New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers: Game Predictions

1. Drew Brees’ passer rating will be at least 50 points higher than Alex Smith’s.

2. The Saints will out-rush the 49ers.

3. The Saints defense will score.

1. Brees throws at least 2 TDs
2. Saints D will score on a takeaway (G-Dub says don’t call ’em turnovers)
3. Reggie Bush will score at least one TD.

1} Reggie Bush hat trick: 1 TD rushing, one recieving, one kick return.

2} Hartley 2 for 2, field goals.

3} 2 Saints interceptions.

let’s see, that’s i before e except after c…

1. Drew Brees’ rating >100
2. Saints get 150 yards rushing
3. Saints don’t punt in first half.

1) 2 td’s for reggie
2) alex smith has 2 turnovers
3) gore out rushes all saints rb’s

bonus: reggie bush does heisman pose after scoring second td

1. Saints score 3 tds in the first half.
2. Brees passes for 20+ yards.
3. Shockey will get a td.

Bonus: The game will be delayed for 35 mins due to an earthquake.
               The Oakland and 49ers fan will blame the earthquake on the Saints.

Lance Moore – 1TD and 2efdc’s —→ (emphatic first down celebrations)
Fresh Prince – 1.5 sacks – 1.5 bicep kisses
Heath Evans – 1 rushing TD

1. Saints give up the ball once
2.Alex Smith has a <70 rating.
3. 49ers go for it on a 4th down and don’t get it.

1.Vernon Davis is the games leading receiver in yardage.
2. Drew Brees has a QB rating of over 110.
3. Saints force at least two interceptions.

1) Hartley 2 for 2 on FGs
2) Reggie scores our first TD
3) Frank Gore scores their first TD

1) Thomas scores on screen pass.
2) Reggie scores on pitch inside redzone.
3) Hartley finds his mojo and nails a 40+ yarder.

1. Devery Henderson 2 touchdown receptions
2. Gore held under 100 yards rushing
3. Vilma gets a sack

1. bush has a td of 30+ yards
2. roman harper gets his first pick since 8th grade
3. payton runs at least one trick play

1. At least 5 personal foul penalties between the two teams.
2. Brees has at least 50 more passing yards than Favre.
3. Adrian Peterson has more rushing yards than Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas combined.

Sure, it’s not original, but it’s a proven winner.

1. Brees throws at least 3 TDs.
2. Colston scores a touchdown.
3. 49er tight ends have 80+ yards receiving.

1. 49er receiver plays hot potato with the ball into the waiting arms of Greer.
2. Devery gets to do the TD dance twice.
3. Total game turnovers – 4.

1. Morstead averages >50 yards per punt
2. Roby averages 25+ on KO returns
3. Saints D force a safety

1. Drew Brees throws 2+ TDs
2. PT has at least 0.7 more YPC than Gore
3. The 49ers throw at least one interception

1. Reggie gets less than 10 touches but scores
2. Drew throws for 300 yards but has 2 picks
3. Alex Smith has 3 TD’s but his team drops balls, fumbles to lose the game

1. Brees has at least 300 yards passing.
2. Hartley rebounds with at least one 40 or longer field goal.
3. Saints D gets at least 2 sacks.

1. Henderson will score a touchdown on a 19+ yard pass.

2. Pierre will catch at least 2 screen passes.

3. Saints will never trail. (go for broke!)

1. Malcom Jenkins has a pick 6
2. Frank Gore ends up with more than 100 total yards and a touchdown
3. Hartley doesn’t miss any field goal opportunities

1. Reggie Bush scores at least 1 TD
2. Hartley kicks more than 1 FG
3. We have more than 1 takeaway on D

1. Reggie Bush scores a TD.
2. Hartley misses one FG,but nails his 2nd of the day.
3. Saints win turnover battle.

1. Reggie Bush scores a TD
2. Shocker scores a TD
3. Porter has an INT

Who dat!!

1. Brees gets sacked at least 2 times
2. 1 Safety will be scored
3. 49ers will have 3 or more turnovers

1. PT 150 yards rushing
2. Reggie has a punt return TD
3. Reggie does the heisman pose when he scores

1. Brees will throw for as many or more TDs than his his combined INTs + Sacks.
2. Brees will have at least 10% higher completion percentage, at least 5 yards higher YPA, and at least 15 points higher passer rating than Alex Smith
3. Despite the home crowd, the 49ers will STILL have as many or more delay of game penalties than we do. (Bonus: we’ll probably get more “radio trouble” stories afterward.)

