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Saints vs. Falcons 2013 Prediction Results and Voting

We're already in mid-season form with our prediction contest as one member nailed all three of his predictions and is declared this week's outright winner. Were you the lucky one?

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Everyone's predictions about the Saints vs. Falcons game made this past Friday have finally been tallied, analyzed and formatted accordingly. They can be found in their entirety below.

And even though this was the first prediction contest of the 2013 NFL season, at least one of our members was already in mid-season form. Congrats to kazmiboy for getting all three of his predictions correct and being our outright winner this week. So big congrats to him.

Look over the entire results below and feel free to tell me all the ways in which I've screwed up the scoring. We'll see you all back here Friday afternoon for a new round of predictions for the Saints vs. Buccaneers.

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CSC Member Predictions Analysis
kazmiboy 1. Brees throws atleast one interception.
2. Graham catches atleast 1 TD.
3. Saints defense records atleast 3 sacks.

YES

YES

YES

Dang Hu Dat 1. Brees throws exactly 3 TD passes.
2. Vaccaro gets exactly 1 INT.
3. Roddy White scores exactly 0 points.

No

No

YES

MiniVanVader 1. Ryan sacked three times
2. Graham drops a crucial one after a beautiful pass
3. Stills with a TD

YES

No

No

DrunkWino 1.) Angry Brees throws 4 TD
2.) Jr gets two sacks, one of which is a sack fumble
3.) Marcus Trufant gets burned so bad that he needs skin grafting

No

No

No

Jon Oliver 1. At least 1 TD each for Graham, Ingram, and Kenny Skills
2. The KGV forces 2 fumbles.
3. At least 1 Sack each for by Cam Jordan and Junior Galette

No

No

No

babygurlz2012 1. Drew throws for 350+ yards, 4 TD’s, 0 INT’s
2. Atlanta rushes for less than 100 yards
3. Defense gets 2+ turnovers

No

YES

YES

Ship 1. Mike Smith destroys 2 or more sets of headphones,
2. Jeewhiz Rodgers mistakenly puts on a cupcake uniform, and gets eaten by Saints BU Nose Tackle Johnathon Jenkins (at least 2 tackles).
3. Mark Ingram rushes for over 100-yards, desperately trying to avoid being traded to someplace like Atlanta or Denver where the food really sucks.

No

No

No

saint-sly 1. One TD each for Sproles and Thomas
2. Vaccaro steals a pass for TD
3. Colston also gets a TD

No

No

YES

canu2u 1. Kenny Stills catches a TD pass
2. Mark Ingram runs for a TD
3. Saints D sacks Ryan 4 times.

No

No

No

mississippisaintsfan

1. Bree’s throws 3+ td’s

2. Graham catches for 100+ yards

3. Sproles has 85+ all purpose yards

No

No

YES

Travis Dauro 1. Ingram runs for 100+ yards
2. Jordan gets 2+ sacks
3. Toon gets 75+ yards and a touchdown

No

No

No

Lyles 1. Brees throws for 325+ & 5 TDs
2. Wilson and JG combine for 3 sacks
3. Graham goes for 12+ rec and 2 TDs

No

No

No

Mavratron 1. Stills gets a TD
2. Vacarro gets an interception
3. Sproles has over 150 all purpose yards

No

No

No

BenDerDonDat 1. Saints Tight Ends account for more than 100 yards receiving
2. Saints have over 400 yards of offense
3. Saints hold SJax under 75 yards rushing.

No

YES

No

Lostastic 1. Saints 150+ Rush yards
2. J. Graham 2 TDs
3. Steven Jackson >75 Rush yards

No

No

YES

russty 1. Harper has at least 1 sack.
2. The Saints will run a outside zone blocking scheme on some plays.
3.Mark Ingram will have a career day catching the ball out of the back field.

No

No idea.

No

aburton531 1. We hold ATL under 100 yards rushing
2. Cam Jordan gets a sack
3. PT has over 100 total yards.

YES

No

No

Benjamin Arnold

1) Matilda Icecream gets knocked out for at least a down (I’ll even go so far as to predict it’ll be a safety who takes him out)

Baiting RR to blitz again from the safety position and leading to…

2) Gonzales gets at least 1 reception of 30+ yards

No

No

No

Saintsfan_4lif - Brees throws 4 TDs
- Saints D collects 2 Sacks and 1 INT
- Ingram rushes for over 100 yards

No

No

No

2deep Hartley perfect on everything he kicks
Kenny Stills 1TD
Ingram 1 rushing TD

YES

No

No

let's talk about football We will find out if Bunkley / Jenkins can do what we need them to do……..push the pile back on passing downs, and discourage Jackson from running between the tackles.
Is Keenan Lewis the answer.
Is Kenny Vacarro the next Ronnie Lott.

??

??

??

