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Betting line favors Seattle vs Indy for the Super Bowl

deljzc said:
Nothing is a guarantee.

And I do think if they get Denver at home they would be a pretty good favorite. Maybe New England is their cryptonite, but that doesn't mean things can't work out and you get there.

They have a good shot of getting 12 wins and getting home field throughout. I'm not convinced New England is getting to 13+ wins this year missing Brady for 4 games (tbd). And I think Denver takes a bit of a step back.

If the AFC playoffs go through Indianapolis, I think they have a pretty decent shot.

I also think they match up pretty well against Seattle too just because I think Luck's arm strength downfield could beat the Cover-1 they like to play and put pressure on Seattle to cover all parts of the field.

They need to improve their defense. I'm not giving up on Bjorn Werner (he gets another shot like Jarvis Jones). I liked the Josh Chapman pick a few years ago and he's turning into a decent NT prospect. They just need more bodies for Pagano to work with to get that defense at 15th or better.
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I actually think the kid Newsome they drafted in the later rounds last year may emerge as their best edge player. He flashed impressive ability in some of the Colts games I watched.

I just do not know if they've done near enough to improve their run defense, which is where the Patriots always seem to take advantage of them.

As for the AFC in general, I think the Broncos are the strong favorites, assuming Peyton's thigh has fully healed. New England is going to take step or two back defensively without Revis. After the Broncos, I think there are a handful of teams, including the Patriots, Steelers, Ravens and Colts, that have a legit shot.

The Jets are my dark horse, based on whether Geno Smith can build on the improvement he showed down the stretch last season. That defense will just be downright stupid.
 
The Broncos are paper tigers.

I appreciate Manning's career, but I'm never saying he's the "favorite" for anything when it comes to having to win playoff games. He might be the "favorite" to lead the AFC in QB rating. He might be the favorite to win the most regular season games. That's about it.

And do you really like Kubiak taking over there? Kubiak is horrible. And if he forces that zoned blocking dirty-assed blocking on his bad offensive line, those guys might get Peyton killed (don't think a good DL player isn't going to cheap shot Peyton if some rookie like Ty Sambrailo cut blocks someone a bit too low).

I still think New England will find a way to win the AFC, but I think it's a repeat of New England vs. Indianapolis except this year it'll be inside Indianapolis and won't be as much of a pushover come the AFCCG. Might even be a tossup.
 
deljzc said:
The Broncos are paper tigers.

I appreciate Manning's career, but I'm never saying he's the "favorite" for anything when it comes to having to win playoff games. He might be the "favorite" to lead the AFC in QB rating. He might be the favorite to win the most regular season games. That's about it.

And do you really like Kubiak taking over there? Kubiak is horrible. And if he forces that zoned blocking dirty-assed blocking on his bad offensive line, those guys might get Peyton killed (don't think a good DL player isn't going to cheap shot Peyton if some rookie like Ty Sambrailo cut blocks someone a bit too low).

I still think New England will find a way to win the AFC, but I think it's a repeat of New England vs. Indianapolis except this year it'll be inside Indianapolis and won't be as much of a pushover come the AFCCG. Might even be a tossup.
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Depends, If the "rog" gets pissy with t*mmy b*y, cuts out the favoritism, could be a long year for the cheating BlASTERD. I'm still pumped for our chances. With the young guys, they could go either way. If they impress just enough, confidence gets rolling, could be a pretty good D. Our offense is all WORILD, we just need D to slow the opposing team.


STEELERS........VS.........any nfc team




Salute the nation
 
Gareth said:
****, I didn't even know he unretired....much less switched to the offense.
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Give the guy a break he only has problems with two things.....letters and numbers.....:chug:

It says I can't give you karma again I was howlin with that one..good comeback
 
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