Bonus: Sean Payton will lose a replay challenge.

Saints have two takeaways
Drew has 3 TD
Garret the fat punk kicker Hartley does not (better not) miss a FG/

1. Saints will get 2 or more QB sacks.
2. Sharper will get an INT
3. Pierre Thomas will gain at least 70 rushing yards.

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4. Mike Singletary, in an act of desperation, throws down his headset, rushes the field and tackles somebody.

1) Brees 250 or more yards
2) 2 defensive TD’s
3) Bush has 1 TD on a return (and doesn’t strike the Heisman pose, no matter how justified he would be in doing so)

Bonus: Alex Smith sacked 3 times, one is a sack/fumble for a TD

1. Reggie has 150+ all purpose yards
2. Drew throws 2+ touchdown passes
3.Saints have 2+ interceptions

Bonus-After another poor showing Singultary challenges Alex Smith and the OC to a cage death match in the post game interviews

1.Reggie has 50+ yds rushing

2.Brees throws 2+tds with no interceptions

3.S.Ellis has a sack

1: Brees throws for 300+ yds and 3+ tds.
2: Money hits a 40+ yd fg.
3: Saints have 2+ takeaways and 2+ sacks.

1.) At least 9 Saints will catch a pass.

2.) Patrick Willis will lead the 49ers in number of tackles.

3.) Reggie Bush will rush for at least as many yards as the number of fantasy points I beat you by in week 1 of CSC fantasy football (BURN!)

• 1) Offense
  will run an end around on a first down, playaction to FB on a 3rd and 2, and will score within final 2 minutes of a half.
• 2) Defense
  will get at least 2 sacks, 2 int (one return for td {td might be called back or overturned?}), 2 offsides, and Vilma with 10+ tackles.
• 3) Special Teams
  will have at least 8 KO’s, 3 FG’s and give up a TD Return(TD might be called back)
• Bonus
  at least 1 td will be called back for either team.

1. Drew throws for at least 300 yards and at least 2 TD’s
2. Two of our RB’s (including FB’s) score TD’s
3. Our defense gets at least 2 takeaways

1. Heath Evans has at least one TD
2. JShock has at least one TD
3. Crabtree has at least one TD

1. Niners trail by 10 or less at halftime, think they have a shot at the upset.

2. Brees finishes with more than 330 yards passing.

3. Three different Saints receivers record touchdowns. (Note: This means “catch and score” not “has WR as their listed position.”)

1 – Bush leads the team in receptions
2 – Dr Shockaloo gets a TD (to stop the whining)
3 – Hargrove…AKA HOUSEHOLD (as in, “soon to be a household name”) will have a sack

1- Vilma gets 6 tackles.
2- 4 sacks game total but at least one by the Niners and one by Jenkins.
3- 65 + yard for Lance Moore.

Brees throws for 300+ yards and 3+ TDs.
Saints have a defensive TD.
Alex Smith is sacked 3+ times and intercepted 2+ times.

Got a little bit of a bad feeling about this one, but I choose to be optimistic:

1. Frank Gore has at least 100 yards rushing
2. Alex Smith has at least 2 turnovers
3. Saints trail at halftime, but come back to win

1. 49ers score defensive or special teams TD

2. Alex Smith does not get sacked

3. Vernon Davis gains more yds in 1st half than 2nd half.

Bonus – Cajun in CA wins prediction contest without making a single prediction for the Saints!

1. Both teams turn the ball over twice.
2. Pierre Thomas gets our first TD and has over 100 all purpose yards.
3. Gore scores their first TD and is held too under 100 yards rushing.

Bonus: Singletary pulls his pants down too make a point!

1. Drew Brees passes for 200<yards<300
2. Alex Smith gets benched by the fourth quarter
3. Frank Gore has less rushing yards than our RBBC
4. Hartley misses another FG and gets his nuts chopped off…..

1) Hartley goes 100% on the night (both FG and conversion)

2) We trail at the end of the first half

3) We outrun them

1. Brees unstopped: 3 TDs; 350 yards; wears #8 and rushes for 120 yards 1 TD

2. 3 different receivers catch a scoring pass.

3. PT rushes for 80+, 1 TD

1. Colston gets a receiving TD (please, since I picked him in the player contest!)
2. Drew Brees finishes with a 105+ QB rating.
3. Saints D gets at least 2 turnovers.

