Lions @ Saints: Wild Card Predictions
by Dave Cariello on Jan 6, 2012 10:01 AM CST
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PrintPlayoff time, baby! Which means it's also time for a special post-season edition of our weekly prediction contest. It's win or go home, do or die, for all the marbles, winner take all. This is serious stuff.
By now you should all know what to do and how to do it, but just in case you don't, you can catch up on the rules of the game right here. As always, all are welcome to partake, including opposing fans. This is a great opportunity for those readers who have never signed up or commented to finally dip their toe in the water.
Before we get started, we must continue the tradition of acknowledging last weeks winner and today that would be CSC member, mattxlegend, who won by a landslide vote. Here are the three predictions that earned him the win, courtesy of your votes:
1.) The Saints break 3 NFL records. (Any three, not including extending Brees's hold on Season Yardage, but including Completion Percentage in a Season)
2.) Ivory finally (for real, this time) scores his first rushing TD of the season.
3.) Brees does not play the whole game.
Let's hear what you got!
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Saints 45 - Lions 21
1. Calvin Johnson has 1 or fewer TDs
2. Suh has no sacks
3. Saints have 150+ rushing yards
Saints 41 - Lions 30
1) Brees throw at least 3 TD’s and over 300 yards.
2) Pierre Thomas scores a TD (either rush or receive) and has over 80 total yards, Sproles has at least 40 yards rushing and over 50 yards in receptions..
3) Stafford is picked once and Lions also fumble at least once.
GO SAINTS!
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
Saints 41, Lions 24
1. TE Tony Scheffler will score a TD
2. Saints D will score a TD on either an INT or fumble recovery
3. Devery Henderson will catch a TD pass
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Jan 6, 2012 10:11 AM CST reply actions
Saints 35 Lions 24
1. Calvin Johnson doesn’t score
2. Pierre Thomas gets 10+ touches
3. Harper sacks Stafford
Saints 34 Lions 38
1. Detroit wins the turnover battle.
2. Detroit accumulates at least twice as many sacks as the Saints.
3. No N.O. receiver gets more than 90 yards receiving.
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
Shine on you crazy diamond
Good on you for sticking to your guns. But you still get this:
However, if you are correct in your predictions you wont go home empty handed. You win a date with a cheerleader:
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
True. That needs a warning note.
"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson
by BRSaintsFan on Jan 6, 2012 5:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Amazing how a contrarian opinion about something as silly as a football game turns people into a panic and causes a need to lash out.
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
“lash out”? Seriously? Either you need a new dictionary or I do.
by FriarBob on Jan 6, 2012 10:50 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently you do as the term means to make a retort. Feel free to pick a new one up at your local bookstore.
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
Yeah, but the connotation requires a lot more anger than any of us are showing. Exasperation and annoyance is the worst anybody’s given you… so far, at least…
ok.. officially: a LOCK.. both jeff & jellyphantom..
have picked us to lose.. get reservations & buy your tickets to SF..
it is done..
kep it going, guys..
saints roll..
by the 9th plague on Jan 6, 2012 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
I love when JellyPhantom does the psychological reverse effect
Works every time
I spent 8 years trying to reach him...and then another 7 trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply...Evil.
Dr. Sam Loomis Aka (Donald Pleasence)
Hey jeff
I am just poking fun. Have a Coke and a smile.
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
Can you make it a coke zero?….Maybe I’ll try one of those new Dr Pepper 10’s…..
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
No sir I cannot!
But I have a super old “New Coke” from the 80’s that I can give you instead.
Warning: “New Coke” may cause vomiting, diarrhea, spastic colon, viral conjunctivitis, becoming a fan of the Minnestoa Vikings, blatant worship of Aaron Rodgers, and narcolepsy.
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
Sorry...i'll pass then. Father's a diabetic...I keep my sugar intake fairly low.
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
Hey grumps please watch what you post
Somethings just cant be un-saw
No promptly post 10 pics of real cheerleaders to keep us all from going blind lol
by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 6, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
Just type in
“heather eagles” into your closest image search. Not a cheerleader, but better in my opinion.
Jeff,
Really? Something as silly as a football game? Why are you even on here? We’re on here because we are true Saints fans that love our team. Why even bother taking up space on here if you think football is so silly?
Because he's a Saints fan Tommy.
Just because his opinion is unpopular doesn’t mean he doesn’t belong. Heck, it doesn’t even necessarily make it wrong. I give the guy hell all the time, but I at least respect his point of view, even if most of the time I think it’s ass-backwards. I think the site would be much less interesting and enjoyable if we all just sat around having a big circle jerk over how good the team is.
Glad you brought that up.
