100+ yds rushing

1. Drew Bres passes for 400+ yards and 3 touchdowns.

2. Saints defense scores 2 touchdowns on takeaways.

4. Hartley makes one 40+ yard field goal and all PAT’s.

Bonus: Brittany delivers her baby during the game and in honor of the big win name him Buck.

1. Bucs will lose at least one fumble.
2. There will be a flea flicker.
3. Saints will get 3+ sacks.

I’ll try to get into the anti-lame spirit by using the word “and” to offer up the equivalent of 6 predictions.
1. Both Hartley and Betts score at least 6 points each.
2. Both Freeman and Brees throw at least 1 INT and are each sacked at least once.
3. Either the Saints defense and/or the Saints special teams score at least one TD and the Saints come out ahead in the turnover margin.

1. Kellen Winslow has 100+ yards
2. Hartley hits 2/4, both 40 +
3. Saints run game puts up 150+ AND two tds

1) Hartley 0/0 on FGs, 4/4 on XPs.

2) Saints do not score on opening drive.

3) Tusk gets his first NFL score.

1. Hartley makes his only FG attempt

2. Saints rush for over 100 yards

3. Aquib Talib with at least 1 pick

1. Drew Brees throw 2+ INTs
2. Chris Ivory fumbles
3. The Saints lose a defensive starter to injury

last time I predicted the SAints to lose (SF) they won. So I’m trying to keep my streak going here.

1. Brees throws no picks and at least 2 TDs
2. Josh Freeman throws for 1 TD and runs for another
3. one sack or less for Saints

1. Brees throws an interception in the 1st half.
2. Saints D does not give up a red-zone TD.
3. Ivory scores a TD on a screen pass.

Bonus: Drew announces grand opening of his new “FortyBurgers” franchise after the game.

1. Brees rushes for a TD
2. Chris Ivory will run over someone and everyone will go “ohhhh!”
3. Saints sack the opposing QB 3+ times

Bonus: Someone (on the Saints) will celebrate a TD by doing some “pirate-like” celebration.

moore and colston both score td’s
ivory runs for at least 80 yards and 1 td
hartley kicks 2 field goals

1. hartley is perfect on fgs and pats
2. brees has 70%+ completion
3. vilma records a sack

1. Brees throws for 300+ yds.
2. Saints will block a field goal attempt
3. Saints cause 3+ sacks

1. Hartley makes two field goals.
2. Saints rush for over 95 yards.
3. Colston catches at least one touchdown.

1. Hartley makes all his FG attempts
2. Brees zero sacks
3. Saints defense zero INTs

4. Reggie spends his day visiting Doc Gooden in jail.

1. A Saints receiver has multiple touchdowns.
2. Patrick Robinson creates a turnover.
3. Saints score only their second rushing TD of the season.

1. Drew Brees throws 2+ TDs
2. Saints win the turnover battle by at least +1
3. Hartley does not miss a field goal

1. Drew Brees does not throw a pic.
2. Saints defense holds Bucs to under 250 yards on offense.
3. Colston finally catches a TD pass.

1. Brees throws for at least 250 yards and at least 2 TD
2. The Saints offensive line does not give up a single sack all game
3. The Saints score in every quarter of the game

1 Brees has season high passing yards this game.
2 Saints D scores at least one TD.
3 Bucs do not score an offensive TD.

Bonus: Cadillac Williams causes fans to start calling him Carnell. QB Josh Freeman is at some point replaced by some other QB also named Josh. Idiotic pirate ship cannons malfunction and do not fire after a field goal. Coach Raheem Morris encourages journalists to refer to him as “Quicksilver”. Florida bars insist on continuing to serve Long Island Iced Teas rather than New Orleans Iced Teas. Unlike the duckbilled platypus, the manatee is determined not be a mammal after all.

1. Drew marches down in the final drive of the game for the winning TD
2. P Rob finally gets an INT and redems himself to me (not that he needs to but hey…)
3. Graham finally gets a TD and I finally get some pick em points!!!

1. Drew throws for at least 2 TDS, completes more than 70% with a QB rating over 105.
2. Bucs held to less than 300 yards total offense.
3. Saints win TOP and turnover battle.

1) 1st Qtr ends 3-3
2) Saints rush for 160yds + in the game.
3) Fumble recovered for TD by Saints D.

Pirate ship suffers catastrohic damagedue to mis-firing cannon
and Glazier brothers win Halloween costume prize 2 weeks early.

1.Colston scores.
2.Buc QB rushes has @ least 3 rush att.
3.Brees has a TD of 25+ yds.