The finale of the 2009-2010 season is here. Fortunately for fans of offense, the biggest game of the year for the biggest sport in the country will be played by, in the humble opinion of the SportsHuman, the two best quarterbacks in the league today. The accuracy, decision-making, strength, and leadership of both Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are absolutely off the charts, which will make Sunday’s game a fun one.

Both teams are built on terrific offense and decent defense. For the Colts, the passing game is almost everything. The Saints are a bit more balanced, less reliant on the air-game to score. Furthermore, their dynamic running game will be better off than usual against a possibly Freeney-less Indianapolis team. The injury to the Colts’ star defensive end will be huge in this game.

But it won’t stop Peyton Manning from making plays at every opportunity, threading needles and throwing rockets. While the Saints will probably score a whole lot, they won’t be able to stop the coldly efficient Colts’ offense. The Saints don’t have a very fine secondary, and nobody but Darren Sharper will be able to cover Dallas Clark–but if the New Orleans’s safety decides to come up close for the short routes, Reggie Wayne will hit home runs every play. The Colts, on the other hand, have shown an ability to overcome a mediocre secondary and occasionally stop opposing offenses. Robert Mathis is no slouch at defensive end, and while the rest of the defense is rather no-named, they do enough to put Peyton back in the drivers’ seat every so often.

With Freeney hurt, these teams are VERY evenly matched, almost eerily so: Excellent quarterbacks, excellent offensive lines, strong receivers, passing defenses. But because Indianapolis runs a more effective stopping unit, they might just eke one out.

Indianapolis 28 - New Orleans 24