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The Saints are very underated these days. They were 11-5, and they have gotten alot better. The Saints are very talented, and when it comes to hard opponents like the Packers, they'll show no mercy. Also, the Packers are very overated. They just won a super bowl. They are goin to have a long-lasting hangover, especially the way they won the super bowl. Drew Brees threw 22 interceptions and still made a pro bowl. He's goin to recover from those mistakes. Our defense is phenominal. Jonathan Vilma, Malcom Jennkins, Will Smith, Cameron Jordan, and many more will shut down the offense. Just watch guy that think Packers are goin to win. Saints are ready to kick some Packer ass.

Can both of these teams lose? Please?

I thought long and hard about this game. I understand the superbowl hangover aspect, but I don't think it has that much merit. Sometimes we underrate professional athletes and treat them as a popwarner team. In fact, a team has never lost the first game of the season since the start of it. The lowest margin of a cover was 3 points in 2 games, dating all the way to 2004. Greenbay won the superbowl on the road last year with their JV team as they had a lot of injuries. And if you can recall, they just made the playoffs barely as well, slipping in by winning out their last games to get into the playoffs.

Aside from a nice win over the Falcons and the early win over the Steelers, the Saints wins don't impress me much from last year. Granted they went 11-5 but they really got their notice from beating up bad teams. The addition to Darren Sproles will help this team try to become more balance, but I think they'll still be a very west coast offense. I like Sproles, but is he the answer in turning around this poor running game? Eh, he's a hard-nose runner but he's no Adrian Peterson or something. The lost of Shockey will affect their team in more ways than one would think. Even with his glory days behind him, Shockey was an asset to this team via catching and blocking.

On the other hand, I like Packer's spread offense vs. Saint's secondary, especially since Finlay is back. I also think Packers can get a solid amount of yards running the ball on them, to create a play-action factor as well.

All and all, it's going to be a close one. Both teams are basically built the same exact way. However, I just see so many edges for the Packers. Both their players and coaching is better and the crowd is going to be red hot in Greenbay. I believe Packers will jump on top early, the Saints will morph a comeback, but when the dust finally settles, the Packers will clearly be the better team and win a small double digit win. 27-17.

Dude..your f—g nuts! GB lost 6 games by a total of 17 points with their SECOND stringers! Your Aints got their butts kicked by a 7-9 Seattle team!! Now, you tell me who is over rated!LMFAO!!

No. :)