My take on the NFL Championship games and the upcoming Super Bowl...
The games this past weekend weren't very competitive, as the cream of the crop emerged to meet in Super Bowl 51- Atlanta vs. New England.
I picked the Falcons to beat the Packers but didn't think they would beat Green Bay so easily. The Falcons are hot, and I did note last week that I thought Aaron Rodgers would lose his magic. Looking back, Green Bay struggled early in the season before reeling off 8 wins in a row to qualify for the playoffs. But the Pack suffered numerous injuries and it finally caught up to them. Playing a streaking Atlanta team in the Georgia Dome proved to be too much to overcome.
I was wrong about Pittsburgh. I thought they had a fighter's chance to beat New England. But I was foolish to think the Patriots would lose an AFC Championship game at home. The Pats are a machine, and they smell another Super Bowl title, especially hungry after DeFlatgate. They had the best record in the NFL, and you have to cut the head off the snake to kill the snake.
I'll make my Super Bowl pick next week, but how can you go against New England? Atlanta has the best offense in football. But will they wilt under the intense pressure and hype of Super Bowl week? The line is interesting- New England favored by 3. Time will tell if the line moves by Sunday, Feb. 4.
The Eagles are getting ready to travel to the Senior Bowl. This starts the off-season process. A huge off-season looms for the birds. Free agency starts in early March. The schedule comes out in mid-April. The draft is in late April. OTAs occur through-out the spring. And summer-and training camp- are just around the corner.
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