NFC West 2015

And.....Here we go again folks!  The NFC West will once again be the premier conference to watch in the NFL, just as it was last year.  The aging Manning's and Brady era will continue to age and then fade away if those organizations don't start propagating new talent to take their place and lead these teams.  It's called Brand Management Destruction to build a brand around one player and not do the Due Diligence to find another source of branding to act as a supplement for their main effort, growing and collecting an audience so that when the day comes for Tom Brady to retire, the organization does not tank with his departure.

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Seattle Sea Chickens

The Seattle Sea Chickens had a great year last year, winning the Super Bowl, and driving home the idea that they had a program that was on the rise, except, so did the Houston Texans when they made their run for title in their rookie season, and then went flat for the next three years after.  In fact, it seems that most of the teams that win the Super Bowl either lose players, or the players themselves lose their hunger for the title the following year.  Hopefully for Seattle, their team does not go the same route as the Texans or the USC Trojans, as their coach Pete Carroll, who has shot the team into meteorite noteriety has been in this position before, and each of the teams he has coached to this level has fallen into the sphere of 5 year irrelevancy.


 
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San Francisco 49ers

Having had a better year last year than most teams, and beating the Seattle Seahawks at the end of the season, the 49ers, are on the rise.  Colin Kaepernick is back, Michael Crabtree is back, Aldon Smith and his brother from another mother Justin Smith are back, as well as Anquan Boldin, the trash talking receiver that mentally destroys his competition with thrashing output is back.    I have the 49ers winning the NFC West this year, but, having to fight Arizona and Seattle in nail biting, jaw clenching games of sheer brute force trauma.


Arizona Cardinals

Drew Stanton is preparing to lead a team that is an under ranked 11 seed in the race for the 2015 Super Bowl win.  The Arizona Cardinals have been making steady gains the past few years and are now in the position of being a variable opponent, with nobody having any idea if they are going to beat them or not.  With growth as a team comes a need for consistency, which is where you end up immediately after a decade of reorganization has taken place.  Now that the Arizona Cardinals are out of the NFL sandbox, there will be a much bigger focus on building a franchise of consistent high placement.  I look to the Arizona Cardinals to be the first team to draw first blood with the Seattle Seahawks, followed by the 49ers, and then Baltimore.

NFL Postseason: Superbowl

It's coming down to the moment we have all been waiting for, the NFL Superbowl.  The match up between the Ravens and the 49ers could be titled as "The Most Relevant Competition" for the beginning of this millennium.  Let's take a glance at the stats for each team.

Defense

49ers - The best run defense in the NFL, lead by Sopoaga, the Hammer Smith Brothers, and the Line backer QB killer Willis in the second row pose a tough small yardage gain for the Ravens.  I honestly don't believe that the Ravens will attempt many running plays, as they are not going to see a whole lot of positive gains through that method.

The second and third tier defense played by the 49ers is the achilles heel for the team, which is where Flacco will have to exploit, if he intends to make large gains in yardage.  The ten to fifteen yard gains is where I see him going the most, with short post passing his most used play during the game.  The disadvantage for this offense for the Ravens will come down to the play of the left guard position, as Aldon and Brian Smith work that side to gain access to the QB.  Once access is granted, the flood gates of pain will force Flacco to shift his passing to the right side and middle areas of the field, limiting his attack plan, and opening up the possibilities for interception.

Ravens - The defense of the Ravens closely matches the 49ers for the run game, led by Ray Lewis in the line backer position, cutting short long run gains down to 5-7 yards a play.  The problem that the Ravens will have to deal with is the multi-prong attack formation that the 49ers use with Gore and James rotating the RB position, each with a unique ability to puncture the front line of the Ravens.

The second and third tier of defense for the Ravens poses a problem for the 49ers, as the Ravens will undoubtedly go with a zone defense, due to the competencies of the 49ers wide outs posing a short and long yardage ability.

This game will be won by the offense, but the victory will be defined by the defense of both teams. 

Offense

49ers - The 49ers offense consists of a "hit you everywhere" type of play.  Leading the wide outs is Moss, who has the most experience with Superbowl appearances, as well as the mentor ability and influence on Crabtree.  If the 49ers are to beat the Ravens through shear brute force offensive play, it will take a sidelines to sidelines methodology with equal amount of ground and pound from the RB's couples with short yardage to Crabtree, and Long yardage from Moss.

Ravens - Good luck

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NFL Postseason Matchups: Ravens vs. Patriots

New England has everything, they have a great defense, and the best offensive game in the AFC.  That being said, how do the Ravens have a chance at beating them?  One method may be to make them play sideline to sideline.  While this method wears out the linemen faster than any other play book in football, it also makes teams play their bench, to give the line a rest more often.  Baltimore has a better bench than New England, that is for sure, with much more depth than the other.  Sideline to sideline wearing out the endurance and stamina of the line.

So what does Baltimore have to do to help themselves to a Superbowl?  Ray Lewis and his band of merry men have to make Tom Brady less accurate, and the way to do that is to rapidly close the pocket around him.  It was seen and proven in the Texas game, that when Tom Brady is hurried and/or has to scramble out of the pocket, his accuracy goes dramatically down, spirally into the depths of garbage.

New England 28
Baltimore 17

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