Poll: Who Will Win Super Bowl LI?

We are a week away from Super Bowl LI, and the world is rife with Super Bowl predictions, analysis, prop bets, and recipes. As preparations for America’s unofficial national holiday rage on, it is time for our readership to let us know their pick to take home the Lombardi Trophy. Will the Patriots bring home their fifth world championship? Or will the Falcons rise to the occasion and parade the Lombardi through the streets of Atlanta for the first time in franchise history?

Oct 22, 2016; London, United Kingdom; General view of Super Bowl Lombardi Trophy during NFL Fan Rally at the Victoria House prior to game 16 of the NFL International Series between the New York Giants and the Los Angeles Rams. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The Falcons, of course, set the league ablaze with the NFL’s most prolific offense, led by an MVP-caliber season from quarterback Matt Ryan. Behind Ryan, second-year head coach Dan Quinn, and second-year offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, the Falcons won the NFC South and secured a first-round bye. Once in the playoffs, Ryan was able to exorcise some of his postseason demons, leading his team to home victories over the Seahawks and Packers en route to Houston, the site of Super Bowl LI.

While the Falcons will be appearing in the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1998 season, this is all pretty familiar to the Patriots. New England took home its eighth straight AFC East title in 2016, and despite Tom Brady‘s four-game suspension to open the season, a season-ending injury to Rob Gronkowski, and some disappointing defensive performances, the Patriots steamrolled their way to a 14-2 record, a No. 1 overall seed, and two fairly easy postseason wins (although their divisional round victory over the Texans was a bit more of a struggle than one might have expected).

New England is currently viewed as a slim favorite in what could turn into a high-scoring affair, but Atlanta looked unstoppable in its romp over the Packers last week, and this one has all the potential to be memorable.

So what say you? Will Super Bowl LI be business as usual? Or will a new team join the world champion ranks?

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