Crim's Corner: Superbowl Preview

by Crimsion | 6 years ago | 1 Comments

The 2018-2019 campagin within the SFL has been filled with many surprises when it comes to division winners, upsets and much more. A lot of changes had been made during the downtime between M18 and M19, teams changed hands and newer rivlaries were sparked, but it's all come down to this.

Deme and the new look Indianapolis Colts look to keep tradition alive as they take on AC and his Washington Redskins in Super Bowl 53.

If you had polled every owner in the league and asked who their super bowl favourites were coming into this season, you could very well find a mixture of these two. The high powered offense of the Colts propelled them over some very tough competition, while the stellar defensive play of the Redskins put them in this very position.

Something the Colts needed to find in order to be successful this season was a strong rushing attack. Thankfully for them rookie HB Nyheim Hines showed enough in the pre-season for them to trust him moving forward. The N.C. State product put up some monsterous numbers, racking up 1,506 yards on the ground and punching it in 24 times. 

On the other side of the ball, the Washington Redskins have a solid ground game of their own. Samaje Perine surpassed Hines' production with 1,525 yards, but fell short when it came to scoring with only 21. 

These squads match up very well when it comes to the ground game, but what seperates them truly is hard to pinpoint. Both roster some of the most taleneted signal callers in the league, Alex Smith, a seasoned vet, will try to out-dual an up and coming great in Andrew Luck.

Smith has the upper hand in this match-up, mixing his "game manager" mentality with the ability to use his deep threat weapons such as Paul Richardson Jr (1,257) and Josh Doctson (968).

Luck isn't without his own deep threat in T.Y. Hilton, who surpassed 1,000 yards receiving yet again, but has been very turn over prone this season.

Looking at the film over the last few games, you'd think that the Redskins' defensive attack ranks in light years ahead of what's been going on in Indy, but that's not the case.

During the course of the Regular Season both of these teams were neck in neck when it came to all four major categories on defense. Here's how it breaks down:

Although Indianapolis has a solid advantage when it comes to stopping the run, Washington has the passing attack to counteract that.

This is where the game will be won, through the air. Washington has shown flashes of a top-five defense over these past few weeks, and it looks as if that isn't slowing down.

Indianapolis has held their own too, they aren't here for no reason, they've earned this chance to play on a stage as big as this. They've taken down the best of the best, but their toughest test has yet to come.

Will Deme continue the streak of first time champions being crowned in season one, or will AC solidify his legacy even further and add another piece of jewlery to his ever growing collection? Only time will tell.