The Ravens and The Pack in Super Bowl XLVJuly 28, 2010
Who will win Super Bowl XLV? The Jets are Loaded, Bengals, Cowboys, Saints and Vikings all have a shot, but here is how it will play out this year in the NFL
Baltimore Ravens AFC Champions
Defense is the name of the game with the Baltimore Ravens. However, with the addition of some key offensive firepower expect big things from the Ravens in 2010-2011. Anquan Bolden and Dante’ Stallworth are major additions to Ravens offense with an anemic history. Stallworth and Bolden along with Derrick Mason, Mark Clayton and Todd Heap should be one of the elite pass catching groups in the NFL this year. Ray Rice is one of the most versatile backs in the league and with Le’Ron McClain leading the way life is always easier. Willis McGahee will also contribute with his bruising style which gives the Ravens a nice 1-2 punch. The reason the Ravens will go to the Super Bowl is their defense, which has been their calling card since they have been in Baltimore. Defense wins championships and this will be a championship caliber defense. Last year, the Ravens led by Ray Lewis only yielded 300 yards per game: 207 in the air and 93 on the ground. Ed Reed will miss the first six weeks of the season, but this defense will shine anyway. The Ravens new “high flying” offense coupled with brutal tough nosed defense makes them my choice to win the AFC.
Green Bay Packers NFC Champions 
The Pack does doesn’t have a workhorse HB, but Aaron Rodgers is the next best thing to sliced bread amongst young quarterbacks in the NFL. Now Ryan Grant isn’t a pushover putting up over 1,200 yards last year. What is super exciting about the Packers is Rodgers, whom I think is the next Montana, Brady, or Favre type quarterback in this league. Rodgers put up 4,434 yards passing, 30 touchdowns, and a 103.2 QB rating against only 7 interceptions last year. The thing about the Packers is that they are sneaky good in a NFC North that looks to be a real tough division this year with the Minnesota Vikings and a much improved Chicago Bears team. The key here is very similar to the situation in Baltimore with Ed Reed. If Al Harris can return midseason and fill the nickel back slot the Pack will have a secondary along with Woodson and Tramon Williams that can really be beastly. Even without Johnny Jolly, I think the Pack will make the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl XLV Prediction
Ray Lewis gets his second title after the Ravens shut down the Packers and their bend, but don’t break defense on the strength of a Terrell Suggs pick six late in the fourth quarter. Ravens 31 Packers 24 Super Bowl MVP Dante’ Stallworth in the story of the year catches 6 balls for 119 yards with two scores.
Training Camp has just started but Ill take the Ravens right now
Claude Clayborne of 6Magazine