Whose turn is it to bring the lotion and the happy tissues this time?
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
Pardon me while I go….ewwwwww. FYI grumps, recheck the post where you got your new AV, he posted a new one that will shrink a bit better without the distortion.
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
Better?
And thanks for the tip. I missed it.
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
You know for a fact?!?!?!
Telepath or something?
But you do illustrate his point pretty well; anyone who dares criticise the Saints must be a trader…
Repeat? Run it!
FIFY Frenchie
But you do illustrate his point pretty well; anyone who dares criticise the Saints must be atradertraitor…
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 7, 2012 9:50 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks Jeff
every time you pick against us we win. Very much appreciated.
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 6, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
I think your three (negative as usual) predictions could come true, but the Saints will still win.
Re: 1. We “lost the turnover battle” to ATL and rolled them.
Re: 3. That’s because there are going to be at least 8 different receivers; Drew doesn’t need to focus on any one… And, he’s still going to have over 300 yards.
It’s not the size of your TOP, it’s how you use it!
Want scientific proof? Read this paper by Dr. Jeremy Arkes.
Saints 38 Lions 14
1. Drew throws for 3+ TDs, 350 yards passing, 0 INT and has 70% comp
2. The running back stable combines for 125+ yards with the bulk of the total going to Ivory
3. Stafford is knocked out of the game after a huge strip sack fumble that is returned for a TD.
correction
meant to read “at least 70% completion”
by B_Robichaux31 on Jan 6, 2012 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
Saints 38 - Lions 35
1. Saints record 3+ Sacks on Defense
2. Saints record 2 or more turnovers on Defense
3. Mr. Marques Colston has over 100 yards receiving
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Bum Phillips
Lions 31 - Saints 27
1. Stafford has over 400 yards passing again
2. Aaron Berry or Eric Wright has a pick against Brees
3. Saints offense has over 500 total yards
I had to even it out a little :)
President of the Eric Wright fan club, but I love me some Aaron Berry.
Obligatory statement about being a huge Lions fan.
I have a twitter: Follow Me
3’s actually a really good prediction for a Saints loss, haha. If we’re behind you can bet we’ll be piling up the yardage trying to catch up.
I think they'll have over 500 yards regardless though...
Win or lose.
President of the Eric Wright fan club, but I love me some Aaron Berry.
Obligatory statement about being a huge Lions fan.
I have a twitter: Follow Me
YOU LIONS FANS
You get off our site…how can you predict your team will win…blather blather blather…
Hahahaa.
If you get your predictions correct, you also win a date with the above-pictured cheerleader. Consider yourself warned. You may want to take out CJ on the way to the Dome just to protect your own interests.
I like Hamburgers!
Uh oh...better put an Asterisk on it.
Saints 42 Lions 24
1) Saints hold Lions offense to 24 pts or less
2) Saints have at least one defense or return score
3) no INTs for Brees
Same for me as above except....................
Ivory takes one to the house from 30+ yards out.
My Magnificent Black and Gold Warriors
Lions 38 Saints 34
1) Brees throws over 400 yards, 4 TD’s
2) Megatron gets TD’s
3) Louis Delmas gets a pick 6 on Brees.
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Saints 38 Lions 16
1. Brees throws for 300+ yards
2. Sproles Returns a kickoff or punt for the TD
3. Saints lose TOP battle but win turnover battle.
Drew looks like a demon possessed,
or a SAINT that's BLESSED.
by MattDat on Jan 6, 2012 11:15 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Saints 38 Lions 23
1) Brees gets sacked at least twice
2) Pierre Thomas scores a rushing TD
3) Stafford throws for more yards than Brees
Saints 45...Kittens 24
1. Saints D forces 2 turnovers 2. Ivory rushes for 100 + yards 3. Drew Brees has 5 TD passes
Aint's-27 Lions-42
1. Kevin Smith over 150yds pass/rec
2. Brees has 2 turnovers
3. Lions Defense scores
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by CLF on Jan 6, 2012 5:33 PM CST up reply actions
you just say aint's..? dat's it.. you are disqualafired..
fo been ignen..
by the 9th plague on Jan 6, 2012 6:37 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Who is this “Aint” and what is he possessing?
…
Disqualafired.
by AJG on Jan 6, 2012 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
Saints 41 Lions 19
Our much maligned defense shows up big here
1. Defense has 3+ turnovers
2.Stafford is sacked 3+ times
3.Jimmy Graham has 2+ TD’s
bonus-this is the 1st of 4 20 point blowouts we have in the play-offs
by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 6, 2012 11:26 AM CST reply actions
Saints 38, Lions 32
1.) Both QB’s throw for more than 300 yards
2.) Sproles makes a big play in the return game (50+ yards on a single return, punt or kick off)
3.) Saints take the lead for good in the 4th quarter on a rushing touchdown
Saints 48 Lions 28
- Jenkins actually hangs on and gets at least 1 INT
- Saints Rush for at least 200 yards.
