California Here We Come

The New Orleans Saints are headed to San Francisco! They will arrive on Thursday, giving the team an extra day to acclimate to the time change and then go through a walk through on Friday in preparation for Saturday night's game. The time change shouldn't be too much of a problem for this veteran Saints team. However, the 49er's defense may be a different story. In the Saints 49er's preseason match up Drew Brees left the game with about five minutes left in the first quarter and had only completed one of four passes for six yards. All the same, the Saints are a different team today. Drew Brees is on his way to winning a possible mvp award and has broken numerous records this season. It is difficult to say how the Saints' high powered offense will match up against the 49er's number two ranked defense. I don't think the preseason game will be an indicator as to what the postseason match up will be. Both teams are much different teams today than they were in August. The Saints are playing at an all time record setting pace and the 49er's have held their own. Some things are in the Saints favor. The Saints are familiar with the surface of Candlestick Park and the weather for Saturday's game is forecast to be sunny and mild with winds not being much of a factor. If this is the case I predict the Saints will show up in San Francisco not with "flowers in their hair" but with "fire in their eyes." San Francisco should get prepared for another earthquake on Saturday because the Saints are coming to to town and the things are about to get all shook up!