Can we beat the Saints?

[JakeDel5674]

41 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

EXACTLY!!!

i am really embarrassed at the fair weather non believers. This is a playoff game and for that we have the advantage.  As we all know the playoffs is lose an your are out.  The Aints haven't played in a playoff game in 4 or 5 years and have very few players that have experienced the playoffs.   We have.  We have the advantage of experience in facing the lose and your out pressure.   This will be a big advantage for us.

They have Drew Brees a Super Bowl winning QB.  But yet, they don’t have Playoff experience?  Lolz.  

[mc52beast]

I don’t know what we could do differently in a 3rd game that would make a difference. They have beat us twice pretty convincingly. Only thing we could hope for is that the Bucs get to Brees and he can’t play against us or that Kamara gets concussed again.

[Davidson Deac II]

1 minute ago, mc52beast said:

I don’t know what we could do differently in a 3rd game that would make a difference. They have beat us twice pretty convincingly. Only thing we could hope for is that the Bucs get to Brees and he can’t play against us or that Kamara gets concussed again.

Not have 5 turnovers in two games would be a big help.  Well, three interceptions in the first game and a fumbled punt and a poorly handled punt in the second.  Avoid those, and the game is much closer, and maybe we have a shot to win in the end.   

[kungfoodude]

I would say it is highly doubtful we can beat them.

We have allowed 6 sacks and numerous QB hits/pressures against their defense. They have also forced 4 TO's(a total margin of +3 for the two contests). We average 283.5 total yards per game against them. They have held us below our season averages in rushing yards and passing yards in BOTH games.

We are also allowing 148.5 yds/game rushing while allowing Drew Brees to have a QB rating of 117.8. All this while forcing only one turnover and only sacking Brees 3 times total. 

 

What does this all add up to? They are simply a better team than we are and basically in almost every facet of the game. Can we beat them? Sure. Is it likely we will beat them? The statistics and the trend seem to indicate that is highly unlikely. They are, by far, the team I least wanted to see of any NFC or AFC team in this playoffs. Especially not with the prospect of playing at their stadium.