Eric Meyer
It all comes down to this. Super Bowl XLVIII features the
top two seeds from each conference. Denver boasts the league’s best offense and
Seattle holds the league’s best defense. It doesn’t get much better than this.
There has been a lot of talk about who will win the matchup
of the titans. Will Denver’s offense overpower Seattle’s vaunted secondary or
will Seattle’s defense dominate and leave Peyton Manning befuddled? I’d say
nether. Both units are two good to be completely ineffective.
I believe Manning will have his moments putting together a
couple nice touchdown drives. I also believe Seattle’s defense will have their
share of great plays, including a turnover or two. I believe these two units
will play to a draw, per se. I see Denver scoring between 17 and 23 points in
this one. That’s a respectable total, but not a dominating showing by any
means.
As usual, this game will be decided by the teams’ respective
weakest links. Seattle’s backbone is their defense, but their offense can be
either excellent or anemic. The same can be said for Denver’s defense, which
has been great in the playoffs after being shaky for most of the regular
season. Can Denver’s defense contain Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch like San
Francisco and New Orleans did?
Not-so-random,
not-so-baseless predictions
Peyton Manning throws two “touchdown ducks,” but Richard
Sherman also picks him off once.
Bottom Line
I don’t expect the Seattle offense to blow the doors off the
Broncos, but I do think that their offense is being underrated. Critics point
to the lack of success in their previous two games, but New Orleans and San
Francisco had top five defenses. Denver’s defense has played better, but I
think Russell Wilson’s legs will create too many opportunities and Beast Mode
will break through to keep the chains moving. Seattle’s defense will do the
rest to contain Denver’s offense and the Seahawks will win.
Eric’s Pick:
Seattle beats Denver, 28-20
Eric’s MVP:
Marshawn Lynch, just so he’ll have to talk to the media after he gets back from
Disney World.
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