Saints 24 @ Ravens 30: Prediction Results and Voting

by Dave Cariello on Dec 22, 2010 12:00 PM CST

Everyone's predictions from last week have finally been tallied, analyzed and formatted accordingly. They can be found in their entirety following the jump.

A lot of people predicted Roman Harper would have a sack. That didn't happen. Reggie Bush staying out of the endzone also really screwed a lot of members.

Today we've only got two members to choose from on the ballot. One has all three correct, the other might have all three correct but I can't verify one of their predictions, though I have a strong hunch it's wrong. So I will let the people (hey, that's you!) decide.

Look over the results then go ahead and cast your vote for the best predictor. The poll will be open for 48 hours, closing Friday afternoon at 12pm.

*CSC Member*	*Predictions*	*Analysis*
jray2000	1. Lance moore will score a TD 2. Flacco will attempt less 32 or fewer passes 3. Drew Brees will complete 22+ passes	Yes Yes Yes Score Prediction: Saints 20-17
mdwhodat	1) shanle misses 5+ tackles 2) def gets burned for at least one 30 yd pass play 3) ray rice has 125+ all purpose yards	Don't know Yes Yes Score Prediction: Saints 28-17
MiamiSaints	1. Drew Brees completes 80+% of his passes 2. Drew Brees completes passes to at least 8 different players 3. Roman Harper has a sack or interception.	No Yes No
David "Satch" Kelly	1. Drew Brees does NOT throw an interception. 2. Sedrick Ellis gets at least one sack. 3. Hartley kicks the game winning FG.	No Yes No
Jon Banks	1. Brees throws 1 INT. 2. Saints have over 75 rushing yards. 3. Saints have 2 or more scores in the 4th quarter.	Yes No No
Lil_joe692	1) Brees throws for 3 + TDs 2) Saints Def gets 2+ turnovers 3) Brees does NOT throw in an INT	Yes No No
Jabbadahut99	1. The Saints win the turnover battle 2. Malcom Jenkins wrecks HAVOK (This isn’t a strictly yes/no prediction, it’s more of a "feel" prediction." 3. The Saints gain at least 100+ more yards than the Ravens in total offense. (Kickoffs and punt returns not included)	No No No
MtnExile	1. Drew Brees does, unfortunately, throw an interception. Just one. But even though he is very, very pissed at himself, the Ravens don’t capitalize on it. 2. Jonathan Vilma gets that pick he’s been wanting. 3. The Saints never trail.	No No No
Comp	1. 2 running backs score for NO. 2. Drew throws 2 TD’s. 3. Def gets 2 sack-o’s on flaccos	No No No
DrewBreesManCrush	1. saints win to battle 2. saints out rush the ravens 3. either jenkins or harper get a big time strip (again)	No No No
cajunsblues	decided by fieldgoal in final 2 minutes (proably hanging myslef here) Saints will have a gimmick play that will lead to a touchdown. Ravens will allow 2 running td’s	No No No
jful	1. Despite the weather, Drew Brees throws 30+ passes. 2. Pierre Thomas leads Saints in rushing yards. 3. Saints’ offensive line gives up no sacks	Yes Yes No
iiAndyiiii	1. no picks for Brees 2. 120+ yards rushing for the Saints 3. Saints win turnover battle	No No No
jeremysherwin	1. Brees does throw a pick but it is not his fault 2. Saints accumlate more yardage with their RBs than TE or WR 3. Falcons loose	Possibly No No
jeff.I.b	1. Saints score on their first possession of each half. 2. Brees does not throw an INT….to Ed Reed. (So I changed it ever so slightly. I’m tired of always getting at least one wrong because of this). 3. Despite the cold weather game, despite the much vaunted defense of the Ravens, the Saints still find a way to open it up offensively for over 400 yards of total offense.	No Yes No
daisy117	1. Flacco throws more picks than Brees 2. Lead changes at least once. 3. Saints have more reception TDs than rushing Tds.	No Yes Yes
Tac Hammer	1. FPK aids in the win by scoring at least 7 points. 2. Graham scores at least 1 TD. 3. Tusk has the most rushing yardage of any other O player.	No Yes No
bondcrash	1) Saints outscore Ravens of at least 10 points in Q4 2) Flacco completes under 50% of his passes 3) Saints trick play results in a first down or in points	No No No
JAM13	1. Saints get 100 yards rushing, including a 20 plus yard run. 2. Flaco throws two picks in the second half. 3. Devery Henderson catches long TD pass.	No No No
whodatone	1. Brees passes for at least 250 yards. 2. Bush gets at least one TD. 3. Saints score first and are never behind.	Yes No No
coldpizza	1. The Saints’ offense will be held without a TD for the first time since the 2007 season opener. 2. Ray Rice leads all non-QBs (both teams) in total yards from scrimmage. 3. Elsewhere in the NFC South playoff race, Atlanta defeats Seattle.	No Yes Yes
Jricky70	1. Meachem has big day. 2 TD’s 2. Brees throws for 280 plus yds 3. Running game 80 to 100 yds	No No No
BigTMill	1. TD Graham 2. Harper will have a sack 3. TD Lance Moore	No No Yes
B_Robichaux31	1. Ivory rushes for 100+ yards 2. Reggie and PT each catch a screen pass for a TD. 3. Defense gets 3+ sacks and holds Ravens to under 150 yards total offense	No No No
therunningsaintfan	1. 4 or more total turnovers both teams 2. 480 or less combined passing yards both teams 3. Saints win time of possession battle	No Yes No
pipr	Brees attempts 45+ passes Meachem catches a TD Vilma forces a fumble, recovers a fumble or snags an INT	Yes No No
