Super Mismatch? 49

   

   When Super Bowl comes to mind, what do you think? Halftime show? The commercials? Especially if my team(the Giants) are in it, I want an excellent and close game. Honestly, when people asked me who I was routing for in Super Bowl 49, I told them I can care less. I disliked the Seahawks and hated the Patriots. By default, I was going for the Seahawks. After watching the game with my son(his first Super Bowl), a few things came to my mind.

   Let's rewind! Many people are saying that Pete Carroll made the worst call in Super Bowl history. To be quite honest with you, it wasn't the greatest call, but the Patriots also had pretty good coverage on the play as well. Everyone should be giving credit to Bill Belichick for having great coverage. Belichick even came to Carroll's defense saying that this criticism of Carroll is undeserved. Yes, I agree that they should have given it to Lynch to run it in, but that does not mean Carroll was wrong to make it a passing play.

   If it was not for a miracle catch by Jermaine Kearse, then the Seahawks never would have been in position to win the game. People are so focused how Carroll blew it, what if they won? Would they have blamed the Patriots for bad coverage on the Kearse play? After watching that play, I was thinking David Tyree all over again. Anyone not paying close attention to Tom Brady's expression, it was priceless. Kearse made a "Willie Mays" type of catch.

   As the Patriots marched down the field twice to take the lead, I thought that this Seattle defense is not the defense of Super Bowl 48. Maybe they actually got lucky against Green Bay. Granted they were suffering from health issues, it was supported to be deep enough not to worry about. As good as Tom Brady has been, the Seattle defense is supposed to be much better. An unreal defense should shut down a great offense, like last years team or the 2000 Ravens.

   In all, this years Super Bowl was exciting and fun to watch. It was the two best teams in the league. In my opinion, it was really a mismatch. As good of a game as SB 49 turned out to be, it wasn't an eye for eye game when it came to its players vs. player matchups. If you wanted that, it should have been Green Bay vs. Baltimore in the Super Bowl. That would have been a unreal game. Let's see what happens with the Golden Super Bowl next year.