I spoke to the man known as the GURU, he is a football machine with extensive knowledge and this is what he has told me-
He described the game and how exactly it will go down and personally I tend to agree with his assessment-
He said basically people are sour on New Orleans Defense and brough the following points about the Saints-
-They are a Turnover defense- #2 in the league, and you cannot discount this defense- All season long they force turnovers.
-He said they dont really go out and TRY to stop teams like the JETS DO, this is a turnover Defense, they are out to create turnovers- He said they are an opturnistic defense-
-He said New Orleans Defense takes control by blitzing and they are aggressive and they come hard at the QB- he said vs manning they will almost have to take a step back, beacuse when they come to blitz, Manning will audible and that will force Orleans to change their Plan-
He basically said that Orleans will not be able to dictate what the offense does because Manning is so good at audibling.
Overall he said that basically there is little to NOTHING that Orleans can do to stop Peyton Manning from scoring- He said he can beat the zone and beat the man to man and can 100% baet the BLITZ which he did-
- He said that Peyton Manning on superbowl day will the smartest football mind in that stadium. He said he likely knows more about the Saints defense than some of the Saints Defensive starters if you can believe that. I believe it for sure.
-He said the key difference is that BREES is 1 B and Manning is 1A and Brees will go 3 and out and they will punt, he said Manning when he goes 3 and out, they will kick fgoals as he will have moved the team into scoring range-
He cites that as the biggest difference in this game-
He said Indy has the better QB, the better O line, the better Defense and definintely the better receivers. He said Orleans has better special teams with Bush.
He said this will be an offensive game, and that BREES is a good QB, he said he doesent throw bad passes and bad interceptions. He said he threw 3 td's vs Vikings, because he is a very good QB-
He said BREES is very good, but Manning is just better-
He brought an interesting point about REFFING and how it might come into play- He said in the Vikings Saints game, he said in the OVERTIME it was clear the leauge wanted the Saints in this superbowl-
HE said its really simple- FAVRE IS LEAVING- HE IS ready to retire, so there is no need to market him, they need to market their future stars, which is ORLEANS--
He said in this game, the NFL doesent care who wins, but they want a CLOSE GAME, correct me if I am wrong, i read SCOTT GREEN is the superbowl ref and he is the NFL ref that makes all games close, and was the ref wtih the Chargers steelers polamulu INT Td overturned controversy-
On to his pick, he said this will be a CLOSE GAME and INDY will be leading by 3 points in the 4th qtr and they will score a late TD to win 10 points--
I agree 100%, it seems that in big games the spread is always covered with a late TD- Last week Indy scored late to cover, last year Steelers scored late vs Raves to cover-
Coincidentally that is exactly what I THOUGHT and we both had the basic same scoring prediction 34-24 or 38-28 in that range--
I agree and can see this exact scenario playing out, he said Manning will make that LATE PLAY to get that LATE td and the Colts win by 10 points in that game-, but they will be leading by 3 points late in the game and get the cover late--