[statnerds]

sick of hearing about Manning. sick of hearing about the defense.

their defense is shit. it is built for speed, this game is on grass. it is undersized. it beat Flacco and Sanchez at home in the playoffs. those guys combined have 4 less Pro Bowls than Brees.

the colts d is mud. you don't end up 18th in the NFL by accident. you don't give up 139 rushing yards per game on the road by accident. my fault, you can take out the bills game when they played the hot dog vendors on defense and the number is still 122/gm. feel free to cherry pick the cardinals game for your response.

any idea who leads the NFL in YPPT...the fukking Saints. you think the Saints can't put up 400 yards on this team when Jets put 380 and the Pats put up 477? 477 yards? now i hate to use one game for their D so i won't. i'm also not saying the Saints offense is the Pats offense, i'm saying it is better.

you think their D is going to keep the Saints offense off the board just because they handled flacco and sanchez at home? your basing that on the 50.9% and 51.6% redzone scoring for the Jets and Ravens respectively? good thing Saints come in at 61%.

handling the NFL's #1 offense will be a little different than the 14th ranked ravens and the 20th ranked jets. Saints are going to do whatever they want to do on offense. and don't give this freeney getting pressure shit. really? 1 sack in 2 playoff games at home? fukk dwight and his bitch-ass teamates. wheeler fukking sucks. you guys are really confident with a rookie CB that has a rookie CB as a back-up? sure Patyon and Brees haven't figured out the Colts secondary is depleted by injuries.

as for Manning, he is one of the best of all-time. the saints defense is going to get fukking drilled as well. i usually automatically take Under with a total over 56, but not this time. you will see over 800 yards in this game with the NFL's 5th and 3rd best RZ scoring teams and the 1st and 6th best YPPT teams as well.

sorry, but that had to be said.

i got Saints +4.5 +100 and Over 55.5 placed last Tuesday.

GL assholes

[podunk]

that sucks that you're going to lose

[ZBOIZ]

Sharp post.

All the squares are on the Colts because of Manning. How square is that ?

[wtf]

interesting insight

[2daBank]

Sharp post.

All the squares are on the Colts because of Manning. How square is that ?

lets be fair here Z, you not exactly on the AINTS because its the SHARP side of things.......been liking your college hoops lately

[Brocc]

You talk all this shit on the Colts D, but isn't the Saints D the same? Built for speed, plays in a dome, plays better at home and is ranked 25th!!!!!!! 18th is better than 25th in my book, especially on a neutral field. You just total dismiss Colts offense & Saints below mediocre defense...Peyton has better stats than Brees in the playoffs & the regular season....He dismantled the #1 defense & the #3 defense in the playoffs....Take off the blinders....Favre & the Vikes did what ever they wanted to do to the Saints, the Vikes beat the Vikes with turnovers....Colts don't commit turnovers.


FOOL, you're the fukking retard

[statnerds]

You talk all this shit on the Colts D, but isn't the Saints D the same? Built for speed, plays in a dome, plays better at home and is ranked 25th!!!!!!! 18th is better than 25th in my book, especially on a neutral field. You just total dismiss Colts offense & Saints below mediocre defense...Peyton has better stats than Brees in the playoffs & the regular season....He dismantled the #1 defense & the #3 defense in the playoffs....Take off the blinders....Favre & the Vikes did what ever they wanted to do to the Saints, the Vikes beat the Vikes with turnovers....Colts don't commit turnovers.
FOOL, you're the fukking retard

at least i can read:

as for Manning, he is one of the best of all-time. the saints defense is going to get fukking drilled as well. i usually automatically take Under with a total over 56, but not this time. you will see over 800 yards in this game with the NFL's 5th and 3rd best RZ scoring teams and the 1st and 6th best YPPT teams as well.

i hate to reduce the biggest game of the year to a cliche, but, whoever gets the ball last is going to win. Colts are going to play that soft cover 2 shit and brees will pick them apart.

hmmmm, who had a higher cmp %, more TDs, less INTs and a higher QB rating this year, brees or manning?

[2daBank]

this game has got indy ml - saint+points written all over it to me....just hard not to see this being a very good game

[statnerds]

I'm just here to help people:

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Rookie cornerback Jerraud Powers had surgery on his left foot after getting injured in the Colts' Jan. 16 playoff victory over Baltimore, coach Jim Caldwell said Friday morning at his final news conference before the Super Bowl.


Powers, a rookie fourth-round draft pick, has not practiced since injuring his foot in the 20-3 victory over the Ravens.


"He had, what the doctors refer to as, and I 'm going to use their medical description, an internal fixation of a fractured foot," Caldwell said. "I couldn't give you all the details. But it's something obviously he's been able to get himself pretty close to being able to play. So he's working himself through it."


Dan Dakich of 1070 The Fan in Indianapolis had reported earlier this week that Powers had surgery.


If Powers can't play, the Colts will have a thinned-out secondary. Kelvin Hayden would be paired with Jacob Lacey, an undrafted rookie, with Tim Jennings working as the nickel and Aaron Francisco, T.J. Rushing or Jamie Silva possibilities as the sixth defensive back.


