Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints still know very well what it takes to win a Super Bowl ring. He has the motivation and the talent needed to guide the Saints pass the Detroit Lions on the Superdome. Brees is going for a fourth consecutive win, and he knows that the Lions, a team that was expected to be the biggest surprise of the season, is working in overdrive mode to try to salvage their dream season from been a complete disaster. He is well aware of the Lions current situation, but then again, Ndamukong Suh’s inhability to play football with the professionalism that the league expects, his disrespect for the game, could also jeopardize the Eagles chances into the Playoffs. At 7-4 the Detroit Lions have been able to turn their season around for good. But the Saints, and their 8-3 record for the season and their most recent boost could be a very big bone to chew on. The Saints had no mercy on Monday Night Football when they tore apart the playoffs-hopeful New York Giants 49-24. Brees and the Saints offensive line pretty much defiled the Giants defense pushing them into allowing the second most yards in franchise history. The Lions on the other hand, are not really working things out too smoothly. They had a brilliant start, collecting a 5-0 run that had many fans and reporters looking their way early in the season. But ever since week 6 things have been very irregular, to say the least, with the Lions Rajabandot.
It seems that the promising team is back to the same old habits that had them lingering among the weakest teams in the league. Detroit has lost four of its last six games since the 5-0 start and as if that was not enough, Suh has been suspended for two games for intentionally stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith in the game that the squad lost 27-15 on Thanksgiving. Suh has shown no signs of remorse, and to make things worse this is his 5th violation of on field rules in his first two years in the NFL. After dropping that game the Lions got trapped in a three-way tie for the NFC’s two wild-cards spots available, but as of press time, it will be either the Chicago Bears or the Atlanta Falcons the two teams that would make the best out of a possible tiebreak situation. What the Lions should be extremely worried about is on the extraordinary performance that Drew Brees has shown when playing against the Lions. In 2008 while playing in Detroit Brees passed for 351 yards with two touchdowns for a 42-7 win. As if that wasn’t enough, the following year, on September 13, 2009, as the Saints were working into their first ever Super Bowl, Brees threw for 358 yards and a career high 6 touchdowns against the Lions in a 45-27 victory. With Mark Ingram, Pierre Thomas and Darren Sproles with more than 400 yards this season, the Saints rushing game is looking quite strong and it is uncertain whether the Lions are going to have something to control the damage.