Super Sunday

The final game of the year is here and befittingly it will actually be the Super Bowl.  Unlike in years past where next weekend would be the Pro-Bowl.  So with a flip of a coin tonight shortly after 6:00 Pm the 2009/2010 season will build towards it’s final curtain.  And when all is said and done, the New Orleans Saints should be the new Champions of the NFL.

Yes, you heard correctly, the New Orleans Saints will win tonights game. 

All the hype is around Peyton Manning becoming the “greatest QB of all-time”.  While he still very well could go down into history as such he will have to be almost perfect to come out a winner tonight.

The Saints are just as high-powered as the Colts are but they have something that the Colts do not.  A running game.  A good running game at that.  The advantage is simply this.  Throw the ball with Brees and his cache’ of receivers and then run the ball.  When the Colts think they have it figured out, start throwing to the RB’s…then back to the WR’s.

Indy has a very good defense but they are not great and the Saints offense is great and their defense isn’t too bad either.  The Saints “D” won’t stop Peyton Manning but they will slow him down.  With blitzing LB’s and rushing DE’s the Saints will try and put constant pressure on Manning and force him to check off to his 2nd and 3rd WR’s.

With no threat of a real running game from the Colts, the Saints can simply sit back and defend the pass while attacking Manning quickly.  And if by chance that doesn’t work…then the Saints offense can simply match them strike for strike.  In the end, the Saints should be able to stop Manning on a few occassions but I don’t think that the Colts will be able to match the Saints on defense.

CHAD PENNINGTON

So Pennington is a free agent in less than a month and the team is actually considering bringing him back.  As a back-up.  So what happens to Tyler Thigpen?  Some speculate that he may get traded to the Bills or another team in need of a QB that will come in and compete.

I’m not buying it.  Penning“10” would still be a very good “coach” for Chad Henne and as much as Henne says he would love for CP to stick with the team, he needs to take over the team and in order for him to do that, he can’t be looking over his shoulders after a few bad games and that is exactly what will happen with CP.

This is Chad Henne’s team now and unless CP wants to retire and come back as a coach, he needs to play somewhere else.