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Lions 17 @ Saints 31: Prediction Results and Voting

By Dave Cariello

Everyone's predictions about the Lions @ Saints Sunday Night Football game from this past Friday have finally been tallied, analyzed and formatted accordingly. They can be found in their entirety following the jump.

We had no perfect predictors this week so our winner will come down to a vote. You guys will need to choose between eight members who got two of their three guesses correct.

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 11am.

CSC Member Predictions Analysis
DrewBreesManCrush 1. saints out rush the lions
2. saints win to battle
3. roman harper drops an int at some point

Yes

Yes

No

Score Prediction: Saints 38-27
tmac641 1) Lions QBs sacked at least 2x’s
2) Calvin Johnson has 6+ catches for 150+ yds
3) Saints win turnover margin

Yes

No

Yes

Score Prediction: Saints 38-27
Ragin Who Dat 1. Kasay is perfect on field goals (Do we really need FPK???)
2. Devery has a long bomb TD
3. Defense gives up over 300 yards (unfortunately)

Yes

No

Yes

Score Prediction: Saints 23-20
Grumps 1.) Stafford has at least two picks
2.) Sproles has at least 125 total combined yards (rush, receiving, returns)
3.) Brees has at least 3 TD’s and zero picks.

No

Yes

Yes

Score Prediction: Saints 34-23
'09 1. Drew Brees has his 55th 300 yard passing game.
Drew Brees has his 39th consecutive game with a TD pass.
Drew brees has his 31st consecutive game with 20+ receptions.
2. Saints have 400+ yards of cumulative offense.
3. Saints have 8 or more players with a reception or interception

Yes

Yes

No

Score Prediction: Saints 42-27
Doc Boudin 1) Meachem proves he’s still alive, catches at least three balls.
2) At least three Lions turnovers.
3) Sproles scores at least once

Yes

No

Yes

Score Prediction: Saints 45-24
metryman 1.Jimmy Graham scores.
2.Saints D @ least 2 sacks.
3.Sproles has 100+ multi purpose yds.

No

Yes

Yes

Score Prediction: Saints 38-20
Levy1981 1.) Brees throws for over 300 yards
2.) Mark Ingram rushes for over 100 yards
3.) Brees gets sacked 2+ times

Yes

No

Yes

Score Prediction: Saints 35-27
Mavratron 1) Sproles returns a kick-off or punt for a TD
2) Brees has at least 3 TD’s in the first half
3) Megatron has over 100yds recieving and at least one TD

No

No

No
sammasaaron 1) Brees is not sacked
2) Defense gets 1+ INT
3) Saints’ have 200+ rushing yards

No

Yes

No
mississippisaintsfan

Graham score 2+ td’s

Moore has 6+ rec

Drew has 4+ TD’s passes

No

No

No
halo2saints 1. D. Henderson get a TD
2. J Graham have a 100+ yds game
3. D Sproles will have a punt or kick off return for a TD

No

No

No
BASAINT 1) Brees throws 4+ Td’s
2) Saints has over 150 yds rushing
3) Chris Ivory is active for game

No

No

No
BlackandGold4ever 1. Saints rush for 150+ yards
2. Brees throws 3+ TDs with no INTs
3. Sproles has at least 100 return yards

No

Yes

No
saints fan in cowboyland! Cam Jordan scores a defensive td.
Defense picks that bulldog off twice
Meachem finds the endzone

No

No

Yes
jeff.I.b

1. At least 3 unnecessary roughness penalties are called in the game for either hitting defenseless receivers or roughing the passer. (NO and DET combined).

2. Saints win the turnover battle by 2+.

3. The pass to run ratio for both teams will be 63% pass or greater.

No

No

No
jonrockets 1) Dunbar starts again
2) JC gets 2+ sacks
3) CJ does not record his 1st sack

Yes

Who?

Cameron Jordan?
canu2u

1. Brees throws for 350 + yards

2. Stafford leaves game with an injury

3. Sproles gets 2 TD’s

No

No

No
Dan Kelly 1. Jimmy Graham has at least 2 touchdowns
2. Saints have over 150 yards rushing
3. At least 4 different Saints score a touchdown

No

No

Yes
HarborKat 1. Brees throws for 325
2. Sproles has 150+ all-purpose yards including a punt return TD
3. Defense gets 2 turn-overs (Saints)

Yes

No

No
Leonuro 1) Brees will get sacked for the same number of picks he throws
2) Stafford will throw one more pick than Brees
3) Lions leading rusher will be Nate Burleson

No

Yes

No
whodatone 1. Brees passes for at least 350 yards.
2. Saints kick two field goal and make both.
3. The Saints take the lead and are never behind in the game.

No

No

Yes
nolanative 1. At least two quarterbacks take snaps for the Lions.
2. Saints rush for more than 150 yards.
3. Sproles scores on a special teams play.

