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BUCKEYE
BILL'S PICKS
Below you will find my picks for the Super
Bowl. Last week I went 2-0)
My picks are organized from best to
least.
#1 is my best pick
and #4 is my least recommended pick
1. New England +13.5 versus St. Louis Rams
New England
Everyone seems to
agree that New England Should not be in the Super Bowl. First Miami Fluttered into the Playoffs and
New England clinched the Division during their bye-week (because of an Oakland
loss). Second, the Patriots should not
have beaten Oakland because of a bad rule (unfortunately the right call). Third, if not for their special teams, New
England would have lost to Pittsburgh 17-10.
However, there is a reason why the game is played. If they only played the game on paper it
would be Pittsburgh versus St. Louis.
Every team can say "if we would have done [whatever] then we would
be in the Super Bowl. There is one
difference between the Patriots and the other 29 teams, the Patriots are in the
Super Bowl and it is not because of a whole bunch of "ifs" it is
because they are a good team, a very good team. The main Problem is that the Rams are better. The New England offense has only scored 23
points in two games in the playoffs.
Their defense/special teams has accounted for 14 points in the playoffs. Warner will make mistake which will keep New
England close throughout the game. This
will not be the Green Bay Blow out.
St. Louis
Rams are the Rams
are the Rams. They will win this game,
there is no question about that.
However, will they be able to cover 13.5 points -- I don't think
so. New England can ball control with
the best of them. But they ball control
with short passing instead of running.
Compare this: Warner vs. Brady: Advantage Rams; Faulk vs. Antowain Smith
(or Kevin Faulk): advantage Rams; I. Bruce vs. T. Brown: Advantage Rams; T.
Holt v. D. Patten: advantage Rams; Rams revamped defense vs. N.E. Defense:
Advantage Rams; Big Play of Rams offense vs. Control style of Patriots:
Advantage Rams. All the indicators
point to the Rams in a blow-out.
However, Warner does make mistakes (watch for 3 or 4 interceptions in
this Super Bowl Game) and if the Patriots control the ball for at least 1/2 of
this game, the Patriots actually have a small chance of winning.
Take: New England +13.5
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