2015-16 NFL POST SEASON: SUPER BOWL

2015-16 NFL POST SEASON: SUPER BOWL
SUNDAY	STRAIGHT UP	vs SPREAD
CAR v DEN	CAR	DEN +5.5

CONFERENCE 1	STRAIGHT UP	vs SPREAD
CAR v DEN	CAR	DEN +5.5
“THE LAST PLAY”
The Panthers will be the 50th Super Bowl Champion in NFL history. No other professional football team proved itself more soundly dominant in 2015-16 than the Cats, largely accomplishing said feat via what most pundits predicted to be their Achilles heel entering the Regular Season - their offence (let us not forget this is a team that lost its star WR before week 1, hosted a stable of aging, unheralded RBs and featured a ship helm thought to be just another flashy, flameout, run & gun QB). Carolina finished their most recent NFL campaign averaging over 31-pts per game (the most of any team) while simultaneously hosting the 6th ranked overall defence in the league. Let it be known the Broncos will surely play punch-mouth football when without the pigskin in this contest, as they were one of the collective few that outranked the Panthers in total defence this season past and know how to hit hard. Nevertheless, DEN has some serious issues in the pass attack, one that can cut and slash in the short game but is widely susceptible to third-and-outs & turnovers due to the failing strength of QB Peyton Manning’s once shotgun-turned-pop gun throwing arm. In a matchup littered with Pro Bowlers both young and old and the potential of a home run play sealing the deal for either side, nothing is a definite, especially when all-or-nothing is at stake. That being said, the horse to which to hitch your wagons this Sunday should be none other than the all-out best team in the NFL and, this year, that squad is inarguably the Carolina Panthers and their MVP-to-be QB Cam Newton. P.S. - It’s been a pleasure to watch your brilliance all these years Peyton Manning. You are a true legacy that will be missed by the game and its fans forever.