New Orleans Saints Vs. Seattle Seahawks: Very Slight Edge To New Orleans

So, if you have been hiding under a rock or in your closet for the past few weeks (which is a horrible way to try and strive for success in life), you probably didn't know that Monday Night Football is showing what has the potential for the most exciting and close matchup in ages tonight. Marshawn Lynch and Seattle play at home against New Orleans to take on the Ordained Saint himself, Drew Brees.

Let us magnify this a little bit->

• Seattle is currently the top seed in the NFC, while New Orleans is right on their heels, which ESPN (Everything Sports Propaganda Network) has been heralding in commercials for weeks now, further intensifying the magnitude of this game. 
• Both teams have had some surprisingly goofy slipups this year, with Seattle losing to now sputtering Indianapolis, and almost falling to those pitiful Tampa Bay Buccaneers (excuse me while I laugh). New Orleans fell to the J-E-T-S JETS... (whoops, I fell into another laughing fit, excuse me). So in other words, these two teams are not invincible, but for now, they are the top of the wild NFC.

Lets look at these two team's offenses.

• In the quarterback position, Drew Brees is of the top 2 quarterbacks in the NFC, but Russell Wilson is not exceptionally far behind now. The reason Brees has much more inflated stats than Wilson is because of the talent around him. I'd say Wilson would have extremely bloated numbers if he had Jimmy Graham and Marques Colston to throw to! If there is one thing I can say today, and know it is a fact, it is that Jimmy Graham and Marques Colston are MUCH better receivers than Golden Tate and Doug Baldwin. No disrespect to Tate and Baldwin, but they should not be the focal points on any team in the NFL, especially not Baldwin. Then why does Seattle score so many points a game? The answer is the consistency and power of running back Marshawn Lynch. If Lynch runs for 75 yards and a touchdown tonight, he would become the only man to rush for 1,000 yards and score at least 10 rushing touchdowns in each of the last three seasons. The 'Skittles Beast' just is a hammer, pounding out yards, and really has a lot of football smarts. New Orleans running back corp is an interesting platoon that is currently ranked 23rd in the NFL in rushing yards. It really starts with Pierre Thomas, who leads the bunch with 485 yards on the season. On down the line, we see a man who simply looks like a draft bust in Mark Ingram, and then rookie Khiry Robinson. Where on earth is Darren Sproles? 4th on the list, with 146 yards. Sproles just hasn't looked himself this year. He's had flashes, but for the most part has not been very productive. So, right now, we see that New Orleans is the best in WR and QB positions, but Seattle is leading in the RB department.

Let's move to defense.

• Let's think about something-> Seattle leads the NFL with the best pass defense, and New Orleans is 3rd. That really tells the story about how good these defenses are, but this does give a significant advantage to New Orleans, actually. Seattle doesn't have very good receivers, probably letting Malcolm Jenkins, Roman Harper, and outstanding rookie Kenny Vaccaro to simply shut Seattle's passing game down. Seattle's secondary is the best in the NFL, as we said, with the sensational play of Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas, but a suspension has weakened the group over the past week. Brandon Browner was a big cog in the secondary, and he will be missed, especially tonight against these Saints. Talent-wise, I'd say the Saints and Seahawks are close to equal in the front 7. Both D-Lines are stacked, with Seattle's 2013 offseason acquisition Cliff Avril, and New Orleans budding stars of Cam Jordan and Akiem Hicks. The LBs for both teams are also just as impressive, as Seattle hails 3 sensational men: Bruce Irvin, KJ Wright, and Bobby Wagner. The Saints claim the sack-happy Junior Galette, and a great tackler in Curtis Lofton.

And so, my friends, I ask you, "After telling you all that, who will win the game?"

Heck, I don't know. One thing that does scare me for New Orleans is that this is in Seattle, at CenturyLink Field, probably the loudest stadium in the United States during Seahawks games. However, I just think there are a few questions Seattle's defense needs to answer before I pick them to win tonight. I want to see if that secondary can hold up very long against the scorching hot bunch from the Bayou. Right now, I will go out on a limb and say New Orleans will win, 28-27. Sound good? OK. Let's roll with that.

For now, this has been Ben Anderson, now signing off...