VJCPatriot
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I don't know if there's an all-purpose thread leading up the big game yet. But maybe we can start some conversation here on all things related to Pats vs Seahawks in the Superbowl.
1. I feel these are the two best teams in the postseason right now, they both deserve to be here. There were no flukes. So this is a grid-iron feast! Can the Patriots knock off the defending champs?
I know there's no love lost between Sherman + Revis who are probably the two best cornerbacks in the entire NFL right now. Check out their twitter feud from 2013:
http://deadspin.com/5985754/darrelle-revis-and-richard-sherman-got-in-a-slap-fight-on-twitter
2. Let's not forget the coaches! Pete Carroll is a former boss of the Patriots, you know the guy who came after Parcells but before BB, the awkward in-between guy. Honestly he didn't do that bad of a job. The Patriots under Carroll's leadership did ok in the regular season, but did not perform in the postseason. Pete left the Patriots for USC where he won a couple of National championships before taking over in Seattle.
Now it comes full circle. Who will be the Master Coach? Will BB make Pete Carroll look like he is playing checkers while BB moves his pieces on the chessboard? Or will the gameplans unveiled result in one of the most intense coaching/sporting matches in league history?
3. The Ball-gate scandal. BB's tour de force press conference on Saturday expelled all the negative chi. His team and us Pats fans could move on to the next step. Thank goodness for BB. He stepped up and quite possibly saved the franchise. He wouldn't put up with the crap anymore and in no uncertain terms he laid out the testing that the team conducted and why he believed we were innocent of any wrongdoing. Kraft later followed up by stepping up and not only coming out in complete support of his coach and QB but even demanding an apology from the NFL if they found there was no wrongdoing done by our organization. Awesome. Let's move on to the game. Phew!!
4. Madden did it's annual Superbowl video game simulation. Surprisingly it has been fairly on point ever since it started this tradition, 8/11 winners correctly picked. This year's result. Madden predicts a Patriots victory over the Seahawks 28-24.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...at-patriots-will-beat-seahawks-in-super-bowl/
5. With all the talk about how good both defenses are, how is anyone going to score? Well the rules of the NFL favor scoring. They are slanted that way. For the Pats to score, they need to have enough balance to keep Seattle honest. They have a dangerous secondary with Sherman, Chancellor, and Thomas. That means that Blount, Gray, and Vereen need to answer the bell big time! Also, Gronk needs to be a huge factor in both aspects of the game blocking and catching the football.
I believe that Pete Carroll has studied the Pats and knows that disrupting Brady early and often is key. I expect him to work a lot of exotic packages and to blitz quite a bit to rattle Brady early and disrupt his timing.
As for the Seahawks, we need to contain Lynch first and foremost, the man of few words, but who can simply embarrass defenders if we don't get hats on him. Sloppy arm tackles will not work!
And we can't forget about contain on Russell Wilson either. A lot of people talk about the Read Option. The key to us winning is to limit the effectiveness of the Read Option, and forcing Wilson to beat us with his arm.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/25/why-patriots-are-so-concerned-about-seahawks-read-option/
BB is generally acknowledged as a genius. Hopefully he finds the scheme that we need to contain this important aspect of the Seahawks offense. Please throw your thoughts in the ring. May the best team Win!
Go Pats!!!
6. PS Does anyone have any favorite superstitions that they will be using to help will the Pats to a 4th Superbowl win? Playoff beard, don't change your underwear, won't get a haircut, wearing a lucky jersey? Please share!
1. I feel these are the two best teams in the postseason right now, they both deserve to be here. There were no flukes. So this is a grid-iron feast! Can the Patriots knock off the defending champs?
I know there's no love lost between Sherman + Revis who are probably the two best cornerbacks in the entire NFL right now. Check out their twitter feud from 2013:
http://deadspin.com/5985754/darrelle-revis-and-richard-sherman-got-in-a-slap-fight-on-twitter
2. Let's not forget the coaches! Pete Carroll is a former boss of the Patriots, you know the guy who came after Parcells but before BB, the awkward in-between guy. Honestly he didn't do that bad of a job. The Patriots under Carroll's leadership did ok in the regular season, but did not perform in the postseason. Pete left the Patriots for USC where he won a couple of National championships before taking over in Seattle.
Now it comes full circle. Who will be the Master Coach? Will BB make Pete Carroll look like he is playing checkers while BB moves his pieces on the chessboard? Or will the gameplans unveiled result in one of the most intense coaching/sporting matches in league history?
3. The Ball-gate scandal. BB's tour de force press conference on Saturday expelled all the negative chi. His team and us Pats fans could move on to the next step. Thank goodness for BB. He stepped up and quite possibly saved the franchise. He wouldn't put up with the crap anymore and in no uncertain terms he laid out the testing that the team conducted and why he believed we were innocent of any wrongdoing. Kraft later followed up by stepping up and not only coming out in complete support of his coach and QB but even demanding an apology from the NFL if they found there was no wrongdoing done by our organization. Awesome. Let's move on to the game. Phew!!
4. Madden did it's annual Superbowl video game simulation. Surprisingly it has been fairly on point ever since it started this tradition, 8/11 winners correctly picked. This year's result. Madden predicts a Patriots victory over the Seahawks 28-24.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...at-patriots-will-beat-seahawks-in-super-bowl/
5. With all the talk about how good both defenses are, how is anyone going to score? Well the rules of the NFL favor scoring. They are slanted that way. For the Pats to score, they need to have enough balance to keep Seattle honest. They have a dangerous secondary with Sherman, Chancellor, and Thomas. That means that Blount, Gray, and Vereen need to answer the bell big time! Also, Gronk needs to be a huge factor in both aspects of the game blocking and catching the football.
I believe that Pete Carroll has studied the Pats and knows that disrupting Brady early and often is key. I expect him to work a lot of exotic packages and to blitz quite a bit to rattle Brady early and disrupt his timing.
As for the Seahawks, we need to contain Lynch first and foremost, the man of few words, but who can simply embarrass defenders if we don't get hats on him. Sloppy arm tackles will not work!
And we can't forget about contain on Russell Wilson either. A lot of people talk about the Read Option. The key to us winning is to limit the effectiveness of the Read Option, and forcing Wilson to beat us with his arm.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/25/why-patriots-are-so-concerned-about-seahawks-read-option/
BB is generally acknowledged as a genius. Hopefully he finds the scheme that we need to contain this important aspect of the Seahawks offense. Please throw your thoughts in the ring. May the best team Win!
Go Pats!!!
6. PS Does anyone have any favorite superstitions that they will be using to help will the Pats to a 4th Superbowl win? Playoff beard, don't change your underwear, won't get a haircut, wearing a lucky jersey? Please share!
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