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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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The 3rd lesson is that the NFL really, really wants to see the Cards or the Panthers succeed. Either the Pats, Broncos or Steelers are going to go to the superbowl from the AFC. All of them are frankly old hat having gone to 9 of the last 10 championship games. We all know how the cabal at 354 Park ave values a "level playing field (for some of it's teams) I worry about them helping to pave the way for "someone new" to be it's champion. And someone new to be the face of the league someone who is not a Manning Rodgers, and definitely NOT a Brady
They clearly want Denver in there. They need Manning to win it all, this season, to balance the rivalry between him and Brady. Carolina will win the NFC. Palmer is a 37 year old QB, playing in his final years. They use these games to develop stars. Newton will likely lose the SB, but he will give a "legendary" performance and be expose to many fans who weren't familiar with him prior to the game. Like Kaepernick against the Ravens at the SB.
It's been obvious for some time that the league wants to set the future path to more filthy lucre than Blackbeard ever dreamed of by making huge media splashes for players like Kaepernik and Wilson. Cam Newton is the real deal, a total package that fits today's NFL landscape like a glove. Big, fast, rocket arm. Hollywood good looks...not even Goondell can screw THIS marketing bonanza up. What Cam will need is a foil, a Manning to his Brady. Who the hell that is is anyone's guess at this point but the fact of life is time marches on...and today marks that new paradigm as the NFL moves forward.
Newton's rival will probably be Wilson. Newton will be Manning, Wilson and the overdone underdog BS story will be Brady. I don't think it will be half as interesting as Brady vs Manning and the NFL will suffer because of it.