11 Picks For 2009 NFL Week 6, Giants at Saints
Published Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:02:48 AM
Each week, I choose one NFL game and use 11 different methods to predict the outcome.
Last week, only three picks (including, ahem, mine) went to the Falcons -- who destroyed the 49ers. We no longer have anyone undefeated -- ESPN's Sports Guy, the last remaining perfect record, lost last week.
This week's game is the undefeated New York Giants at the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The line is Saints -3.5, but we're all just picking the game straight up.
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Published Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:02:48 AM
Each week, I choose one NFL game and use 11 different methods to predict the outcome.
Last week, only three picks (including, ahem, mine) went to the Falcons -- who destroyed the 49ers. We no longer have anyone undefeated -- ESPN's Sports Guy, the last remaining perfect record, lost last week.
This week's game is the undefeated New York Giants at the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The line is Saints -3.5, but we're all just picking the game straight up.
Battle of the mascots. (2-3) Tough match-up here. First off, we have the giant from Jack in the Beanstalk against an actual saint. Keeping all the inevitable "hey, it's two fairy tale characters battling" talk aside, I feel the saint can call upon his connections to take on the giant. (Especially if homeboy just had his golden harp stolen.)
The second matchup is easy. The nice fellows of Saints Row bust multiple caps in the Jolly Green Giant.
So even though it's already clearly the Saints, we can still analyze the third matchup, Andre the Giant versus Lil Saint from "You Got Served". And that's a brutal beatdown for the giants. Of course they still lose, but at least Andre represented.- ESPN's Sports Guy. (4-1) He's picking the Saints this week... even though, he says, he ultimately likes the Giants more this season.
- Fair-weatherness of fans. (2-3) As I said a few weeks back, the last time the Saints were featured, their fans don't do so well when it comes to their fair-weatherness. They rank 23rd most loyal over the past 11 years... with the Saints' popularity ranging everywhere from 17th to 31st.
The Giants do WAY better. Since 1998, they've ranged between 4th and 13th most popular, but rarely waffled that much, putting their fans as the 5th-most loyal in the entire NFL. So the Giants, with their loyal fans, win this match-up.
Madden 10 simulation. (1-4) Big beatdown this week. Saints ran away with it, 38-14. Drew Brees of the Saints was 14 for 17 for 237 yards with three TDs and zero INTs, for a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3.
Tecmo Super Bowl simulation. (3-2) The almost two-decades-old rosters of Tecmo Super Bowl finally produced the same results as the up-to-the-minute rosters of Madden 10. The Saints managed to overcome the Lawrence Taylor-Phil Simms punches on defense and offense and win the game.
- More intelligent quarterback. (2-3) Drew Brees of the Saints scored a 28 on his pre-draft Wonderlic intelligence test -- very, very good for an NFL player. But Eli Manning rocked the shit out of pretty much every other player in the league on his Wonderlic, scoring a 39 out of 50. Which puts him in the 99th percentile of NFL players and gives this one to the Giants, domination style.
- My parents' dog. (3-2) I didn't get all the details, but my mom told me that Laska, their dog, picked the biscuit that was designated to the Giants.
Accuscore. (3-2) Accuscore, after thousands of computer simulations, picks the Saints pretty handily, 57 percent to 42 percent.
- Internet commenter debate winner. (2-3) Each week, I pick comments off ESPN's discussion about the game, and let the geniuses there debate the winner of the game...
whodatnation666: You Friggin Hillbillies are completely lost. Giants are [not] overrated... how can you be undefeated AND overrated. They beat bad teams with ease. And went to Dallas and shoved their new stadium/record attendance right up their butt. the Giants have done exactly what they were supposed to do demolish inferior teams.
OK. This started off with some good brazen New York talk... but quickly degenerated into a LOT of hedging. And saying it's going to be a good game? That's the talk of cowards. Bad start for the Giants.
Drew is not of this world he is so good and your young defense is scary good! Should I remind you what organization your head coach/tight end are from? Honestly,....if you guys were not coming off a bye week, you wouldnt stand a chance. BUT 2 weeks to plan and get healthy makes me worry. Good luck to all, this should be the game of the week!edirt: If we are so called "HILLBILLIES".Do you know where Eli came from.The South has the best college and NFL players around.N.Y is going down just like your neighbor the Jets. Saints 51-17.
Well, it's a stronger argument than the previous Giants fan. But 51-17? That's not a realistic NFL score. Even if the Giants have a bad game it never goes that badly for a contender.
FiveAcrossTheEyes: Saints fans calling the Giants schedule easy is really pretty funny... especially when you guys then talk up your defense like it's suddenly one of the league's elite units. Let's take a look at the "tough" offenses the Saints D has gone up against...
This is actually a pretty good argument. Maybe the Saints kind of had it easy. Did an Internet commenter really just tell it like it is? I may have to go kill myself.
Detroit Lions with a rookie QB making his first ever start.
Philadelphia Eagles without McNabb... Kolb making his first ever start.
Buffalo Bills with Trent Edwards.
New York Jets with yet another rookie QB.
Sorry Saints fans, but you guys haven't played a real offense or a real QB yet this year. So stop saying that the Giants haven't beaten anybody, and you guys are proven to be world beaters... because it's really not the case. This will be the first real test for the Saints Defense this year. Let's see how they do against a real good offense with a legitimate NFL Quarterback. I've got a feeling you guys are all in for a rude awakening this week...lsusaints08: Haven't you forgot that you are playing in the superdome? The only NFL stadium that gets as loud as a good college stadium. New Orleans has the best crowd and you can't say otherwise. I think the Saints will win...I'm a Saints fan. Most people tend to leave out the fact that they are playing away in the NFL because the stadiums arent as loud but this one is and believe me its hard to hear in there. And the defense is in the top 10 in the league...it doesnt matter who they play in the NFL every team is good enough to beat every other team...I mean who would have thought the Broncos would be 5-0 right now?
It's a decent counter-argument, and, having been in the Superdome, it is a fascinating place. But pulling the home field advantage card here? That really doesn't measure up. Thanks to one really good argument this one goes to the Giants. - Sports Illustrated's Peter King. (3-2) He is picking the Giants to win, 23-13. He says "seems odd to call this an upset"... but whatever. Who knows what this guy is thinking.
- My pick. (3-2) As much as I like the Saints, and they're at home, I think the Giants are the best team in the NFL. Even though this is one of their most loseable games, I think they make a statement here and take this one to assert their NFC dominance. They'll lose a couple of crap games in the NFC East.
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