This is why I hate these so called expert analysis shows from former players

San Fran isn't a dome team nor do they suck arse on the road.

Plus green bay is a bit of an unknown this season.

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Yesterday on the NFL Network most of the former player panel picked the Eagles to beat the Saints because the weather was going to be too tough of a factor for us to deal with. Yet today these same jackasses all picked the 49ers, (a team from California,) to beat the Packers in -17 degree frozen weather!
I don't know why I watch this shite!!

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49ers are a ground and pound team with a great D and much more physical wide receivers so being from Cali i don't think means as much as they match up well with the weather. Saints had been much worse away from home all year.

Although i liked the Saints yesterday because Payton and Brees are so much more experienced in playoff games than Kelly/Foles

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Yet today these same jackasses all picked the 49ers, (a team from California,) to beat the Packers in -17 degree frozen weather!

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who passes more, the saints or 49ers? who relies on running more?

It has just as much to do with your style of play as it does with your location.

I agree with the other posters, but I'm also posting to agree with your statement that countdown shows and the people on them are obnoxious and bias pricks

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Yesterday on the NFL Network most of the former player panel picked the Eagles to beat the Saints because the weather was going to be too tough of a factor for us to deal with. Yet today these same jackasses all picked the 49ers, (a team from California,) to beat the Packers in -17 degree frozen weather!

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Have the 49ers won a road playoff game in their history? I believe so. People need to stop being offended by everything. The saints won be happy and stfu

aside from the fact that weather affects different play styles in differing ways, there are other things to consider.

if i think the eagles and saints are about even (i do) and the saints have to go on the road and play in some cold weather, why would i not consider that in my pick? it's just the one factor that puts it over the edge in favor of the eagles.

on the same note, i dont think the 49ers and packers are even. i think the 49ers are reasonably better. the weather/home field is still a factor, but it doesn't put the packers over the edge, it just gets them closer to being even with the 49ers, so i still pick the 49ers.

the third option (the one you've chosen) is that there is a pick against the saints conspiracy going around the world, which is obviously just as reasonable as the alternatives provided in this thread.