NFL SUPERBOWL predictions

[Bmore-coupe]

and i'm sad that your fb account exists. no, i will never stop giving you crap for that.

[numbnuts240]

[timay]

There's no way **** Romo and Big Wade are going to the show. They're choke artists.

I said it back in like week 4.

Ravens/Saints (or maybe Saints/Indy)

What are you a butthurt Redskins fan who got owned by everyone? 0-6 in division play, yikes.

The Cowboys have one of the best rush defenses (Ware, Ratliff, Brooking Bradie James, etc). Great pass defense (Jenkins, Newman, Sensabaugh, Hamlin) 2 great running backs (Barber for power, Jones for speed), 2 great receivers (Austin, and I am including Witten), 1 good receiver (Crayton), and one receiver who could be on the same level with Austin and Witten (Williams) if he were on the same page with Romo. Also I didn't mention the Cowboys have a great quarterback by the name of Tony Romo, hate on him all you want but he is the real deal. Hell the Cowboys have one of the best kickoff guys in Buehler who is a touchback machine. The only real weakness is in the kicking, with Shaun Suisham, and thats actually a pretty big concern, since he is a field goal kicker.

Anyways, I think the Cowboys will do just fine.

[HashiriyaS14]

The Cowboys have one of the best rush defenses (Ware, Ratliff, Brooking Bradie James, etc). Great pass defense (Jenkins, Newman, Sensabaugh, Hamlin) 2 great running backs (Barber for power, Jones for speed), 2 great receivers (Austin, and I am including Witten), 1 good receiver (Crayton), and one receiver who could be on the same level with Austin and Witten (Williams) if he were on the same page with Romo. Also I didn't mention the Cowboys have a great quarterback by the name of Tony Romo, hate on him all you want but he is the real deal. Hell the Cowboys have one of the best kickoff guys in Buehler who is a touchback machine. The only real weakness is in the kicking, with Shaun Suisham, and thats actually a pretty big concern, since he is a field goal kicker.

LOL

I'm just saying, despite all that, they've performed less than stellar this season relative to some of the other teams that they're going to be up against in the postseason. They're a good football team, but the Vikings are (IMO) a better football team.

[Bmore-coupe]

I think that the Cowboys look like they may be the real deal this year. Don't get me wrong, I hope they all die, along with all of their fans and especially their owner, but they look pretty good.

[numbnuts240]

go niners?

[Bmore-coupe]

go niners?

[Bmore-coupe]

My prediction is.............................NOT PITTSBURGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timay]

LOL

I'm just saying, despite all that, they've performed less than stellar this season relative to some of the other teams that they're going to be up against in the postseason. They're a good football team, but the Vikings are (IMO) a better football team.

They started off pretty slowly early in the season (almost losing to the chiefs), then turned it on, then turned it off, now they seem to have figured it out and are running on all cylinders. I think the Cowboys might be the best team right now in the NFL, with the Ravens and Jets close behind. Then again if Flacco can find a way to get the ball to Mason, Clayton, Heap etc, with Ray Rice and Mcgahee in the backfield and that defense, oh my, could be interesting.

Don't sleep on the Cards either.

[93coupe]

Did Rich approve your name?

[RCA]

They have almost beaten them the last 3 times that they have played the Pats. Don't call losing Welker a "bad Pats team". All teams play with injuries (I know we are missing quite a few starters) The Ravens lost all of their starting secondary and Brady still couldn't throw on them.

Oh and I am a Ravens fan through good and bad, and am a realist, not a blind fan. I didn't see that coming, but the Ravens kicked the s*** out of the Pats and it was well deserved because they outplayed them on both sides of the ball.

They had no answer for Ray Rice or our beat up defense. Flacco didn't do s***, which kind of worries me going forward.

Welker is easily the most important receiver in the NFL. Brady uses him more then the Pats use Maroney, so with out him Brady seems lost. Also if the Ravens play the Pats 100 times, the Ravens would won't beat them by the margin they did on Sunday. A 24 point first quarter was a fluke. So just because the Ravens demolished the Pats on Sunday doesn't mean the Ravens are Super Bowl favorites all of a sudden. Don't get me wrong, I like the Ravens, I think they are good, but Super Bowl favorites? Really?

