Pretty sure Atlanta will be a little more prepared and focused on a game that actually matters. I have no problem with the prediction of Seattle winning, but to say that just because the Bucs beat them, that means Seattle should too, is ridiculous. Using that logic, the Saints should not have won the 2009 SB since the 3-13 Bucs beat them at home in week 16.
Obviously the game mattered to Mike Smith. Why else would he play his starters the entire game? The Saints on the other hand didn't play their starters the entire game. What did Mike Smith have to prove by playing his starters if the game was really meaningless. I don't understand that logic.
I believe Mike Smith said something along the lines of........he wanted to keep all the starters going full throttle, because of the one and done history they have.
