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Eagles at Saints

With the Eagles on offense facing the Saints' D the key stat separating winner from loser will be Yards per Play. The Eagles lead the league earning 6.2 yards per run-plus pass yards. The graphic below ssuggests QB Garcia made a statistically significant performance difference.


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In the stat graphic below, picturing the Eagles' season, the explosive performance graphic shows the Eagles lost 4 of their 5 weakest contests. If they live up to their average standout season on offense they could carry the day.


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By comparison the Saints' D performance varies around the league average (light blue line) with half their games above and half below.

Performance counts. The Eagles have an 8-point advantage on this one Killer Stat.

With the Saints on offense they face an Eagle pass D which may be suffering from a case of walking wounded. And the Saints have the people to threaten the vaunted Eagle defense. Note Saints rank 3rd on yards per play (see top graphic).


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Fourteen of 15 Saint receivers earn strong yards per completion figures: Reggie Bush led the crew with 88 catches and an 8.4 average with the following in order: Colson, 70 catches at 14.8 yards per catch, Henderson, 32 for a phenom 23 yards and Joe Horn (if he plays) 30 more completions for a fab 18.4.

This will be one great game.

On balance, the electronic hardware projects the home team Saints, but only by 2.

Bud Goode

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