Super Sunday from New Jersey

The loyal readers of the TMG Draft Zone will remember the comments I made about the Super Bowl being held in an outdoor stadium at a cold weather location from back in May 2010, right after the announcement came down that the big game would be in New Jersey following the 2013 season. I said back then that the big weather concern would be the wind, and it looks like it may play a part after all. How much the wind swirls is going to directly affect how the ducks of Peyton Manning flutter around the yard, and in a close game as most seem to think we will have, I can see the outcome being determined by the kicking game. A little breeze here, a gust there, and the ball is wide right or left, and Super Dreams are lost. My prediction for the game: Denver 23, Seattle 20. Matt Prater makes the game winning kick, his third of the day, in spite of the conditions at the buzzer, and no one remembers because Manning will get all the press. Perhaps in time they will, as has happened with Adam Vinateri and his game winner for New England. But for now, the quarterbacks will be all the talk of the game. Just like they will be come draft day in May.