Two Underwhelming Games Put Dominant Falcons And Patriots In Super Bowl

Well, those were two underwhelming conference championship games in the NFL yesterday. Both games were over by early in the third quarter, at the latest. So the Stupor Bowl match up will be the Patriots versus the Falcons in two weeks. During these interminable thirteen days, there will be more hot air than Donald Trump has produced in his entire presidential campaign as the pundits focus on a host of important and unimportant issues. When the Patriots double cover Julio Jones, as they successfully did with Antonio Brown, will the Falcons secondary receivers be able to step up? Or, can the Falcons run effectively enough to force the Patriots to bring a safety up and free Jones? Can the Falcons generate a pass rush on Tom Brady or will he be able to stand back there like a statue for six or seven seconds until a receiver comes open like he was able to do against the Packers? Will the Patriots defense be able to bend but not break against the NFL's most potent offense? Will either defense be able to stop the other's offense? Will the Falcons fall victim to Super Bowl nerves? The Patriots have mostly been there and done that. What off-field incident is going to effect which team? All these and many other issues that neither you or I could even conjure will be hashed to death in the coming two weeks. My advice would be to ignore all of it.

There's really only one thing you need to know before the game actually gets played. The Patriots will be highly motivated and could care less about who they are actually playing. For them, it is all about revenge for Deflategate. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, who is going for a record fifth Super Bowl victory, would love nothing more than to force Roger Goodell to hand them the championship trophy and then be able to give a big middle finger to the NFL brass. That is really the only storyline you need to know until the game begins.