- Saints win the turnover battle.
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 6, 2012 11:29 AM CST reply actions
Saints 42, Kitties + refs 45
We’ve had to try to beat both the refs and the opponents in at least 12 of our games this year, so bite me if you don’t like my score headline. Win or lose, we’re (over)due for a horribly officiated game. I just hope we’re good enough to beat both the opponent and the refs again, like we were on all-but-one of those previously horribly officiated games.
But as usual, for the really critically important games I’m predicting we suck in hopes that I somehow manage to reverse-jinx the opponent… or something like that…
1) Brees has 3+ TDs, over 400 yards, but more combined Sacks+INTs than TDs.
2) We give up a special teams or defensive TD (not FG) and lose the turnover battle, but win the TOP game thanks to having the better running game in at least two of #carries, YPC, and total yards. (CP is happy that at least we won the TOP game, the rest of us are not.)
3) We manage to mostly shut down Calvin again with <= 2 TDs, <= 2 “explosive” (i.e. 40+ yards) plays, and at least two Saints have as many run+catch TDs as he does, but other Kitties step up and make us pay for over-covering him.
Bonus: the refs are blatantly bad, but Jeff crows about how he was right despite the fact that it was far more the refs than the Kitties that won the game.
Jeff doesn't really crow.
I’ll give him that much. Of course, he’s wrong a lot too, but no, I’ll go back to saying something good here: Crowing is not usually part of Jeff’s contraian (his words) predictions.
"I am a Saints player. Look, sir" Patrick Robinson
by CrazyforColston on Jan 6, 2012 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
Please oh please dont cry to us Lions fans about the refs!
See last week’s game vs Green Bay if you want bad officiating.
2 non-fumble plays but called fumbles, which 1 wasn’t overturned and a td catch that was called incomplete.
Or that game vs you guys with pass interference called 3 times on Nate Burleson when that has never happened before. The refs don’t respect us and that is a fact.
Lions 34, Saints 30
I don’t think the Lions will win, but if they do, its because of the d-line and the Stafford 2 Johnson connection.
1) Stafford throws 350+yds, 4 tds, and 1 int
2) Brees throws for 300+ yds, 3 tds, and 0 ints
3) Detroit’s d-line sacks Brees 4 times and pressures him often
4) Kevin Smith edges 100yds
5)Saints defense cannot pressure Stafford or stop the passing attack consistently and overblitz thus being exposed
I’m excited and I know all of you are as well. Good luck and Ill see ya Saturday at the Superdome!
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 11:51 AM CST via mobile reply actions
As annoying as those OPI calls had to have been for y’all in our previous meeting, that didn’t make them wrong. Ticky-tack, maybe, wrong, no. Because they were also the exact definition of what’s going to be called every time.
Really?
Than why hasn’t that ever happened before and the one time it does happen its to a Lions player? Just like in 2010 in Chicago with Calvin’s process catch that is now unsurprisingly being called a catch, they make examples out of bad calls against us.
You guys don’t see very many Lions games, but if you did you would see what I mean. We get absolutely hammered by the refs all of the time. It was even worse when we were losing, but its still bad. Maybe there’s a one year rollover like the probowl snub Matthew Stafford and Cliff Avril got.
Truth is, until we start winning consistently and play smarter football, the refs will continue with the bad calls. Refs usually believe the good players are playing by the rules, but until the refs realize we’re good, we will not get the benefit of the doubt.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 12:04 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
It only happened to a Lions player because (sorry) only he was dumb enough to keep doing the same thing over and over again despite getting called for it. Now it was at least partly a ticky-tack call. He didn’t get that much advantage out of pushing off. (He did get some, though.) But all three push-offs were blatantly visible and that’s what caused them to be called.
Let me see if I can give you a reasonable explanation by example. Let’s say that a basketball player is dribbling the ball and he fakes out the defender right and drives left trying for a layup. In desperation, the defender dives back into the way and hits him so hard he knocks him over. This is “blatantly visible” and will be called as a foul every time. And if he stupidly did the exact same thing two more times in the same game, he’d be the first basketball player to ever get called for three fouls in that way. But that wouldn’t make the calls wrong.
Same sort of mistake as your guy pushing off. Because the elbows extended and the action was so visible, it got called. Had he simply pushed off with slightly better “technique” (i.e. without extending the arm so much that the elbow fully flexed) at least one and maybe all three of them would never have been called. Now it would still be cheating to push off at all, but he probably would have gotten away with it. But he wasn’t smart enough to vary his method of pushing off.
