The teams playing on Sunday need no introduction or back-story, and many of the players are already household names. The match-ups on Sunday are going to be thrilling on both sides of the ball. This is setting up to be one of the better Super Bowls in recent history.
Pats O-Line vs. SEA D-Line:
This is the biggest match-up of the game for me. I've seen my Jets play Brady twice a year for ages now, and there is one common denominator in each win and each loss: Was Brady pressured? If yes, I've seen him look like a pedestrian QB, frustrated and most importantly, beatable. If no however, he'll carve a defense up better than anybody else I've ever seen play the game.
Michael Bennett and Bruce Irvin, as well as the LB's and rest of the D-Line will have alot to say about whether or not the Seahawks repeat. New England's o-line is solid, but certainly not infallible. This is the kind of match-up that puts the Logan Mankins trade under the microscope once again. Does NE get to this point without Tim Wright (the TE they got in exchange for Mankins)? Probably. Would they prefer to have Mankins in there to sure up the OLine as opposed to a Gronkowski Insurance Plan? Also, probably. (Cue Tim Wright catching the game-winning TD) Bottom-line, if SEA can as much as create pressure on Brady, and sustain that pressure for four quarters it's their game to lose.
Rob Gronkowski vs. Earl Thomas III/Kam Chancellor:
Another match-up pitting the NE offense against the vaunted SEA defense. Simply put, Gronkowski is a top 3 receiving weapon in the league, and the duo of Thomas/Chancellor is the best safety tandem in the league by a mile. If Gronk is kept in check, especially in the redzone then again, it's curtains for New England. If he's allowed to bully everybody else across the middle and impose his will, NE will undoubtedly have a profound edge.
Earl Thomas' health is of huge concern to those of us who want to see the Patriots crash and burn on the biggest stage. If he's not out there, it changes EVERYTHING. Richard Sherman isn't Richard Sherman if ET3 isn't patrolling the middle of the field. Kam Chancellor isn't the game-breaker he's become without his running mate out there. He's the x-factor, and the key to Seattle's success on defense on Sunday, is of course is what will ultimately decide the winner of the game.
Marshawn Lynch vs. New England's Front-7:
BEAST. MODE. NE have some maulers up front, lead by Wilfork and Chandler Jones on the end. Seattle's O-Line his supremely underrated though and Marshawn Lynch is one of, if not the best post-season RB I've ever watched, so this is sure to be a great match-up. If Lynch can get rolling early it's probably a wrap, it allows Russell Wilson to relax and play the complimentary-style he's been so successful playing. If Lynch is neutralized however, can Russell Wilson on his own beat the Patriots? I don't think so. Please for the love of God Marshawn, please run it down the Pat's throats and politely ask Brady, Bellichick, Bob Kraft and the rest of Pats Nation to HOLD YA DIIIIIICK.
SEA WRs vs. NE CBs:
Well, this kinda sucks because it's so one-sided. New England's tandem of Brandon Browner and The Turncoat Scumbag Formerly Known as Revis Island is about a billion times better than Seattle's receiving corps. Don't expect much out of Doug Baldwin & Co. so Russell Wilson is going to have to figure something out with his legs. This is really the only clearly lob-sided match-up between these two teams, and it scares the hell out of me as a Pats-Hater.
The John Idzik Effect:
This fucking clown. Guy flushed the entire Jets organization down the toilet in one foul swoop, while simultaneously, improbably giving the rival Patriots an on-field advantage for the Lombardi Trophy. See it all starts with Idzik taking a scolding, steaming shit in his hand and extending it to Darrelle Revis' camp this past spring. Spitting in Revis' eye and clearing his path to Foxboro is just one of a laundry list of AWFUL personnel decisions he made in his two seasons in NY. Then in October, in a failed attempt to save his ass from his eventual fate, he traded for Seattle's mercurial x-factor Percy Harvin. Despite a solid half-season with the Jets, taking him off the Seahawks and out of the Patriot's concern for Sunday is just a CLASSIC Jets move. Only way to make it more Jets is if the Pats win because of their secondary. The stars are aligning for a bcase meltdown come Sunday night all at the hands of this money grubbing, clueless piece of shit mother fucker.
Prediction: Seahawks 27 - 23 Patriots. Please Beast Mode, for me.
No comments:
Post a Comment