Devils_Hunter8000
i say that New England wins the Super Bowl against the Eagles. 28-24
Comparable bests.
Last year Philly WOULD have beaten the Steelers. Those players even admitted to that and saying they were counting their blessing they did not have to play Philly in the SB. Philly's defense was comparable to Pitt and Balt. Offense was in the top ten and did not play close to their potential save for only one game against Dallas. And even there they did not come within 75% of their capabilities due to injuries and inexperiences.
2007 Pats- Still games that are were contested and a few personnel who were caught on the opposing teams sidelines. Number one offense that had issues staying ahead of teams that had above average defenses. Defense truly showed how limited they were and had to rely on the offense bailing them out time and time again. Were not even able to beat out a Giants team that was undermanned and far less talent.
Projected seasons-
Patriots - Brady coming back from career threatening injury. Lost a lot of really good leaders and players. Got slower on offense with some of their pickups. Got older overall teamwise. No real upgrades to positions. Just older and slower bandaides. Still has one of the most dangerous WR corps in the league though. At highest should be around the middle of the top ten, but more likely the lower end of the top ten.
Eagles - McNabb, truly healthy for first time in years. Has young and dangerous WR Corps. Westbrook coming of routine cleanout surgers (so they say) should be healthy. McCoy coming in as rookie in the offseason has shown that he can play and looks to be further along than he should be. Will know more once TC and Preseason starts. Defense has not downgraded anywhere but MAYBE FS. Demps has shown that he was able to play at the level that Dawkins did last year so there should be no less coming out of that position. Defense is young and now has more playoff experience and has had a whole real season to gel together. O-Line is revamped with younger and the very least as talented as they used to have. But has a much higher upside. How will they work as a unit and can they learn to have the trust they had should have by the beginning of the season? I believe yes. So either way, they are still among the top three teams of this upcoming season and could be the top.