Super Bowl Preview

SO usually my predictions stink but I'm fairly confident that this wont be a total fallacy. What we have here is the stuff superbowl wet-dreams are made of. Two offences capable of putting up 50 burgers. Two underatted, opportunistic defences that should make for big plays. The freakiest freak to ever freak (Julio Jones), a couple stud backfields featuring speed and power and a couple little whities who can catch the ball. You got a team who was never supposed to be here and one thats here a little too often. A revenge tour of epic proportions, a ginger who doesn't want the Pats to win and a team that wants to remind people that they can in fact play with the Pats. I feel like people are downplaying the shit out of this superbowl. Its gonna be awesome folks, grab some buffalo wings and get drunk off your ass. A couple things to watch for:

Dion Lewis and James White vs. The falcons linebackers: One of the continued strengths of the patriots is their ability to scorch opposing linebackers with their receivers in running back clothing. The falcons have great athletes at backer but they are rookies, which makes me think we are gonna see a healthy dose of receptions out of the backfield

Atl's pass rush vs. the Pats ever make shift oline: This is the key. People forget that this falcons pass rush is no joke. Vic Beasley lead the league in sacks and is flanked with a bunch of talented no names on the the dline. The falcons love to rotate so these big boys will be fresh. Look for a few surprise sacks and a couple penalties for touching Brady too hard.

Belicheck vs. Julio: The reason I matched up a coach with a player is everyone know BB likes to neutralize your best offensive player. Despite Malcolm Butlers pleas, look for the Pats to use a similar approach to what they did to TY Hilton a few years ago. They will double Julio with Logan Ryan and another db. They will use Butler to neutralize Sanu.

Finally, The falcons backs against the Patriot linebackers: In light of the Patriots perceived gameplan, look for a healthy dose of Freeman and Coleman. Similar to the Pats, the falcons love using their backs as receivers. Look for them to use a similar plan to the one they deployed in denver. Facing great corners, they lined up their backs in the slot and had many routes out of the backfield. The result a huge day from the offence.

Prediction: Pats 35 Falcons 28, this will be a fun game that comes down to the experience of the Patriots. The defence will pick off Matt Ryan in a key forth quarter moment and Brady will close out the game

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