Originally Posted by brdmaverick

Oh, and the REAL reason why the Colts will win the Super Bowl:

BECAUSE FOOTBALL HATES ME!


I feel like I sold my soul to the devil in order for the Pats to win three Super Bowls. After all, since that SB39 win, the following teams have won......

Steelers (absolutely LOATHE this team)
Colts (hate this team)
Giants (at the devastating expense of the Pats, and bye bye perfect season)
Steelers (again, absolutely LOATHE this team, I want to invent a new adjective for Extreme Hate to describe my feelings toward them)


so the Colts will probably win to continue this rotten trend

Originally Posted by coltsfan

If Freeney were healthy, I would pick the Colts to win by 2 touchdowns. Without Freeney, I think this game is a toss up.

The Colts blew out the Saints two years ago, in large part bc Freeney dominated Jammal Brown. They have Bushrod now, who may be the worst left tackle in football. With his speed and power, you couldn't draw up a player better than Freeney to exploit Bushrod.

Due to his lack of height, Brees isn't as good dealing with the pass rush as Brady or Manning is. He struggles seeing downfield and starts backpeddling, which is why he fumbles a lot. But when he isn't rushed hard, Brees is extremely accurate and throws the ball downfield as good as anyone. His arm strength is underrated.

A Colts defense with Freeney is just about designed to stop the Saints. They live and die by the big play, the Colts scheme is designed to stop that with their speed. Bush would be overmatched going up against the Colts' speed, just like he is when he faces most good defenses in the NFL. They have historically had problems with the Cover 2 since Brees has gotten there, including losing to the Bears three straight years.

But without Freeney, the Colts' defensive coordinator is actually going to have to scheming to stop an opposing passing game, which is something they are not used to.

Originally Posted by pherein

Love how most Colts fans believe the Saints are just not that touph. Even thou the Saints offense, being #1 and with the hardest schedule of all the teams in playoffs, has way out performed the Colts #9 offense. Im guessing the Colts #18 ranked defense is just going to be to much for our poor midget QB, damn if he only had 3 more inches we might have a shot.

I dont think you understand, the media might have us all but dead, but there is no better indicator of who will win then C.A.T. scoring spec's.

YouTube - Cats Pick Saints to Win 2010 Super Bowl

if you don't fear this team is really boarders on silly.

Originally Posted by coltsfan

I do respect them. They are my 2nd favorite team in the league besides the Colts.

But I've also watched them enough to know who they are. They have a left tackle who can't block anyone, and would have been overmatched. They are a big play team going against a defense with a lot of speed. Brees' efficiency away from the Superdome don't match his home numbers, which is in contrast to Manning who has arguably played better on the road. They have struggled against the Cover 2 since Brees got there. They haven't been the same offense since Shockey got hurt, even losing at home to the Bucs with homefield advantage on the line.

But without Freeney, all bets are off bc the dropoff is going from the best pass rusher of the decade, to a guy who shouldn't even be in the NFL in Keyunta Dawson.

Originally Posted by pherein

its Freeney below Allen the same guy who we stuffed, and if you look on this list isn't smith #5. I think you better worry more than me, smith isn't hurt, and he will get to manning.

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see thats the problem Im seeing with the colts,,, way over confident. They dont even know our players or like manning bother to say Sharper first name right. Jamie ?

Originally Posted by Fball

All Manning does is watch film. I can guarantee you that he knows quite well that Sharper's name is Darron; that was just an interview slip-up. Far more is being made of it than it should.

I'm not as dire about the loss of Freeney. It hurts a little, but it's not the game-changer everyone is making it out to be (if he does indeed miss the game). The Colts will still find ways to pressure Brees.

I'm interested to see which Saints show up on Sunday; the 1st half of season/Cards game Saints, or the last half/Vikes/Brees rattled Saints.

It should be a pretty good, high-scoring game...

Originally Posted by pherein

na, I agree with you on that, but you do know now sharper is a little tic'ed.

Problem is if the #1 offense shows , no one can stop it, thats a huge problem for the #9 offense. How is the #18 defense in the NFL going to rattle us? Not trying to be mean,but common, be serious, your secondary is not good, and ours is pretty damn good. Greer has Revis #'s, what are you going to do when we hit you? Run #32 common now

Originally Posted by coltsfan

If Freeney were healthy, I would pick the Colts to win by 2 touchdowns. Without Freeney, I think this game is a toss up.

The Colts blew out the Saints two years ago, in large part bc Freeney dominated Jammal Brown. They have Bushrod now, who may be the worst left tackle in football. With his speed and power, you couldn't draw up a player better than Freeney to exploit Bushrod.

Due to his lack of height, Brees isn't as good dealing with the pass rush as Brady or Manning is. He struggles seeing downfield and starts backpeddling, which is why he fumbles a lot. But when he isn't rushed hard, Brees is extremely accurate and throws the ball downfield as good as anyone. His arm strength is underrated.

A Colts defense with Freeney is just about designed to stop the Saints. They live and die by the big play, the Colts scheme is designed to stop that with their speed. Bush would be overmatched going up against the Colts' speed, just like he is when he faces most good defenses in the NFL. They have historically had problems with the Cover 2 since Brees has gotten there, including losing to the Bears three straight years.

But without Freeney, the Colts' defensive coordinator is actually going to have to scheming to stop an opposing passing game, which is something they are not used to.

Originally Posted by Fball

I agree for the most part. I think if both teams play their "A" game, the Saints win. If the Saints play like they played against the Giants or the Patriots this year, they win. Their secondary is more ball-hawking, without doubt, and better in coverage. If they can disrupt a few Colts drives, and Brees is playing well, I don't think the Colts win.

What the Colts have is the big-game experience, and Manning (who, right now, is a better asset than Brees, but not by that much). Even though Brees wasn't hassled much last week, he looked off - it looked like he had a case of the nerves. If that happens in the SB, it opens the door for the Colts...