NFC Championship Predictions

Minnesota Vikings	0	0	10	7	--	17
New Orleans Saints	0	13	0	7	--	20

In a game that features two great offenses it’ll be the defenses that steal the show. We’ve both quarterbacks throwing two touchdowns, Minnesota stuffing the New Orleans rushing attack and the difference being a Saints field goal.

		Vikings	Saints
	First Downs	19	17
	- Rushing	7	4
	- Passing	11	12
	- Penalty	1	1
	3rd Down Eff	4/12	6/16
	4th Down Eff	0/1	1/1
	Rushes-Yards	31-114	32-49
	Avg Rush	3.7	1.5
	Comp-Att-Int	16-29-1	20-31-1
	Passing Yards	207	261
	Sacks-Yards	1-6	3-21
	Fumbles-Lost	2-1	0-0
	Punts-Avg	5-38.0	5-41.6
	KR-Avg	5-21.6	4-23.3
	PR-Avg	5-10.6	5-7.4
	Penalties-Yard	3-30	2-20
	Time of Possession	28:29	31:31

Eagles/Saints Preview

Offensive Chart

Team	Pts/G	Pass Yds/G	Rush Yds/G
Eagles	24.9	269.3	124.0
Saints	25.8	281.4	110.1

Defensive Chart

Team	Pts/G	Pass Yds/G	Rush Yds/G
Eagles	20.5	191.7	136.4
Saints	20.1	178.4	128.9

Passing Leaders

team	Name	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Eagles	Donovan McNabb	180	316	2647	18	6
Eagles	Jeff Garcia	116	188	1309	10	2
Saints	Drew Brees	356	554	4418	26	11

Rushing Leaders

Team	Name	Rush	Yds	Y/G	TD
Eagles	Brian Westbrook	240	1217	81.1	7
Saints	Deuce McAllister	244	1057	70.5	10
Saints	Reggie Bush	155	565	565	6

Receiving Leaders

Team	Name	Rec	Yds	Y/G	TD
Eagles	Reggie Brown	46	826	51	8
Eagles	Donte’ Stallworth	38	725	81.9	5
Saints	Marques Colston	10	1038	74.1	8
Saints	Devery Henderson	32	745	57.3	5

Defensive Leaders

Team	Name	Tackles	Sacks	INT
Eagles	Jeremiah Trotter	88	0	1
Eagles	Brian Dawkins	76	1	4
Saints	Scott Shanle	74	4	0
Saints	Scott Fujita	64	3.5	2

Prediction
The city of New Orleans is hungry for this game and the Super Dome will be crazy. I’ve had the pleasure to witness a game there in person and I can tell you that it will be deafening. The problem for the Eagles will be their inability to stop the run. I’ll take the Saints.

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