Full disclosure: I picked the Patriots to win it all in preseason, and I’m not about to turn my back on Tom Brady and Bill Belichick now.
But I do know this: The 9 1/2-point spread is a joke. Don’t be shocked if the Ravens shock the world and end up in Super Bowl XLVII.
Here’s why you worry if you’re Gisele Brady:
DESTINY: The emotional, inspirational lift Ray Lewis is giving the Ravens is powerful. How badly do you think his teammates want to send him riding off into the sunset with a second championship, a la the Broncos and John Elway when Mike Shanahan coached them?
“I think, for me personally, when he announced it, I just thought that Ray Lewis has been in the league for so many years, 17 years, and he only went to the Super Bowl once,” Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata said yesterday. “I looked at it as, ‘I’ve never been to the Super Bowl in seven years, and times like this never come around.’ So, you definitely have to make the most out of it and work real hard to try to get there. I think every individual has worked a little bit harder just to know that we probably will never be in this situation again.”
