Mock Super Bowl Battles
Written by unclerico, Tuesday January 19 2010
Mock Super Bowl Battles
Championship Sunday is upon us! Let’s look at all the possibilities for the Super Bowl odds and the potential matchups:
Indianapolis Colts vs New Orleans Saints
This looked like it was to be the matchup all season, with both teams undefeated until the last month. MVP Peyton Manning will go down as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game and is still in his prime. No one has shown they can stop him yet. Peyton Manning is invincible until proven otherwise. The Saints boast Drew Brees, a fiery undersized QB that out thinks and out works his competitors and is the true definition of a leader. These teams are very similar with fast defenses and great QB’s. This will be a high-scoring, high-flying matchup with turnovers being extremely important. Like I said before, Peyton Manning is Invincible until proven otherwise.
NFL Betting Verdict: Colts 33-24.
Indianapolis Colts vs Minnesota Vikings
Brett Favre back in the Super Bowl vs. the man who one day will break all his records. Years later we will look back at this game to say who the better quarterback was historically. The Vikings defensive line can give Manning fits if they pressure him like they did Romo, but Peyton’s line is more than serviceable and Peyton gets the ball away with his timing patterns in the nick of time almost every time. Adrian Peterson will have more success running inside than outside but his speed will be neutralized by the Colts D.
Expect the Vikings to have to play catch up and get away from Peterson.
NFL Picks Verdict: Colts 38-24
New York Jets vs New Orleans Saints
The Jets have gotten real lucky; they got to play the Colts with Curtis Painter and a Bengals team, who rested everyone and was a shell of itself anyway, and then that same sliding Bengals team to get to the Division round. Last week’s victory over the Chargers however, was anything but luck. The tempo, the physicality and the scheming all favored the Jets and they came away with the victory. They will have their hands full with Drew Brees and his many top flight receiving options: Colston (top 10 receiver in the NFL), Shockey (reemerging great all around tight end), Devery Henderson (emerging former LSU star), Lance Moore (solid receiver), and Reggie Bush (showed flashes of greatness for 4 quarters last week). The Saints have too many weapons for a Jets team that doesn’t score a whole lot.
US Sportsbook Review Verdict: Saints 30-Jets 13
New York Jets vs Minnesota Vikings
Ohhhh Baby! Favre goes against his former team for the title. Expect Favre and Rice to be completely taken away by Revis. Revis played practice vs. Favre last year everyday and surely knows more about this QB than any other in the league. Plus Revis is an exponentially better player this year than last. The Jets have never made up for losing Kris Jenkins at NT this season and that spells disaster against the great Adrian Peterson. The Jets O-line vs. the Vikings D-Line is a battle of the best in the game on both sides. Expect a high powered, heavy-hitting, low scoring matchup. This can easily turn into a ball control battle and great low scoring game.
Verdict: Vikings 16- Jets 13
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