Breakdowns Of Today's Games

Saints vs Arizona
Everyone is talking offense on this one. The Saint and Cardinals both have extremely potent offenses, but have weird defenses. The Saints defense has been good verse the pass, but awful against the run. Luckily for them, Arizona is a pass happy team. New Orleans has lost their last three games (basically resting their players) and everyone is up in arms about their lack of a meaningful game in the past month. However, I don't think it will matter at all. All year, their secondary has been banged up including Tracy Porter, Jabari Greer and Darren Sharper. With time to rest, it will help the Saints out more than hurting them. What will hurt them is loss of Charles Grant their great defensive end, with their rush defense being terrible already this loss could mean a lot.

As for Arizona, they have a potent pass offense, but their rushing tandem of Tim Hightower and Beanie Wells is pathetic. Sure they have "potential" but that only takes you so far. So the game will be on the shoulders of everyones new "golden boy" Kurt Warner. I hate to admit it, but he is good, and should probably be in the Hall of Fame. But with Anquan Bolden being out that leaves Steve Breaston as the counterpart to Larry Fitzgerald. We all know he is a good replacement, but with the speed in the Saints secondary, the Bolden loss could be fatal. Their defense also seems to pep up around playoff time as well. Last week, the flood gates opened and they were passed all over, I see the same thing happening again.

The Saints and Drew Brees is too good to be shut down, and with the lack of pressure Arizona gets this could be a long game for the Cardinals. The Saints defense is what it is, but it comes up real big when needed. They have had several big plays on defense especially from Darren Sharper and Jonathan Vilma. That will be the game right their in my eyes, and I see the Saints making a big plat on defense and the Cardinals not.

Saints 42-28

Ravens vs Indy

Like New Orleans, the Colts stopped caring during the season once they clinched a bye and home field throughout. This won't hurt them either, but will hurt them is the Ravens rushing offense. The Ravens blueprint is easy to figure out (running the ball, controlling the clock, playing stout defense), but stopping them is another thing. ray rice has been playing out of his mind, and Willis mcgahee has spurts of greatness. However, i see this game as a shootout and that doesn't bode well for the Ravens. Flacco isn't ready to win a game in a crucial situation and when Baltimore is down 14 points, they will struggle.

Indy 35- 21