These next two games ... SF and Dallas

If you look back over the season, I think something that stands out is that the Saints have problems with teams that are balanced, and play well vs teams w/o balance. They struggle vs the run against teams that are a threat to throw.

San Fran is pretty one dimentional, and wont cause a young saints defense to guess as much. They shouldn't give the saints the kind of problems that the dallas offense will with thier balanced attack. Sounds simple, but it is something that I believe.


Sometimes, the simplest observations are the best. Even in the NFL, offenses have difficulty reestablishing their identity in midseasno. SF is a run first, run second, and then and only then pass team. Even if we give up some yardage to Gore, I think our D is just good enough to make them work for their points. I'm confident about Sunday's game not only because SF is one dimensional offensively, but also because our offense is starting to gel and SF has not played well on the road. If we can avoid turnovers again and keep balance in our offense, I think we'll win this game. Dallas, however, will be a much tougher opponent.