Jesus1000	1. Saints to win by double digit 2. Saints to rush for more than 120 yards 3. My boy, Hartley, to make perfect field goals and PATs.	No no Yes
Ponysaints	1. Saints offense = more than 400 total yards. 2. Brees = 100.0 or better passer rating. 3. Saints give up less total yards than Ravens.	No No No
saints fan in cowboyland!	Vilma scores a td. Shockey scores Ed Reed and Ray Lewis do not contribute to a takeaway.	No No Yes
mississippisaintsfan	1. Lance Moore scores 1+ td’s 2.Malcolm Jenkins has a take away 3.The defense has 4+ sacks	Yes No No
Grok Rocker	1. Malcolm Jenkins gets a pick six from Flacco. 2. Reggie Bush scores at least 1 touchdown. 3. Drew Brees passes for 200+ yards and 2+ touchdowns.	No No Yes
TAYDIGGA	1. Drew throws a pick or more due to the pass rush 2. Running game held under 100 yards 3. Bush get’s a score or more	Yes Yes No
Cajun in CA	1. Saints get 2 or more takeaways. 2. Special teams has a game changing play. (ex. long return, blocked kick, etc.) 3. Saints trail in 4th qtr.	No No Yes
BRSaintsFan	1. Brees throws 2 interceptions 2. Saints score on 1st two drives of the game 3. Saints held to less than 100 yds rushing	No No Yes
PanheadCatahoula	1/ Saints linebacker creates turnover, scores. 2/ Saints have 5-10 minute edge, TOP. 3/ Meacham scores.	No No No
stujo4	1 Flacco shows that he is what I think he is: Worse than Jay Cutler, worse than Sam Bradford, better than Tebow: 2 turnovers and under 200 yards passing. 2 Saints have over 150 yards rushing 3 Ray Ray and Ed don’t scare anybody: Saints commit only 1 turnover.	No No Yes
sportsboy73090	1. Brees 2+ td passes 2. 2+ sacks by our d 3. colsten 100+ yds	Yes Yes No
theprogrammerman	1. Joe Flacco, he will not throw for a score 2. Then predicting the Saints run for 120 yards or more 3. Drew Brees will throw for three scores	No No Yes
JREM	1) Brees throws for 300+ Yds, 2 TDs 2) Hartley makes 2 of 3 FG attempts 3) Defense has at least one INT and one fumble rec	No No No
slumD	1. Jimmy has at least 1 TD 2. Reggie has at least 1 TD 3. Jahri has no holding calls against him.	Yes No Yes
cajuncommando58	1. Hartley makes all kicks! (Keeping this one going) 2. Drew DOES NOT throw a int. 3. Drew finally sees Henderson for a TD.	Yes No No
Dang Hu Dat	1. Ravens have at least 100 yards rushing, but no more than 300 yards of total offense. 2. Saints get at least 300 yards passing and have at least 3 TD passes. 3. Saints make at least 2 sacks and get at least 2 turnovers.	No No No
saintsfan77	brees throws 1 int pierre thomas and julius jones combine for at least 120 yards roman harper gets a sack	Yes No No
SaintsFanMD	1. Brees throws for 2+ TDs. 2. Saints score on their first drive of each half. 3. Tie score entering the 4th qtr.	Yes No No
AndrewJuge	1. There’s at least 2 missed field goals in the game (both teams combined) 2. The Saints score a touchdown rushing 3. Malcolm Jenkins creates another huge turnover	No No No
HansDat	1) Ravens score late TD to pull within 2 points. 2) Saints recover subsequent onside kick to ice the game. 3) PT gets a KO return TD, Reggie gets a punt return TD, and FPK goes 3-3 on FGs.	No No No
saintsbrasil	1.Flacco throws 2+ picks 2.Bush scores a TD 3.Hartley makes all FGs	No No Yes
GSO Saints Fan	1) Brees, 250+ yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 1 sack 2) Flacco sacked 3 or more times (safety blitz for at least 1), under 225 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs 3) Saints D sets up offense twice for short scoring drives with turnovers	No No No
AJG	1. Harper has a sack 2. Ray Rice has more receiving yards than rushing 3. Saints win by more than a touchdown	No No No
were gonna need a bigger boat	1. Drew Brees throws for 250+ yards and 2+ touchdowns 2. Saints get 4+ sacks 3. Saints win turnover battle	Yes No No
tommy v	1. Thomas, Bush, and Ivory each have a running play of at least 30 yds. 2. Drew throws 4 touchdowns. ( The whole game he’s thinking Falcons, not Ravens). 3. Saints defense has 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery.	No No No
Rocks	1. Saints average less than 22 yards per kick return 2. Colston breaks 1000 yards on the season on the same series Brees breaks 4000 yards 3. Ravens average less than 4.0 YPC	No No No
SaintBevo	Ravens lead at halftime Bush has a run of at least 20 yards Saints score 10 points or more in 4th quarter	Yes No No
Dan39465	1.Flacco has a QB rating below 80 2.Hartley is perfect 3.Bush gets a TD	No Yes No
TheShadow	1. Flacco finally gets in sync with receivers for 60 minutes 2. Three headed monster rises from the dead 3. Defense goes on a nose breaking sacking rampage	No idea What is that? No
ATLsince1972	1. Brees is sacked 4 times 2. Ravens defense scores 2 TD’s 3. Saints have less than 50 yards rushing for the game	No No Yes
saint_chew	1. Hartley hits last minute FG 2. Cold weather fumble fest at least 3 turnovers by each team. 3. Reggie (Bush)gains most all purpose yards in the game.	No No No
hakimdropstheball	1. Brees beats Flacco in passing yards by more than 40 yards. 2. Ravens win TOP (winks at Grandmaster Wang) 3. Reggie scores a TD.	No Yes No
metryman	1.Saints D has +1 sack,strip,recover from Flacco. @ least 3 sacks total. 2.Colston scores.w/ + 5 recs. 3.Pierre scores on pass/screen.	No No No

