Super Bowl 51

It’s become a tradition that I enjoy in this blog to annually make my prediction as to which team I think will win the Super Bowl.  This year it’s the New England Patriots against the Atlanta Falcons.  This is a difficult prediction because these two teams look to be very evenly matched from everything that I’ve gathered.  Both teams don’t beat themselves.  For example, they each were among the best in the NFL in least amount of turnovers.  The Falcons offense is great, but that Patriot offense is very good too; and don’t underestimate either of those defenses, either.  It’s very intriguing to ponder.

 

Initially, when I thought about this match-up, I gave the advantage to the Patriots, because of their experience.  Certainly experience can equate to a victory (last year’s Super Bowl is proof of that).  But a newcomer to the Super Bowl doesn’t necessarily mean that they will lose.  Recently, the Seattle Seahawks beat the veteran Denver Broncos.  A few years before that game, the New Orleans Saints beat the veteran Indianapolis Colts.

“So who are you picking, Kevin?”  You may be asking.  I’m going to pick the Atlanta Falcons.  I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if the Patriots win.  But, all year long, the Falcons have had to play the “us against the world” game.  No one – from everything that I’ve seen anyway – is giving the Falcons a chance to win Super Bowl 51.  There have been numerous times when the underdog proves everyone wrong.  I think it will be a close game between two evenly matched teams; it will go down to the wire.  The team that forces the other team to make that critical mistake late in the game will win.  I think that team will be the Falcons.

Kevin