I assume from the text that you are picking Chicago to win, but at this point neither team is in caps. Or maybe this is all a clever ruse so that when New Orleans gets the upset you can say that you planned it all along?

I was going to be so proud to be the first to point out King's missing capital letters, but someone else beat me to the punch. I thought that I would send an email anyways so that King knows that people are paying attention to his "column".

Sorry about that. CHICAGO.

A cold, windy, rainy day by the lake figures to ground Brees and make it three bad trips to Chicago in a row for the Saints

I thought King's forecast for tonight didn't square with what I experienced when I was just walking around downtown Chicago.

While I suppose the game time temperature of 26F is cold for someone from New Orleans (or the Bay Area), it isn't THAT cold. It's also not very windy (forecast is for 12MPH winds) nor is it supposed to rain (Weather.com says 10% chance of precipitation).

I expect the Saints to win because the Bears passing defense is actually worse than the Saints (Bears are 28th, Saints are 26th). As I noted, its not THAT cold and windy. The Saints may not be completely comfortable but they'll be able to run those "long hand-offs" to Reggie Bush. Drew Brees doesn't need to gun it down field to Marques Colston or Devery Henderson to make the offense go. He can keep dumping it off to Pierre Thomas and Bush to keep Urlacher and Hillenmayer running all over the place all night.

The Bears corners are actually decent. Chicago's D doesn't really get pressure on the QB - a situation that will be worsened by the fact that they really need to be careful on blitzes with Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas coming out of the backfield. As a result, there will be openings that even a cold Brees should be able to exploit.

then simply go to NFL.com which has been running the Thursday night and Sunday night games visually. Click up in the top right corner. You see the network and commentary and have additional screens to click. Yes it's small and sometimes a bit jerky but it's easier to avoid commercials and check your email between plays. You do need a high-speed connection but something like 98% of all US computers have one. It's really sort of nice. I usually do some work (free-lance writing) in one window and watch the game in another.