SAINTS at t SEAHAWKS

Saturday, 4:35 p.m., Ch. 5

Seahawks by 8, 46½

OK, so the Saints finally won on the road in Philly last week. That was kid stuff. Their last two trips to the Clink, including one as an overwhelming playoff favorite, have turned into nightmares. In a loss this year, the leather-lunged 12th Man corps so disrupted Drew Brees and his offense that the Saints couldn’t function. The Saints will be better. Sean Payton will see to that after poring over the game tapes. But Seattle’s physical secondary can take out his receivers. New Orleans’ lightweight front is no match for Marshawn Lynch (remember the “Beast Quake,”) and Russell Wilson can defy Rob Ryan’s blitzes with his quickness and mobility.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Seahawks

and the over.