Is The Superbowl Ochocinco's Time To Shine?
You know, there's been a LOT of hate towards Ochocinco this year. I don't get it though, because he's done relatively well when he's gotten play time. But BB hasn't given him much. So do you think he can be big against the Giants? I say yes. And here's why.
1) The Giants will play press coverage
The last time the Patriots played the NYG, they played a lot of press coverage on everybody. And it worked amazingly well. They stood Welker and Branch up at the line, while double covering Gronkowski and Hernandez, which left New England begging for ways to move the ball, as most of the day, the Pats O only got a few yards each pass play. But Ochocinco is a deep reciever. He can beat a tight coverage, and then be wide open for a deep bomb TD. The Giants won't be expecting it, as I doubt they've gameplanned for Ochocinco at all. So if Brady sees tight coverage, and drops a beauty into Ochocinco's hands for a deep TD, do you think the Giants will stop playing such tight coverage? Yes, they will. They'd be stupid not to. And that would open everything up for Welker, Gronkowski, and Hernandez. That could allow the Patriots to keep the ball moving all day.
2) He's playing for his Father
Just like how the entire New England team has been playing for Myra this year, Ochocinco is now playing for Myra and his Father. If he plays like Brett Favre did after he lost his father, the Giants D will be in for a very long day.
3) The Giants like to blitz
We all know about the Giants defense and how they enjoy blitzing their linebackers like Mathias Kiwanuka. But we all also know that blitzing leaves less men to cover receivers. So let's say the Giants only blitz Kiwanuka and their 4 linemen. That's 5 blitzers and 6 men in coverage. So there's 6 Giants defensive players in coverage against 5 NE receivers (barring a RB or TE staying behind to block). And even with Gronkowski injured, the Giants will want to double him, and double either Hernandez or Welker. So now there's 2 defensive players covering Gronkowski and 2 defensive players covering Welker, with one on hernandez and one on Branch. So who's going to cover Ochocinco? They'll have to take a man off Welker to cover Ochocinco, or just not think of Ocho as a threat, just like the Broncos did against New England in the regular season matchup. And when the Broncos did that, Ochocinco got a wide open touchdown. So in my mind, there's too many weapons for the Giants to cover.
This is why I think Ochocinco will have a stellar performance against this New York Giants defense, and lead New England to their fourth Super Bowl title in 11 years.
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