“I’m wondering, ‘Will you be able to watch the game Sunday and not think of that or is it all about whether they win or lose and earn the trip to the Super Bowl”. When Brady has all of his weapons healthy, he has looked unstoppable, which will be the case on Sunday, despite the Broncos having a top-end defense.
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Both Manning and Brady are looking to further cement their place in history Sunday.
“They’ve got a bunch of All-Pro and Pro-Bowlers, a nasty good group – a good nasty, football nasty”, Edelman said at his Friday press conference. And we even knew it when the emergence of Brock Osweiler and New England’s 2-4 finish made us wonder if Sunday’s match-up would actually take place. I know a lot of people have penciled the Patriots into the Superbowl already, but I really believe the Broncos are going to win this game. Manning has not speculated on his future beyond this season, but his age and diminished play could mean the end is near.
Hopefully there won’t be any of the death or taxes for this one, but we’ll get plenty of the other stuff as the Denver Broncos host the Patriots for the 2016 AFC Championship Game on CBS Sports. “And it is hard, the older you get”, Elway said of his own career, via Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post.
Peyton Manning at his age and diminished physical skills cannot score enough to keep up with the Patriots. Plus, Denver won the regular season meeting, meaning the Patriots will win this one. The visiting Patriots are 3 point favorites against the Broncos. I think if they lose it’s most likely his last game ever. Now Arizona hasn’t been playing their greatest Football, but the Panthers nearly blew a 31-0 lead against the Seahawks last week. The Panthers need the team that played the first half last week to play the entire game this week. Two weeks later, Indianapolis would have its first Super Bowl win, a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI.
The Cardinals are also 1-4 SU in their last five road games against Carolina according to the OddsShark NFL Database. At that point, the percentage of money bet on each team will come closer to evening out.
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If Carolina overcomes Arizona’s fifth-ranked defense and second-ranked scoring offense, its phenomenal one-loss season will continue with a Super Bowl berth and Cam Newton can start his legacy. If he does that against the Panthers, it’s lights out Cardinals.