Oh and Calvin’s TD was a TD… so was Jermaine Gresham’s earlier this year against Baltimore… etc… except by the letter of an astoundingly stupid law. By the letter of the law, they weren’t catches. By any sane definition, however, they were.
Truth is, until we start winning consistently and play smarter football, the refs will continue with the bad calls. Refs usually believe the good players are playing by the rules, but until the refs realize we’re good, we will not get the benefit of the doubt.
Hah, sorry, I forgot to comment on this bit at first. But seriously, if you truly believe this, I got bad news for you. You guys could win three super bowls in a row and you still wouldn’t get the calls. If all it took was being an elite player to get the calls, I can guarantee you there would have been at least 15 more roughing the passer calls for hits on Drew this year. Sadly, that’s not the criteria that truly matters.
You guys (and us as well) just aren’t a big enough media market, and you don’t have a team executive as the head of the competition committee. Until/unless one or both changes, you’re just as out of luck as we are. Sorry, you (and we) are just going to have to settle for being actually clean rather than just hoping the refs will let you get away with stuff.
Oh but just this once, I won’t complain if the score is Saints+refs 45, Kitties ~30. We’re even more overdue for a badly officiated game in our favor than you guys are.
we gonna make catsup out of your team..
complete annihilation..
by the 9th plague on Jan 6, 2012 12:49 PM CST up reply actions
So the Lions held the Saints to their lowest home score (31) in the last matchup
Without 2 secondary. starters out = .. and 3 Defensive line players out….
lol… and now the Saint’s are down Lance moore.
Is annihilation possible?
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by CLF on Jan 6, 2012 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
you gottit..
we didn’t even hit 80% throttle on that game..
you will see tomorrow night what i meant..
get ready..
by the 9th plague on Jan 6, 2012 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
Saints 30 Lions 23
1. 4 plays of 40 yards or more in the game.
2. P-Rob gets an Interception.
3. Defense gets 3 or more sacks.
Saints 38 Lions 27
1. Saints have more than 5 offensive (no special teams) big plays of greater than 25 yards(BONUS: 1 of which is a run)
2. Brees throws for less than 315 yrds and 3 tds
3. Suh has more penalties than sacks
Fustrating Suh will be good for ........................
Two or three unsportsman like or personal foul penalties………………..Yes ????
My Magnificent Black and Gold Warriors
Saints 45 Lions 34
1 .P-Rob gets a pick 6
2. Sproles get’s a TD on special teams
3. Devery Henderson scores on a long bomb
I spent 8 years trying to reach him...and then another 7 trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply...Evil.
Dr. Sam Loomis Aka (Donald Pleasence)
Lions 34 Saints 28
1. Drew Brees throws for 350+ yards and 2 touchdowns, but throws a pick to seal the game for Detroit.
2. Megatron has 150+ receiving yards and at least 1 TD
3. Lions offense outgains the Saints offense and wins the turnover battle.
Saints 38 Lions 17
1. The Lions have at least three 15 yard penalties (roughing, personal foul, unsportsmanlike conduct etc…)
2. The Saints rush for over 175 yards
3. Matt Stafford throws at least 2 interceptions
Lions at Saints Replay is on right now on NFL Network
In case anybody missed it.
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 6, 2012 12:01 PM CST reply actions
Saints 24 - Lions 20
1. Brees sacked 3+ times
2. All three Saints RB’s combine for less than 100 yards rushing
3. Megatron catches td pass
Bonus: Brees has to drive down the field in the final minutes to come back from trailing 20-17 and get the win.
"I don't suffer from drug addiction. I enjoy it very much."
Saints 41, Lions 30
1/ Ivory becomes National Household Word with second straight 100 yard game.
2/ Harper initiates a turnover that results in Saint’s score.
3/ TO’s and TOP, passing and rushing yards won by Saints.
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds" -Bob Marley
by PanheadCatahoula on Jan 6, 2012 12:05 PM CST reply actions
Saints 38, Lions 27
1. PT has 70+ yds rushing and 70+ yds receiving
2. Ivory held under 50 yds rushing
3. Saints get a takeaway in the final 5 minutes.
Hmmm...
I probably shouldn’t come on this. ;-)
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by Dave Cariello on Aug 24, 2011 10:31 AM PDT
you cant be serious
We aren’t the Colts buddy, there’s no way we are only scoring 13 points when we are 4th in the league in scoring per game and the Saints hang 50 over our defense. We are playing with a full roster this time so I expect a better defensive performance than last time.
