Super Bowl Game Thread - Saints vs. Colts
by Chris Pokorny on Feb 7, 2010 5:27 PM EST
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PrintThe Indianapolis Colts will battle the New Orleans Saints to determine the winner of Super Bowl XLIV. This game truly features the best of the best, as both of the league's No. 1 seeds will square off against each other. The thing that is so dangerous about both teams is that they are never out of a game. We saw it earlier this season when the Colts stunned the Patriots, and also when the Saints rallied against the Redskins.
New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts
Game Time: 6:25 PM on CBS
Line: Colts by 5 | Over/Under: 57
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Both teams have the leaders at quarterback -- Peyton Manning with Indianapolis and Drew Brees with New Orleans. DE Dwight Freeney will be ready to play, which is a huge lift for the Colts' defense. He'll be countered by S Darren Sharper of the Saints.
The only way I could see this game going south is if one of the backup quarterbacks had to play. Nobody wants to see Curtis Painter or Mark Brunell quarterbacking the Super Bowl.
Yesterday, I mentioned that the open game thread would be at SBNation.com. There is a slight change in that. You may use the game thread here at Dawgs By Nature as you wish. In addition though, I encourage you to stop by the SBNation game thread as well and join in on the fun!
As for my prediction with today's game, I'm taking the Colts. I don't have a good reason why other than the fact that I always root for them and I love watching Manning.
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Well, I got Colts winning 28-24 but i would like to see the Saints win one. Gives all us other teams with no rings and no trips to the big dance hope…
"I don’t dance too much." --Mike Holmgren
Hope?
How does a Saints win give us hope?
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely. A Saints win puts the universe into alignment for Cleveland.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Feb 7, 2010 6:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Defense
I don’t believe in the Saints’ defense. I think Manning will run the show.
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
Love that throw by Manning off of his back foot to Collie. Such a beast.
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He’s on fire
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
For the Saints
-They’ve never won a Super Bowl, so it’d be nice to see them win.
-Drew Brees is awesome.
For the Colts:
-I love Peyton Manning, so it’d be nice to see him win another ring.
-…But, he already has one and (above) the Saints don’t.
I’m kind of indifferent.
Go AFC
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
The Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet is too cute :)
by emily522 on Feb 7, 2010 7:37 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
HAHA WOW
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty good job getting The Who to play.
Probably the only Cleveland Browns fan in all of Sydney, NSW.
They don’t sound too bad
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
I take it back
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
by Brownie's Year on Feb 7, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
WOOOOOOO The Pacific is almost here!!!!
If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.
Oh well. Good game I suppose.
All it took was a good Tracy Porter read.
Probably the only Cleveland Browns fan in all of Sydney, NSW.
IMO the win makes me feel better. It assures me that even crappy franchises can turn things around and get a SB win. AZ almost did it last year, now it’s the Saints. Pretty soon it’ll be the Cleveland Browns :)
Pretty sure the Saints were pattern matching on the play vs the Colts’ “Curls” concept. I’ll need to watch it again to make sure.
I have a piece coming up on Monday covering that exact situation, coincidentally.
I think he just jumped the route to be honest. They were killing them with a clean inside release on the slant for the entire drive, and Porter just got fed up with it.
Well the commentators said that Porter watched Wayne get set like it was a curl play. So Porter jumped it.
Probably the only Cleveland Browns fan in all of Sydney, NSW.
Honestly, now I don’t even think it was supposed to be a curls play. Watching it from the Madden angle, it looks like it could have been a version of levels, or more likely the “drive” concept. Collie comes in motion underneath Wayne and runs the shallow cross, while Wayne runs a dig.
Both receivers are cutting in, and Manning looked like he expected Wayne to come out of his cut a lot faster than he did. If the ball is one yard further out or Wayne is one yard further out of his break, that’s probably an incomplete pass at worst for the Colts.
He was in off coverage and neither #1 nor #2 were threatening deep, so I thought it could have been a green light to jump the route out of a fire zone.
After watching it a few times, and further removed from this evening’s beers, it looks like it might have been man-1 with a blitz, not a fire zone like I had originally thought.
Just watched the replay and it looked like Manning never came off of Wayne and Porter broke before Wayne turned around. Watching it live, I thought he was going to Collie who looked like he was open and had enough for the 1st. Also his man reacted very late.
The more I look at it (if someone could get a screen shot at the :02 mark) Collie is taking his route across the field and looking back at Manning while his man his looking at Wayne and Wayne has barely made it up field. I’m thinking the pressure might have gotten to Manning.
They gone have to stop sleeping on me one day.. I gotta be one of the best
About 3 hours ago by Eric Wright Cleveland Browns – Cornerback
Another thing I notice from the Madden view is that it looks like Wayne is slowing turning because he hesitated in his hesitation move. That field was crappy all night and I can’t even count the number of times I saw guys lose their footing. Maybe Wayne was worried about slipping when he planted. That would alleviate some blame off of Manning, but I’m thinking the only way Porter doesn’t get that pick is if it is thrown behind Wayne towards the sideline.
They gone have to stop sleeping on me one day.. I gotta be one of the best
About 3 hours ago by Eric Wright Cleveland Browns – Cornerback
Nope. I didn’t stop by here because I didn’t think there’d be a local game thread up, and the idea of a random SBN crowd didn’t excite me. Oops.
by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Feb 8, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
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