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Well for one they scored 11 more points than Philly. Any other questions?
And?
Was there someone, somewhere in the country who thought the Eagles were an equivilent team to the Patriots? What happened when New England played the Eagles earlier this year? Oh yes, that's right, they crushed them.
You know what the freaking Houston Texans did to Carolina? They scored 4 more points than them.
Well, golly, gomer! I guess that means that the Texans are the best team in the leuge and can't lose a game, right? I mean they BEAT CAROLINA!
New England has won FOURTEEN GAMES IN A ROW.
New England has been there before.
Belicheck is a better coach.
New England's defense is better.
New England's offense is better.
New England's special teams is better.
New England's whole coaching staff is better.
New England's kicker is better.
Carolina's running game is better.
Let's add that up.
Right. You lose.
You *are* going to see lot of hype trying to make this match up seem like it's closer than it actually is. New England and Carolina are like mirror images of each other. They both have the same basic philosophy. The problem is New England is just better all around. Carolina would have been much, much better off facing Indy. Simmilarly New England would have been better off facing Philly.
For either team, that would have involved game planning against a very good offense and a weak defense. I think Carolina beats Indy in the super bowl if that had been the match up. It's not, however.
The matchup now is Carolina having to Gameplan against a defense that looks entirely difrent every week. They have to try and run against one of if not THE best run stopping defense in the NFL. They have to try to somehow score points without relying on the running game against a secondary that will absolutely devestate recivers going over the middle.
Davis will be a non factor. He's a downhill runner who will be staring at 400 pounds of Ted Washington all day. Smith will probably catch about 2 passes for 20 yards. Ty Law is a shut down corner. He's without a doubt the best CB playing in the NFL at the moment.
What does that possibly leave you with?
Hope that Brady will throw interceptions? Not likely.
Hope that you can run the ball against the Pats? Very not likely.
Hope that DelHomeboy can outsmart Bellicheck and read into defenses that make every QB in the leuge look like pop warner players when they go against him? You're better off hoping for the comet hitting the team plane on the way to Texas.
So really, I'm at a complete loss here. Take me down the yellow brick road here.
HOW do you envision Carolina being anyhting but a 15 to 1 shot to have any chance of winning this game?