The Road to the Superbowl

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:34:01 +0000

It was destiny. A crash course between the league’s best teams since week six of the season. The NFL couldn’t have asked for a better matchup between these two teams who have battled for the #1 power ranking throughout the season. Here are some moments that got these teams to Superbowl 44:

The Colts’ Best Moments

1. Colts D stops New England within inches on 4th down.
2. Monday Night vs. Miami, Peyton engineers game winning drive with a screen pass to Pierre Garcon.
3. Colts stay Undefeated by comeback win against the Texans.
4. Former Raven, Matt Stover kicks the winning field goal against his former team.
5. Colts comeback to win AFC Championship after trailing by 11

Saints’ Best Moments

1. Reggie Bush brings the wood to the Arizona Cardinals
2. Brees drives Saints 80 yards in 33 seconds to tie; Hartley’s OT kick wins it against Redskins…Robert Meachem’s big special teams play.
3.99 yd interception return for TD by Darren Sharper against Jets
4. Malcom Jenkins forced fumble against Philadelphia
5. Hartley kicks overtime field goal in NFC Championship and sends Saints to their first Superbowl.

Although the Saints have the NFL’s #1 offense the Colts have Peyton Manning, who has been in conversation as the greatest quarterback in NFL history. Both teams have a solid defense but the Colts pressure up front gives them the edge.

The question for the Saints is, will they be able to disrupt Peyton Manning in the pocket? The Jets failed to do that so they will be spending February 7th on the couch. If the Saints force 3rd and long situations by using the blitz it could be a long day for the Colts O-line.

The question for the Colts is, who will step up on offense and help Peyton Manning? Rookie reciever, Austin Collie, has been getting his share of looks from Manning throughout the playoffs. If the Manning gets into a rythem by using Dallas Clark and Austin Collie, it’ll open up the long ball for Reggie Wayne.

Prediction:
The Saints Superbowl inexperience will be proved on the field. The Saints offense will have its share of fireworks but in the end they’ll most likely be cursed by turnovers. The Colts defense should play solid enough to help their offense put points on the board. But in the end, who would bet against Peyton? Not me.

Brees Overcomes Huge Deficit, Saints Remain Undefeated

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:18:51 +0000

For the 1st time this season, it looked like the Saints were going to lose. After the Miami Dolphins jumped out to a 24-3 lead in the middle of the second quarter, Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints marched down the field 51 yards. One play later, Brees ran it up the middle for a 1-yard TD to close the gap to 24-10 at halftime. At the beginning at the third quarter, the Saints came in fired up, and forced three bad plays. The last one was a Chad Henne pass intended for Ted Ginn that was intercepted by Darren Sharper and taken to the house for a quick six.

After the 3rd quarter, it was all New Orleans’ football. They scored 22 unanswered points in the 4th to cruise to a 46-34 victory over the Miami Dolphins.

Brees told the Associated Press, “there was no doubt on our sideline we would come back and win.” Brees added, “They had given us their best shot, and we had played about as bad as we could play. All we had to do was string together a few drives and gain the momentum back. We knew it was going to happen, and it did.”

Brees dives into the endzone to give the Saints its 1st TD of the game.

Brees scored three times, two on the ground and one through the air. For the 4th time this season, the Saints eclipsed 40 points and Brees threw for 298 yards.

“With Drew Brees, it’s like the score is 0-0,” Miami cornerback Vontae Davis said. “We knew they would come back and that it would be a tough game.”

Miami had the chance to get ahead of the Saints, but their drive was stopped at the Miami 41 when Chad Henne was picked off for the 2nd time by Tracy Porter to put the game out of reach for the Dolphins.

“This was our game to win,” Miami’s Ricky Williams said. “We fought and we fought. They just fought harder at the end.”

Ricky Williams carried the ball nine times and had three of Miami’s TDs. Williams had 80 yards on the ground with a long of 68. Miami’s other tailback, Ronnie Brown, carried the ball fourteen times for 48 yards and 1 TD.

Feature photo by bleacherreport.com, bottom photo by www.nflgridirongab.com

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The Road to the Superbowl

Brees Overcomes Huge Deficit, Saints Remain Undefeated