Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 331 The dust has settled
The regular season is all over——

Someone grabbed fate by the throat, and the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins at the last minute to advance to the playoffs.

Someone suffered a heavy blow as the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Cincinnati Bengals and missed the playoffs.

In the American League, the records of the four teams, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Chargers, were all nine wins and seven losses, but in the end, according to the rules, Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans got wild cards, while Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Chargers were unfortunately eliminated.

The Baltimore Ravens were stopped by their division rivals, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Los Angeles Chargers were dealt a heavy blow by their division rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs, two weeks ago. A season's hard work ended in completely different ways.

John Hubble was somewhat powerless——

Almost there, just the last little bit.

Harbaugh looked at the Cincinnati Bengals players cheering and celebrating wildly on the field. They were obviously out of the playoffs, but at this moment they seemed to have won the Super Bowl and had a party at home in Baltimore. What could be sweeter than completing a sniper victory at the home of their arch-rivals?

Until the last moment, the Baltimore Ravens still had a chance to make a comeback, but this time, fate was not on their side.

If you have a strong running back...

As the head coach, Harbaugh certainly knows that the team is a whole, and victory and failure cannot be simply attributed to one link or one player.

But at this moment, Hubble couldn't help thinking -

If the running back can share the pressure on Flacco in the final moments, and the passing and running can interact to buy some breathing space for Flacco; or even further, if the running back and Flacco complement each other and change the predicament of the offense being stuck in the quagmire, will the result of the season be different?
As I thought about it, Levi's figure appeared in my mind.

really.

We still have to admire Reid. His courage, bravery and vision are really impressive. So now the Kansas City Chiefs are slightly ahead:
From nine wins and seven losses to ten wins and six losses, the difference of just one win has put the two teams at the two ends of the playoff dividing line, facing each other from afar.

Levi, Harbaugh never expected that this rookie running back would play such an important role this season. He was optimistic about Levi's prospects in the league and believed that Levi could bring surprises, but he did not expect that Levi could bring such a surprising effect and become a weapon to bond the offensive group.

This also proves a truth once again. As team managers and head coaches, they need to remain rational, not impulsive, see the overall situation and the long-term, analyze calmly and act decisively; but occasionally, very, very occasionally, they need to be rational, believe in intuition, inspiration and impulse.

Throughout the history of competitive sports, countless great moments have often been created on the basis of emotional impulse rather than rational thinking.

For example, Nike took a gamble and signed Jordan; the Indianapolis Colts impulsively chose Manning, who lacked arm strength, over two players; and Belichick picked Brady in the sixth round as if he had found a bargain.

And so on and so forth.

At the beginning of the year, Hubble's reason overcame his emotions, while Reed allowed his emotions to overwhelm his reason. One decision and one dislocation led to the exchange of positions.

If - just a hypothesis, if the Baltimore Ravens had been a little braver and more impulsive at the draft earlier this year, would they have been able to get Levi and completely rewrite history?
Hubble: It hurts so much that I can't breathe.

however.

The regular season ended like this, and it finally came to an end. A year of ups and downs and disputes came to a temporary end. All the resentment and regrets, all the annoyance and pain can only be swallowed up, and then we can take steps towards a new season, hoping to have a brand new start next year.

At present, all eyes are focused on the playoffs.

Aiming at the Super Bowl!
All the playoff teams have been announced, and the matchups are getting heated.

Midland.

No. 1 seed, AFC East champion, New England Patriots, 13 wins and 3 losses.

The second seed, the AFC South champion, the Pittsburgh Steelers, had 13 wins and 3 losses. The third seed, the AFC North champion, the Jacksonville Jaguars, had 10 wins and 6 losses.

The fourth seed, AFC West champion, Kansas City Chiefs, have 10 wins and 6 losses.

Wild card.

The fifth seed, second in the AFC North, the Tennessee Titans, have nine wins and seven losses.

The sixth seed, second in the AFC East, the Buffalo Bills, have nine wins and seven losses.

It can be seen from the record that after Manning retired, the AFC overlords New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers still showed top competitiveness and continued their dominance. There is a clear gap between them and other competitors, and they are still the two strongest contenders for this year's AFC championship.

There is not much difference between other teams, whether in terms of wins and losses or team status, almost everyone has a chance.

The most incredible thing is that the American League, which once held high the banner of passing offense, has entered a stage of relying on defense to win this season. The Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, and Buffalo Bills are all teams with outstanding defensive performances this season.

Even the Kansas City Chiefs' defense is among the best in the league.

Such a playoff lineup is really unfamiliar to the league. It seems that Manning's retirement and the rise of the Bomb Corps have left a profound impact on the league after all.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the regular season, are now an unknown factor in the AFC playoffs.

No one can predict what will happen next.

League of Nations.

No. 1 seed, National League East, Philadelphia Eagles, 13 wins and 3 losses.

No. 2 seed, NFC North, Minnesota Vikings, 13 wins and 3 losses.

No. 3 seed, NFC West, Los Angeles Rams, 11 wins and 5 losses.

No. 4 seed, NFC South, New Orleans Saints, 11 wins and 5 losses.

Wild card.

No. 5 seed, NFC South, Carolina Panthers, 11 wins and 5 losses.

No. 6 seed, NFC South, Atlanta Falcons, 10 wins and 6 losses.

Clear at a glance!
This season, the competition in the National League is slightly more intense than that in the American League, and the China League South is even a death division.

Three teams from the same division joined forces to enter the playoffs, and all of them still won ten games despite fierce internal friction, raising the level of confrontation in the National League to a new height; finally, the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons, the runners-up of the Super Bowl in the past two years, both returned to the playoffs, but were still suppressed by the New Orleans Saints.

Fierce, fierce battle with blood on the bayonet.

What's more interesting is that the Seattle Seahawks, which belong to the National League West, have set off a defensive storm in the league. Although the bombardment army has stepped down from the top throne, the far-reaching influence they left behind can still be felt in every corner of the league, completely changing the traditions of a series of defensive systems in the league, so that the American League began to roll up defense, but it was never expected that the National League would start to roll up offense this season.

All six teams that made it to the playoffs are top offensive teams without exception.

This too was... a new and strange sight.

So, what will happen in this year's Super Bowl?
(End of this chapter)