The Super Bowl is a gamblers paradise. Bets on the game, prop bets, and just about anything you can put a wager on that pertains to the Super Bowl.
New Orleans rapper, Bryan “Birdman” Williams is looking to capitalize on the gambling craze of the Super Bowl. A man who clearly has too much money on his hands, Williams is putting $5 million dollars on the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XLVI.
All I can say is that he’s putting his money where his mouth is.
There hasn’t been too much smack talk going on this week between the two Super Bowl combatants, the New York Giants and New England Patriots. Unless you count Antrel Rolle’s retracted guarantee or Mario Manningham hoping he gets lined up against Julian Edelman, there’s not much to go on.
Maybe Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has broken the ice. The Giants and Patriots faced off earlier this season in week 9. A game which resulted in a Giants win. The Giants defense sacked Patriots quarterback tom Brady twice that game, but to hear Pierre-Paul tell it, Brady heard footsteps all game.
“I think it will have much impact on his performance because if you look at Week 9, when we played them, it’s like he felt us,” Pierre-Paul said during Thursday’s media availability. “When we looked back on the film, we watched the film, and we didn’t really rush like we can rush as a defense. He was throwing balls on the ground and stuff, but like I said, it’s going to be a battle. We have to get there. We have to. …
“(Brady) did react to pressure that didn’t exist, and he was just throwing the ball places where there wasn’t even a receiver there. Imagine us getting there even faster and actually doing our jobs and getting hits on him.”
It’s true that if you pressure Brady, he tends to play bad. But this is the Super Bowl and he is a two time Super Bowl MVP. He hasn’t played his best against the Giants recently, but those comments might fire him up a little.
Today was media day for Super Bowl XLVI. Which means there will be guarantees, predictions, and some zany comments.
New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker has started with the funny stuff. When he was asked about coach Bill Belichick’s kinder, gentler mood of late, Welker attributed it to a “lady in his life”.
“I don’t know, I think he’s enjoying himself,” Welker said when asked about Belichick’s demeanor. “I think he’s got a lady in his life, so that could definitely be the case; I don’t know. We’re just coming here to try and win a ballgame. However we do that or whatever demeanor we have to take, that’s what it’s going to be.”
I know Welker wasn’t serious about that. but it is kind of funny. It’s something you normally hear around the workplace or amongst friends.
On the heels of Marshawn Lynch being fined $10,000 over his Skittles inspired cleats he wore last week, New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker is being fined $10,000 for wearing an unauthorized hat. A hat he’s been wearing after games and during interviews all season.
At least give the man a warning if you have a problem with it. It’s like getting wrote up at work for something you did 9 months ago. It’s good that the NFL has their priorities together reagrding whta you can get fined for.
If you ask New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, former Jet Shaun Ellis is the equal to Benedict Arnold. Ellis signed with division rival, New Engalnd, whom Ryan doesn’t like. Both players and coaches know that it’s a business and when Ellis couldn’t get an extension he signed with the Patriots.
Ryan had this to say about Ellis, according to the New York Daily News’ Manish Mehta.
Knowing Ryan he probably had a lot more to say than that. I’m not buying that Rex will let this go quietly. This could be another Bounty Bowl in the making. Knowing that Bill Belichick stuck it to him will only intensify this rivalry. This isn’t over by a longshot.
According to the NFL Network’s Kurt Warner, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady plans on playing in the league for another 10 years.
“I did text Tom Brady after this pick and he wanted me to know for sure that he was planning on playing 10 more years,” Warner said during the Total Access Pre-Draft show.
Keep in mind the Patriots just drafted Ryan Mallett in the third round of the draft. That move wasn’t meant to challenge Brady, just to groom a successor.
I don’t see Brady making it another 10 years, but just say he does and they’re all with the patriots, do you think Mallett is going to want to stick around for five of those, let alone ten.
It’s the NFL offseason, there’s a lockout and league news never stops. Whether it’s criminal activity, players being involved in different activities, or just interviewing with the media, it’s all NFL all the time and I like it. Except for the labor strife.
New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott had a few things to to say in an interview with Metro New York. He complimented his coach Rex Ryan and backed up what Ryan said about guaranteeing a Super Bowl win. He also had some not so kind things to say about the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens.
“The Ravens don’t operate like the Ravens anymore. [Head coach John] Harbaugh changed everything. The Ravens aren’t that loose anymore,” Scott said. “We laugh, we joke, but then we go out there and put in a defensive system. We have our fun, and then on the field, we know what to do. If you study for the test, there’s nothing to be nervous about, right? If you don’t know what you’re doing, that’s when you can’t have fun. We know what we’re doing, but on the field, we back it up, too.”
Then he started in on Wes Welker and the Patriots. Remember when Welker mocked Ryan about the foot fetish ordeal? Scott hasn’t forgotten it. He’s keeping the rivalry stoked by adding more fuel to the fire.
