Saints Can Take a Page Out of Bears’ Playbook
The New Orleans Saints will be hosting Brett Farve and the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game with the opportunity to go to the franchise’s first Super Bowl on the line. The Saints will have their hands full with the Vikings balanced offense of Farve airing it out and Adrian Peterson moving the chains between the tackles, however, when looking back at the Vikings’ last loss (against the Chicago Bears on December 28th) there are some lessons to be learned.
The Bears certainly didn’t shut down the Vikings as Farve forced overtime with a miraculous touchdown pass in the final moments of the fourth quarter only to be outdone by Jay Cutler connecting with Devin Aromashodu in OT. The biggest thing that allowed the Bears to defeat the Vikings was their offensive line’s ability to protect their quarterback. Left tackle Chis Williams surprised many in the way he handled Jared Allen (one of the NFL’s best pass rushers).
If the Saint’s offensive line led by Jonathan Stinchcomb and Jonathan Goodwin can protect Drew Brees then they should be able to put points on the board. That being said with the seasons these two teams had offensively look for Sunday’s contest to be a classic scorefest.
