Inside the Iggles Super Bowl XLIX Predictions
By Todd Duvall
January 10, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; Carolina Panthers running back Marshawn Lynch (24) runs the ball against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half in the 2014 NFC Divisional playoff football game at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports
Bret Stuter, Staf Writer
This year’s Superbowl game pits the Boom versus the Scam… the team that hits hard versus that team that has been caught “pushing the boundaries” of the rules twice.
The teams meet in Super Bowl 49 after two weeks of “deflategate”. And by the time the football is kicked, the NFL fans worldwide will exhale a huge collective relief.
In this game, the NFL catches the Seahawks in a bid to be the first SB champs to repeat in a long time. The only team in their way is on it’s own destination with destiny – the Patriots attempt to show that they do not need a video (or deflated ball now?) to win the big one.
But with so many external distractions, the site of the game is the biggest equalizer, and with a west coast city of Phoenix Arizona, the west coast Seahawks complete the repeat.
Tom Brady is getting older and wiser, but it’s the adrenaline of the big game and the boom in the room that will own this day. New England loaded up to defend the pass, but when the rushing of Seattle – led by Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch – heat up, the New England defense melts .
This is not a blow out, but a game that is pretty solidly Seattle’s by the end of the third quarter.