The time has finally come for the two best teams in the NFC to face off. The Carolina Panthers will be at home to take on the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship game. This will be a very hard fought game that will come down to the wire.
Starting with the home team, the Panthers are just simply the best team in the NFL this season. Their offense has been incredible for the whole year. Cam Newton has been the best quarterback this year as well. Cam Newton can beat teams both passing the football, and running the football. Cam Newton will be a huge factor in this game. Im also expecting Greg Olsen to be able to make an impact since he has proven to be a elite tight en in this league. The wide receievers will need to step up for the Panthers. Funchess and Ted Ginn Jr. will need to perform well against a elite secondary in order for the Panthers to win. Im also expecting Jonathan Stewart to be able to run the football well after that amazing performance he had last week against the Seattle Seahawks.
The Panthers defense has also proven to be really good as well. Im expecting big play from the Panthers linebacking core. Former Defensive Player of Year Luke Kuechly has hd a solid year and he had a good game last week. The Panthers also have Josh Norman who has proven to be a really good corner. I am thinking the defense for the Panthers will be able to play solid but not anything great.
The Cardinals offense will be interesting in this game after their performance last week. Carson Palmer played conservitave in his first playoff victory. If he comes out playing conservative like he did last week, then I give the Cardinals no shot of winning this game. Another thing to watch for is Larry Fitzgerald. Larry Fitzgerald has proven that he can play great at a high age. I believe this will be the game where David Johnson steps up and proves he can be clutch.
The Cardinals defense worries me just a little bit. They are good almost everywhere on the defense. They are capable of stopping the run. The big problem with the Cardinals defense is their leader Tyrann Mathieu will not be playing in this game. The Packers offense which has been mediocre looked pretty good against the cardinals last week.
I personally believe that this will be the game where missing Tyrann Mathieu will come back and haunt the Cardinals. It will be a close, fairly high scoring game in my opinion.
31-27 Panthers
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