Saints 7 @ Panthers 30: Prediction Results
pThis week broke the CSC record for most predictions on a single game so props to everyone for taking part. Every week it gets better and more fun. Let’s check out what you guys thought would happen on Sunday. I am noticing that predictions are generally optimistic and therefore much more accurate after a win. There were a lot of optimistic – and incorrect – predictions regarding Deuce, Colston and sacks. A lot of No’s today./p
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li- The Saints will play the Panters./li
li- The game will be on Sunday/li
li- Someone wins the game./li
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p1. Saints will get 5 sacks and force 2 Delhomme fumbles./p
p2. Speaking of which, Saints will win turnover battle./p
p3. Saints beat Panters by nine./p
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”1 ndash; deuce runs for 100+br / 2 ndash; colston back and catches a tdbr / 3 ndash; mckenz int
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1. Brees 327 yds, 2 TDs, 1 INTbr / 2. Mehlhaff with game winning FGbr / 3. Final Score: Saints 24, Panthers 21/td
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p1. The Saints defense will continue to improve with the inspired play of Brian Younghellip;look for our defensive line limit their rushing attack. Prediction: DeAngelo Williams and Jonathon Stewart will have 90-110 yards rushing (combined)./p
p2. By mixing in a few more rushing attempts, and throwing more short yardage passes, the Saints will win the time of possession battle./p
p3. The Saints win by a touchdown or less./p
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p1) We have over 150 yards rushing this weekbr / 2) Defense gets 3+ turnoversbr / 3) Vilma has over 15 or more tackles/p
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p1. Close game rsquo;til the Saints score at the end of the 3rd to open up a 10+ point lead never to look backbr / 2. Colston nice game 5 for 72 and a TDbr / 3. Brees to Bush on swing pass for 1st TD of game/p
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p1. Drew Brees throws for 400 yards and at least 3 TDrsquo;sbr / 2. Duece FINALLY get more carries than Reggie. Irsquo;ll even go out on a limb and say he gets an even 20 carries for 94 yards and at least 1 touchdownbr / 3. The coaching staff feels that, due to injuries and ldquo;improved playrdquo;, Jason David, earns back his starting spot and hersquo;s reponsible for a long touchdown pass to Steve Smith/p
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pNot sure who was covering Smith on his score. Probably./p
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1. Shockey returns to the lineup. He has 50+ receiving yards.br / 2. Brees is efficient yet is picked off at least once.br / 3. Bush is a threat and has 3 receptions of 10+ yards.br //td
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pYes. 50 exactly/p
pYes but depends on the definition of efficient/p
pNo/p
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p1. Running game is big factor both Deuce and Reggie show just how much they complement each other = 130+ yards combined in running/p
p2. Brees 300+ yards/p
p3. Game starts out close but Saints open it up in second half and win by 17/p
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”1. no TD for colstonbr / 2. brees lt; 300 yds but 2 TDsbr / 3. def 2 forced turnovers one being returned for 6/td
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pHalf/p
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p1. Deuce 15+ carries, for 80+ yardsbr / 2. Bush has quiet day, Panthers game plan to stop ldquo;home runrdquo; at all costs br / 3. Defense puts the game on ice by causing the Panthers to turn the ball over on downs midway through the 4th quarter./p
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p1. Deuce goes 18 carries for 90 yards, 1 TDbr / 2. Steve Smith gets 150 yards receivingbr / 3. Reggie breaks another punt return loose for a TD/p
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”1. Mehlhaff will delmiss/del make a fourth quarter field goal.br / 2. Saints defense scores on a TD and a safety (maybe more).br / 3. Delhomme gets knocked out for at least one play, a punishing sack by Bobby McCray./td
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p1. Defense holds Carolina to under 300 total yds offense.br / 2. Colston back in but Moore still the man, over 100 yds rec, w/ 2 TDrsquo;sbr / 3. Pierre Thomas returns a kickoff for a TD./p
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pSaints D holds Carolina out of the endzone./p
pKasay kicks 6 field goals./p
pMehlaff hits on 2 out of 3 again, but itrsquo;s enough for the WhoDat win, 20-18./p
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p1- Deuce has 19+ touches.br / 2-McKenzie has a pick.br / 3-Campbell starts, but Shockey scores./p
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p1- I will most surely lose 5 pounds watching the game.br / 2- I wonrsquo;t understad why Carolina got his ass kicked against the Bucs (Oh yeah, right: Jon Gruden)br / 3- Irsquo;ll make progress aiming at having a life besides the Saints./p
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pDid you?/p
pStill curious?/p
pSo?/p
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p1. Drew Brees throws for 500 yds and 4 TDs./p
p2. Defense comes up big in 4th quarter with 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery, and an INT./p
p3. The pills I take to calm me down before the game will wear off and I will wake up in the 4th Quarter just in time to see the ” Contraflow”./p
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”1) Deuce 100 yards rushing and 1 tdbr / 2) Shockey 6 receptions- 80 yardsbr / 3) Defense knocks Delhomme out of game/td
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”1. The saints win by 10ptsbr / 2. Someone will sack Deholmme (spell check that) with one of the hardest bone crunching hits wersquo;ve seen in a while. Irsquo;ll put my money on Smith.br / 3. Special teams comes up with a big turnover/td
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”1. Colston gets his first TD of the seasonbr / 2. Brees: 3 TDs 350+ yardsbr / 3. The D sacks Delhomme at least 4 times./td
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pNo/p
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td style=”border-color: #aaaaaa; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 16px;”brees = 300+br / colston = 5 catches, 70 yards, no TDsbr / bush = 2 TDs/td
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pIt’s time for you guys to pick the winner. The polls are now open./p
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