Poll

Who had this weeks most accurate predictions?

jray2000

38 votes

mdwhodat

10 votes

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Comments

mrwhodat predicted that our defense would suck and we would still win by two scores? Wow. He must have had ZERO respect for the Ravens defense. Now as people, I might agree, but as players he was obviously wrong.

by FriarBob on Dec 22, 2010 12:12 PM CST reply actions

Not really. The first two probably happen (or come close to happening) every game and the Saints win handily fairly regularly despite that. I wouldn’t say one blown pass of 30+ yards and a bunch of missed tackles by one lackluster player in particular is indicative of an entire defense sucking. In fact, those two things are pretty commonplace in the NFL, even among winning teams. All you really have to do is follow the team regularly to be able to put a finger on their weaknesses. Also, it’s mdwhodat, not mr. I’m assuming he/she lives in Maryland and follows the Saints. In any case, they seem to have a good grasp on the tendencies of both teams’ players, judging from the three predictions.

"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
Re: #25 ... CUT THAT CHUMP.

by coldpizza on Dec 22, 2010 12:51 PM CST up reply actions

That being said, I went with jray2000. Three correct without a doubt, a three point win is closer to a loss AND … he plays my Pick ’Em contest regularly. Hey, who said voting had to be unbiased?

"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
Re: #25 ... CUT THAT CHUMP.

by coldpizza on Dec 22, 2010 12:54 PM CST up reply actions

thanks cold pizza

i replied to friar before i saw your posts..the things i put on there were things that go on a lot…we do give up chunks of yds but usually hold in red zone. listening to baltimore radio all week i knew they would be trying to get rice more involved.. well be alright though..ivory not being active hurt…

ps..as many tackles as we missed on sunday i would bet my right arem that shanle had at least 5..

by mdwhodat on Dec 22, 2010 3:55 PM CST up reply actions

yer post

our def doesnt have to suck to give up 125 all purpose to an all pro calibur back and 1 30 yd pass play.we give up chunks of yds..our strength is red zone def..i have a lot of respect for them but i also thought that we would at least have a lil success at running the ball to help out and if we did we prob could of won by 10

by mdwhodat on Dec 22, 2010 3:48 PM CST up reply actions

I find it funny.....

that one of Jon Banks predictions was that the saints would have over 75 yds rushing….when JB spent a lot of time arguing with Coldpizza in the “Defensive Player Grades” section that our lack of rushing attempts was not a bad game plan.

Not hatin JB…just poking a lil fun.

Our fat punk kicker, Garrett Hartley, missed a game-winner and we lost for the second week in a row - Scott Fujita in 2009

by Ragin Who Dat on Dec 22, 2010 2:04 PM CST reply actions

Voted Jray

3 out of 3 is 3 out of 3. MdwD 5 missed tackles, come on man, u had a shot by saying MADE tackles, Dave C. has enough on his plate.

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.
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by metryman on Dec 22, 2010 2:35 PM CST reply actions

Jon Banks

What the hell? No wonder I get emails about money owed to me and they need my account information.

Week 16 matchup: Falcons
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by Jon Banks on Dec 22, 2010 4:30 PM CST reply actions

Voting for Jray

CP typed all the same reasons I had in my head for my selection…except for the fun fact about playing in the pick-em contest – that never crossed my mind.

It's gonna be a great year.

by Hans Petersen on Dec 22, 2010 6:51 PM CST reply actions