New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers = Epitome of a Trap Game

Saints will exploit SF secondary and take away their run game.
After the Offense only put up 14 pts last week, I know they are out to prove they are still the best.
Our run defense is better.
I believe by now we should trust that SP is a good coach who knows how to prepare his team for a “trap” game.
Saints 42 49ers 21

about how the 49ers have something to prove after last week, and how they can’t afford to start the season 0-2. But the question is are they good enough to prove it against last year’s world champion Saints? I’m sorry, but I don’t see them losing this game. It may start out surprising (remember the Miami game last year?) but we’ll come through in the end.

People talk about Drew Brees as if he’s the best quarterback in the league.

What do you mean, “as if”? ;)

Reggie Bush has been the talk of the country all week with the Heisman ordeal

I may be the only one that thinks this, but I think Reggie will not do well this week. Hope I’m wrong…but Pierre isn’t too bad.

The game is in San Francisco on the national stage.

Well, ok, point for you again-fat punk kickers don’t do well in that sodden swamp aka as Candlestick Park.

The 49ers strong points are running the football and run defense.

So this also means they can’t pass, and more importantly, their pass defense sucks. Advantage Saints and their wonderful receiving corps. Not to mention the most accurate QB in the league last year. Oh, and he completed 75% last week. And, Matt Hasselbeck completed 78% of his passes last week. I think this is where most folks start salivating at the thought of Drew getting 700 yds passing or something.

Their coach is Mike Singeltary

Our coach is chopped liver? Really, watch that video posted here of Mike. Great player. Coach, ?

But, the Saints for the last few years have been pretty dominant over SF. I see Brees exploiting a weak secondary, building a big lead, and then, as you said, they will be in trouble.

I’d type it all out again, but this is easier: http://www.moosedenied.com/oh-no-its-a-trap/

(Language warning, of course)

(And no offense intended to Andrew or anyone else who’s worried. “Message Board Guy” is a composite “character”… agreeing with MBG on a given point doesn’t mean I think you are MBG. For some reason, I feel like I need to restate that occasionally.)

and they skipped over the part about game planning. his gameplan and playcalling was terrible in the seattle game. they have serious problems. also, many fans seem to think that we are the ones who have to worry, i leave that to drew, vilma, sean, and gdub.

….I think the opposite will be true. Sean and Drew will want to get the offense clicking early. The Niners D is the perfect opponent to get this done. I predict a lot of points by the Saints.

I don’t think the Saints came out of the Vikes game feeling like world beaters. Just the opposite.
Think they came away feeling lucky to have the win and knowing they missed a lot of opportunitys on the field. Feel like the Niners with plenty of tallent to upset the Saints have way to much crap going on in the locker room and a less that a stellar QB. Saints 27-10

The trap game was last week, for the 49ers.
They are a classic case of overrated media darling. Sure, they are going to give a better effort this week at home on Monday night, but last time I checked Alex Smith was still thier QB. They are pretenders. Superbowl teams like ours expose pretenders.
We are healthy, have Drew Brees and Sean Payton calling the shots, and have 11 days to prepare. I smell an ass-whoopin’.

. . . who says he’s a great coach? And who says Frank Gore is going to be any more game changing than AP, a superior back, was last week?

It’s the second game of the season; we don’t have any sense of security yet, false or otherwise. The boys are going to give this match every bit of the seriousness it deserves and they won’t be caught off guard. FFS, I’m hearing a lot more talk about this being a trap game than I hear about the Saints steamrolling.

Peter King picked the Niners, everyone; relax.

Andrew Juge,
 You make believe Saints fan. Can’t believe you’re putting a losing score on the Saints. You sound like one of those so called make believe expert analyst.
 Yes, It’s very much all true about that they will be at their best at their home, but did you already forget so quickly what we did in 09?
 Saints, by no less than 17.
Oh yea, the Saints will be at their best also because 14 points don’t get it. Starting this Monday, they will resume to their 30 and 40 point games.

Yeah, the Niners sucked like spoiled eggs against Seattle, and probably will give a better and more motivated effort against the Saints..but I don’t see any traps here.

First off, Frank Gore is good. Damn good. He isn’t Adrian Petersen, though, and last time I checked, the Saints D mostly contained AP last week.

More importantly, Alex Smith is no Brett Farve..even a Brett Farve missing training camp and Sydney Rice. Other than Davis and Crabtree (their #3 WR/return specialist Ted Ginn that they acquired from Miami is out with a sprained MCL), what other weapons do they have?

