Will Saints be able to expose Seahawks secondary?

The New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks will face off on Sunday. This game doesn’t have strong implications like the 2010 Wild Card Game or their 2013 regular season meeting. Or their 2013 NFC Divisional Round meeting.

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This is simply the NFC’s top team against a mediocre team. But this should be an exciting game. It’s a classic offense vs. defense matchup. You have Drew Brees who’s second in passing yards with 2,101 passing yards and first in passing touchdowns with 17.

Only the Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers are averaging more points-per-game than the Saints’ 29.3.

The Seahawks are the NFL’s third-best best defense in yardage, allowing just 310.2 of those per game. They rank seventh against the pass. They are tied with the Minnesota Vikings in scoring defense, allowing just 14 points per game.

So here you have the unstoppable force (Drew Brees,) against the immovable object (Legion of Boom.) Can we really trust Brees and the Saints to have a big day against the Seahawks, even at home?

We’ll disregard his two awful performances in Seattle three seasons ago. Times were different, having to play in Seattle and all. Back then, he had Jimmy Graham. Now, he has Willie Snead, Coby Fleener, Michael Thomas and Brandin Cooks.

There’s no easy solution to beating the Seahawks. They allowed 342 passing yards to Carson Palmer, but only allowed six points and sacked him four times.

But the Saints have a huge advantage with all their weapons. Richard Sherman will see a lot of Brandin Cooks, so Brees can look for Thomas and Snead over the middle. Mark Ingram should get a lot of carries and screen passes as well.

Brees likes to spread the ball to different guys, but I’m expecting Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor to defend against the deep ball more, daring Brees to throw it sort. Luckily, he has the personnel to do it.

Will Brees have a field day? Here’s my guess:

27-39, 310 passing yards, two touchdowns, one interception.

Brees will have a better day against the Seahawks defense than most, but don’t expect mind-blowing numbers. Seattle is too good.

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