NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

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Saturday, January 11, 2014
1:35 PM Kickoff
CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA

Here we go. Round two.

[jWILL253]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

FYI, Drew Brees and the Saints passing attack struggled against the 32nd ranked Eagles pass defense. They are traveling to Seattle to go up against the 1st ranked pass defense in the NFL.

[ProfessaPackMan]

NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

"Numbers don't lie, but they don't tell the whole story". I'd say that famous quote would fit the Saints' performance last night perfectly.

Personally, I take regular season statistics with a grain of salt once the playoffs start, especially since we've seen teams play and below their ranking once they got to January.

Game will be closer/competitive than the Monday Nighter was in the season.

[kaletore11]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Every time the defense contains Graham, Breesus struggles a bit and tries to force it.


The last game in Seattle was a beatdown, no doubt, BUT it could've easily been a much closer game. All the 50/50 plays went the Seahawks' way and the game got out of hand.

I don't believe Seattle's offense is anything to worry about, but their defense is absolutely amazing.

We'll see what happens, I'm cautiously optimistic but I admit the Hawks are big favorites in this one.

[Feared]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Kind of early but I'll just get my thoughts for this one out anyway.

I see the Seahawks winning by multiple scores, maybe not as bad as the 34-7 meeting from Week 13 but Saints will struggle to pass the ball and the Seahawks Front 7 will stop Ingram/Robinson better than what the Eagles did.. that will lead to Brees forcing the issue and the Seahawks' secondary makes you pay for forcing passes.

Defensively I see Wilson causing match up issues for the Saints Defense as they are thin at OLB and Corner. If Keenan Lewis can't pass the concussion proto-call it will spell trouble for the Saints Defense as their reserve Corners looked awful and needed major Safety help and the still got beat underneath.

[kaletore11]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

If Keenan Lewis can't pass the concussion proto-call it will spell trouble for the Saints Defense as their reserve Corners looked awful and needed major Safety help and the still got beat underneath.

If Lewis is out, they don't even have to play the game.

[thaima1shu]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

I think with KJ Wright out, Graham has a bigger game. I also get the feeling the Saints will realize they can dink and dunk their way down the field on this defense and utilize Sproles more.

Really hoping Harvin plays. He potentially makes a big impact on how this offense looks.

With the revenge factor and the fact that it's probably not possible for the Saints to play as badly they did last time, I'm expecting a tight game.

[RandyBass]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks' game to lose. If they come ready to play they should win without much trouble.

Hawks 27
Saints 17

[Chrisksaint]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

I think the defense will be better then it was the last game cause there was a ton of defensive break downs. Offense has to play better, but more importantly don't start slow. The Philly game was encouraging as not one point this season did the O-line dominate in the running game like they just did.

[WizardJay]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

All about Saints defense.

Shut down the run, shut down the Seahawks.

[Feared]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

All about Saints defense.

Shut down the run, shut down the Seahawks.

Actually I wouldn't say that, did you see the Week 13 MNF game? The Saints Defense sold out to stop the run they played man, and really dared Wilson to throw against 8-9 man Boxes.

Wilson repeatedly burned them with pinpoint throws beating the blitz, and QB scrambles. I think they'd be foolish to go into Seattle with that same game plan they need to play Zone and keep everything in front of them, and stay disciplined in their rush lanes to contain Wilson in the pocket. They'll just have to live with Marshawn getting 5-6 yards a pop and just tighten up in the red zone.

[SPTO]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Really hoping Harvin plays. He potentially makes a big impact on how this offense looks.

I had heard that Harvin's season is over.

I think Seattle wins by multiple scores but not as bad as the beatdown earlier in the year. The Saints offense is so predicated on communication that you bet your *** that the Seattle crowd will be so noisy that there's going to be enough breakdowns to throw Brees off his game.

[WizardJay]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Actually I wouldn't say that, did you see the Week 13 MNF game? The Saints Defense sold out to stop the run they played man, and really dared Wilson to throw against 8-9 man Boxes.

Wilson repeatedly burned them with pinpoint throws beating the blitz, and QB scrambles. I think they'd be foolish to go into Seattle with that same game plan they need to play Zone and keep everything in front of them, and stay disciplined in their rush lanes to contain Wilson in the pocket. They'll just have to live with Marshawn getting 5-6 yards a pop and just tighten up in the red zone.

That's the problem they blizted.

Build a wall around Wilson so he doesn't scramble. Fill box AGAIN and don't blizt.

Gameplan worked perfect for Rams, Cardinals, and 49ers.

But I guess that's cause they have better DBs.

[Coug00]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

I had heard that Harvin's season is over.

He practiced Thursday and Friday. They sound optimistic he'll play, which obviously makes Seattle so much more difficult to defend.

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[SPTO]

Re: NFC Divisional Round: #6 New Orleans Saints at #1 Seattle Seahawks

He practiced Thursday and Friday. They sound optimistic he'll play, which obviously makes Seattle so much more difficult to defend.

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Ah ok, I hadn't heard that report. Harvin indeed makes that offense a lot more dynamic and difficult to defend.