Your Superb Owl Open Thread

Well, we finally made it to the fireworks factory! Honestly, this has been the most entertaining season I’ve experienced since 2011- (had to throw a Giants reference in here in some way) what with the unexpected emergent teams (two of which you’re going to watch this evening!) some mind-boggling upsets, younger players coming to the fore, owners getting exposed in new and interesting ways, etc. It’s been a blast.

As always, we’ll go…

To The Game!

Seahawks/Patriots:

-Yes, New England is the home team, I know everyone was wondering.

Hot Takery Alert?: I really don’t have an issue with this version of the team. There’s no Brady or Belichick to annoy me. “But what about that simp of an owner?” you say. That icky, creepy bastard just got his comeuppance earlier this week by getting snubbed by the HOF. That’s a degree of personal humiliation that folks of his stature rarely experience. I’d also point out that if he were on your team, Gronk would be a loveable goofball but playing where he was he was dragged down by all the crap that was going on around him.

-The O/U sits at 45.5. Do you think we’ll get there? Each team is going to try to slow the game to a crawl and try to stop the opposing run game. The only scenario I see is Seattle running away late with the help of a pick-six or returned fumble late.

-Speaking of, having played a few top 10 defenses Maye has 6 fumbles and is passing at a pedestrian 58% rate this postseason.

-His peer however has nary a turnover yet.

-They usually talk about the D watching film but it seems as though Darnold has been self-assessing himself-(with the coaches help of course) in 2 of their 3 losses he gave up the ball late. Nowadays when he feels pressure he doesn’t force a play and instead throws it away or takes the sack.

-All the kudos belong to Vrabel-let’s not forget that this squadoo was coming off back-to-back 3-14 seasons.

-There’s always an unsung hero that catches a 4th down pass, makes a game-saving tackle, forces a fumble that is recovered by someone else, etc. My pick is 2nd string wide receiver Jake Bobo because his last name is funny. I’m not a complicated/serious person.

-I’d look for a few long passes outside the numbers to JSN in order to try and break the game open for Seattle. If Maye can get the time, look for the same to Boutte, who seems to be the Pats only speedster.

-Methinks that Seattle can afford one, maybe two turnovers and still win. The Pats? If they have 2 or more it’s all over.

As I always say, do please pop in and say hello no matter what you’re doing-we’d love to hear from you. Cheers!