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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
I was frankly perplexed at how many people were picking the Broncos given all the ways that Seahawks could beat you.
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Yeah, I was admittedly going with my heart and not with my head. While deep down, as an Eagles fan (I grew up in South Jersey) and a Browns fan** (by virtue of my current location), I shouldn’t really have cared at all who won, I tend to root for the comeback––-as in Manning in his new football home, versus this team consisting largely of young upstarts. What with his multiple neck surgeries, his release by the Colts, his desire to continue playing at an age when many would have hung up their cleats, the story surrounding whether he’d continue as his number 18 at Denver in light of that number having been retired in honor of the late Frank Tripucka, Denver’s first QB who wore it at Denver in the early days of the AFL. (The former great ultimately insisted that Manning carry on the number 18 tradition as the current quarterback for the Broncos). Not to mention the undeniably amazing season he’s had this year with Denver.
That said, as has been stated many times, defense wins championships, and that definitely was the story last night. Seattle’s D positively swarms over an opposing offense---
they’re everywhere. As my kid mentioned at one point in the game, “It seems like every play they’ve got one or two more players on the field than the offense.” And, oh-by-the-way, their offense didn’t look too shabby either. There’s no question that, looking at all aspects of the game, Seattle brought the much better team last night. I think it’s possible I suspected that after the game’s very first snap from scrimmage.
**feel free to stop laughing anytime now, please!
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