No

No

No
bondcrash 1) Saints trail all game until the final drive
2) Lions will the TO battle
3) Kasay kicks the winning FG with less than 2 minutes on the clock

No

No

No
Jricky70 1. Brees throws for 350 plus and 4 Td’s
2. Darren Sproles returns Punt for Td
3. Devery Henderson catches bomb for Td

No

No

No
daisy117 1. Both Stafford and Brees throw for multiple TDs
2. Teams combine for less than 175 yards rushing
3. Meachem has 3+ catches

No

No

Yes
Deep Threat 1. Both teams score on 1st drive
2. Payton "does not" try fake kick.. but implements successful flea flicka.
3. Leaping Jimmy makes another end zone dunk

No

No

No
theprogrammerman
  • Saints have 2+ rushing touchdowns
  • Saints have 2+ plays over 40 yards
  • Saints have as many or more sacks than the Lions
    		•

    No

    No

    Yes
    pvinet 1. Saints trail by 3 points at half time.
    2. Saints take the final lead of the game with <4 minutes left in the 4th quarter.
    3. Saints win the turnover battle again (less turnovers than lions)

    No

    No

    Yes
    iiAndyiiii 1. Saints snag 2+ turnovers
    2. Sproles scores at least once
    3. No sacks on Brees

    No

    Yes

    No
    Stilljreming

    1) Drew throws for at least 311 yds and reaches 4000 yds, faster than any other player in NFL history after 12 games.

    2) PT and The Graham Reaper each score at least 1 TD

    3) Defense gets 2+ turnovers

    Yes

    No

    No
    DLions4Eva

    The Saints will be up by 20 at half time

    Lions make it interesting in the 2nd half with 17 unanswered points to pull within one score to tie

    Stafford throws a pick to lose the game at the end.

    No

    No

    No
    BRSaintsFan

    1. Drew throws for less than 300 yds., but extends his TD streak with 3 TD’s

    2. Kasay is successful on 2 of 3 field goal attempts.

    3. Saints rush for less than 110 yds.

    No

    No

    Yes
    cajuncommando58
  • Drew goes 3rd week without INT and hits at least 3 different players for a TD.
  • Cam Jordon records at least 1 sack.
  • At least 150 yards rushing with at least 2 rushing TDs.
    		•

    Yes

    No

    No
    squattndog 1.Colston & Graham score
    2.Brees 300+yds 3+ td’s
    3.Stafford does not finish game( either benched or injured)

    No

    Yes

    No
    HansDat 1) Long FG by Kasay in the 4th Q decides it.
    2) Brees barely keeps his streak alive with 1 TD pass.
    3) Saints red zone TD conversion rate is 20% or lower.

    No

    No

    No
    beachguy113 1) Pettigrew has 5+ catches
    2) Sproles cracks the 200 all purpose yards mark
    3) Cliff Avril has 2 sacks

    No

    No

    No
    Cajun in CA 1. Meachem scores twice
    2. Brees does not throw an INT
    3. Saints have a special teams breakdown, such as a lost fumble or blocked kick.

    No

    Yes

    No
    SaintsFanMD 1. Saints get more sacks on Lions than Lions get on Brees.
    2. Sproles scores at least 2 TDs (rushing, return, or receiving.)
    3. Morestead punts no more than twice (yet again.)

    Yes

    No

    No
    snowboard_kat 1. Saints defense scores a TD
    2. Brees does not get sacked
    3. Brees has no picks

    No

    No

    Yes
    saintsbrasil 1.Stafford throws for less than 250 yds
    2.Colston and Graham both have more than 100 yds rec
    3.Saints have 2+ rushing tds

    No

    No

    No
    PanheadCatahoula

    1/Roman Harper intercepts a pass.

    2/Graham, Colsten and Moore score.

    3/Morestead allows 0 punt return yards.

    No

    No

    No
    tommy v 1. Pierre, Sproles, Meachem, Lance, Colston and Graham score a TD.
    2. Lions have at least 5 turnovers.
    3. Porter and yes, Harper each have an interception.

    No

    No

    No
    Northfan 1. Drew Brees breaks record for most completions in a single game(45, Drew Bledsoe, 13/11/94)
    2. Teams break record for most yards by both teams in a game(1133, LA Vs. NY Yanks, 11/19/50)
    3. Jimmy Graham has 3 touchdowns

    No

    No

    No
    trotternation79 1. Will Smith & Tom Johnson each record a sack
    2. Stafford leaves the game due to injury
    3. Saints have an offensive play of at least 40+ yards

    No

    No

    Yes
    Jee 1) A member of the Saints secondary gets a pick-six off Stafford
    2) Brees gets sacked twice
    3) Jed Collins scores a rushing TD

    No

    Yes

    No
    AJG 1. Saints gain over 150 yards rushing
    2.Calvin Johnson breaks 100 yards receiving and scores at least once
    3. Stafford throws at least one interception

    No

    No

    Yes
    Bayou Boyz 1. Brees throws a TD pass on a flea flicker.
    2. Lions have 1 or fewer sacks.
    3. Stafford gets picked two or more times by the hungry Saints D.

    No

    No

    No
    saint_chew 1. Lions sack Drew at least twice.
    2. Saints rush for at least 160 yards (team total)
    3. All field goals are good (both teams)

    Yes

    No

    No
    Dang Hu Dat 1) Brees throws for 4 TD’s.
    2) Saints get 3 turnovers.
    3) Saints score a TD on defense.

    No

    No

    No
    coldpizza 1. Jimmy Graham dunks over the crossbar after scoring.
    2. Saints attempt more passing plays than they do running plays.
    3. Announcers mention Hurricane Katrina at least once during the telecast.

    No

    Yes

    Don't know.

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