re: Saints-Vikings Comparison

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apparently the vikings don't have a great receiving corps even though espn analysts say they do, troy aikman said they do, nfl network analysts say they do

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and pretty much all of ESPN analysts are saying Saints have best chance to win Super Bowl...what's your point?

A tough thing with comparing stats is the fact that so much has come against different teams in different circumstances. Just look at the way in which games have finished. The closest the Saints have come to losing is a hail mary at the end of the Rams game. In no other game were the Saints a play away from losing. The Vikings lost by 10 to the Steelers, won on a miracle pass by Favre, and almost lost to the Ravens had they made that last field goal.

Obviously, good teams just find a way to win, this is evident with the Colts. But when you are trying to argue that a team with a blemish on their record is better than an undefeated team, the argument is hurt by the fact that the Vikings could be 8-3 in a worst case scenario while the Saints would be 10-1.