Super Bowl Matchup: New England Patriots (12-4) vs. Seattle Seahawks (12-4)
TV Schedule: Sunday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. EST, NBC
Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium. Glendale, Arizona
Spread: New England -1.5
The two best teams in the NFL will be meeting up in Super Bowl XLIX. This rarely happens as usually a lower seeded team gets healthy and hot during the playoffs and makes a run. But these are two #1 seeds.
How Seattle got here? They ran Marshawn Lynch into the ground (He'll be a free agent this offseason), Russell Wilson made some incredible plays and the defense came up big, not to mention, a huge choke by the packers. The Seahawks managed to beat the Carolina Panthers in their divisional playoff matchup, and beat the Packers in a come from behind thrilling game.
For the Seahawks to win this game, Lynch will have to come up big. More importantly the defense will have to find a way to stop Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the rest of the Patriots’ offense. This is very possible given they are a top ranked defensive unit.
New England made it this far by knocking off the Baltimore Ravens and Joe Flacco (Audubon NJ shoutout), and then dominated the Indianapolis Colts.New England needs to have a balanced attack ( A successful run game and pass game) to be effective against the Seahawks. For that to happen, Brady is going to have to have plenty of time to throw, and LeGarrette Blount has to have another great outing.
Seattle has the best D in the league, but I really don't think it will be enough to stop Brady's offense. It will depend on if Marshawn Lynch can run effectively against the Pats D line. The Seahawks O, goes as Marshawn goes. In the end, I believe Seattle plays a better game than the Pats but turnovers cost them dearly. I'm taking Tom Terrific to win his 4th ring in dramatic fashion.
PREDICTION: Patriots 27, Seahawks 24
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