2011 Super Bowl Predictions and NFL Betting Preview

2011 Super Bowl Predictions & NFL Betting Preview: If the Arizona Cardinal’s can make it to the Super Bowl and the New Orleans Saints can win one, we can all agree that anything is possible. The 2010 NFL’s regular season will be partly remembered by its unpredictability. Six out of eight of the divisions we’re won by Las Vegas “non-favorites”. Indianapolis could still choke, and that would make it seven out of eight.

With this year’s surprises, it would be hard to imagine them not continuing in the playoffs. The final week still has plenty of uncertainties and “ifs”. Of the 12 playoff teams it relatively as easy to make a case for anyone of them to make it to and win Super Bowl XLV. Well, almost, we have to exclude any team in the NFC West. Apologies to St. Louis and Seattle; they have no chance.

The New England Patriots appear to be the overwhelming favorites to win the big one this year, but there are plenty of heavy hitters in the AFC. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens are supposedly the main competition, but are you really ready to write off Peyton Manning and the Colts? I thought not. Whoa, and how about the Kansas City Chiefs? They have had a relatively easy schedule, but they also have the playmakers on both sides of the field to make a dent in anyone’s game plan. And then we’ve got the Jet’s, last year’s run to the AFC Championship Game combined with this year’s ability to win games that everyone thought they were out of is plenty enough evidence, don’t count them out either.

The NFC is another mixed bag of possibilities. A couple of weeks ago quarterback Michael and the Philadelphia Eagle’s seemed like a shoe-in to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Opposing defenses have since learned to pressure, sack, and chase Vick into making mistakes. If MV doesn’t get some help from the offensive line, Kevin Kolb could be the one leading Philadelphia into the playoffs. About half way through the season Las Vegas posted the Chicago Bears at 40-1 to win the 2011 Super Bowl, which sounds like pretty good odds about now. Other than the Bears embarrassing loss to New England, they have put together a pretty good second half of the season, winning seven of their last eight games.

The Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers, and last year’s champions, the New Orleans Saints; all three of these teams have the quarterback that can get the job done. Super Bowl winners and their great quarterbacks are synonymous; a stifling defense only adds to their teams chances. At the end of every year, only one of the thirty two NFL teams will walk away with the Lombardi Trophy, and of right now, it’s anyone’s guess. Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawk’s may go into the playoffs with a 7-9 record and pull it off.