If the Jets don't have a rookie QB to throw 6ints we beat the Bills and we would be the division winners. Trust me when I say this...

The Pats are not a good team.

I would have liked to seen a Jets colts rematch so that the Jets could beat the A squad, and it is totally possible because of their defense, with shut down corner Darrelle Revis and that pretty good run defense. Only thing that really ruins games for the Jets is the inexperience in Sanchez, but from his performance against the Bengals in the playoffs, Jets are a team to watch out for. It definitely wouldn't surprise me that they made or even won the Super Bowl.

See the problem with having a shut down corner in Revis is... He only covers one man.

Manning uses all 6 receivers, so Revis' affect isn't the same. We couldn't even cover Laveranues Coles (Bengals 2nd reciever) so imagine trying to cover Dallas Clark, Garcone and Collie... all while stopping Addai running and catching out of the back field. When the Jets played the Colts the Jets were getting out classed by the Colts until they pulled their starters. I am glad we don't get to play them because I know what they can do.

But your right, if we don't put the game in the hands of Sanchez, and he throws over 100 QB rating then yes we have a great shot at winning it all...It's too bad his performance was a fluke. I have watched enough Jets football to know the Jets do not belong in the playoffs and Sanchez is the reason why.

[timay]

Manning uses all 6 receivers, so Revis' affect isn't the same. We couldn't even cover Laveranues Coles (Bengals 2nd reciever) so imagine trying to cover Dallas Clark, Garcone and Collie... all while stopping Addai running and catching out of the back field. When the Jets played the Colts the Jets were getting out classed by the Colts until they pulled their starters. I am glad we don't get to play them because I know what they can do.

But your right, if we don't put the game in the hands of Sanchez, and he throws over 100 QB rating then yes we have a great shot at winning it all...It's too bad his performance was a fluke. I have watched enough Jets football to know the Jets do not belong in the playoffs and Sanchez is the reason why.

Yes true, but then again having your main receiver (Wayne) shut down, does effect the team in that, Revis can go 1 on 1 with Wayne, and Collie or Garcon can be double teamed, not that either are actually worth a double team. Collie and Garcon are most effective because teams are game planning to stop Wayne and Clark, and those teams don't have a Revis, Asomugha, etc.

I don't think the Colts make it past next week, so unfortunately we wont see a rematch of them against the Jets.

Main receivers numbers when facing Jets and Darrelle Revis:Texans: Andre Johnson 4 catches 35 yds 0 tdsPatriots: Randy Moss 4 catches 24 yds 0 tdsTitans: Nate Washington 2 catches 25 yds, 1 tdSaints: Marques Colston 2 catches 33 yds, 0 tdDolphins: Ted Ginn 2 catches 57 yds, 1 tdBills: Terrell Owens 3 catches 13 yds, 0 tdRaiders: Darius Heyward-Bey 2 catches 28 yds, 0 tdDolphins: Greg Camarillo (Ted Ginn didn't start) 1 catch 15 yds, 0 tdJaguars: Torry Holt 2 catches 24 yds, 0 tdPatriots: Randy Moss 5 catches 34 yds, 1 tdPanthers: Steve Smith 1 catch 5 yds, 0 tdBills: Terrell Owens 3 catches 31 yds, 0 tdBucs: Antonio Bryant 2 catches 22 yds, 0 tdFalcons: Roddy White 4 catches 33 yds, 0 tdColts: Reggie Wayne 3 catches 33 yds, 0 tdBengals: Chad Johnson (Ocho Cinco) 0 catchesPlayoffs:Bengals: Chad Johnson 2 catches 28 yds, 0 td

Basically all Revis did was give up only 3 tds, never had 1 receiver go over 100 or 75 yds on him, and gave up over 40 yds only once. Considering alot of the times receivers have single PLAYS over 40 yds, this is really impressive.
Modified by timay at 1:06 PM 1/11/2010

[Bmore-coupe]

Welker is easily the most important receiver in the NFL. Brady uses him more then the Pats use Maroney, so with out him Brady seems lost. Also if the Ravens play the Pats 100 times, the Ravens would won't beat them by the margin they did on Sunday. A 24 point first quarter was a fluke. So just because the Ravens demolished the Pats on Sunday doesn't mean the Ravens are Super Bowl favorites all of a sudden. Don't get me wrong, I like the Ravens, I think they are good, but Super Bowl favorites? Really?.

