I got the scoring right, but the wrong team. My assumption was that the Colts offense would be the Colts offense and that the Saints defense would be the Saints defense. The Colts had the better defense all season and my assumption was that the Colts defense would be better able to scheme and game plan for the Saints than the Saints defense would be able to game plan and scheme for the Colts. The Colts beat everyone based on their ability to audible and their execution of their game plan. It's so difficult to scheme against because Peyton Manning is so good at making last second adjustments. Instead Manning got predictable and the Colts lost.
I also assumed that the Colts defense with two weeks to prepare would be better prepared for the Saints offense. It's a lot easier to create a defensive game plan and install new defensive schemes than it is to create new offensive wrinkles. As it turned out, Sean Peyton was able to come up with schemes that, if they didn't confuse the Colts cover two, exploited its weaknesses.
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