Taramoc - Both teams have a turnover that becomes a touchdown in the same play (returned fumble or pick 6)
- Brees throws more TDs than Ryan
- Saints have at least three sacks

No

No

YES

Khannar 1-Hicks and Jordan combine for 4 sacks (Jordan 2.5 Hicks 1.5)
2-Roddy White and Kenny Vaccaro get into a fight on field
3-Vaccaro has the top two hits of the night on Steven Jackson and Julio Jones

No

No

No

fshabazz 1) Brees throws for 4 TDs
2). Def gets 3 sacks & 2 TOs
3). Stephen Jackson under 100yds rushing & under 75 yds receptions

No

YES

YES

nanvinnie 1. First TD of the game will be a rushing TD
2. Matt Ryan is intercepted at least 2 times
3. Falcons have more rushing yards than the Saints

No

No

YES

nolanative 1. Falcons go for it at least once on 4th down and fail to get the first down.
2. Saints rush for more than 120 yards.
3. Saints D sacks Ryan at least 3 times.

YES

No

YES

Tee Word 1. Saints will have a 100-yd rusher and receiver (specifically, Ingram and Stills)
2. Drew Brees throws 3 TD passes (at least one to Stills)
3. Defense holds ATL under 350 yds from scrimmage (caveat, special teams may give up a ton)

No

No

No

organictallman 1. Drew brees has passer rating over 120
2. Steven Jackson rushes for over 100yds
3. Roman harper gets 2 sacks

No

No

No

flannlv Brees throws for 4TD
Ingram rushes for >80yds
Stills scores TD

No

No

No

Bayou Boyzz 1. Saints D forces at least 3 turnovers
2. Malcolm Jenkins has a pick
3. PT is our leading rusher

No

No

YES

Panhead Catahoula

1/Saints sack total doubles Atl"s interceptions (Of Brees, not Ryan’s), at least

2/ Watson catches TD pass

3/ PT takes screen pass for over 30 yards, also scores TD

YES

No

No

Cajun in CA 1. Roddy and Julio both get scores
2. ATL gives up a rush of over 25 yds and a pass of over 35 yds.
3. Ryan sacked more than twice.

No

No

YES

Kevin Sean Held

1. Mark Ingram leads all Saints rushers.

2. Jimmy Graham catches 7 or more passes.

3. Saints win turnover battle.

No

No

YES

KingFederico 1. Drew Brees throws for 5 TDs
2. Ingram and PT each get 1 RUSH TD
3. Saints Offense get over 550 yards.

No

No

No

'09 1. Saints have a balanced run / pass attack, and win the TOP battle. (I’m counting those screens as runs)
2. Defense gives up yardage, but gets downright nasty in the red zone.
3. Drew carves up some dirty bird for our season opening Thanksgiving.

No

Ambiguous

??

cajuncommando58 1. Saints win the turn over battle by at least 2
2. Much to Dan’s chagrin, PRob gets a pick 6
3. Saints out rush the Falcons.

No

No

No

BRSaintsFan 1. Ingram will rush for a TD.
2. Atlanta has 200+ yds passing.
3. The team with most yds rushing wins the game.

No

YES

No

ZSaints 1. Saints 150+ rushing
2. 3+ sacks by Cam Jordan/Junior Galette, 5+ sacks overall by the Saints
3. 3 interceptions by the Saints

No

No

No

Ragin Who Dat 1. Garrett Hartley kicks field goal to win the game
2. Pierre Thomas scores TD with middle screen pass
3. Defense holds Steven Jackson to less than 100 yards (passing and receiving)

No

No

No

Jricky70 1. Brees throws 3 TD
2. Ingram Scores 1 TD
3. Kenny Stills scores in OT

No

No

No

The Irish Assassin 1. Ingram rushes for 2 or more TD’s
2. Sean Payton wins a challenge
3. Mike Smith decides to go for it on 4th and 1 or 2 and the Falcons get stuffed.

No

No

No

GSO Saints Fan

1) Sharty Mice, Shoddy Blight & their co-defendants don’t cross the goal line. (Co-related outcome: Rob Ryan can’t buy a meal in NOLA for at least the next week)

2) The combo of rookie and just plain BAD DB corps for the Failclowns translates into at least 4 TD passes for Drew.

3) Ingram has more yards from scrimmage than S jHax.

No

No

No

WhoDatFever 1. Pierre Thomas screen pass TD
2. Drew Brees 300+ yds
3. FPKicker 1/2 on fg’s

No

YES

No

SaintsRule2011 1. Darren Sproles has over 100 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown. Why? Because I wasn’t able to get him on my fantasy football team and the person I’m playing against has him (sigh).
2. Drew Brees throws for between 350 and 400 yards, but not more than 400 yards.
3. We sack Matt Ryan at least 3 times.

