Tobias-Reiper

The key here is that the Saints strike early and frustrate McNabb early.

Sure the Eagles beat the Cowfakes (biggest fake team in many years), the Redskins (which really aren't that good), and gave the Pats a scare, but they had something tangible to play for: rivalry, playoff spot, killing the giant; yet, let's not forget that they also got beaten by the Pukes and the Skins earlier, and drop 2 to the Giants... there's a resaon why they are out of the playoff race, after all.

Now, the only role they have is the infamous role of spoiler, which they very well can be, IF the Saints allow it, and by allowing it, I mean if the Saints don't go out early and score. They need to go out and put the pressure and the points early. If you allow a team with nothing to lose to hang around for a couple quarters, especially a team like the Eagles, they'll play you. But once they are behind, while they may not just roll and play dead and still go full throttle on the filed, that's when frustration starts setting in, and they stop listening to the coordinators, stop looking at the polaroids, stop talking about the game around the bench, etc.. and they start being careless, or trying some move/technique they wanted to try on a live game, etc...

'Cause the simple man pays the thrills, the bills and the pills that kill

CheramieIII

Saints 37 - Eagles 35