The especially aggressive plan by Gregg Williams to throw blitz packages at the 49ers during their exhibition game helped offensive coordinator Greg Roman prepare for their playoff matchup. "Thankfully, they blitzed us in the preseason game and really gave us some good film to study," Roman said. "We pretty much had the whole montage of blitzes. "They're really good at what they do and they came up with one or two that gave us problems during the game. Thankfully, most of them we saw in the preseason." Alex Smith beat the Saints' blitzes on two of his touchdown passes, as well as his 28-yard touchdown run.