Not to draw everything back to my team but it sounds like the Bears in 06. They started out really strong, everyone had them as the best team in football after destroying the former NFC champs (seattle), and blowing out some lesser teams by 30+ points. Then some flaws were exposed, the team didn't play all that great towards the end of the year. Finished the season by beating awful Tampa Bay at home in OT, beat the 2-12 Lions by 5 points on the road, and then got blown out by the Packers on New Years Eve to end the season. Even though during all 3 of those games we had the #1 seed in the NFC locked up and thus nothing to play for, not many pundits gave us a chance in the playoffs. Only about half of the media picked us to beat a real mediocre Seattle team at home, and then probably about 80% of the media picked the Saints to mop the floor with us in the NFC title game. Of course this story does nothing to pump up Saints fans as the Bears lost the Super Bowl. But I wouldn't say Indy whiped the floor with us, even though we were outplayed. It was a 1 score game until midway through the 4th quarter when Grossman threw a pick 6. I think the Saints can win this game for sure. They've looked like a dominant football team at times this year, and if they can recapture that for the Super Bowl theres no reason why they can't win handily. That said, I am not sure who I'm picking yet.