Bonus: Saints make 49ers WR Crabtree look so bad that Jerry Rice will steal his jersey and attempt to take the field!

1. Defense has at least two take aways.
2. Bush rushes for less than 100 yards.
3. Brees passes for at least 200 yards.
Bonus: The “nanner’s” trap is baited with sour grapes and the Saints cut a wide path around it.
Nuff said.

1. Alex Smith is sacked 3 times
2. Malcolm Jenkins gets a pick
3. Reggie Bush runs back a punt

1. Saints have 200+ more offensive yards than the 49ers
2. Saints Defense gets a fumble recovery
3. Pierre Thomas gets a screen pass for 30+ yds for a TD

1. Saints lead by 14 pts or more at the half
2. Shockey scores
3. Hartley doesn’t miss a kick

1) Niners go for 2 in the 4th Q and don’t get it.

2) 3 Different Saints players get rushing TDs.

3) Hartley 1/1 on FGs for the night.

1. Saints defense scores one or more TD’s.
2. Saints special teams scores one or more TD’s.
3. Saints have at least 125 yards rushing.

1. 49rs miss an extra point attempt. (Bitter? No, not at all. Well, a little. Ok, a lot. Foolish and stupidly vindictive? Check.)
2. Coach Singletary maintains his composure on camera throughout: No tantrums, no screaming, no sarcastic retorts, no trou dropping.
3. Both Reggie and PT score.

Bonus bets:
Mike Sirico says “Heisman” a minimum of 17 times. Gruden smoothly changes the subject 17 times. Jaws mentions his own career in some manner at least 4 times. Suzy Kolber seems even more gay this week (not that there’s anything wrong with that unless you are male and in love with her) while Michele Tafoya keeps reminding you of your buddy’s mother. 17% of the audience will seriously consider buying their first batch of an erectile dysfunction drug (without a prescription), 59% will wonder if it’s time to reorder, and half the female audience will complain loudly about the commercial (“Why is he driving that old Camaro through the desert? Is he on his way home to bang his wife after seeing THAT WHORE? Is THAT why he has that little smile on his face? GOD you guys make me SICK!”).

1. Drew Brees 350+ passing with at least 2 TD’s, no interceptions & 1 sack given up
2. Pierre Thomas 100 yards rushing
3. Saints win turnover battle by a 2-1 margin or more

1. Brees has at least 2 TDs and 275+ passing yards
2. Reggie scores and has 75+ combined yards(receiving and rushing)
3. Saints defense has 2 or more sacks and at least 1 turnover. They give up between 100-130 yards rushing.

1.Lance Moore scores.
2.Reggie at least 1 TD.
3.SF has at least 3 turnovers.

1. Saints take 20+ point lead in the first half
2. Drew throws 3 TDs to 3 different receivers, has completions to at least 8 different receivers
3. Alex Smith throws at least 2 INTs, gets sacked at least twice.

1. Saints convert over 70% on third down.
2. 49ers have at least four 3-and-outs.
3. Garrett Hartley misses no field goals (this applies even if he attempts none).

I know I know, and I hate myself for predicting this. Just got a bad feeling about the game.

1. Brees turns it over at least twice.
2. A terrible pass interference call late in the game screws the Saints
3. Garrett Hartley misses another field goal

I hope I’m wrong! I will be picking the Saints to beat the Falcons (who looked amazing today) regardless of how this game turns out.

1. Saints score on their 1st. drive.
2. Saints Defensive lineman scores.
3. Bush has at least 2 plays of 20 or more yds.
Bonus: Jets are brought up before end of 1st quater. I think that is in this years ESPN contracts with their announcers.

1. Brees no second-half INTs
2. Saints at least +1 in turnover battle
3. 49ers no sacks

4. 8: times ESPN will show Mike Singletary looking angry and/or confused.

1. Garrett Hartley converts all of his FG and PAT attempts.
2. Vernon Davis scores a TD.
3. The 49ers do not hold a scoring lead at the end of any of the four quarters.

1. Hartley hits 2 or more field goals.
2. Drew Brees Throws 3 or more TDs
3. 1 or more Ints

4. I win that NFL official Saints hoodie at my regular spot.
5. I meet two real Saints fans, other then the one I turned into myself.
6. I forfeit tring to invent a black and gold shooter at the end of the 3rd quarter.

Bonus: I’ll go ahead and post this cause it’s probably the best shot I have at winning this thing. Now how can I change that posting time…