Game Preview - Week 6: New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks

Seattle: The Seahawks got blanked in Pittsburgh last week for the first time since September of 2000. Adding injury to insult, wide receiver Deion Branch will miss the next two games with a sprained foot. WR Bobby Engram will replace Branch in the starting lineup at the flanker position opposite Nate Burleson. Look for the Hawks to get Shaun Alexander moving, bad wrist and all, against a so-so Saints front seven. This is the beginning of a nice stretch of winnable games for Seattle (Saints, Rams, Browns) as they compete for the title of "2nd Best Team in the NFC."

Start: QB Matt Hasselbeck, RB Shaun Alexander, WR Bobby Engram
Consider: WR Nate Burleson, TE Marcus Pollard, K Josh Brown
Sit: WR Deion Branch, Seahawks D/ST

New Orleans: The hits just keep on coming to the New Orleans Saints. Tack on another loss thanks to the Panthers and John Kasay's late field goal. Their dismal 0-5 start is punctuated by Drew Brees leading the league in interceptions (9) to go with one (1) touchdown pass. Ouch. Reggie Bush's first crack at hauling the mail by his lonesome turned into decent yardage numbers (119 combined rushing/receiving) but his 3.2 per carry average is indicative of the Saints struggles this season. Their offensive line has struggled to open holes, protect Brees, and routinely commits penalties at in-opportune times. They say, never bet against a trend so I'll roll with Seattle in this contest until New Orleans crawls out of their funk.

Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Marques Colston
Consider: QB Drew Brees, TE Eric Johnson WR Devery Henderson
Sit: RB Deuce McAllister, TE Mark Campbell, K Olindo Mare

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

New Orleans Saints
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 16	Drew Brees	Pass: 240, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 2	Reggie Bush	Rush: 80, 1 Rec: 6-45, 0
RB 42	Aaron Stecker	Rush: 10, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 16	Marques Colston	Rec: 5-70, 1
WR 42	Devery Henderson	Rec: 2-30, 0
WR 53	Lance Moore	Rec: 3-30, 0
TE 10	Eric Johnson	Rec: 4-40, 0

Seattle Seahawks
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 6	Matt Hasselbeck	Pass: 230, 2 Rush: 5, 0
RB 3	Shaun Alexander	Rush: 100, 1 Rec: 1-5, 0
RB 43	Maurice Morris	Rush: 20, 0 Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 12	Bobby Engram	Rec: 7-85, 1
WR 19	Nate Burleson	Rec: 5-65, 1
WR 38	Ben Obomanu	Rec: 2-25, 1
TE 19	Marcus Pollard	Rec: 2-20, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

New Orleans Saints
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-06	IND	A	L 10-41	-31
2	2007-09-16	TB	A	L 14-31	-17
3	2007-09-24	TEN	H	L 14-31	-17
4		Bye
5	2007-10-07	CAR	H	L 13-16	-3
6	2007-10-14	SEA	A	W 28-17	+11
7	2007-10-21	ATL	H
8	2007-10-28	SF	A
9	2007-11-04	JAC	H
10	2007-11-11	STL	H
11	2007-11-18	HOU	A
12	2007-11-25	CAR	A
13	2007-12-02	TB	H
14	2007-12-10	ATL	A
15	2007-12-16	ARI	H
16	2007-12-23	PHI	H
17	2007-12-30	CHI	A

Seattle Seahawks
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	TB	H	W 20-6	+14
2	2007-09-16	ARI	A	L 20-23	-3
3	2007-09-23	CIN	H	W 24-21	+3
4	2007-09-30	SF	A	W 23-3	+20
5	2007-10-07	PIT	A	L 0-21	-21
6	2007-10-14	NO	H	L 17-28	-11
7	2007-10-21	STL	H
8		Bye
9	2007-11-04	CLE	A
10	2007-11-12	SF	H
11	2007-11-18	CHI	H
12	2007-11-25	STL	A
13	2007-12-02	PHI	A
14	2007-12-09	ARI	H
15	2007-12-16	CAR	A
16	2007-12-23	BAL	H
17	2007-12-30	ATL	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	NO Offense	SEA Offense	NFL Average
Points for	13.5	21.0	21.0
Rushing yards	94.0	95.7	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	3.42	3.49	4.07
Completion %	63.3%	62.9%	62.2%
Passing yards	231.0	240.0	214.2
Passing yards per completion	8.04	11.04	10.59
Passing yards per attempt	5.09	6.94	6.59
Interceptions	2.0	0.7	1.0
Fumbles lost	1.0	0.3	0.7
Sacked	1.0	2.0	2.1

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 5 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 1 to 5 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	NO Defense	SEA Defense	NFL Average
Points against	31.0	16.0	21.0
Rushing yards	93.0	110.3	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	3.55	4.16	4.07
Completion %	62.6%	59.9%	62.2%
Passing yards	214.5	224.0	214.2
Passing yards per completion	15.30	10.75	10.59
Passing yards per attempt	9.58	6.44	6.59
INT return	0.5	1.0	1.0
Fumble recoveries	0.0	1.0	0.7
Sacks	0.0	3.3	2.1

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Team vs. Team History

New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle Seahawks
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	3	2000-09-17	NO	SEA	10-20	SEA
2003	1	2003-09-07	NO	SEA	10-27	SEA
2004	1	2004-09-12	SEA	NO	21-7	SEA

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 and 2005 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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