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The Giants have provided the right roadmap. What really matters is that you make the playoffs one way or the other, stay healthy, are playing your best in December and are mentally tough. They have proven that having the "most talent" or being the "most explosive" or "having the baddest ass D" is not what it takes to win the SB...though any of those are nice things to have going for you.
I would say that any one of a half a dozen teams could represent the AFC in New Orleans: Baltimore, Denver (do you really want to count out a team with Peyton Manning at QB?), Houston, New England, Pittsburgh (know how to win and win ugly, which is what I think this season will come down to) or San Diego.
The winner is not just going to have to sneak into the playoffs, have stayed healthy through December and be playing its best football at that time, but it's also going to have to be unafraid to win big games on the road in a hostile environment.
The formula:
- Make the Playoffs by hook or by crook
- Healthy Team
- Playing your best in December
- Good QB
- Mental toughness to win on the Road.
Fasten your seatbelts. It's gonna be quite a ride.
Which is why a young team in the pats won't fare well on the road in the playoffs...1-2 seed is very important to this team..but them won't be getting those seeds this year...