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Their defenses are probably just about equal, so that doesn't work.
Brady may be better then Delhomme, but Carolina has a great rushing attack, and can pass the ball when needed. New England can't run the ball against a anything better then an average line, and Carolina has probably the best pass-rushing line in football to go with an underrated secondary, which stopped the Rams and the Eagles for most of the playoffs.
Now, Belicheck will have something to say about all this, and could easily shut down Delhomme and Davis/Foster. The Patriots' receivers aren't the best, but have an explosiveness that can overwhelm an unprepared team, or even a well-prepared one.
Also, the last four years now at least one road team won a conference championship game. In the past three, that team won the Super Bowl (Baltimore, New England, Tampa Bay).
I predict Panthers 23, Patriots 17, but it could definatly go either way.
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