March 31st,2013. This was the last date my blog
was updated. Why the hiatus….? Simply put, loss of passion towards opinionating
my thoughts on particular athletic and sport matters. 2014 is a brand new year,
and with that comes a positive outlook on life. Like every other patron on
earth, it’s quintessential that we have goals in life, one of which for me
personally is to get into the business of Sports Marketing or Administration. Another
one of my 2014 resolutions/goals is to start to be proactive on living a more
active lifestyle. This can mean a multitude of things but for me what it truly
means is not only do I want to improve my physical fitness, but take on more
active challenges to become a complete and sought after individual by
challenging myself to expand my horizons and become a better spoken and written
person. I’m hoping that for the one or two readers who will read this, you’ll
recognize that as through the course of
these posts an improved writing style will
be evidenced and the subject matters will be interesting and thought
provoking in order to increase readership.
This blog was titled ‘Predictably Unpredictable’ for a
reason and I don’t intend to change the theme anytime soon. This blog could go
anywhere or everywhere.
So what to talk about…….no idea….I’m a boring person…..Good
night all!
Totally in jest of course, I’m a super fan of all sports and
have a plethora of opinions. Tonight, I wanted to touch on something that will
become prominent over the next few weeks, that being the NFL playoffs. Before
the year started, I non-boldly predicted that the Denver Broncos would defeat
the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl. Some may stipulate that picking the
Panthers out of the NFC took courage but nobody should be overly surprised by
the fact that Cam Newton would be the NFL MVP if it wasn’t for the 2013 Peyton
Manning channeling his inner 2006 Peyton Manning form. The contrast in this
matchup would be outstanding as you have the glorified pocket passer in Manning
versus the new age run and gun style that Cam Newton possesses. Great matchup
potential aside, let`s take a look how I plan to get these two teams to New
York.
In the divisional round, quite frankly I think we only have
one compelling matchup. This mentioned matchup includes the Cincinnati Bengals
against the San Diego Chargers. The Bengals are hot but at the same time
notorious playoff disappointments. Can A.J Green finally break out of his shell
and be the number one receiver in the AFC that I think he should already be.
A.J Green screwed me over in Fantasy Football year, let`s hope that he doesn’t
a pull a similar screw job to his Ohio based teammates. From my share of tape
that I`ve seen the Bengals in this year, it`s my thought more aggressiveness
leads to higher success. Key to success this weekend will be for my boy Marvin
Jones to create gaps for Green which will lead to holes for the electrifying
but yet under utilized Giovani Bernard. Can anybody explain to me why the
veteran Benjarvis Green-Ellis, who`s seemingly slower than ex Saskatchewan
Roughrider runningback Wes Cates,receives this may carries. Only true Canadian
Football fans will understand that reference. On the other side of the ball,
you have the double agent Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers. I hate the
Chargers, despise them, but respect them.
The imcompetence of previous general Manager A.J Smith had this team run
in the ground for years. Charger fans welcomed new head honcho Tom Telesco with
open arms and immediate success has been noticed. I was never really sure QB
Rivers played for as his passing inaccuracy went every which way. Why the
Chargers have a chance. It`s pretty basic, the Chargers have a chance because
their playoffs started one week earlier as they had to beat the Chiefs and then
hope that the Ravens and Dolphins were to lose, which they did. That playoff
hunger is in overdrive and that`s a scary recipe for the opposition. I recall
back to a time when Tom Brady led the Patriots to 2004 super Bowl. Hold that
thought, although yes…Brady was the sergeant in this playoff run, it was at the
time little known Deion Branch coming up clutch time and time again, That Super
Bowl should`ve of been referred to as the Branch v Muhsin Muhammad show. All I
can remember are those two trading upper cuts all night and you had the feeling
the last receiver to touch the ball was going to have there team hoist the
trophy, which happened. I reminisce on
this moment because I think if the Chargers can get by the pesky Bengals, a
similar story may be penned about Keenan Allen. What a story, from 76th
overall pick in the most recent draft to being a go-to receiver on a playoff
team. If Allen goes off for more then 100 yards, Chargers win, if not the
Bengals advance to round two. Bengals 27
Chargers 26
The other three games on tap I don`t expect to be that close
with the ``underdog``Saints toppling the playoff inexperienced Philadelphia
Eagles. I obviously don’t view the Saints as underdogs as the 2009 champs had a
better record to begin with. 49ers in a rout of the Packers. The magic will run
out for Green Bay and even with the return of Aaron Rodgers I don’t see this
being close. In the last divisional game of the weekend, the Indianapolis Colts
take on the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have been an enigma the entire year
mainly due to the fact that they were the worst team in the 2012 campaign.
Jamaal Charles is a top five running back but a lack of mobility from Alex
Smith is going to be exploited by former Saskatchewan Roughrider Jerell Freeman
and the Colts defence.
New Orleans 32
Philadelphia 16
San Francisco 48 Green
Bay 15
Indianapolis 20 Kansas
City 10
That’s all for now, I hope you thoroughly enjoyed. Ill be
back sometime next week to continue showcasing the path that will lead the
Panthers and Broncos to the Super Bowl.
@bretzky26(please follow)
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