Second…a well rested and confident team is going against a team in utter turmoil. I don’t really think that Sean Payton and Drew Brees will allow this team to go into SF with swelled heads. Don’t you think that they don’t remember the second Tampa Bay game??

Third….they’ll stick with the program that got them there: mixing the intermediate pass with PT bruising between the tackles; with an occasional deep ball to Meachem and Henderson and some Reggie Bush in open space. If the receivers actually hang on to the ball unlike last game, it could get ugly real fast for Frisco.

Fourth: Samarai Mike Singletary may be a Hall-of-Fame linebacker, but he’s more like Rusted Mike Ditka as a head coach; inconsistent, unwilling to make adjustments on the fly, and way too passive/aggressive. If Pete Carroll can eat his lunch, how do you think that Payton/GW will do any worse. Plus, they have serious communication issues on the offensive staff.

Yeah, the Saints could underperform, the Niners could play above their heads, and Garrett Hartley yank a couple of FG’s to give SF a chance to pull the upset. And I could win the Lotto tonight, too. The latter looks far more likely to me than the former.

Saints end the drama and take care of business….38-17.

Anthony

 First of all the 09 Redskins had one of the best red zone defenses in the NFL as I recall. Won by a missed field goal if I remember right. Saints gave away the last three games because they could. They were 13-0 going in! The injury list was longer then the list of players the Saints could put on the field. The Saints staff rested their key injured players to have them ready for , get this, the SUPER BOWL ! Relax and enjoy Bro. I understand your jitters but they are a waste of an oppertunity to relish a great Saints team. Teams of this calliber don’t come along very often. Stop believing everything negative you read. For every negative artical about the Saints there are 20 positive. There is a reason for this . They are the real deal. GET ON BOARD and enjoy. It won’t last forever. Nothing ever does. GEAUX SAINTS

Well said Mississippi, u are correct!

Look for an explosion from the Saints offense and Reggie Bush in particular this week. Saints move to 2-0. NFL player agrees with me.

http://tightend.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-2-nfl-winners-losers.html

But I honestly believe we WILL win this game. Sure San Fran wants to prove that they just had a BAD day last Sunday and aren’t THAT bad of a team, but we also have something to prove as well…that we ARE the best, that we ARE defending champions, and that we CAN put up more than just 14 points in a game. WE are Saints fans, (best fans in the world) stop being so negative. Our Saints love us as much as we love them and they WILL not let us down. GEAUX SAINTS!!!

“If Matt Hasellbeck looked like Drew Brees against the 49’s last week, what in the world is Drew Brees going to look like?”

Somewhere around the fourth or fifth game last year it dawned on me that, without really noticing the exact moment it ocurred, I had shed the Saints “inferiority complex” I had suffered from most of my life. I began to enjoy the feeling that Steeler fans, Cowboy fans and Patriot fans had enjoyed in years past…. a feeling I had been envious of for so long. For the first time in my life, I no longer “hoped” the Saints would win; I “expected” them to win.

There’s a huge difference between confidence and arrogance. The Saints are a confident team right now. I expect them to win.

Like Mississippi said, let’s enjoy this ride while it lasts.

Its going to be a trap game only if the Saints prepare for it that way. Drew Dat has a great point we are watching our team do things we havent seen them do….EVER! Lets keep this bus rolling!

sure, SF can pound the ball all day, but as we have seen many times in the AFC south, even teams who are built to pound the ball and chew clock cant top an explosive offense who can drop 7 on you and not even blink.

in the end, i favor our passing game agaisnt the 49ers pass defense over the 49ers rushing attack agaisnt our rush defense. as it currently stands in the NFL, a top passing attack will beat a top rushing attack 9/10 times.

besides, if we can get the 9ers into any kind of 3 and 5+, they minus well just punt it, smith really is that bad.

 Dude from Mississippi is right. Logically, it will never be as good again as it is right now. If we can’t enjoy this, we can’t enjoy anything. We were too used to failure for too long, but life is about moving on. Saints win big.

… let us not forget , the heritage of franchises , this is just a stepping stone back to greatness … !! GO NINER"S

Our Saints have NEVER beaten the 49ers on Prime Time. NEVER. I think though, our Saints know not to take any oppenent for granted, hopefully, especially when it comes to trap games like this. Since they last played on Thursday and the 49ers played on Sunday, our Saints have had a few extra days to recover from the Vikings, and prepare for this game. I too also sometimes get bad feelings about some games, but this isn’t one of them, although this game might be closer than some of us would like. Last week our Saints hit a milestone by winning on opening day for the third year in a row, something they have never done before, and I think they will get another first this week by beating the 49ers on Prime Time for the first time ever.