Winning team in bold.
- Seahawks (APR, SRS) vs. Broncos (Line)
- Like I said in the game pick, it was essential for Peyton Manning and the Broncos' offense to get a handle on the Seahawks' defense before this game got out of hand. As you know if you saw the game, that just didn't happen.
- I think, even in the best case scenario for the Broncos, their
defense was never gonna hold the Seahawks under 14, or probably even
21 points. I think that defense mostly did a reasonable job, holding
the Seahawks to 13 points in the first half (the safety, and
Manning's pick 6 cannot be laid to their charge).
- After the mess of their first two drives (safety and interception), the Broncos did manage to get some drives going, they mostly ended up stalling, ending in a intercpetion, fumbles, or a turnover on downs.
- Manning was only sacked once, but the Seahawks' defense kept him under constant pressure, which meant he had to throw a lot of short check down passes, largely eliminating a lot of the big play explosiveness that got the Broncos to the Super Bowl. Without that big play ability, they just couldn't sustain drives for the scores they needed.
Totals
Barely any upsets in the playoffs this year. Chargers @ Bengals was the only game APR (along with SRS and the Line) picked wrong.
| This Week | This Season | % | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1 | - | 0 | 10 | - | 1 | 90.9% | |||
| SRS | 1 | - | 0 | 9 | - | 2 | 81.8% | |||
| Line | 0 | - | 1 | 8 | - | 3 | 72.7% | |||
That's not quite all for this season. I'm planning to do at least the season's biggest upsets post, and maybe a couple others as well. So you might wanna check in later this month. Thanks again for reading, and see you next August.