Powers said Wednesday that he hurt the foot in the first quarter of the divisional-round game. By the third quarter, he had a painful bruise on the right side of the foot, which made it difficult to play. Powers did not play in the AFC title game.

"It's coming along fine," Powers said. "I'm starting to cut and move on it, and there's no doubt in my mind that I'll be out there Sunday. I'm not sure about practice. I'm pretty sure the doctors will be pretty conservative about that."

[masr]

COLTS win by a TD!

[KC]

I'm taking the points but I think I have faded the Colts 5 times this year and Peyton beats me every time

[statnerds]

their defense is shit. it is built for speed, this game is on grass. it is undersized. it beat Flacco and Sanchez at home in the playoffs. those guys combined have 4 less Pro Bowls than Brees.

Good article until you came out with this "retarded" paragraph.

Of course they combined for less then Brees. Sanchez is a ****ing rookie and the Flacco is in his second year smart guy...Brees has been in the league 9 years.

that was the point sir. thought it be more shocking and force people to realize that the Colts defeated a 2nd yr and a rookie QB at home and both teams have sub-par passing defenses....

glad you enjoyed the rest of it.

[The Seer]

they also scored all over the #1 and #3 defenses without getting 50 turnovers

[paco]

I'm taking the points but I think I have faded the Colts 5 times this year and Peyton beats me every time

[DOMINATER]

Lot of accurate points .i agree but, the colts are a very dangerous team because they can play every style of football except one for 4 quarters, they cant play ruff, black and blue agressive hard nose football for 4 quarters they gan do it for 3 thats it.

[slacker00]

You talk all this shit on the Colts D, but isn't the Saints D the same?

Nope.

Saints D is #1 in creating turnovers. The Saints D is an offensive weapon in it's own right. The Colts only have a few glimmers of hope on the defense and one is named Freeney. Without him, the Colts are going to be having major problem, especially in a wide open game where they really need to generate pressure on the QB.

[scarp]

i dont see how you can call out Colt fans. Im a Saints fan, but Manning can tear apart defenses. As a matter of fact, they still have a good defense even if freeney is out.

[Glitch]

im not even gonna read your post because you think the colts' defense is sh*t...that means it would have probably been a waste of my time if i read it.

the only teams that the colts have struggled with at all this season have been ones with potent running games. their defense overall has been pretty solid.

[slacker00]

The Saints better hope they get some turnovers this game, because I doubt the Colts will give them 5 fumbles if the offense gets out of rhythm.

How much hope did they need to create 46 turnovers so far this year?

It amazes me when people think creating turnovers is somehow "lucky".

[dbldown]

Good luck with that theory.

[alex81]

If I've learned anything about Indy its that Manning can burn anyone... How many teams can easily rally from 17 point deficits???

[Zubi]

LOL, the Aints started the season off with a bang. As the season progressed they tailed off, to crap by the end of the season. Then the two playoff games came they played good against Arizona, Then came Farve, He must have gotten a nice little check from the Aints for that performance. There's no way that the Aints are the caliber team that Indy is. Not saying they can't win because anything can happen. It's highly unlikely though. Hell the Aints will have a hard time getting their score about 10. GL

[DwightShrute]

Saints will win

[S.K.M.]

How much hope did they need to create 46 turnovers so far this year?

It amazes me when people think creating turnovers is somehow "lucky".

Normally I would agree with you about this but lets be realistic. Do you really think that the Saints "forced" all those turnovers against the vikes? One was a botched handoff. The one by Harvin he was barely even touched. The one by Berrian was a good play by the defender but it was still a result of Berrian being careless with the ball. If you rely on these types of plays to win games then you are in for a rude awakening against the Colts.

[DrStale]

Pretty cocky for someone betting a line 1.5 points off of where he could have gotten it. You'd think as a "stat nerd" you'd be the kind of person to get the best line.

[SirChevron]

After reading your thread title thats as far as I read

[nobs]

Yeah cant lay even 4 1/2 points in this game

[nobs]

How much hope did they need to create 46 turnovers so far this year?

It amazes me when people think creating turnovers is somehow "lucky".

46 turnovers in 18 games comes out to about 2 1/2 per game, what did Minny have ? 5 or 6 fumbles and 2 INTS ?

[nobs]

2 1/2 per game doesnt seem like that many to me, especially playing in that shit division with TB, Carolina.

They got big leads and some teams were forced to take chances which results in TO's, but Minnesota running back fumbled many times without much contact at all, you cant say it was all New Orleans skill forcing those TO's.

[MStein12]

the real question is are you retarded? the saints were extremely lucky to win the NFC Champ. only because of stupid Viking mistakes, and thats a direct result of inexperience for most of their team. Do you honestly think the colts are gonna make that many mistakes? let alone they have been there and done it already. i'll take the team with the ring, the MVP, and the better defense. GOOD DAY SIR

[Snowball]

statnerds : betting against THE MAN Manning and the disciplined, cool headed Colts will make you nothing but poorer.

have fun Sunday watching your money disappear.