I look at this game in houston as two teams representing their respective conferences with two very good defences, two very sound head coaches and 2 very smart and efficient quarterbacks in brady and jake the snake junior. There will be no cold and frigid conditons in houston this afternoon, there will be no hostile crowd factors involving new hamphire fans , mass fans, vermont fans, maritimer fans, and maine fans having as much impact on the opposing team of two weeks ago as the colts, ne's defence will not be facing a pass first run if needed philosophy of tom moore and the interception plagued peyton manning, the new england offence will not be facing a very soft colt defence, there will not be no penalties against the new england defence this time around as holding penalties will be called this time around in the defensive backfield, that being said, the patriots will be looking at a much more aggressive physical front seven and underrated secondary that could ressemble themselves somewhat, a conservative offence that is mistake free and will rely on their running game against a very good run d in the pats, which will open up some play action with jake delhomme for the much more physical receivers for the carolina panthers, I expect jake delhomme too continue his consistent play with mistake free football which means this game will be close so I am taking the panthers at 7.5 with a half point bought and just maybe a celabration for the nfc champion, ending the winning streak of the new england patriots, go panthers!!!!!!!
