The Road to Super Bowl LI
The Dallas Cowboys had a fairy tale season. They had the best record in the NFC (13-3)
which provided them with a bye week and home-field advantage for the
playoffs. Led by two Pro Bowl rookies,
running back Ezekiel Elliott and quarterback Dak Prescott, the Cowboys were on
pace to get back to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 90s. In an epic battle at AT&T Stadium, the
Cowboys fell short to the Green Bay Packers, 34-31. Super Bowl LI will be played in Houston, so
fans were hoping that Dallas and/or the Houston Texans would be able to play in
their home state. The Texans made it to
the divisional round with a win over the Oakland Raiders, 27-14, but the New
England Patriots proved to be too much defeating the Texans, 34-16.
No matter how you feel about the New England Patriots, you
have to respect their success. Tom Brady
served a four-game suspension this season for the Deflategate saga and the
Patriots still managed to finish the season with the best record in the NFL
(14-2). A patron asked me before the
season how they would fare without Brady and I told him that even if they lost
all four of those games, New England still had the potential to finish 12-4
with Brady in the game. It turns out
that New England only lost one of the first four to Buffalo and their second
loss with Brady at quarterback happened against Seattle. With Pittsburgh playing on the road, I have
to believe that the Patriots are headed to another Super Bowl. I desperately want the Atlanta Falcons to win
the NFC Championship game, particularly at home, but Aaron Rodgers has that
“look in his eye” and it will be a tall task for Atlanta, especially
considering what happened in Dallas.
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- Belichick and Brady
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