Who will win the Super Bowl according to Clark Judge

First things first. The New England Patriots are better, stronger and deeper than they were a year ago when they won the Super Bowl. That said, they won't repeat as champions. Why? Easy. Virtually no one these days repeats as champions. Look at the Patriots of two years ago. They were a popular choice to defend their title and might have were it not for one itzy-bitzy glitch: They didn't make the playoffs. Neither did everybody's favorite of a year ago, Tampa Bay, a 5,000-pound gorilla that was supposed to be the most complete package since Gina Lollobrigida. Then the Bucs failed to defend their Super Bowl title when they fizzled to 7-9. Sure, this year's Patriots are loaded and play in a division where the competition, i.e., Miami, just lost its most valuable player. But it's not the competition that's the problem; it's a trend that has one team repeating as Super Bowl champion over the past decade. Of the past five Super Bowl winners, no one the following season made it farther than the 2001 Baltimore Ravens -- who lost in the divisional round of the playoffs -- while three others failed to reach the postseason. So who wins this year's Super Bowl? Ah, that's the first in our Top Ten Questions entering the season, and go no farther for the answer: Anyone but New England. Gimme Philadelphia. Or Seattle. Kansas City. Denver. You name it. Anyone but New England. Anything else? As a matter of fact...

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