Super Bowl Predictions?

[LSUmiss]

Nah ...I’ve seen plenty of Paddy Wagons being filled in Boston. I’m Irish and I’m not offended.....

Not from Boston, but I am Irish & also not offended either. My understanding of the term is not that it’s who was in them but who was doing the arresting b/c early police forces were made up of a lot of Irish men.

 

[cayennews]

Patriots all the way! The dynasty continues.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Not from Boston, but I am Irish & also not offended either. My understanding of the term is not that it’s who was in them but who was doing the arresting b/c early police forces were made up of a lot of Irish men.

I always thought it was associated with the mistreatment of Irish immigrants.

 

[L&Lfan]

Patriots all the way. And they're wearing their lucky white uniforms.

 

[SarahM1987]

My husband and I want the Patriots to win, even though we would of loved to see the Steelers make into the Super Bowl this year!!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Where do you get that the Eagles may have the best defensive line in the NFL? They only had 38 sacks on the season. The Pats don't have a great pass rush and had 42 sacks on the season. Plus the Pats just beat the best pass defense in the NFL and the 2nd ranked defense in the NFL. Surely you don't think the Eagles defense is as good as Jacksonville's? You can't compare the Eagles secondary with the Jaguars, it's not close. I think the Eagles have a solid defense, but not close to what the Pats faced this year.

Eagles Defense:
4th in total yards allowed (17th passing, 1st rushing)
4th in points allowed per game.

Who was first in yards per game and 2nd in passing and rushing yards per game? Minnesota. Didn't seem to help them on Sunday.

But with New England's #1 passing attack, the Eagles will have their work cut out for them. The Eagles are the #3 rushing team, which is good for them since the Patriots run defense is not good. But you score points faster in the air.

It's going to be a high scoring game.

But that's why they play the game, right?

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I just heard of a second Eagles fan in the past week that punched a police horse and got arrested. That isn't a good look.
Denise

Uh huh. Better than killing people, though. That appears to be a specialty of Cowboy and Bama fans.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/10/15/dallas-cowboys-fan-shot-att-stadium-dies
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-shooting-auburn-fan-over-iron-bowl-argument/
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...labama-crimson-tide-auburn-tigers-better-spat

Meanwhile, the highest percentage of arrests at games happens in San Diego (at least when they had a team)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...f2701dbe0a3_story.html?utm_term=.b066e1cc4453

 

[GAN]

Not from Boston, but I am Irish & also not offended either. My understanding of the term is not that it’s who was in them but who was doing the arresting b/c early police forces were made up of a lot of Irish men.

I’ll drink to that!

 

[GAN]

Uh huh. Better than killing people, though. That appears to be a specialty of Cowboy and Bama fans.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/10/15/dallas-cowboys-fan-shot-att-stadium-dies
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-shooting-auburn-fan-over-iron-bowl-argument/
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...labama-crimson-tide-auburn-tigers-better-spat

Meanwhile, the highest percentage of arrests at games happens in San Diego (at least when they had a team)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...f2701dbe0a3_story.html?utm_term=.b066e1cc4453

To be fair ...that occured before the game. Being a Bama alum, it’s totally understandable. You’d have to be from there to get it....

 

[Kae]

Not watching this year and if I have to I can't believe I'll be rooting for the Patriots. Eagle fans called my friends' horrible names, took the hat off another threw it in the urinal & peed on it. But I guess no surprise the city had to grease all the poles downtown.

 

[Captainkidd76]

Eagles Defense:
4th in total yards allowed (17th passing, 1st rushing)
4th in points allowed per game.

Who was first in yards per game and 2nd in passing and rushing yards per game? Minnesota. Didn't seem to help them on Sunday.

But with New England's #1 passing attack, the Eagles will have their work cut out for them. The Eagles are the #3 rushing team, which is good for them since the Patriots run defense is not good. But you score points faster in the air.

It's going to be a high scoring game.

But that's why they play the game, right?

Patriots run defense is actually pretty good. They stuffed both Le'Veon Bell and that rookie from the Jags. It drives me nuts as a Pats fan, but it's the way they play. Bend don't break. They will give up yards, but don't let you in the end zone.

I think it's going to be a great game. Could go either way. If I was a betting man, I would bet on the Pats for a few reasons:

1. Brady vs. Foles. I like Foles and think he's done a great job, but nobody has the experience in this game that Brady does.
2. The Pats pass game is incredibly hard to defend, even for great defenses. They're so multi dimensional. If Gronk plays (which he should), he has to be double teamed. From there, they have Cooks deep, Hogan and Amendola in the slot, and White, Burkehead and Lewis in the screen game.
3. Belichick. He's a football master. He will expose any Eagles weaknesses.

Eagles best bet to win is to open a big lead at the half. No team is better at making adjustments than the Pats (see last week, and Super Bowls 49 & 51). If it's a close game at the half, the Eagles will need to play a perfect 2nd half.

 

[LSUmiss]

To be fair ...that occured before the game. Being a Bama alum, it’s totally understandable. You’d have to be from there to get it....

Getting it & condoning it are 2 different things. I absolutely get it.

 

[GAN]

Getting it & condoning it are 2 different things. I absolutely get it.

I was being a bit sarcastic...I tried adding a but it didn’t stick.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Did I just see an Alabama wrecking ball fly by my eyes?

 

[AlohaNow]

Hey, Philly's still got some class.....

 

[GAN]

Hey, Philly's still got some class.....

Are the fans just as bad at these performances?

 

[Klayfish]

Are the fans just as bad at these performances?

They're somewhere in between being worse than those performances, but not quite as bad as your worn out, one trick pony digs at Philadelphia fans.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Are the fans just as bad at these performances?

When we climb poles in an orchestral performance, we do so wearing tuxedos.

 

[Klayfish]

When we climb poles in an orchestral performance, we do so wearing tuxedos.

No, no, no....don't you know Philadelphia well enough? Orchestral performances and poles don't mix, but a different kind of performance and poles...well then...

 

[AlohaNow]

No, no, no....don't you know Philadelphia well enough? Orchestral performances and poles don't mix, but a different kind of performance and poles...well then...

Yep, just spend a few Delilah Dollars and you'll find out!