So, congrats to the new NFC Champion New Orleans Saints. They played their asses off, and deserve to be the NFC Champions. The Vikings piled up tons and tons of yards against them, and they managed to stay a step ahead.
But the Vikings lost this game just as much as the Saints won it. 5 turnovers, 2 of which were inside the Saints 10 yard line, did them in. The three other turnovers, and the other fumbles that happened to be recovered before they became a turnover, proved to be their undoing. As happy as I am that the Saints won tonight, I am more then concerned with how they played. The Vikings looked like the better team that just couldn’t hold onto the ball.
Because if this, I’m afraid that the Colts deserve to be HEAVY favorites against the Saints. I firmly believe the Vikings were the better team, that just so happened to play a slightly worse game. Most of the problems the Vikings had was their mistakes. They had no problems moving the ball, and no problems getting touchdowns, they just had a hard time keeping the ball. These mistakes are easily corrected, and most likely would have been in two weeks, but we’ll never get the chance to find out.
I always wanted whoever won this game to win the Super Bowl, but I am beyond disappointed in the performance of the Saints. I am having a hard time finding a way their defense can stop the Colts. I’m also having a hard time finding how their offense can score 31 points against the Colts either. Indianapolis shut DOWN the Jets in the 2nd half today, and while the Saints are tremendously better then Jets, I feel that the Vikings are better still.
They just dropped the ball.