I'll say it again, other then their choice to channel the played-out Honey Badger as their inspiration, I like everything about the San Francisco Forty Niners. I just don't like them to beat New Orleans tomorrow. Like the old adage goes- A perfect pass beats perfect coverage every single time. That Niners D is lights out. They've got ballhawks on the edges, All-Pros in the middle, and their head coach's psychotic mentality between the ears. They are the equal of the Saints offense… but that won't be enough.

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In good conditions and clear weather, I'll take the irresistible force over the immovable object, especially when that force is Drew Brees. And especially when Drew Brees has extra motivation... the motivation of hearing the rap, his offense doesn't travel off their rug. That they're nothing more than a Dome Team. Dome is a 4-letter word, and for the Saints, it's a reason to go. "Dome Team" is the twin brother of "System Quarterback" when it comes to undermining offensive accomplishments. Not that Brees needs anyone or anything to motivate him at this point, but the skeptics and doubters just loaded him up full of fuel, just in case. And he has something else the Niners don't have: experience. The Saints have been here before, they've won January games. Shoot, they won a February game. The Niners have won neither.

Don't get me wrong- Frisco will show up. And they'll ball up. And they're not getting blown out in that tenement they play in. They're too talented, and Jim Harbaugh is too tenacious. I expect them to play well. I just don't expect them to win. Honey Badger don't care, and neither do I.