Hukos Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 The Saints should win this game in a beatdown. But if the Saints play down to competition and keep the score close, weird things can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Usually you can tell how Minnesota will play based on Kirk Cousins first pass. If its atrocious (ex GB 2x, Chi, KC) you know New Orleans will win in a laughter. So with that said: Saints: 34 Vikings 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I expect the Saints to beat the Vikings and then go beat the breaks off of Green Bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 2 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: Usually you can tell how Minnesota will play based on Kirk Cousins first pass. If its atrocious (ex GB 2x, Chi, KC) you know New Orleans will win in a laughter. So with that said: Saints: 34 Vikings 10 Embarrassingly true!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehops Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 good matchup imo... both teams are well rounded with saints being slightly better across the board and they'll be at home. getting into the matchup a little further shows what the game can come down to. the saints offense is elite pretty well across the board. they move the ball, sustain drives, turn the ball over LEAST in the league, etc. the one area they aren't elite in and are merely "just" good is getting touchdowns in the red zone. contrast that against the vikings defense who play a classic bend-don't-break style, they generally let opponents sustain drives, eat up clock. etc. except they are elite in two key areas: forcing turnovers (third in the league) and red zone defense (2nd best at preventing touchdowns). if the vikes can successfully shut the saints down in the red zone and force them to kick field goals then it'll go a long way to upsetting the saints. ball security is the real wildcard here as brees gets the ball out quick and doesn't throw picks but the vikings have two ball hawking safeties and good blitzes to throw at brees on the odd occasion they decide to blitz him. the vikings tend to play 2 safeties high against good QBs but given brees' quick time to throw and low aDot i expect the vikings to play one high most of the game. i find the other side of the ball a little less compelling of a matchup but the saints have a great run defense and merely an average pass defense. given the vikings lack of success running later in the season it would behoove them to pass the ball more, as much as zimmer pounds the table for more rushing.if the vikes have a run-heavy gameplan i'm sure zimmer will justify it as "keeping the ball away from brees" and stuff like that but it would be a huge mistake. really looking forward to this game and i think it'll be a closer game than most people think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammymvpknight Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 In other news...Antonio Brown is still nuts. Was told to not bring film crew with him ti the Saints facility...did it anyway. Then proceeded to record the Saints locker room. The guy just can’t get out of his own way. I’d be completely shocked if he ever plays football again. https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2019/12/31/antonio-brown-saints-workout-publicity-stunt-instagram/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalMind Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Time to high-low brees with no flag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 23 hours ago, Jlowe22 said: They shot themselves with that gun, we didn't have to. Your head coach wasn't suspended because of our fumbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 2 hours ago, sammymvpknight said: In other news...Antonio Brown is still nuts. Was told to not bring film crew with him ti the Saints facility...did it anyway. Then proceeded to record the Saints locker room. The guy just can’t get out of his own way. I’d be completely shocked if he ever plays football again. https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2019/12/31/antonio-brown-saints-workout-publicity-stunt-instagram/amp/?__twitter_impression=true They should have never bothered. Dude is a complete headcase and even sniffing around him brings the party right to your door step. They were stupid to even bring him in for a workout IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I expect New Orleans to win, but you never know in single game eliminations. Should be a fun one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Am I correct in thinking that Michael Thomas will terrorize Xavier Rhodes in this game? Do you think the Vikings will try to handle Thomas another way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Cousins stats vs Saints: 74% comp, 9 TDs, 1 INT, 133 rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, notthatbluestuff said: Am I correct in thinking that Michael Thomas will terrorize Xavier Rhodes in this game? Do you think the Vikings will try to handle Thomas another way? Michael Thomas terrorizes everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Games gonna be on soon, Thomas about to go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Vikings defense can slow down the Saints offense imo but it'll come down to if Cousins can finally show up in the playoffs. Cook is talented but I expect the Saints to keep him in check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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