Super Bowl LI Prediction

Here is my prediction for Super Bowl LI on Sunday, February 5th.

New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons- 6:30, FOX: This is a very enticing Super Bowl for many reasons. New England is coming off their AFC Championship game win against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Atlanta is coming off their impressive NFC Championship game win against the Green Bay Packers. We have the Patriots here yet again as Tom Brady and Bill Belichick go for their fifth Super Bowl win and the Falcons are aiming for their first championship in franchise history. The Pats are playing very well on both sides of the ball and so are the Falcons. The great offensive teams typically don't do well in Super Bowls (2007 Patriots, 2013 Broncos), but the Falcons have a ton of great weapons in Julio Jones, Devonta Freeman, Mohamed Sanu among them and Matt Ryan will likely win the MVP. The Pats offense isn't as good as the Falcons, but they have some playmakers in Dion Lewis, LaGarrette Blount, Julian Edelman, and Chris Hogan among them. Defensively, Malcolm Butler will be covering Jones and he's done well against top receivers before. Vic Beasley is the Falcons defensive playmaker and he'll make some plays as all. The Patriots are just too good in these spots and the experience will be a big difference as the Patriots will win their fifth Super Bowl in franchise history and it will be impressive that they'll be doing this without Rob Gronkowski.

Prediction: New England 27, Atlanta 24.

Super Bowl MVP: Tom Brady