The day is almost upon us. The 49th annual Super Bowl. Patriots vs. Seahawks. Who is going to win? Patriots, of course.
This comes down to coaching vs. momentum. The Seahawks are perhaps the most dominant and physical defense in the NFL, but they rarely face teams prepared to run a bruising RB right at them a la Beast Mode or a la Blount–a cast away from the Steelers. So, I see reflections of the Seahawks loss to the Cowboys and their loss to the Chiefs all wrapped into one. The Patriots don’t have the backs of that calibre but with the threat of Gronk holding Chancellor at bay, what they have can work and Brady can work the slot picking on the weakest parts of the secondary.
The Seahawks are a legit ball club with a QB who can hold his own and, well, Beast Mode. However, the interior defense of the Patriots is crazy underrated and capable of slowing down if not outright stopping Lynch. Once that happens, the game is over. All that madness we saw against the Packers doesn’t go down here.