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The big day is finally here. It has been hard to concentrate on anything else for two weeks. Louisiana is abuzz. When you politely ask someone how they are doing, often you will randomly get "The Saints are in the Superbowl."
Through some sort of amazing self-deception, the pundits do not see anything wrong with predicting that the Colts would be unseated by the Ravens (9-7!), and then by the Jets (ALSO 9-7!), but that the Saints (13-3) have no chance in the game.
We were picked by many to lose against the Arizona Cardinals (10-6). Yet we resoundingly stomped them and sent a future Hall-of-Famer quarterback into retirement. Almost nobody picked us to win against The Farves -- I mean the Vikings (12-4). While that was a tough game, we won and sent The Chosen One to the dirt many times.
So I'm just not understanding why nobody -- I mean NOBODY -- in the national media is picking the Saints to win. Really? The Jets were going to be an upset, but we're destined to fail? What had the Jets done to prove themselves better than us? We just dispatched two teams led by world-class quarterbacks. One of them was a trouncing.
I think today's game is going to be a wake-up call. Of course, I thought that about the two playoff games, and all anybody says is we're getting "lucky" with turnovers. They say that we can't win without all of the turnovers. Well no shit. Our defense was designed to create turnovers. The Vikings didn't just accidentally transmute into a turnover machine -- we created that mess by constantly harassing the quarterback and punching at the football every chance we got.
My feeling is that we are going to win a lot more definitively than we did against the Vikings. I felt like the Vikings were a much more difficult match-up. They had a solid running game, and they had an excellent defense. Other than Peyton, I don't see anything on the Colt's team that will be difficult for the Saints. Our gigantic pro-bowler offensive line is going to have its way with their relatively diminutive defensive line. I don't think their defensive speed is going to matter. People keep forgetting about our running game. The only reason our running game isn't ranked higher is because our passing game is so prolific. We are going to pound Mike Bell and Pierre Thomas right up their gut. And when they're bent over holding their stomachs we're going to use the play action to set up Colston, Bush, Shockey, and the rest of our staples.
Obviously, our defense has its work cut out for it vs. one of the best quarterbacks of all time. But the Colts don't really have much of a running game. The running game has been our Achilles Heel all year, and without having to worry about the run we can focus on harassing the quarterback, creating turnovers, and making sure we don't give up any big plays. We have a running game, and because of this we are going to win the time-of-possession war in a big way. Our defense will remain fresh and sharp, and by the end of the game their defensive unit will be sluggish from chasing our receivers and beat-up from dealing with our offensive line.
As I write this a pundit is saying, "Can the Saints generate the turnovers?" Hell yeah. They keep talking about how infrequently Peyton gets sacked, about how he doesn't throw many picks and about how he rarely fumbles. You guys forget that Peyton Manning isn't the only person on the Colts team. We can strip the ball from Addai, and we can knock it out of your receivers' hands -- unfortunately for the Colts Manning isn't handing off to Manning who passes it to Manning. We will have plenty of opportunities to create turnovers.
When the Saints have played with emotion they have been unbeatable. In game 5 you could just see it right before halftime. That was the most incredible example of inner strength I have ever seen. The Saints have it, and they will be playing with religious fervor tonight. They are going to be a colossus unleashed.
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