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The Furnace’s 2014 Super Bowl pick: It Peys to be the best!

Posted by fantasyfurnace on January 31, 2014
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Now that we have heard most of the ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ surrounding this title game from every reporter and player on the planet, we decided it was high time to announce our pick for the Big Game.DownloadedFileWe will try not to go on about information you have probably already heard numerous times, all with different spins. Mainly we  have heard that Seattle has the best defense in the league and usually the better defensive team will beat a good offensive team most of the time. Right? Not so fast…

The Broncos defense in the last four games, the most important ones of the season to date, has been pretty outstanding and needs to be highlighted. In a capsulated form, here is what the Broncos defense has done; In the first 14 games of the season Denver allowed an average of 105.4 rushing yards and 266.1 passing yards per game. In the last four those numbers have been greatly reduced to 70 yards rushing and 198.5 passing. If all you give up is 70 rushing yards a game then the team’s offense you’re facing is not going to be on the field that often.

Nor will they score as many points. Consider this; After Denver gave up an average of 26.6 points per game during those first 14 games, the defense only allowed 15 points over the last four. 15 points! How many teams in the NFL won by only scoring 15 points all game this season? Or any season?

Secondly, consider that the Broncos have kept the ball for 35 minutes in this year’s playoffs! That’s after they finished the regular season 10th in the league at 30:35. (The Seahawks, for those curiosity seekers out there, finished 17th at 29.57)

Lastly, in case anyone reading this has spent the last four+ months on Pluto, this is Peyton Manning’s year! Period! I mean how many more records and accolades does he have to garner this season to have what some are already saying is the best one, statistically, that any quarterback has ever had! Not taking anything away from second year phenom Russell Wilson as he has already won 29 games in his first two years in the league, but if Peyton Manning is to be given the credit that his distinguished career has brought him, then you would think that with his talent and those five top tier receivers at his disposal, he should better Wilson on Sunday. I mean Richard Sherman, arguably one of the best at what he does in the league, cannot cover all five…

#25 Seahawk Richard Sherman and his "Legion of boom" will do their best to keep #18 Peyton Manning and his top receivers out of the endzone

#25 Seahawk Richard Sherman and his “Legion of boom” will do their best to keep #18 Peyton Manning and his top receivers out of the endzone on Sunday, February 2, 2014 Photo: John Leyba/The Denver Post/Getty Images

Peyton gets his second Super Bowl win!

Denver 27-Seahawks 19

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Our picks for the 2014 AFC & NFC Championship games

Posted by fantasyfurnace on January 17, 2014
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Well, we’re just 2 1/2 weeks away from the 2014 Super Bowl and we are ready with our picks for the championship games this weekend. It’s clear that the remaining four teams truly deserve to be playing for the right to go to E. Rutherford next month.

*Home team in CAPS

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Patriots over the BRONCOS- Up until the last week or so, we would have said overwhelmingly that Denver would take this game should these two play each other for the AFC championship, but two things have changed our thinking; First, the Pats have switched their M/O somewhat and have been rushing more than we’re used to seeing…and they have done so very effectively. The success they’ve had (Blount 166 rushing yards- 4 TDs and Ridley 52 yards and 2 TDs last week vs the Colts), just opens things up for an already strong aerial attack.

Tom Brady consoles Peyton Manning after the Broncos loss in Foxborough on Oct. t, 2012. A loss this Sunday could decide Manning's NFL future. Photo: Getty Images

Tom Brady consoles Peyton Manning after the Broncos loss in Foxborough on Oct. 7th, 2012. A loss this Sunday could decide Manning’s NFL future. Photo: Getty Images

 Second, with the best CB on the Bronocos, Chris Harris, tearing his ACL and Von Miller out, Brady should have an easier time in the Patriots passing game. In fact we expect more passing than rushing in this game unlike what we saw last week now that the Broncos defense is hurting. The intangible in this game, as always, is Bill Belichick who is a cool 19-8 in the post-season to go along with three Super Bowl Championships! That’s one heck of a resume.

NFC Championship

SEAHAWKS vs 49ers- Although a lot of pundits are pining for S.F., we are giving the edge to Seattle. Keys to this game will include running back Marshawn Lynch, both field goal kickers , the refs, turnovers, and the crowd. Lynch has 170 yards rushing in the teams’ two regular season meetings this year and will need to do even better than that in order to keep Kaepernick & the Niners off the field. In Lynch’s last five games against S.F., the running back has averaged 98.2 yards so that task is certainly attainable.

#24 Marshawn Lynch will be an intregal part of Seattle's game plan this Sunday. Photo: Seahawks.com

#24 Marshawn Lynch, as always, will be an intregal part of Seattle’s game plan this Sunday. Photo: Seahawks.com

We mentioned field goal kickers because the last two times these teams faced one another, the final scores, low by NFL standards, only tallied 36 combined points (in their December game) and 32 (in September). Seattle’s defense has allowed just 16 touchdown passes all season; second best in the league, while posting an NFL-high 28 interceptions. Kaepernick needs to bring his ‘A’ game if he and his teammates expect to pull off the upset. How has opposing quarterbacks fared against Seattle’s ‘D’? They have a combined league-low rating of 63.4%.

The Seahawks are one of the leagues most penalized teams which could come back to haunt them on Sunday, unless of course, the 12th man on the field, the crowd, forces more than a few false starts for Kaepernick & crew. These two teams do not like each other and you can expect more than a few fights to break out during the game which will put more pressure on the refs whose decisions could swing the momentum and possibly the game one way or the other. However, when the dust settles, it will be the ‘Hawks who will move on to E. Rutherford.

Our (touching) VIDEO OF THE WEEK!

Posted by fantasyfurnace on January 15, 2014
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#40 Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman has quite a story to tell in this video commercial. Photo: Grant Halverson/Getty Images

#40 Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman has quite a story to tell in this video below which made our Video Of The Week. Photo: Grant Halverson/Getty Images

Although the following video has absolutely nothing to do with fantasy sports of any kind, it touched our hearts so much that we felt we had to share it with all of our readers and followers. Once you get to hear the Seattle Fullback’s compelling story, you will have a new appreciation for him and those like him. The moral being: “Never give up fighting for what you really want!” “Always believe in yourself and your abilities.”