I think the only big surprise from this weekend's
Championship games was the disaster that was the Arizona offense. Granted the offense, mainly Carson Palmer,
hadn't been that great of late but this
was a total meltdown. Hopefully it was
just the lingering finger injury that Palmer has been dealing with and it will be resolved by next year. The Carolina Panthers for their part still
dominated both on offense and defense.
Carolina has to like the way their offense and defense are clicking
going into the Super Bowl. Whether or
not Denver can move/counter move will be key.
If I'm Carolina I just keep on doing what I've been doing. There will always be some new wrinkles the
coordinators will throw into a game plan but the Panthers are good enough to win
with what they have going right now. Cam
Newton is definitely on top of his game and is the MVP of the league this
year. While he has had bigger numbers
before, this year he has been more accurate throwing the ball and downright scary when he
runs. It is fun to see a young team do
well and if the franchise wins their first Super Bowl this year it will be well
deserved.
Denver made an excellent New England Patriots team look
pedestrian. While the Pats' defense
played well enough to win, the offense didn't look good and if it hadn't been
for the Denver fumble in their own territory in the second quarter I wonder if
the game would have been as close as it was.
Peyton played well not throwing an interception and was on point while
helping Denver score two early touchdowns to put pressure on New England. To see Brady and the rest of the offense have
no answers for a defense is pretty scary but that is how good this defense and
coordinator Wade Phillips have been.
Great game by Denver and you have to love that Peyton Manning goes back
to the Super Bowl in what may be his final game. I hope it is his final game and, win or lose,
he'll be going out on a high note. In
the Super Bowl Denver will need to find ways to run and get the ball in their
receiver's hands. They did that well
this game and even had Manning rolling out much to everyone's surprise. Against Carolina though I'm not sure three
points in the second half is going to cut it.
It is nice we have two great teams and all we can hope for now is a
great Super Bowl ala last year.
