Tag: NFL Championship game

This is going to be a brief blog. Tomorrow night the Seattle Seahawks will play the New England Patriots for the NFL Championship. I refuse to call this the Super Bowl because you all know how I feel about that. This is not going to be some in-depth analysis of the game. I am just surprised about the overall take on this game. The Seahawks are only 4.5 point favorites. There are many in the media that are picking the Patriots to win. Now I admit I have only seen the Patriots play 3 games this year: the regular season game against the Steelers and their 2 playoff games. They were awful against the Steelers, turning the ball over 5 times. They were very fortunate in both playoff games. C. J. Stroud personally handed the divisional round game to them. Denver lost their starting QB for the AFC Championship game. I guess one way you could look at this is to say New England may be a team of destiny. Anything can happen in a Championship decided by one game. This week you will not hear the famous NFL saying, “On any given Sunday, any team in the NFL can beat any other team.” That may be true, but I will be shocked if New England wins this Championship game. I will be surprised if Seattle does not cover. I expect this game to go the way it went when Seattle won their first and only NFL Championship. It was a 43-8 blowout win over the Denver Broncos. Is this just a ploy to get the New England fan base not to bet on their beloved Patriots? If I was a betting man, which I am too smart to be one, I would bet the house on the Seahawks. I am not advising anyone to do this, believe me. Betting is a fool’s game. The whole take on this game has my interest piqued. My own take on the game is that Seattle should be at least a 9 to 11 point favorite. I usually do not do a follow-up blog on this game. For this one, I will make an exception. I will be interested to see just how far off I am on this game or how far off the media is.