No

YES

YES

Chompski 1. Atlanta’s O-Line gets overrun. 3+ Sacks and 2+ turnovers. (At least one being an INT)
2. Young WRs stand out. Toon and Stills combine for 100+ yards and 2+ TDs
3. Vacarro shines. Several tackles, at least one pass break up, and at least one big play (Forced fumble, fumble recovery, key 3rd down stop, or interception.)

YES

No

No

SaintsFanMD 1. Ingram has at least two receptions (yes, INGRAM!)
2. Two Morestead punts pin Falcons back inside the 20.
3. Brees completes at least 68% of his passes.

No

YES

YES

Vigk23 1. Drew Brees Throws 5 TDs
2. Mark Ingram Receiving TD
3. Malcolm Jenkins with an Int

No

No

No

kclanton 1. Jimmy Graham is targeted the most and gets 2 TDs.
2. Mark Ingram looks like an actual NFL running back.
3. The defense stiffens and holds when needed.

No

No

YES

Dan Kelly 1. Matt Ryan throws more interceptions than Drew Brees
2. Saints score at least once on defense or special teams
3. Mike Smith goes for it on 4th down at least once

No

No

YES

Tac Hammer 1. Matt Ryan is sacked at least 2X times more than Drew.
2. FPKer is the leading scorer of BOTH teams.(i.e. 4 extra points + 4 field goals = 16 pts.)
3. J. Graham gets at least 100 rushing/receiving yards and 1 t.d.

YES

YES

No

David "Satch" Kelly 1. Matt Ryan gets sacked at least three times.
2. Steven Jackson scores a TD but is held to under 80 yards rushing.
3. Garrett Hartley misses a FG attempt.

YES

No

No

LA_No1_SaintFan 1) SAINTS win turnover battle 3-0
2) 4 different SAINTS score a touchdown
3) other scores in the last 4 minutes of the game attempting to make the score look respectable

No

No

No

FrenchFreak 1- Vaccaro gets a personnal foul.
2- Saints win TOP by not more then 2 minutes.
3- Tanner gets a TD.

YES

No

No

J.R. Ella

1) Drew throws at least 2 TDs and ZERO interceptions, (hmmm, please Drew. Thanks)

2) Saints run for over 100 yards as a team.

2) Pierre Thomas scores a TD on a screen pass.

No

No

No

metryman 1. Jimmy Graham scores.
2. Saints D has at least 2 sacks.
3. Kenny Stills has at least 3 receptions.

YES

YES

No

tommy v 1. Lance, Toon and Sproles all have at least 1 TD.
2. Harper and Galette have at least 2 sacks each.
3. The Ice dude has less than 175 yards passing.

No

No

No

maybetoday 1) Brees throws 3 Tds
2) P-Rob get a pick 6
3)Steven Jackson doesn’t score

No

No

YES

delshane66 1 – Hartley makes all attempts
2 – Cam gets a sack
3 – Stills gets a TD

YES

No

No

Philinwood 1) Ben Watson scores at least 1 TD
2) Assante Samuel has at least 1 INT
3) One of the Saints offensive players (RB,TE or rWRs) hugely embarrasses Samuel by either running him over,making him miss badly on a tackle, or making him miss on a double move for a long gain. Because of the nature of this prediction, this will have to be a very obvious almost "Sports Center" type of play

No

No

No

Jay Preece 1 Total points scored is under 54
2 Brees attempts less than 35 passes
3 Saints YPC > Falcons YPC

YES

No

No

Hans Petersen 1) Saints D gives up at least three plays of 25+ yards.
2) Saints D records at least 3 sacks.
3) Saints team (defense or special teams) secures at least 2 takeaways while giving away 0.

No

YES

No

Ryan Edwards 1) Jimmy Graham gets in to the end zone and exceeds 75 yards receiving.
2) Saints rush for over 125 yards.
3) Falcons held to under 100 rushing yards.

No

No

YES

jray2000 Brees 400 plus yds
Hartley GW fg
Def will give up 500 plus yds

No

No

No

DFW Saints Fan 1) 4 (or more) different Saints catch a TD pass
2) Saints trail the game at halftime by at least 7
3) Brees has 400+ yards but is sacked at least twice (poor Charlie Brown, he got a rock)

No

No

No

Grok Rocker 1. Drew Breeds throws 5+ TD passes.
2. Defense makes 3+ sacks.
3. Vacarro has 1+ interceptions.

No

YES

No

saints_chew 1. At least 5 sacks for the Saints D
2. 3 turnovers by the Falcons O
3. Ingram scores a touchdown.

No

No

No

daisy117 1. Saints D gets more sacks than Falcons D
2. Neither team throws an INT
3. Steven Jackson makes an impact (100+ rushing yards and/or scores a TD)

YES

No

No

Dragon Ninja Warrior 1. Drew Brees throws 4 tds. and over 400 yards
2. Saints have 3 turnovers
3. Falcons have 2 TDs. on special teams

No

No

No