You can certainly make a case for all four teams playing today, but here's why I'm playing New England. This year Peyton Manning's TD to INT ratio is 9/17! Obviously, that isn't very good. Contrast that to Tom Brady's TD to INT ratio of 38/7, which is outstanding! I think we can all agree that turnovers decide the majority of NFL football games. Just check the stats....whoever wins the turnover battle generally wins the game. New England is +8 in turnovers, Denver is -3. The Quarterback mismatch and the better turnover margin are the two major reasons I'm on New England today.
Again, you can make a legitimate case for taking Arizona or Carolina. But here's why I'm taking Carolina. Carolina leads the league in turnover margin at +22. Carolina has rushed for more than 100 yards in it's last 28 games. Carolina has won 12 straight games on this field. Everybody is saying how porous Carolina's secondary is, and the fact is they are giving up 240 yards per game through the air. But Arizona's isn't much better, their secondary has given up 231 yards per game through the air. Carolina's offensive front AND defensive front dominated Seattle last week to get them out to a 31-0 start. I think we'll see more of that today. Finally, I'll take Cam over Carson anytime! I'm on Carolina.
