Super Bowl Teams
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
Well, we've got a two teams in the Super Bowl that a lot of people predicted would be there even before the season began. The only real surprise was how easy New England and Philadelphia made it look this past weekend.
New England forced rookie Ben Roethlisberger into a couple of early mistakes and never looked back. The Patriots offense was as efficient as it's been all season and that's saying something considering Pittsburgh trotted out the number one ranked defense in the NFL. You've got to love how Tom Brady plays the game. He's not flashy and he doesn't have the greatest arm in the league; all he does is win. He's the perfect quarterback for that system.
Mike Vick didn't look like the perfect quarterback for Atlanta's system Sunday. Philadelphia shut the passing game down, but more importantly, held the Falcons (the best rushing team in the NFL) to only 114 yards rushing. It was nice to see Donovan McNabb finally get through to the Super Bowl after 3 straight losses in the NFC Championship game. The Eagles had a lot of doubters after selfish-star Terrell Owens went down, but they proved all those doubters wrong with un-selfish play.
If Owens is able to play in the Super Bowl, it could be a very interesting game. Philadelphia will need a playmaker like him, though, if they expect to hang with the Patriots. More on the game to come...
Well, we've got a two teams in the Super Bowl that a lot of people predicted would be there even before the season began. The only real surprise was how easy New England and Philadelphia made it look this past weekend.
New England forced rookie Ben Roethlisberger into a couple of early mistakes and never looked back. The Patriots offense was as efficient as it's been all season and that's saying something considering Pittsburgh trotted out the number one ranked defense in the NFL. You've got to love how Tom Brady plays the game. He's not flashy and he doesn't have the greatest arm in the league; all he does is win. He's the perfect quarterback for that system.
Mike Vick didn't look like the perfect quarterback for Atlanta's system Sunday. Philadelphia shut the passing game down, but more importantly, held the Falcons (the best rushing team in the NFL) to only 114 yards rushing. It was nice to see Donovan McNabb finally get through to the Super Bowl after 3 straight losses in the NFC Championship game. The Eagles had a lot of doubters after selfish-star Terrell Owens went down, but they proved all those doubters wrong with un-selfish play.
If Owens is able to play in the Super Bowl, it could be a very interesting game. Philadelphia will need a playmaker like him, though, if they expect to hang with the Patriots. More on the game to come...
