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 Post subject: NFC Wild Card: Bears @ Saints
PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:29 pm 
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You know, the 2020 NFC season seems to be full of teams who have no business being in the playoffs. They keep saying whoever wins the NFC East is least deserving, but honestly, the team who least deserves to be in the playoffs? The Chicago Bears. Where do I start? The Bears' 5-1 start was immensely fraudulent, as one win was a comeback victory over the Lions, and another was one of the Falcons' trademark chokes. Only one of the five wins was against a playoff team. Out of the six straight losses that followed, four of them came against playoff teams, and the other two? Minnesota and Detroit--both at home. The Bears later won three straight against nobodies, and got trounced at home by the Packers in Week 17. So how did the Bears make the playoffs at 8-8? Because the Cardinals had their free fall at the wrong time.

Now here's where it gets tricky. The Bears will face the New Orleans Saints, who are a real team and beat the Bears this season. However, the Saints' postseason history following their Super Bowl XLIV win has been marked with embarrassing losses, the most recent one taking place last year, where they--at 13-3--were eliminated at home in OT by the Vikings. The Saints started 1-2 after back-to-back losses to the Raiders and Packers, but they went on a nine-game winning streak after that, even with Drew Brees out. However, their losses to the Eagles and Chiefs pretty much knocked them out of top seed consideration, but they still ended up ruling the NFC South and finished at 12-4.

2020 Statistics

New Orleans Saints

Total Offense: 6,023 yds; 376.4 ypg (12th)
Passing Offense: 3,758 yds; 234.9 ypg (19th)
Rushing Offense: 2,265 yds; 141.6 ypg (6th)
Total Defense: 4,974 yds; 310.9 ypg (4th)
Passing Defense: 3,472 yds; 217 ypg (5th)
Rushing Defense: 1,502 yds; 93.9 ypg (4th)

Chicago Bears

Total Offense: 5,302 yds; 331.4 ypg (26th)
Passing Offense: 3,655 yds; 228.4 ypg (22nd)
Rushing Offense: 1,647 yds; 102.9 ypg (25th)
Total Defense: 5,519 yds; 334.9 ypg (11th)
Passing Defense: 3,705 yds; 231.6 ypg (12th)
Rushing Defense: 1,814 yds; 113.4 ypg (15th)

The Saints should feast off the Bears "offense"; top 5 in all defensive categories. In addition, the Bears have the lowest turnover ratio (-4) out of all 14 playoff teams, while the Saints' 26 takeaways put them in a tie for 3rd in the league (T-2nd among playoff teams, only the Steelers have more). With that said, Saints should take this one.

Prediction: Saints by 14

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 Post subject: Re: NFC Wild Card: Bears @ Saints
PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:27 pm 
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As long as the running game goes, so goes the Bears.

I have two storylines, one directly involving the game--the other as a true (what the ---- is really happening moment.)

The Bears defense against Drew Brees. Even though several Saints players have tested positive are on the COVID-19/Reserve list, this game might be a bit more competitive than most media people have been thinking.

Plus, the Saints are at home--and even that fake crowd noise will help them tremendously.

As for the other storyline, the first kids network known for green slime and other slapstick humor will be carrying their first ever NFL game.

Yes, you read this correctly--Nickelodeon (since they are Viacom partners, like CBS has been for years) will have their own separate broadcasting crew.

The Nickelodeon broadcast will be available for streaming for free on the NFL App.

According to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, "talent for the Nickelodeon broadcast will be play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle (the radio voice of the NBA’s Clippers and also the son of Ian Eagle) and analysts Nate Burleson of CBS Sports and Nickelodeon performer Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, who appears on “All That” and “Unfiltered”. The sideline reporter will be 14-year-old Lex Lumpkin, who works with Green on “All That” and “Unfiltered.”

The pregame coverage on Nickelodeon on Jan. 10 will begin with “The SpongeBob SportsPants Countdown Special” at 4 p.m. ET hosted by Von Miller of the Denver Broncos. The show will highlight SpongeBob’s best sports moments and featuring live pre-kickoff appearances by Jim Nantz and Tony Romo (probably appearing remotely since testing positive for the virus.) Eagle, Burleson and Green will also appear.

The halftime segment will feature Nickelodeon programming including SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck, which honestly seems more interesting than former coaches and athletes laughing at bad jokes inside a studio."

(Most people on Twitter were hoping to see instead the song "Sweet Victory".)

"To clarify: Viewers watching the Nickelodeon broadcast will see traditional game replays. The Nick-ified part comes with plays the broadcast is treating with graphics for highlight packages and bumpers to a (commercial) break. Think slime."

If there is a major injury or someone has to get carted off the field, we will see how the CBS Sports personnel in the truck handles that very sensitive issue.

Ratings aside, there is also Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer for Amazon Prime--and that is probably where I am going to be catching the game. If my grandfather was alive today, he was a true CBS lifer so he would have stuck with them the whole way.


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Saints dismantle sluggish Bears offense; will host Buccaneers in the NFC Divisional Playoff.

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Bears missed many opportunities early. Saints good but are they super bowl good?


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At the very least, many young kids enjoyed watching their first game with their parents as virtual slime and Spongebob Squarepants made their presence felt on Nickelodeon:

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