Rickh

For all of you old enough to remember the Joe Montana/Steve Young days....

This looks just like the match-ups back in the early '90's. The Saints were absolutely LIGHTS OUT with the best LB tandem the NFL has ever seen. The Saints defense was absolutely fierce. The offense, with all apologies to Bobby Hebert, was pedestrian. Its no wonder that our biggest offensive weapon at that time was Morten Anderson. While on the other side, the "west coast" offense was a new invention and Montana ran it like a master. Those were usually very good games but with one exception that damn Montana won it in the fourth quarter and we would gripe about how close we almost came.

This is the exact opposite. The Saints are now the veteran, play off team with one of the best offenses in history and the Niners are an upstart group with a strong defense. IMHO the Niner's D hasn't been as strong lately and haven't been totally dominant against playoff caliber teams. They are getting the good press though despite showing cracks down the stretch of the season.


If history holds, with our new roles in place, It'll be a contested game until the fourth quarter but Brees & Co. will break hearts in the fourth quarter in SF. Their defense will hang for a while but fade under the relentless continued attacks from the Saints offense.


Saints 35 / Niners 17