YES FELLAS IT IS KIND OF CRAZY TO CAHNCE ALL OF THIS ON ONE GAME...BUT I SRONGLY BELIEVE IN THIS PICK ....
PATRIOTS:::
UNDER BELICHICK THEY ARE A PERFECT 7-0 IN THE PSTSEASON...THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE...HE IS THE BEST COACH IN THE NFL AND HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HIS PLAYERS ARE CAPABLE OF AND PUTS THEM IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN SUCCEED....
REMEMBER ONE THING THAT C. DILLON DID NOT PLAY LAST TIME THESE YWO TEAMS MET IN WEEK 8...AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE AND ATTITUDE HE BRINGS TO THIS TEAM... IN THAT GAME THEY ONLY RUSHED THE BALL SIX YES SIX TIMES ALL GAME...THIS WILL NOT BE THE CASE COME SUNDAY... WE ALL KNOW THE RUNNING GAME OPENS UP THE PASSING AND THE PATS WERE UNABLE TO DO THIS IN WEEK 8 MAKING THEM ONE DIMENSIONAL AND NO TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL PLAYING THIS WAY...
THE PATS AVERAGE 133 YPG ON THE GROUND AND I EXPECT THEM TO BE EFFECTIVE RUNNING THE BALL AGAINST THE STINGY RUN DEFENSE OF PITT.... THE JETS GAINED OVER A 100 YDS IN LAST WEEKS GAME ... AND DILLON IS A LOT LIKE MARTIN VERY WISE IN HIS AGE AND FAULK LIKE JORDAN OF THE JETS GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT BURST WHEN HE COMES IN...EXPECT THEM TO UTILIZE FAULK OUT OF THE BACKFIELD MORE IN THIS GAME WHERE HE EXCELLS IN THE OPEN FIELD...
THE PATS PASSING ATTACK IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY CAN RUN...THEY GAVE UP THE FIFTH FEWEST SACKS ALLOWD IN THE LEAGUE...AND WE ALL KNOW PITT IS A BLITZING TEAM....IF YOU BLITZ AND DON'T GET TO THE QB THERE WILL BE A MAN OPEN....PITT'S WEAKNESS ON DEF. IS THERE SECONDARY ...IF BRADY GETS TIME TO THROW THE BALL HIS SPEEDY RECEIVING CORE CAN GET OPEN AGISNT THE MEDIOCRE PITT CORNERS...DON'T GET ME WRONG THEY ARE EXCELLENT ON DEF..BUT THEYU ARE NOT STRONG IN COVERAGE SITUATIONS...
STEELERS::::
BILL COWHER ISTHE BEST MOTIVATING COACH IN THE LEAGUE BUT MOTIVATION DOES NOT WIN GAMES AND HE HAS NOT FARED WELL WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND HE IS 1-3 AND ALL OF THOSE GAMES WERE AT HOME...
THE STEELERS WERE BEST IN THE LEAGUE AVG. 154 YPG THIS SEASON...BUT THEY WERE MOST EFFECTIVE AGAINST TEAMS THAT ARE NOT USED TO PLAYING ON A WORN OUT FIELD WHERE THERE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN ARE MOST EFFECTIVE BUT THE PATRIOTS ARE ONE TEAM THAT IS USED TO THESE CONDTIONS...
PITT IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY CAN RUN EFFECTIVELY...SO YOU CAN GARUNTEE THAT BELICHIK WILL PUT 9 -10 IN THE BOX AND FORCE THEM TO BEAT THEM WITH THE PASSING GAME...
PITTS PASSING ATACK HAS STEADILY DECLINED THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ALTHOUGH GREAT... ROTHLESBERGER TRUE COLORS OF A ROOKIE ARE BEGGINING TO SHOW....
EXPECT THE PATRIOTS TO ATTACK BIG BEN THEY WERE IN THE TOP FIVE IN SACKS THIS YEAR AND WHERE THERES PRESSURE ROOKIES FOLD...
SPECIAL TEAMS::: ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS ADAM VINATIERI
I SEE THIS ONE AS A CLOSE ONE BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PRESSURE SITUATIONS WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE TOM BRADY ON YOUR SIDE OR A ROOKIE I'LL TAKE BRADY EVERY TIME....
PATRIOTS 23 STEELERS 16
GL --- WHITY