Quite an unbelievable 2 games that we saw this weekend. We saw the Jets get up on the Colts pretty early, but, as they have done all year long, the Colts adjusted and came back. Manning showed why he is the MVP of the league, yet again, and we can all finally shut up about the Colts not being able to win in the playoffs. They already proved that they could when they won the Super Bowl just a couple years back. Give them some love when they deserve it everybody! Kudos to the Jets, as well. Though they were unable to do it for the whole game, they did have Manning and the Colts on their heels for a bit. A big up and down season that they've had, but Sanchez played very well, especially for a rookie. He kept his composure and didn't let the moment frighten him. He played well, and the Jets will be in good shape with him going forward.
That was an amazing game between the Vikings and the Saints. A lot can be said about things in the game, you can question the calls in the overtime, but the bottom line is that Minnesota let that game get away. They turned the ball over 5 times in that game, and AP acted as if the ball had just been freshly waxed with how he was fumbling. The be all end all of this is that you should not hear a single one of the Vikings complain about the calls that were made because they didn't make the plays necessary to avoid ever being put in that situation to begin with. Fumbles, bad passes that led to interceptions, they allowed the Saints to stick around when the Vikes probably could have won by 2 touchdowns. Plus, if you have your back to the ball and play the receiver fully, you will get called for pass interference 10 times out of 10. You have to be playing the ball. Then, you can't expect them to overturn that spot. A hell of a job by Pierre Thomas for holding on to that ball. How did he manage to not have that pop out? Unbelievable. Unflappable Saints.
Now we begin to approach Super Sunday. Two #1 seeds in the Super Bowl for the first time since Super Bowl XXVIII (28) when the Cowboys beat the Bills for the second time in a row. These two teams aren't just #1 seeds, but they are clearly the best 2 teams in the league this year. So nice when you actually get to see the 2 best have a knock down drag out for the championship (See BCS, it can be done without computers!). Plus, we have the 2 best quarterbacks ready to duke it out in one of the most epic shootouts in Super Bowl history! I'm very excited! I haven't been this excited for a Super Bowl since the G-men beat the Patriots and kept them from going undefeated, although that was after the game not before it. Any way it turns out, and I will put my picks up just before the end of next week, it will be one hell of a game! Congrats to the Colts for again winning the AFC for the 2nd time in 4 years. And a huge congrats to the New Orleans Saints for making the first trip to the Super Bowl in the history of their franchise. It has been well earned!
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