Th3Birdman
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You know what? With all the talk of a down year, this is still a true statement that, at least to me, has not been discussed enough. It's almost as though NE doesn't deserve credit, while ATL deserves all the credit for the accomplishment. How many times in just the past five years (before this year) have the two teams that many would argue were the two best that season actually made it to the Dance?
- 2011(NE vs NYG) - Some would argue that neither team should have been there.
- 2012 (BAL vs SF) - Baltimore finished 8-8 and looked putrid for most of that season.
- 2013 (DEN vs SEA) - Yeah, I guess I must admit.
- 2014 (NE vs SEA) - Definitely the two best and the game lived up to it.
So that's 2 out of 5? That's terrible. So I say let's just enjoy what should (and hopefully will be) a freakin' awesome Super Bowl between two teams that actually have a lot of the same strengths and weaknesses in many aspects of the game.
- 2015 (DEN vs CAR) - Laughable. My own conspiracy theory of Manning's sendoff gift aside, DEN was not the best team in the AFC. And though I'm willing to concede Carolina lost a few good pieces, I hardly think the few they lost is why they were awful this season. I think this season was just a truer representation and last season was a fluke. We'll see in time, I suppose.
I'm going to be honest with you and tell you that I feel like Dallas was the best the NFC had to offer this year.
Dallas would have mopped the floor with Atlanta. They pulled a choke job against Green Bay that is still hard to believe (but not really... it is Dallas we're talking about), but that was still the most complete team out of that conference. Dallas would have run the ball all over Atlanta's putrid defense and they have no answer for Dez, Beasley or Whitten in their secondary.
As far as I'm concerned, Atlanta seriously dodged a bullet that would have been a kill shot.