I never said that I think that the Ravens will win the Super Bowl. Do I hope they do? yes.

I understand the importance of Welker, but to say that anything in that game was a fluke, or that we played "A bad Pats team" is ridiculous. The Ravens were playing with 2nd and 3rd string corners against Tom Brady and Randy Moss, but no one wants top point out those injuries.

This is the same thing that pissed me off after watching the interviews with Belichick and Brady this morning on Sportscenter. Not once, did either of them say that the Ravens played well, it was all about things that they didnt execute well. Give some credit to a team the just kicked your asses, and don't just act like "well, we would have won if we played like the Gods that we are."

The Pats are not as good as they once were. Their defense is mediocre at best. I'm not saying that the Ravens dont have many holes of their own, but, the team that played better won.The Pats have not recently beaten the Ravens by any large score, it usually comes down to one possession and penalties(I wont get into the penalties for doing anything against the "Golden Boy" Tom Brady).

As for next week, The Colts always have our number and blow us out(except for the playoff game in 2006 when we kept Manning out of the end zone for the entire game, but got beaten in a field goal match 15-6) . So I will stay hopeful, but realistic.

[RCA]

Yes true, but then again having your main receiver (Wayne) shut down, does effect the team in that, Revis can go 1 on 1 with Wayne, and Collie or Garcon can be double teamed, not that either are actually worth a double team. Collie and Garcon are most effective because teams are game planning to stop Wayne and Clark, and those teams don't have a Revis, Asomugha, etc.

Well if it didn't work the first time the Jets played the Colts ...

EDIT:I know all the stats. Revis has played against elite talent and stopped them all but the Colts don't work like that. Manning isn't Shaub, Manning throws to who is open, not his number one guy. So the Revis affect works great vs the Cardinals, Lions, Falcons and Broncos but the Colts are a different animal.

Trust me, it happened before, it will probably happen again.

Manning > Revis

I never said that I think that the Ravens will win the Super Bowl. Do I hope they do? yes.

I understand the importance of Welker, but to say that anything in that game was a fluke, or that we played "A bad Pats team" is ridiculous. The Ravens were playing with 2nd and 3rd string corners against Tom Brady and Randy Moss, but no one wants top point out those injuries.

This is the same thing that pissed me off after watching the interviews with Belichick and Brady this morning on Sportscenter. Not once, did either of them say that the Ravens played well, it was all about things that they didnt execute well. Give some credit to a team the just kicked your asses, and don't just act like "well, we would have won if we played like the Gods that we are."

The Pats are not as good as they once were. Their defense is mediocre at best. I'm not saying that the Ravens dont have many holes of their own, but, the team that played better won.The Pats have not recently beaten the Ravens by any large score, it usually comes down to one possession and penalties(I wont get into the penalties for doing anything against the "Golden Boy" Tom Brady).

As for next week, The Colts always have our number and blow us out(except for the playoff game in 2006 when we kept Manning out of the end zone for the entire game, but got beaten in a field goal match 15-6) . So I will stay hopeful, but realistic.

- You might have not said it, but a lot of people on page one put the Ravens in the Super Bowl.

- I have looked through the Ravens injury list and I don't see 3rd string corners. Are you sure they didn't earn the 1st string positions?

- http://www.nfl.com/videos/new-...rence

This is the interview I saw (Press Conference right after the game). They give a lot of credit to Baltimore.

- The Ravens haven't had a 24 point quarter all year, and you guys put up a lot of points vs the...LionsCheifsBrowns Denver and Bears

But to all of a sudden to have a 24 point quarter vs the Patriots and do nothing in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th...You don't think that is a fluke?! Then there is no convincing you. Look I hate the Pats, I really do, and I felt for Raven nation when **** Brady asked for a flag to end your game but if the Ravens play the Pats 100 times...90 of those games are decided with in 10 points.