Mr Suh is looking forward to meeting Drew Brees personally. He is a big fan and I’m sure he’d like to give him a big handshake for his passing record.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 12:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Ndonkeykong suh
will be a nonfactor. count on it. He’ll get handled all night, then throw a tantrum. He ain’t even very good. If it weren’t for his petulance, we wouldn’t have heard his much this year.
"I don't suffer from drug addiction. I enjoy it very much."
by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 12:24 PM CST up reply actions
Very ignorant thing to say
You take anyone one of your d-lineman and Suh with all 32 teams and I’d guarantee they’d all take Suh over any of your no-name d-lineman.
Suh commands double teams on every play, which frees up the ends for big plays. He also penetrates the interior line and is a big factor in stopping the run when they do stop the run (damn wide-9 isn’t good for run stopping).
You either don’t know a lot about football and/or don’t watch a lot of Lions games because not one player on the Lions roster doubts that Suh is the best defensive player we got. An all-pro as a rookie defensive tackle and 10 sacks. This year he’s getting double or triple teamed on*every single play* so his sack total is down, but the other guys sacks went up because of this reason.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 12:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Eh, he's okay
Certainly not terrible. Only gonna get worse each year, though.
"I don't suffer from drug addiction. I enjoy it very much."
by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe they can teach him
to kick pat’s and field goals.
"I don't suffer from drug addiction. I enjoy it very much."
by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
Alright, I think you must be the comedian on this blog
If that’s the case, maybe Shaun Rogers will put the cheeseburgers down long enough to stop somebody.
It is pretty funny to see 2 former Lions’ d-lineman play for your team though.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 1:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I'm just Joshin' ya around..
This is gonna be a good game. Very much looking forward to it.
"I don't suffer from drug addiction. I enjoy it very much."
by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
I have to say, I was surprised you guys let go of Shaun. Granted he was a problem child from all those years of losing, but he was by far your best talent on the entire defense at the time. Then again, this was still the Millen years. But I would have thought he’d try to draft some more talent to put around him rather than trade him away.
Shaun was very talented and one of my favorite players
Unfortuntely, Big Baby wasn’t motivated anyway but losing all the time made it worse. He had a few good years, but he was never the impact player Suh is now.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 1:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
HAHAHA!!!!
"I don't suffer from drug addiction. I enjoy it very much."
by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions
Suh may be the most talented defensive player you have, but I think you’re doing a disservice to some of the other guys on that defense naming him the best player. He’s done a lot to help you this season, but he’s also done a lot to hurt you and at times hasn’t seemed to understand that regardless of how he feels about the calls against him, it has to stop. I think he’ll just get better with time and maturity, but at the moment his immaturity is keeping him from his potential, in my opinion.
He made mistakes, but he learned from them
But yeah, he’s the most talented and best defensive player we got bar none and I’m sure most experts would agree.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 1:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Ahhh...you do know....
…that the Saints starting guards (Evans and Nicks) are All-Pros, right?? And that their center (de la Puente) has been playing lights out of late??
Suh’s a monster, and he will have a say in the game, but not that much. Besides, more than likely, his lack of anger management will get him yanked after the Saints get into his head.
And in the meantime…those “no-name d-linemen” have quietly pulled the Saints rushing D back into the upper middle of the road. Not that you have a running game that matters, though…
Let’s just play the game and see what happens, OK??
Anthony
All I can say is I wish you had picked someone else's prediction for all of this.
I’m not in a very conversational mood. And, don’t worry about my prediction, DLions4Eva. It’s just a prediction. Call me an enthusiast, maybe.
Saints 45, Lions 10
1. Saints defense holds Lions to under 50 yards rushing
2. Saints run up over 500 yards on offense
3. Lions don’t get personal foul penalties, instead, get that “deer in the headlights” look
Saints 27, Lions 17
1. Lions have at least 4 false start penalties
2. Brees throws at least 1 INT
3. Stafford has at least 2 turnovers
Saints 42, Lions 24
1. Saints sack Stafford (or his replacement) at least 3 times.
2. Saints score a defensive or special teams touchdown.
3. Devery scores a touchdown.
Bonus: Lions complain that the Saints ran up the score on them.
Saints 19, Lions 34
1) The Lions will not turn the ball over.
2) Sproles will account for every Saints Touchdown
3) The Lions will have the better third down conversion percentage
Bonus: Lions will gain 150+ rushing yards, but no RB will rush for more than 70 yards.
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
Twitter is for pussies. I follow people in real life.
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
Hmmmmm.
Trying to name three RBs on your roster at the moment. Thinking Stafford rushes for some? WR reverse? Joique Bell sighting?
Calvin and Burleson have been known to run a little.
