This is Upon Official Review’s Super Bowl preview from the Colts perspective. Really, there isn’t much to this from the Manning’s point of view. They need a great game from #18, and if they get it, they are going to be Champs for the second time in the last 4 seasons. Sure, they need to be able to make one or two stops on Drew Brees and the Saints, but Manning is more than capable of matching Brees score for score. I actually think that Indianapolis needs to not forget about the Saints running game, because if they let the Saints run all over them, they could be in for a long night.

The Saints have been a really nice and cute story, and America loves cute stories, but the bottom line is Peyton Manning is the best there ever was, and he knows exactly what he needs to do in order to lead his team to victory in Miami on Sunday night. The Saints were and are a nice story, but the best players are what wins in the NFL, not the best stories. the Saints were lucky that the Vikings turned the ball over 75,000 times in the NFC Championship, or they wouldn’t even be in this game.

The Saints haven’t played well since they blew the Patriots out on Monday night on November 30th, excluding their first playoff game against the Arizona Roadkill. Since that time, they won a game in overtime against the Redskins, when Washington’s kicker missed a 27 yard field goal that would have iced the game with 2 minutes left. They then beat Atlanta by 3 points, followed by 3 straight losses to end the season. Any of this sound in the least bit impressive to you? New Orleans is the typical, great offensive team that starts out like a ball of fire, but starts to peter out toward the end of the season, and eventually loses (see Patriots: 2007). I just don’t think they have the squad to beat Indianapolis with all the marbles on the line. Maybe if Indy turns it over like the Minnesota Chokings (what, too soon?) did a couple of weeks ago, then they can win, but beyond that scenario, I just don’t see it happening.

Prediction: Colts 38 – Saints 28, Manning wins the MVP

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Tomorrow Magnum will be posting his Super Bowl Preview from the Saints’ perspective.

- Murdock