Aros' Fearless Prediction Thread (Saints @ Seahawks)

[2_0_6]

I think Pete saying Harvin is sore is a smoke screen, and they plan on using him a bunch this week.

I think The Beast gets 125+ yards and Russell has another solid performance on Prime time.

Hawks 24 - Saints 17
Record to date 1-0

 

[Hawknballs]

Hawks 31
saints 26

 

[volsunghawk]

Brees career vs Seahawks
31 PPG
11 TD 3 INT

His offenses don't ever have problems against Seattle. home or away.

23-20 Saints (we have a defense this time)

We have a defense this time, too. Brees hasn't faced Seattle since the D came into its own in the last half of the 2011 season. His last memory of Seattle's D involved Aaron Curry, Lawyer Milloy, Colin Cole, Will Herring, Lofa Tatupu, Kelly Jennings...

You know what? It'll be easier this way:

The only guys left from the defense Brees last faced in Seattle are Walter Thurmond, Earl Thomas, Brandon Mebane, Chris Clemons, and Red Bryant (though Bryant was on IR by the time Seattle played the Saints in the regular season, so Brees never faced him).

Thomas has gotten better. Clemons has been great. Mebane is solid. And your Saints have yet to be introduced to Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Bobby Wagner, Bruce Irvin, and the rest.

I see Saints fans calling back to that playoff game and repeating, "We've got a D now. We're different."

And you think Seattle is the same as in 2010? We've got a franchise QB now. We've got a wholly different WR corps. We've got better TEs. We've got a better O-line. We've got a better D-line. We've got better LBers. And we've got the best secondary in the game.

 

[IcedHawk]

Seahawks 31
Saints 24

 

[Hasselbeck]

I'd honestly be more afraid of seeing the Saints in the playoffs than I am about Monday's game.

Seahawks 27, Saints 17.

YTD: 10-1

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I don't feel good about our post-bye prospects. Last time we had an extended absence from the field this year, we came out all wonky and almost lost. This time we've got Drew Brees to handle with a depleted secondary. New Orleans' run defense is underrated by virtue of playing a lot of pass-heavy teams lately. Also discomfited by the discovery that the Saints have the league's best pass rush inside of four seconds against a QB known for holding onto the ball, and the league's best two screen-pass runners against a young, uneven linebacking corps (they've been awesome against the screen, but will need a good day).

Percy Harvin (if he plays, seemingly an eternal threat to NOT play) and the home-field crowd in full throat for Guinness keep us in it, and it comes down to the final play.

Seahawks 33
Saints 27

RTD 5-5

 

[lukerguy]

Percy Harvin sounds like he's pretty sore from his debut performance against the Vikings and may not play a large role - if at all - against the Saints on Monday Night Football.
However, let me make myself perfectly clear.
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This seems like a bit of a stretch to jump to that conclusion because of one rehab session. If he doesn't practice all week, then perhaps we can draw that conclusion.

 

[DYLcurry59]

Seahawks 33
Saints 20

Season Record: 6-5

 

[lukerguy]

Seahawks 34
Saints 24

YTD: 10-1

Seahawks are excellent at running the ball. Saints D can't stop the run or run the ball. Brees struggles on the road. Saints O is all about tempo, which they will have none as long as we do our job (12th man)

 

[tdlabrie]

Gotta think that Brees and Jimmy Graham are going to exploit the "new" secondary, unless Sherman is one-on-one against him the whole game. Still the 12s rock and I think we take a close, high-scoring game:

Seattle 34
New Orleans 31

Record-to-date 8-3

 

[el capitan]

Hawks 45
Saints 16

Go Hawks.

 

[2_0_6]

Hawks 45
Saints 16

Go Hawks.

If this is the score, I will do back flips , or atleast attempt it

 

[volsunghawk]

I don't feel good about our post-bye prospects. Last time we had an extended absence from the field this year, we came out all wonky and almost lost. This time we've got Drew Brees to handle with a depleted secondary.

Last time we had an extended absence, we were on the road against a team that has a front 7 that gives us fits even when we're completely healthy and not missing both starting tackles.

I understand the concern, but it's best to consider all the factors that went into that performance, and not just chalk it up to the extended absence.

 

[Polaris]

It's also worth noting that the Seahawks haven't played at HOME after a Bye since (iirc) 2004.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I don't feel good about our post-bye prospects. Last time we had an extended absence from the field this year, we came out all wonky and almost lost. This time we've got Drew Brees to handle with a depleted secondary.

Last time we had an extended absence, we were on the road against a team that has a front 7 that gives us fits even when we're completely healthy and not missing both starting tackles.

I understand the concern, but it's best to consider all the factors that went into that performance, and not just chalk it up to the extended absence.

Nooooo, really?

 

[Shadowhawk]

23-20 Saints (we have a defense this time)

Yes, you do. Over the same period of time, we have added the most dynamic young quarterback in the league, playmakers at the receiver position, multiple pass rushers, an underrated LB corps and the league's best cornerback. We also still have the league's best safety, Marshawn Lynch (remember him?) and the 12th Man, which will be sick and tired of hearing about Seattle's latest suspensions and ready to exorcise their frustrations by making the Saints' ears bleed.

New Orleans 17
Seattle 27

2013 record to date: 10-1

 

[volsunghawk]

I don't feel good about our post-bye prospects. Last time we had an extended absence from the field this year, we came out all wonky and almost lost. This time we've got Drew Brees to handle with a depleted secondary.

Last time we had an extended absence, we were on the road against a team that has a front 7 that gives us fits even when we're completely healthy and not missing both starting tackles.

I understand the concern, but it's best to consider all the factors that went into that performance, and not just chalk it up to the extended absence.

Nooooo, really?

 

[Axx]

Seahawks 45
saints 32

 

[hedgehawk]

27-24 Saints.

8-3 for the year.

 

[Erebus]

Factors on our side:

- We're at home, where RW is undefeated
- More rest than the Saints (probably a negligible difference)
- Best MNF record in the league
- Cold weather, possibly snow
- Body clock advantage
- Going for the crowd noise record
- Percy Harvin vs. their backup CB

I think the Saints will start off well and put up 14 to 17 points in the first half. But like we've done during the entire Pete Carroll era, we'll make better half time adjustments, and the weather and fatigue will take their tolls on the Saints and we'll pull ahead comfortably in the second half.

Seahawks 35
Saints 20