My prediction for that does defy a bit of logic.
Still:
Kevin Smith
Maurice Morris
Stefan Logan
Keiland Williams
Nate Burleson
Calvin Johnson
Joique Bell (he’s at least on the roster)
With the exception of Bell, all the other guys have at least been known to touch the football for us in a running capacity.
Still, my prediction is a bit far fetched.
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
Twitter is for pussies. I follow people in real life.
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
I prefer El Jefe
Don’t worry, with the production Keiland has, we forget about him too.
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
Twitter is for pussies. I follow people in real life.
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
I wanted to be bold.
If I win the predictions, the world has officially gone topsy turvy.
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
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"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
They've said for years the day the Lions won the Superbowl, the world would end
Hmmmmm, 2012, the Lions in the playoffs, monumental offense, best team we’ve seen since the Wayne Fontes’ teams of the 90’s? Maybe the world would be topsy turvy if that happened.
From 0-16 to the Superbowl baby!
by DLions4Eva on Jan 6, 2012 1:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Go big or go home.
I predicted the Saints would perform an onside kick in the first half of the Super Bowl versus Indy. My thinking was they’d do something incredibly risky, not because the game dictated it, but to catch the Colts off guard and put them on their heels. I wasn’t too far off, and was pretty proud of myself after. That’s the beauty of really off the wall predictions. If you don’t get them, they were so far out there that no one really feels the need to say “I told you so,” but if you’re actually right, you get to strut around like a peacock for awhile.
I strut around like a peacock anyway.
I’m far too beautiful to not show the world. It’d be selfish not to.
Feel free to throw out I told you so when I’m wrong, let’s face it, after ridiculous predictions like mine, I kind of deserve it.
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
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"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
Sproles is gonna score 7 touchdowns?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Wow!!!
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by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 1:15 PM CST up reply actions
Too bad the player pick ‘em doesn’t extend into the playoffs. If we knew he’d score and nobody else would, those few who picked him could do a lot of catching up in the standings.
Here's my prediction to go along with this #2
Saints offense never has to enter the game in the first half because defense keeps getting safeties. On safety punts, Sproles runs them all back for td’s. Chase Daniels enters the game after the half so the Lions won’t be able to say we ran the score up and maybe Jim Scwhartz won’t get upset after the game when Sean Payton takes his shirt and spins it around his head and smacks him on the back of the head.
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by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think the Lions are a team you have to worry about
receiving complaints for running up the score.
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
Twitter is for pussies. I follow people in real life.
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
In all honesty, probably not...
My actual prediction would show I don’t think we’ll have the high-flying success we’ve had recently (nor will it be the shootout y’all had with Green Bay). I think we’ll win, but I really believe this is going to be a tough game. Lions ain’t a gimme. I’d rather have the Falcons coming back.
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by cajuncreation on Jan 6, 2012 1:33 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, too much hype about a 100 point game.
That’s why I had my predicted score as 34-19. Regardless of which team, I can see one team scoring under 20 and one over 30……after all, isn’t that what happened the first time around?
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
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"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
Saints 42, Lions 30
1. Five different Saints score TDs
2. Defense nets at least two turnovers.
3. Defense holds Megatron to under 80 yards, no TDs.
Bonus:
4. Suh flips out – again.
5. Jimmy Graham does another sick dunk on the goal posts.
6. Lance Moore’s latest TD dance pays homage to the legendary Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.
Saints 33, Lions 27
1. Both teams combine for more than 800 yards of offense.
2. Total penalties called in the game for both teams will be less than 10.
3. Pierre Thomas has over 100 yards rushing/receiving.
"Gowin on fourth and 14 will punt it away. He hangs it very high, angling it for the near sideline...HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!!! HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!! Brian Milne might've fallen on it at the ten yard line! It's the New Orleans Saints' football! Brian Milne, the most unlikely hero of them all, falls on the fumble, the muff by Hakim! There is a God after all!" -- Jim Henderson
by hakimdropstheball on Jan 6, 2012 1:24 PM CST reply actions
sants 41 lions 27
1) stafford has more yds than brees
2) saints rush for 125+
3) brees has 1+ TO
Saints 38 - Kitties 27
1) Lions have at least 7 penalties for the game (personal foul anyone???)
2) Marques Colston scores 2+ TDs, 100+ Yards receiving
3) Stafford gets sacked 2+ times
Bonus: Saints are on the plus side in turnovers
Expect more...you'll get more...and if you don't, start over!
Saints 45 Lions 21
1) Brees starts the playoffs off with 400+ yards
2) The defense gets shredded for 350+ yards
3) The defense gets off the field in 70% or more 3rd down situations(Detroit does no better than 3/10)
Mark Ingram-OROY
Cam Jordan-DROY
New Orleans Saints-2012 Super Bowl Champs
TOP IS GAWD!