- You guys have a good recipe vs the Colts. Good D and a running game, but even then... I don't think you guys can pull it off. But I would rather play the Ravens in the AFC Championship then the Colts, so I will be routing for you guys.
Modified by RCA at 4:26 PM 1/11/2010

[BusyBadger]

Don't call losing Welker a "bad Pats team". All teams play with injuries (I know we are missing quite a few starters) The Ravens lost all of their starting secondary and Brady still couldn't throw on them.

How about Harrison, Vrabel & Bruschi.

This isn't the same Pats super-team that used to score as many points with their defense as other teams did with their offense. The defense is a nowhere near what it used to be. Do you think Uncle Beli would have gone for it on 4th and 2 with the Pats defense of old to keep the Colts offense off the field?

Neither do I. It's not a matter of losing just one player, though Welker is a key player. It's an issue of many of the "teams within a team" no longer having key personnel.

[RCA]

Well we were mentioning starters missing because of injuries and not off season moves.

[BusyBadger]

And I think that's exactly what a lot of other people think about too, just the missing starters. It's hard to have a perfect replacement for any one of the players that I just mentioned (or Welker). These aren't the Pats of old despite them still having a boatload of talent.

[Repo Man]

To everyone that continues to badmouth the Colts even after all that they have done: please continue to underestimate what they can pull off as a team. The highly-paid experts on NBC, FOX and ESPN stopped doing that a couple of months ago.

The Jets are in the playoffs because the Colts let them. Period.

There are several differences between this year and years past for several reasons, not the least of which the D line is much better than last year when Sproles ran up and down the field at will. Jim Caldwell has an aggressive streak that Dungy didn't have but needed in certain situations. We're also going to be getting a bunch of guys back healthy that have been out healing for several weeks.

That said, I don't expect Saturday's game to be an easy one. I hope that if the Ravens get past the Colts that they take it all they way and bring home the Lombardi trophy (no offense to Kurt Warner and his squad). I LOVE the way Ray Lewis and Ed Reid play. They remind me of guys like Mike Singletary (a childhood HERO), Mean Joe Green, Walter Payton (I know he was an offensive guy, but he would lay a HIT), so on and so forth.

However it turns out, there is some killer football in store for fans like us!

[EvillE423]

I'm a Steeler fan, but the way they have played this year, they don't deserve to go even to the playoffs. I don't know what the deal was with these 4th quarter losses. But my predictions is it will be either Colts vs. Saints or Ravens vs. Saints. I will be pulling for the AFC either way. The Cowboys do look sharp though. They have come along way since '96.

[HashiriyaS14]

MmmmmHmmmmmmmmmmmm

ravens cowboys....done deal.

cowboys win 21-14.

Also I didn't mention the Cowboys have a great quarterback by the name of Tony Romo, hate on him all you want but he is the real deal.

Anyways, I think the Cowboys will do just fine.

I think the Cowboys might be the best team right now in the NFL, with the Ravens and Jets close behind.

[Mr1der]

lol...rub it in Hash...rub it in.

anyway, The Oldman gets another ring this year.

[RCA]

The Vikings ain't gonna make it. They s*** the bed when they had to start playing teams with winning records.

But no worries, Childress will give Farve the reigns and allow him to audible to the best play instead of making him run the play that was originally called. They did well when Brett was in charge so they will see the light.

Don't get me wrong about Favre or the Vikings. I've been a fan of Brett Favre for a long time and I hope he does well, but I don't think this is gonna be his year.

I told you so?

Also, timay your in site on the NFL is terrible. Please stop.

[Repo Man]

I don't think the Colts make it past next week, so unfortunately we wont see a rematch of them against the Jets..

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[timay]

Yeah I was wrong, and I can admit it.

