This will be a interesting football game to watch unfold tomorrow afternoon in Washington.  The Saints won 24-20 last week at home against the Bucs while the Redskins did not look good in losing 16-7 to the Giants.  The Saints don’t match up especially well against the Redskins’ Defense without Marques Colston available for this game.  The Redskins had all kinds of trouble with Plaxico Burress because of his size but the Saints don’t have anyone at WR like that now.  Devery Henderson and David Patten will be going deep but look for Brees to use Jeremy Shockey early and often in this game as well as Reggie Bush out of the backfield.  Reggie Bush will also put a lot of pressure on the linebackers of the Redskins when he’s running to the perimeter of the defense.  Pierre Thomas handles the rough stuff inside but the Redskins should be able to handle that stuff better than they did last week against Brandon Jacobs.

The Redskins will likely attack the middle of the Saints’ defense as the Bucs ran the ball all over them rushing for 146 yards on 20 carries (7.3 ypc).  The Bucs didn’t have the patience to stick with the running game but the Redskins will without a doubt.  Clinton Portis could have a huge game for the Redskins tomorrow unless linebacker Jonathan Vilma meets up to the challenge.  The Redskins do have some speed at WR in Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle El but that will only matter if Jason Campbell plays a lot better than he did last week.  Look for TE Chris Cooley to have an important role in this game after he only caught 1 pass for 7 yards last week against the Giants.

PREDICTION:  NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 20, WASHINGTON REDSKINS 19