Saints 38, Lions 21
I. Saints D forces 2 turnovers, 1 by air & 1 on land.
II. Saints O is 70% on 3rd down.
III. Brees will have 1 INT and 1 rushing TD.
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by cockynessIsWHODAT on Jan 6, 2012 1:56 PM CST reply actions
It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.
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"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Charlie McCarthy
by Leonuro on Jan 6, 2012 2:14 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Saints by 36
1. Lions are held to10 points or less.
2. Lions are held to 300 or less total yards.
3. The Saints defense creates at least 4 turnovers.
Lagniappe: The Lions come into this game with a different style and do not purposely cause any personal fouls. They figured this problem to be the cause of their previous loss to the Saints. Due to their different style of play, they mess their chances up badly and are blown out by the Saints. The team realizes after the game that in order for them to be competetive, they must continue their old style next season and don’t worry about what the refs or the league thinks.
Saints 42 Lions 20
1.Brees throws 4+ tds
2.P.Thomas scores on a screen pass
3.A Saints LB has an int
Saints 42 Lions 28
1. Saints never trail
2. Sproles returns a kick-off or punt for a touchdown
3. Pierre scores at least one TD on a screen pass
Marv Levy, former coach of the Buffalo Bills, when asked prior to one of his Super Bowl defeats if the game was a must win:
"No. World War II was a must win."
Saints 57, Lions 38
Both teams combine for over 1,000 yards passing.
Darren Sproles gets a trifecta (TD’s each rushing, receiving, and returning a punt).
Suh gets tossed from the game (again) for blowing his top.
Saints 42, Lions 17
1) Drew Brees passes for 300+ yards and 2+ TDs.
2) Saints’ ground game picks up 150+ yards and 1 TD.
3) Saints have just a 1 score lead at halftime.
Bonus: Fox shows Tom Dempsey’s 63- yard FG at least 1 time.
Lions 38 - Saints 31
Different team than last time we were there… healthy defense and an offense on fire.
1) Brees completion percentage is under 60%
2) Stafford throws at least 4 TDs
3) Saints lead by 10 at halftime and the Lions win with 0:46 left on the clock…. a strike to Pettigrew.
Problem is, the Saints are a different team, too.
Better D, stronger running game, and Brees on fire. Plus, Lion secondary still gives up huge numbers; if Lions D-line can’t pressure Brees and they are forced into blitzing, it’s over.
Saints 47 Lions 18
1. Sproles scores a TD and does the Sproles Train
2. Meachum gets a TD that stands!
3. Gregg Williams and Saints D hold Stafford under 300 yards passing
by BASAINT on Jan 6, 2012 3:48 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Joique Bell
I’m sure of Bell is in the game it will be a run. He hasn’t been there long enough to learn pass protection scheme.
by BASAINT on Jan 6, 2012 3:54 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Saints 53 Lions 24
1. Saints score at least 1 non-offensive TD.
2. Saints do not punt until the 4th quarter.
3. 5 different Saints score TDs.
BONUS: Saints only team to win at home this weekend.
The Saints must repeat so I can watch the Saints win the Superbowl LIVE... Not on vhs two months later....
by Dan39465 on Jan 6, 2012 4:01 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Funny....
I have the Giants as the only home team winning this weekend.
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by CLF on Jan 6, 2012 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
CLF, I agree that the Giants will win and so will the Saints.
And those 2 will meet in the Mercedes Superdome for the Championship also.
I would not agree
IMO the dirty birds have a better chance beating the Green Cheese than the Midget Giants
"We, in our building, didn't feel like we needed to have Reggie Bush to have a successful offense. We've had lots of games over the last five years where Reggie was unavailable. And yet, we've been able to move the ball, score points and win games at the same rate as when we did have Reggie." -- Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis
Saints 37 Lions 23
1) Sproles scores at least 1 TD
2) Detroit has more penalties against than Saints
3) Stafford has at least 3 turnovers
Bonus : Giants beat Atlanta and go on to beat Packers and play Saints in NFC Championship
Denver upsets Pittsburgh
Cincinnatti vs Texas- who cares?
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
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Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
Saints 34 Lions 24
1) At least two personal fouls called against the Lions in the first half.
2) At least 80 yards rushing for the Saints in the first half.
3) Henderson puts in an appearance, scores at least once.
This isn't about rules, it's about manners. Now there's no rule that says that I cant come over here and fart on your entree. But I don't do it. Why? Because it's not good manners.