I watched both the Ravens and Cowboys games, and both teams failed in similar ways, they both started drives on their opponents side of the 50 many times, and failed to capitalize, and both teams had really bad luck as far as turnovers. I mean whens the last time you saw a wide receiver force a fumble on an interception? Really unfortunate things happened in both games. Once the Cowboys lost Flozell Adams, it was over, how in the hell do you expect Doug Free to block Jared Allen? The only good thing was that the Cowboys kept Peterson in check, but let Rice run shop on them.

Still, I think the Jets will beat the Colts next week. It wont be a blowout, but the Jets will win by the skin of their teeth.

[HashiriyaS14]

I don't understand how anyone thought all these wildcard teams with 9-10 wins were going to stomp all over the Saints, Vikings, and Colts and their near-perfect seasons.

Regular season performance = postseason performance

(except the Chargers, apparently, lol)

[timay]

Thats where you're wrong.

Remember last season, those lowly Cardinals made it to the Super Bowl somehow.

Regular season does not equal post season, because some teams hit their stride the last few weeks of the season and carry them through the playoffs. Some teams are getting their key players back from injuries in weeks 15-17.

[Repo Man]

Yeah I was wrong, and I can admit it.

So if that's the case, why in the hell do you keep saying stuff like this?

Still, I think the Jets will beat the Colts next week. It wont be a blowout, but the Jets will win by the skin of their teeth.

Why and how do you think the Jets are going to do this? If you're going to say crap like this, you need to back it up with some kind of a rational thought pattern instead of a random brain vomit. The Colts held a tough team to a field goal that wiped the field with the almighty Patriots the week before. They were supposed to lose many times this past season according to all the experts, but it just didn't happen.

Why do you think it's going to happen now? C'mon man...

[nissangirl74]

I still don't think the Vikings are gonna win it. I watched part of the game today. Favre was on fire and Romo was wallowing in an ever-deepening pile of s***. When Brett is on, he is unbeatable but if he is having an off day, he just s***s the bed and it spreads all over the entire team. Favre isn't "the Vikings" but his attitude, and whether he is having a good day, really dictates how the rest of the team plays.

I know there are a lot of Cowboys fans on here but I am SO glad they aren't going any further. Their inconsistency really shined through today. Wade Phillips is living on borrowed time.

Just noticed that the Jets just beat the Chargers. Holy s***!!! Didn't see that one coming!

[timay]

The reasons I think the Jets will beat the Colts are:

Darrelle Revis WILL shut down whomever he covers. The Jets D WILL shut down the run. Peyton will be scrambling for his life next week, god help him if he gets into a lot of 3rd and 6-9s because he will get torn up. Basically your boy Wayne will be ineffective, you will have no run game (which obviously helps the pass game), Jets have good coverage linebackers and safeties meaning it will be a chore getting the ball to Clark. So in effect, the only way the Colts have a chance at winning is if the game turns into a Garcon and Collie show and the Colts defense can make the Jets make mistakes so they can get the ball on the Jets side of the 50.

[BusyBadger]

I watched both the Ravens and Cowboys games, and both teams failed in similar ways

Yeah, both losing teams mustered an early field goal and then were dominated for the better part of the game, but I suppose the Colts and Vikes defense had nothing to do with that right? It was all about Baltimore and Dallas failure and not Indy and Minnesota success.

Look at that second touchdown Favre tossed to Rice...Rice goes in motion, throws a chop block, gets up, gets open in middle of the field and gets a TD after a catch and an 8 yard rac/yac. Yeah...Dallas failure, no hustle or effort on the Vikes part at all.

I mean whens the last time you saw a wide receiver force a fumble on an interception? Really unfortunate things happened in both games.

When's the last time you saw an all-pro kicker that missed 3 field goals all season miss three in the same game like Kaeding did for San Diego?

You can't honestly believe that both of those lopsided beatings are all due to unfortunate circumstances, can you? If you do you need to state how unbelievably unlucky San Diego was in leaving 9 points on the field.

The score doesn't count how, it counts how many.

Still, I think the Jets will beat the Colts next week. It wont be a blowout, but the Jets will win by the skin of their teeth.

You do realize the Colts have no intention of pulling their starters in the third quarter this go around, right?