WILL be fun to see the J.O Brees and Saints ENTER CANDLESTICK park in the PLAYOFFS

it certainly doesn't hurt to play the broke dick teams in their division. 6 games against teams with high school offenses.

 Saints  49ers?i really think it depends on where they play .Who has the home game matters maybe more for 9ers..If SF gotta play them at the dome ,diffrent game  even if there home Saints have been there done that experiance wins championships ,then Defense   Plus the 9ers gotta beat Saints and Packers to be in the Super Bowl dont they?

Huge respect for SF but  are they ready to go against  the 2 biggest shootout teams in football.Lets face iteven if the 9ers hold the big guns to 24 or 28 points which is a great day against Brees or Rodgers .How is your offence scoring 30 or more points to beat them..Dont add up 

most likely it will be in san fran unless they lose to the Rams.

If they lose to the Rams they don't deserve to win a playoff game.

Be tough to win in the dome.

LMAO, typical 49er fan.    Duh, 250 comes first before 300.  So obviously he already reached 250 to get to 300. 

Let me help you out, what you were trying to say was if he threw for 500, they would've lost by 35?

I can see the similarities there and wasn't it the last time a team won with a subpar QB? . I love to see the 49ers win it all but people seem to forget how bad Smith was in the past. Blame everything else you want but please don't tell me he didn't deserve most of it. He "manages" the games well this year and all of a sudden, all is forgotten.

Jesus, you have the cognitive capacity of a six year old.

Let me help you out: I meant exactly what I typed

By your logic, if I said "Imgine if he threw for 50 yards instead of 300 yards,"  you are saying the score would have been closer, not more of a blowout, because he did throw for 50 yards.

There is a big difference for throwing for 50 yards in the first quarter compared to ending up with 50 yards passing for the game.

Not sure why I am even bothering responding to this post for someone who clearly has processing deficits.

I'm not sure which is more fun....the battle going on in this thread or the battle which would occur should SF as expected host NO after the wild card round. LOL
First, both teams need to make it through this weekend's divisional rivalry rematches, SF @ SL and NO vs Car. Both teams would like to win for a shot at the #2 seed...SF clinching #2 with a win and NO needing to win and needing SF to lose at SL. SF dominated and shut out SL @ home. I'm not necessarily expecting an exact repeat performance but I am sure they will win by 10+ and I don't see this as a taxing contest in terms of health/injuries going forward. Beating SL is not a very big deal (2-13 SU and 2-12-1 ATS). NO is coming off the short week from a very emotional and important division clinching win. A let down would not be a complete shock. Also, they face a Car team which typically gives them a tough battle. I would not be all that surprised if Car wins the game. I can see how if NO goes all out to win this game and that if as I am expecting Car does give them a tough game, that could take a physical toll on NO. Both SF and NO play in the same time slot so neither will have the benefit of knowing the others result impacting their own strategy for their final season game....other than score-board watching and making strategical adjustments in game. SF will play to win and it should not be a big challenge, NO will have the option to begin resting for the wild card round if it is apparent that SF is taking care of business from the get go and IMO that would be a very smart move for NO...to start resting for the wild card round.
After the game, SF gets to go home, rest and prepare for 2 weeks. On the other hand, NO will have to prepare for most likely Atl in a rematch of last MN's game. Assuming they beat Atl again, they will then have to face a well rested SF team the following week. If you are following my thinking, it should be extremely obvious that SF will have a HUGE advantage in terms of rest and preparation and NO will have a HUGE disadvantage being most likely tired, beat up with no real opportunity to heal and rest leading up to that SF game.
Additionally, SF with the home field will have a very fired up and excited home crowd cheering on the best Niner team and first playoff appearance in years. The away team will have to deal with the crowd noise and a pumped up, energized 49er squad, another disadvantage.
SF is 7-0-1 ATS at home and NO is 5-3 ATS on the road so there is another indication of the home field advantage for SF and NO's drop off in efficiency on the road (NO is 7-0 ATS at home).
Aside from SF's excellent defense and the TO margin favoring ball-hawking SF, I would like to point out another big but seemingly overlooked advantage...the kicking game. SF punter Lee has been a serious weapon in terms of field position. This guy can and does flip the field consistently and averages an NFL 2nd best 50.5 and NFL best net yards punting 44.1 and also a low 8.3 per return. He booms them far and high, allowing the coverage the time to get down field. I'm not going to mention much of Akers as far as his FG accomplishments this season, because that also underscores SF's red-zone problems. If SF was more efficient in the red zone, Akers would not have so many FG attempts to begin with. However, very notable is Akers' efficiency from 50+yards, 7-9 which is a big plus. NO Kasay is only 2-5 from 50+.  Advantage Niners.
I like both of these teams this year but as long as the line is a reasonable SF-3 or so, I would have to put my money on SF. If the situation were reversed and NO playing at home in this match up, then of course I would choose NO.

BOL everyone!

Saints are a different team on the road. This was the team that LOST TO A 7-9 SEAHAWK TEAM.