Saints: 50 Lions: 20
1. Brees: 400+ yards 5 TD’s
2. Saints will have at least 1 receiver achieve 100+ yds receiving.
3. Saints will have one at least 1 player achieve 100+ yds rushing.
BONUS: Chase Daniel will play
Saints 35 lion
"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson
by BRSaintsFan on Jan 6, 2012 6:03 PM CST via mobile reply actions
DERP! damn phone
Saints 35 Lions 31
1. Saints have 449 yds offense or less.
2. SP goes ape and has a 45/55 run pass ratio, giving the Saints a humongeous TOP win, thus keeping the Lions offense off the field so they score all their touchdowns on long passes.
3. Pierre and Ivory both top 100 yds rushing
"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson
by BRSaintsFan on Jan 6, 2012 6:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Saints 27, Lions 21
1. Calvin Johnson has more receiving yards than the top two Saints WRs (position specific) combined.
2. Each team leads at the end of two of the four quarters of regulation.
3. Both Roman Harper and Ndamukong Suh are accessed at least one 15+ yard penalty each.
"I don’t intend to draw any conclusions from any single game." -Brian Burke
"I will now attempt to exclude specific large amounts of TOP from the totals of winning teams, in order to prove that TOP doesn't contribute to winning." -Dr. Jeremy Arkes
Saints 38, Lions 28
1) Drew Brees and Matthew Stafford throw for 300+ yards.
2) Stafford sacked 2+.
3) Saints rush for less than 150 yards.
"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. " -Carl Sagan
Saints 45 Kitty Cats 20
1. J. Graham have 80+ receiving yds
2. D Sproles return a punt or kickoff for a TD
3. Saints D get 2+ turnover
*bonus : Calvin Johnson leave game after a catch but got crack by M J or Harper
"We, in our building, didn't feel like we needed to have Reggie Bush to have a successful offense. We've had lots of games over the last five years where Reggie was unavailable. And yet, we've been able to move the ball, score points and win games at the same rate as when we did have Reggie." -- Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis
Saints 45 - Lions 27
1. Drew Breeeeees throws for at least 350 yards and at least 4 touchdowns
2. Darren Sproles has at least 150 all purpose yards
3. At least three different Saints players (WR, TE, RB/FB) have at least 60 receiving yards each
It’s not the size of your TOP, it’s how you use it!
Want scientific proof? Read this paper by Dr. Jeremy Arkes.
damn.. I missed #2 by 37 yards
damn.. I missed #2 by 37 yardsbut my score was pretty close ;-)
damn.. I missed #2 by 37 yardsbut my score was pretty close ;-)maybe there will be no perfect predictions.
Damn…I missed #1 by Greer getting the at least one INT
but my we would rush for at least 200 yards was wrong too
My score prediction was close though 48-28
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 7, 2012 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
Saints 41 Lyons 24
1. Stafford gets sacked at least twice, and has at least 1 TO.
2. Jimmy Graham scores and has 75 + yards recv.
3. Sproles has a PR TD.
Note to N.Suh : You’ll never be in Reggie White’s league until you grow up.
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I understand ....nothing.-Michael Scott
The Future is Unwritten.-Joe Strummer
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Saints 35 Lions 21
1. Drew has 300+ yards passing
2. Stafford has 400+ yards trying to play catch up as we apply the bend don’t break defense
3. Jenkins finally has a pick 6 we have been waiting for all season
by Saintsfan75 on Jan 7, 2012 12:16 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Saints 38 Lions 17
1) Stafford is picked at least 3 times
2) Saints outrun Lions by at least 100 yards
3) Saints Special Teams score
Yes sir we want the ball...
Saints 41, Lions 34
1) Teams trade scores with Saints taking a lead into the half.
2) Lions lead briefly in third quarter.
3) No turnovers in the game.
I just had a rap with Santa and we took us a little stroll
And all I want for Christmas is the Saints in the Super Bowl
Saints 38, Lion 21
1. Saints D gets a pick 6.
2. Lions Suh sacks Brees once.
3. Saints rush for at least 100 yards.
Bonus: Suh gets a penalty called on him.
Saints 59 - Lions 19
1. Saints get at least one sack from any defensive rookie.
2. Brees YPA greater than 7.5.
3. Saints go 75% or better on third down.
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by Joseph William Stern on Jan 7, 2012 10:58 AM CST reply actions
Saints 41 Lions 24
Total passing yards for both teams combined is greater than 600 yds
Harper gets called for a penalty no less than twice
Colton is top receiver for Saints
Bonus: Brees shows off his athleticism by scoring a rushing TD.
Saints ? Lions ?
1 Brees throws two picks.
2 Graham doen’t finish the game.
3 I’m wrong on all count…
Repeat? Run it!
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