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SAINTS CANNOT PLAY ON THE ROAD: I don't buy it. During a mid-season slump, the Saints were not a good road team. Or home team either, for that matter. It culminated with the loss to St. Louis, and since then the Saints have shuts down some pretty respectable teams on the road --Atlanta and Tennessee. Also Minnesota, but what the heck? Granted the Saints are incredible at home, but bad on the road? Naaahhhh.

SF's DEFENSE IS IMPENETRABLE: The 49ers have a good defense. No one would question that. It would be hard not to have good defensive stats playing in the NFC West. But so much was made of the 49ers home victory over the Steelers and their less-than-50% Roethlisberger. And had the Rams been QBed by someone other than Kellen Clemens, the 49ers would most likely have been the #3 seed in the playoffs.

For sure, the 49ers are a good team. But one that has little spark or momentum right now, and one that does not live up to its press clippings. I believe that the Saints will win at Candlstick by double digits.