“That’s doesn’t sound right, that kind of talk. That’s when you know they’re buying into us, when they start sounding like we talk,” Scott said. “Wes Welker start trying to be us, sounding like we do. That’s how you know they want to be us.”
I tell you the Jets are good for football. Not everyone likes their brash, cocky attitude, but they’ve backed it up. Mostly in the playoffs, where they’ve won every game on the road. Call me out if that’s not true. If they can catch a little bit of luck the Lombardi Trophy will end up in New York. Besides, someone has to be the bad guy, right?
The talk between the New England Patriots and New York Jets just won’t die. After Patriots receiver Deion Branch called the Jets “classless”, Jets corner Darelle Revis along with a few others took exception to what Branch said.
“Just take the loss like a man and move on,” Darrelle Revis said. “[The Patriots] do stuff as well. I don’t know who was doing it or whatever, but if so, whatever. If they would’ve won, I’m sure they probably would’ve done the taunting like they did that last game we played them. Their secondary was doing the airplane and just teasing us. So you’ve got to take it both ways, when you win or lose.”That (the mocking of the Jets by Patriots players) was done after the Patriots whipped the Jets 45-3 on December 6.
“That’s the same Jet thing they were doing last game and they call us classless?” defensive lineman Trevor Pryce said. We have film of it. We watched them do it, watched the film the night before [Sunday’s] game. I don’t see why it’s such a big deal now when they were doing it. If they had won the game, they’d have called us classless.”
That’s why I call the Patriots smug and cocky. They always try to act like they’re above it all when they’re not.
“All the guys on the sideline were like, ‘Remember this, remember everything they’re doing right now,’ ” Jerricho Cotchery said. “A lot of people didn’t see it, but we took mental notes of it. A lot of those emotions spilled over throughout the week last week. We could’ve kept a lot of those things in, but we were very fired up about that game.”We were just enjoying the win, enjoying the moment. For someone to try to create that perception that we’re classless, that’s heart-breaking.”
When someone teases and taunts them they have no class, when they do it, it’s ok. Like when they mocked the Chargers after a playoff win in San Diego. Or when former Patriot Rodney harrison flapped his arms like wings after nailing down a Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles. What comes around goes around.
Everyone can let New England Patriots coach Bill Beichick off the hook for the fake punt gone wrong late in the second quarter. Safety Patrick Chung figured it was a bright idea to call for the failed play, not Belichick. Patriots fans can save their vitriol for Chung. He might get the Bill Buckner treatment since it came out tha he was solely responsible for the mishap. Chung fumbled the snap and lost a yard on the play which led to a Mark Sanchez to Braylon Edwards touchdown.
“We trust the decision Patrick makes,” punter Zoltan Mesko said. “It just didn’t work out in that particular occasion. That’s why the coaches trust him to run it, and that’s why they give him the green light, if he has it.”
The only play call call Chung should be making is on the defensive side of the ball or on a special teams blocking assignment. Not on whether to call a fake punt or not. Just because the Patriots had numbers on the line in their favor doesn’t mean you make that call. What kind of daredevil crap is that?
“Of course there are regrets. It’s not [head coach] Bill [Belichick] or [special teams coach] Scott O’Brien,” Chung said. “None of them. I take full responsibility. I saw the look we had. I made the call. It didn’t work out for us.”
Chung admitted that it was his call and not (special teams coach) Scott O’Brien or Belichick’s and has taken full responsibilty. I applaud him for manning up in this situation. It could’ve been very easy to leave Scott and Bill holding the bag. Considering the non descript career Chung has had so far, I might’ve done that. if he’s lucky enough to be around next season, maybe he ought to burn a timeout before making a ridiculous call such as this one.
The Divisional round of the playoffs has some good matchups this weekend. Here’s my personal predictions on this weekend’s action.
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh- I have to take the Steelers in this one solely because of home field. Pittsburgh always seems to pull one big play out of their backside than the Ravens can. Steelers 17-13.
Green Bay vs. Atlanta- I’m having flashbacks to a playoff game from 1980 that also involved the Falcons. When they played Dallas at home and lost a 30-27 thriller in which they led most of the game. I see the same thing happening today with the Falcons losing a heartbreaker to the Packers. Packers 31-27.
New York vs. New England- The Jets need to ramp up their offensive game if their going to beat New England. The Jets do a lot of tough talking but right now their hurting and the Patriots seem primed to take advantage. For some odd reason I feel a blowout coming on. The Jets defense can only take them so far.
Patriots 30-13.
Seattle vs. Chicago- The Seahawks have somewhat become America’s darling in the past few weeks. This could be a blowout or a tough defensive battle. However I do see the Bears coming out on top since they are at home and there is sure to be bad weather. Bears 20-10.
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