Where are these "PREDICTIONS" coming from

sour grapes

Steve Young predicted Drew having a bigger day than Manning and a Saints win.

I’ll take Young over McNabb regarding quarterback ability, football knowledge and IQ. McNabb you may recall was the stunned last year when the Eagles lost a game in OT because he didn’t know OT ended as soon as either team scored. How could a professional QB possibly not know that. It’s almost as stupid as picking the Colts to blowout the Saints.

or wrong. But running the ball “effectively” has nothing to do with how many yards you get and where you are ranked. The Colts do run the ball effectively. If they didn’t opposing D’s could just drop back in coverage and play the pass all game. The Colts may not rush for 100+ yards a game, but they run enough to keep the play action working and force the defense to honor the run. That is running the ball effectively.

Again, this is not to promote what McNabb said, just saying that the Colts do just enough “effective” running to keep a D guessing.

. . . I’ve noticed every single computer simulation from Madden, Accuscore, et al, predicting a 3-7 point Saints victory.

Far as I’m concerned, it’s in the bag.

To save him for what? The Super-Duperbowl?

Looks like we hit Favre so hard even McNabb got hurt!

Sure you can pull Manning in the 4th quarter, it’s not like the Saints have the best 4th quarter offense in the league. The Colts would have to be ahead by 4 tds for Manning to be pulled in the 4th

For the same reason that the Pats pulled Brady early—remember??

A prediction from Donavon McNabb like that’s valued. Well it may make the gamblers in Philly put their money on the Colts, McNabb robs them again.

……but deep down I love it! If I woulda thunk about it, I would have liked to write down who picked against the Saints and by how much. THAT way, when the game is over, and Tom and Sean and Drew and the rest of the team are parading around the stadium hoisting the Lombardi trophy, I could start my email blitz to each person who STUPIDLY picked against the Saints and say WHO DAT?!?!?! you sorry, self-centered, washed up, sack of Favre! I would pay money to see, after the game, the post game conference, every “expert” (an EX is a had been, a spurt (pert) is a drop of water) shunned when trying to ask a question of the Saints. Disrespect us, we disrespect you. BUT…knowing the Saints are a class organization, that wouldn’t happen.

The Colts beat the Patriots in a close game and it’s because Peyton Manning and the Colts were just too good. Yet the Saints can’t win close games against teams like the Vikings because they’re just not that good in the eyes of the media. They point to the comparison of the games the starting QBs had against the opposing team in the championship games and say, “Peyton Manning was on fire against the Jets, so the Colts will win.” That line of logic doesn’t work because anyone who thought the Jets were a better team than the Vikings needs an MRI to find a tumor in the brain.

Manning is not invincible. He’s not God’s gift to the position. Last I checked, this game should be bigger than Manning. The Colts are playing the Saints. It’s not Peyton Manning vs. the Saints. The Colts have not played a team like the Saints all season, but the Saints have played teams like the Colts and have beaten them. Did those teams have Peyton Manning? No. But Peyton Manning this season has not been as good as Drew Brees. When you compare the 14-2 record to a 13-3 record, one loss isn’t much of a difference because wins are team stats. It’s taken years for analysts to figure this out in baseball when it comes to Cy Young Award conversations, but it lags in football for some unknown reason.

Brees was ahead in the stats that really matter like completion percentage, passer rating, touchdown passes and a lower interception rate. To come out and say the Colts are going to blow out the Saints, something no team has managed to do all season, is just plain ignorance. But what could you expect coming from the mouth of a guy who admitted that he did not know there were ties in the NFL? If it is a Colts blowout, I’ll gladly eat my words. I just don’t see that happening in the event of a Colts victory.

about getting blown out in playoff games, it’s McNabb.

Jimmy Kimmel, during a conversation about the Saints, New Orleans, the devastation of Katrina and it’s aftermath, etc., ect., said he was pulling for the Colts in spite of that. “I know New Orleans is the sentimental favorite, but I still think people who live in Indianapolis are far worse off”.