Saints Vs Patriots 2009, The Saints vs. Patriots 2009 game is of interest to people around the country. The Saints vs. Patriots game is this week’s Monday Night Football game on ESPN, and pits two great teams against each other in a battle two supremely good NFL cities. New Orleans is new to this stage, and could earn a lot of respect around the country if they are able to win against the New England Patriots. This is the Monday Night Football game that fans have been waiting weeks to see, and now that the day is upon us, it’s anyone’s guess how this game is going to turn out.
The Saints vs. Patriots is a good game on two different fronts, including their overall records and their prolific offensive statistics so far in 2009. When the two teams take the field on Monday night, it is going to be a shoot-out between Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Both of these QB’s want to walk away with the win, but more importantly the victory could set up the winning team to be in prime position for a first round bye in the 2009 NFL Playoffs. Right now the Saints are the top seed in the NFC, but Minnesota is only one game behind them. In the AFC Indianapolis leads things, but several other teams are already 8-3, meaning that New England needs this win to keep pace.
So far in 2009, the New Orleans Saints are 10-0 and the New England Patriots are sitting at 7-3. New England lost a close game to Indianapolis earlier in the season that they could have won, but other than that, this is the toughest game for both teams on the 2009 NFL schedule. New England would like nothing more than to end the winning streak that the Saints have going, and the Saints want to prove that they belong among the elite teams in the NFL by taking one from one of the best teams in the NFL this decade. This game could prove to be a passing of the torch if Drew Brees can put up some great numbers.
With two great offenses taking the field on Monday, this game could come down to which team can make the key defensive stops. Both offenses are going to put up the points, and that will make it very important for someone on defense to take a step forward and make some big plays. The kick-off for the New England vs. New Orleans Monday night game is at 5:30 P.M. PST, and this is a game that is going to interest football fans from Spokane, Washington all the way to Miami, Florida because it is geared up to be some great television.
was first posted on December 1, 2009 at 10:49 am.
Monday Night Football Tonight:We recently published a post — that we deleted after about 45 seconds — recommending a play on the Dolphins +3 over the Colts in tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup that was primarily reasoned backward from the notion that a play on the Colts looks too easy tonight. We reversed course because we realized moments after publishing that it’s not what we, or anyone in Cleveland needs to be doing tonight, pulling for a football team with an offensive attack that looks as much like the Browns’ as the attack of these Dolphins does. So let’s reason backward from somewhere else.We were inclined to think that the Dolphins couldn’t turn the ball over four times again this week, or be as unlucky as to lose three fumbles — two by tight end Anthony Fasano — like they did in their season opener last week in Atlanta. But then we realized that that’s just the kind of crap that happens to a team that can’t/won’t throw the ball downfield. The defense knows the ball’s going to go underneath, and POP! It’s hard enough to pull for one such team in a week to overcome this kind of weakness. Twice in one week ought to require a really good reason.
