Brees due for a road performance like he does in 'Dome?
 

The Saints got their first road playoff victory, in cold weather AND put up 9 points more than the usually score on the road.

Next its time for Brees to play lights out like he does at home!

We have the run ground going which should help open up the play action pass!

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i would love to see that my man, but, its gonna be tough against this secondary.

im thinking it will probably be more of a grind-it-out win like in chicago and in philly last week.

that being said, if we can get the ball to jimmy and run the ball efectively in the 1st 1/2, i really think we can start picking our spots and taking shots at that secondary in the 2nd 1/2.

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10 -4 SP has to Coach the game of his life !!

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Brees is not playing well away, and cost us or almost cost us a few games. That needs to stop. The team cant keep on comming back from short fields, and easy 7 pts. Brees almost lost the Philly game, and Im just being honest.
Im not sure what is wrong with him, but we all see it.

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I want to win in the back of a stout defense and a grinding run game.

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No turnovers and hand the ball off securely.

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Has anyone looked at the weather? 100% of rain (heavy) and 31 mph winds.

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Seriously? I know it rains a lot in seattle, but 100% chance AND 31 mph winds? With weather like that I don't see either team pulling away. I think we're going to play much better than we did last time over there anyway, but the weather is going to make this a really low scoring game if that forecast doesn't change.

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I doubt the crowd will be as loud so that could be 1 + ....

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Brees didn't almost cost us the Philly game. That happened because a couple of guys in our defense went down. The 2 picks he threw didn't help but Philly caught up mostly because Parys Haralson and Keenan Lewis went down. Yes I agree, he can't do that against Seattle but please don't act like Brees was the reason Philly caught up. He played much better in the second half. And he admitted he tried to force some balls that he shouldn't have and after that he just took what the defense gave him.

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A bad weather game, I love it, ground and pound, best kind of games. It shows the strength of each player and weakness. We can run it down their throat the same as we did Philly.To me the front 7 of Seattle is built for speed,( their DE's and LB's) not digging in the trenches, I give us that advantage right there. Their O is built for speed our D-line with the exception of JR. are pretty big boys, throw J.Jenkins in there with Bunkley we would be stout against the run, I expect Lofton to be big in this game, as slow as he is against the pass he is perfect for a bad weather game. I think we win by a good margin in good or bad weather, I would like it better in bad and keep an eye on Harper he owes the Seahawks one.

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I respectfully disagree about the Brees turnovers. Any time any team turns the ball over(int. or fumble) it takes the ball out of our hands and gives them the ball to try to score. Our D has bailed Brees out a few times this season, it seems like his int.'s have come at the worst times. Until I see the old Brees light fire I'm going to worry about this Brees who tries to force things there that just are not there.

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I didn't say the turnovers didn't hurt us , they did. But Philly caught up because guys went down in our defense and we had holes. The Eagles took advantage of that, as any good team would have. And yes, I agree, the D has bailed Brees out a lot this season, but Brees was great in the second half of the wildcard game. In that game the O bailed the D out and that is the way it should be, complimentary ball.

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There prolly wont be any passing in this game due to the wind and heavy rain maybe some short slants or swing passes thats all i can see happening it will be up to ingram robinson and sproles

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This game could also come down to special teams play

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I agree except for the "old Brees" part. I don't think there ever has been a time when Brees didn't throw picks. He throws them all the time, he always has. He takes a lot of chances and tries to put the ball in really tight places and sometimes he throws some real headscrachers like "who the heck was he throwing to?". But he also makes some amazing passes, throws that look impossible, hitting the perfect spot behind a defender from 40 yards downfield or hitting a receiver on a crossing pattern in stride, right in the hands.

With Drew, you gotta take the good with the bad. I've never heard the press refer to him as a "gunslinger" but that's what he is. Sometimes he costs us a game, some years a couple in the season, but he also wins us a LOT more games. He takes chances and competes as hard as any QB I've ever watched. From this fans perspective, I can't think of anybody I'd rather have on my team.

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This is why I said we better be practicing with a rain machine and a fan boat

:bng:

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Not trying to piss anyone off but 100% chance of rain does not mean it will rain 100% of the day. It means that there is a 100% chance that rain will fall with in that 24 hour period.

Chance of rain during game hours is 50-60%

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Love Brees and what he has done for us. But I think he may need some contact lens.

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Not going to happen this weekend. I'm good with do what you can and DO NOT turn the ball over against the Hawks.

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No such thing as "due" except for pregnancy, bills, taxes, etc...

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Brees will play if and when the weather is appropriate and our receiving krewe are fit and on form.
We will have inclement weather in Seattle. I do not know if Graham is 100% going in. Is PT ready?
So we have to adapt our game accordingly.

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Im with the others. Yes he did. 1 interception put the Eagles on the 45 for 7 pts, and the 2nd bomb didnt amount to much, but killed a posession and the clock.
The Bomb was clearly Stills fault, but the 1st one was a horrible pass in 3 man coverage.
Plus he was throwing low or high for most of the ½, and missed passes to move the chains. Its not only the interception that hurt us.
Taking away Brees mistakes you would have to erase 7pts from the eagles score, and think that we might have 3-7pts more if he had made those passes.
This has happened in all the games we have lost. Im not saying he should be a robot, but hes not managing the game like he did last year, and seems to lose it sometimes.
IF that was Denver or Seattle, we would have lost. They know how to convert turnovers or stalled offense. I love Brees, but everyone is accountable for their actions on the field.

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They don't really get what we in the south would call "heavy" rain. It's almost always that light incessant drizzle.

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I kind of agree with you. AP fumbles a lot, but that comes with hard running. Brees throws interceptions because he threads the needle. But I also agree with Hallow. This is not the Brees of old on the road that used to put up 30pts,even with ints, to win the game and bail the defense out.
Medias been messing this up for some time now. The offense usually has no problems on the road, its the defense that has been falling apart for 7 years.
But this year Brees , and yes the offense , have been stopped, turnovers, or faling apart on the road, and the defense has saved them.
I was shocked when Brees missed a pass before. I can almost count them hes so dang accurate. Amazing really, but for some reason now I get worried when our offense is in an Brees is throwing. I dont know what it is.

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Yeah, hopefully half of those a-holes will drown like turkeys.

WHO DAT!!!

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looking at the weather forecast now is not going to do you any good. I live up in the Pacific North Wet. If you want to know what the weather is going to be like look at the satellite image. Weather forecasts are unrealiable in this part of the world.

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"I love Brees, but everyone is accountable for their actions on the field."

I doubt anyone holds Drew more accountable for his misfires than himself.

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I like your thinking but to score 4 points the Seahawks need to tackle a player in the Saints endzone twice, possible, but highly unlikely

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That's true but I chalk some of that up to the teams we've had to play on the road this season. We've played some particularly tough defenses, and specifically some really tough front 7s.

The Jets have a great front 7. Tampa has a ton of talent in their front 7 even if they're not well coached. Carolina probably has the best front 7 in football. The Rams have an amazing d-line even if the rest of the defense is meh.

And then there's the Patriots, they may not have a particularly talented D but Belichick is still one of the best defensive minds in football and always has his defenses playing above their heads. And of course, the Seahawks with the #1 overall defense and the best pass coverage in the league this
year.

Just my opinion but when you factor all that in, I believe the Saints 3-5 "road woes" have been blown out of proportion for the purposes of media drama. I think the offensive troubles this year have more to do with who we've played than anything else.