Quote duke street 10="duke street 10"Does anybody think the Texans,Falcons or Bears have the legs or nerve to go all the way this year?.
I said at the start of the season it would be a Giants v Ravens Superbowl...probably miss on the Ravens prediction but get the feeling the "seen it,done it" teams in the playoffs will get there again.'"
All 3 could, the most likely being the Texans, but i doubt any of them do.
The Bears are a great defence but they are beatable by a good accurate QB, which they would face in the playoffs. The reason we have the beating of them is Rodgers is deadly accurate. He very rarely puts it anywhere other than where the WR can get it and you'll hardly ever see a Packers WR getting cleaned out with a big hit because of that. They don't give up big plays that often so you need a QB capable of taking the short stuff but willing to throw it deep when it is there (ie Rodgers, Eli, Brees etc). Offence is pretty hot and cold for them and you can rattle Cutler.
The Texans are a very good team in a weak AFC. Wouldn't suprise me if they are in the Superbowl.
The Falcons are pretenders. I refuse to accept that they are the real deal until they consistently beat good teams outdoors. They benefit massively from playing indoors and aren't as good away from the Georgia Dome. Plus they have been completely terrible in the playoffs. I think they will be #1 seed and bounced out at the first chance.
The 49ers will not win anything with Alex Smith as a QB. It is as simple as that.
The Denver Manning's have a very good shot too in a weak AFC.