Pro Bowl Blow Out

The Pro Bowl was yet again another slug fest. It was all passing there were plenty of deep balls and almost no running.

The numbers for the AFC were terrible and they were dominated by the NFC who would win 62-35. The best quarterback for the NFC was obviously Eli Manning who threw for the most yards with 191 and threw a pair of touchdowns. Russel Wilson played very well too as he had 3 touchdown passes and only 98 yards. For this NFC offense Kevin Rudolph, Vincent Jackson, and Victor Cruz were the main targets. Cruz had 96 yards on 10 receptions the most receptions for any player in this game. Jackson had 91 yards for 2 touchdowns on 6 grabs. Rudolph caught the least passes of these three, but for the most yards at 112.

On the AFC side Andrew Luck would be the quarterback to step up and play his heart out. He threw 205 yards and 2 touchdowns, with only 1 interception. The best 2 receivers would be A.J Green and Joshua Cribs, who's numbers are way far apart. Cribs had only 56 yards and that was still the second best on the AFC after A.J Green's 119 yards and 3 touchdowns.

The final would end in a blow out with NFC winning 62-35!

            By David B.
                                                                                                     

Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks played the Atlanta Falcons in the divisional play-offs and it was a blow out until the final quarter. Then the Seahawks made a run at it. They came out above by 1 with 0:31 seconds left in the fourth. When after 2 pass plays the Falcons came within range of a field goal. So the Falcons called Matt Bryant out for a field goal attempt from 49 yards and he missed it, but the Seahawks called a time-out trying to ice Bryant. The next time Matt wouldn't miss he put it through the uprights with only 0:13 seconds. That would be it for this amazing Seattle season.

I believe the game would have turned out differently if Marshawn Lynch had ran for more yards than 46 yards. There was one Seahawk who gave completely everything he had, Russel Wilson. He had 385 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. He also had 60 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground. Tight end Zach Miller had a game nothing short of outstanding. He had 8 catches for 142 yards and a touchdown. Also if the Seahawks defense played better than they did that would have helped. Because they didn't have a single sack all game. Plus Atlanta's Micheal Turner had 98 rushing yards and an average of 7 yards.



The final score would end up with Micheal Turner and the Falcons on top 30-28. Better luck next year Seahawks and as for the # 1 Falcons they will face the 49ers on January 20 at 3:00 PM EST.

Atlanta vs. Seattle: Preview

On Sunday night the #1 Atlanta Falcons play their first play-off game this year against #6 Seattle Seahawks. The Falcons have had a bad past in the play-offs with a record of 0-3 with Matt Ryan as their quarterback.

Overall the Falcons are the 51% favorite to win this game. This number came out of 10,000 simulations. The reason I would not pick the Falcons to win this game is that the Seattle Seahawks have a wild cat offense. Giving them the choice to hand it off to running back Marshawn Lynch, pass to Golden Tate or Sidney Rice, or run with quarterback Russel Wilson. Also this Seattle defense has put up very good numbers lead by corner back, Richard Sherman, who has 8 interceptions. Defensive end Chris Clemons also does his fair share with 11.5 sacks.


The other team will be the Falcons who had a 13-3 regular season. This team is lead purely by their offense, which consists of quarterback Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Roddy White, and last but, not least Tony Gonzalez. White and Jones have a total of 2,549 yards receiving, and they have a total of 17 touchdowns. Tony Gonzalez also has 93 receptions and 930 yards for 8 touchdowns. Also Matt Ryan ties Peyton Manning with 68.6 completion percentage. Ryan threw for his best season yet, with 4,719 and 32 touchdowns.


 By David B.