Sunday, February 2, 2014

Super Bowl 48

  This is always such a sad day as a football fan.  It's the one you've waited for all year, the commercials, the awful halftime show, and everything in between culminated into one 4 hour even called the Super Bowl.  The two best teams in the NFL will be playing today: the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos. 
  There has been talk essentially all year about 'How will the NFL handle the cold weather Super Bowl?'  Media members have been mentioning how the weather should be ideal for a game of this magnitude.  So you're telling me when Peyton won his first ring in Jacksonville that the pouring rain was ideal?  You can't judge the weather, and today's gameday temperature is around 43 degrees. The fact of the matter is I don't think either teams will really be affected by the weather and it was a topic for reasons I won't really get. Now, the actual game.
  As talked about all week, the matchup to watch is believed to be the great Seattle secondary against the multiple weapons that Denver has.  I think it goes to the trenches.  If Seattle can get pressure and hit Peyton manning and keep him on the ground as much as they can it'll allow that secondary to get leverage and that's something you can't afford.  Watch for Demaryius Thomas to have a big day he's a big physical receiver who has had success against shutdown corners.  But on the other side of the ball, Seattle is so potent and Russell Wilson rarely makes mistakes.  This Denver defense is good but nowhere near great and if Percy Harvin can play and be effective for Seattle I think this game takes a huge turn.  But I think Seattle has an advantage and is going to balance out there offense and overwhelm Denver. 
 I have a feeling this game could get ugly.  The Seahawks have been the consensus best team all year in the league. I think this defense could come out and have a great plan to harass Peyton the entire day.  The Broncos will get theirs, but in the end I think this game will be all Seattle.

Seattle 30 Denver 17