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Arena Football League fans who are knowledgeable of the game know that this league is a heck of a lot better off when both the Tampa Bay Storm and the Orlando Predators are both good. The truth of the matter? The last time that both of these teams were good at the same time was 2010, but even then, those teams were seeded third and fourth in the playoffs that season, and the Preds only just squeaked into the playoffs at 8-8.

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It was a rough first three weeks of the 2014 season for the Philadelphia Soul. After a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Arizona Rattlers, a blowout loss to the San Jose SaberCats, and a loss to the Tampa Bay Storm, people began to get worried about the Soul. There still may be concerns, but the Soul returned to 2013 form with a 69-56 win over the Orlando Predators on Thursday night.

It only took one step into Spokane Arena on Thursday's Media Day for ArenaBowl XXIII to know that there was something special here. Just take one look in the rafters. Banner after banner after banner are hanging in the end zone just to the left of the scoreboard.

To say that the entire AFL season comes down to Week 16 might seem like hyperbole, but it's legitimately possible. The Arizona Rattlers and Orlando Predators are both quite possibly two wins away from having the road to the ArenaBowl go through their respective homes, and they have to go through each other first in order to settle their differences. The winner of this Monday's game is very likely going to end up having the easier trek to the ArenaBowl and hosting rights for the game, though Orlando would still have to clear the hurdle of the Philadelphia Soul in Week 18 first.