5 Super Bowl Storylines To Keep An Eye On

In American culture, a Super Bowl is some-more than only a game, and Super Bowl Sunday is some-more than only a cold winter’s day. The diversion itself can infrequently be overshadowed by a philharmonic surrounding it, including a halftime uncover (recall Janet Jackson) and whatever is a stream liaison or debate (hi, “Deflategate

But eventually it all comes down to a movement on a field, and in Super Bowl XLIX we have a dream matchup between a league’s many new dynasties, New England and Seattle. And for a second true year, we have a tip seeds from both a AFC and a NFC in a large game. With that in mind, let’s take a demeanour during a 5 pivotal storylines and subplots to keep an eye on this Sunday.

LEGACIES

It’s a tenure used too mostly in sports, though one that seems suitable here. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady — uninformed off a epic “Deflategate” disasterdoesn’t caring about anything

On a other side, we have Pete Carroll, 63, a manager whose rah-rah proceed couldn’t be some-more opposite from that of his counterpart, though whose success is equally impressive. Carroll, a former New England conduct manager himself, is dear by his players, who frequently speak about using by a section wall for their leader. A uninterrupted Super Bowl pretension for Carroll would meant dual as an NFL conduct manager and dual as a collegiate conduct coach, something that’s never been done. Meanwhile, his quarterback, a small and under-drafted Russell Wilson, is already a winning-est QB ever by 3 seasons of work. If he wins a second universe pretension during 25 years old, he will turn a youngest quarterback ever to win mixed Super Bowls. In other words, regardless of that group emerges winning on Sunday, story will be made.

BEAST MODE

Marshawn Lynch, a Seahawks’ puzzling 28-year-old using back, has been left at slightest $100,000 lighter in a walletrelies heavilyoften morph

For what it’s worth, Lynch wanted to wear bullion cleats during a NFC pretension game, and embattled Commissioner Roger Goodell and his bureau will reportedly be on a surveillance for any obscene gestures

FEEDING GRONK

With all due respectpretty great

As a whole, a Seahawks surrendered a towering 11 touchdown passes to parsimonious ends in a unchanging season, restraining for third many in a NFL, according to ESPN

SHUTDOWN ARTISTS

Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, 26, and Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis (pictured above), 29, are as widespread as it gets in pro football. They’re also really opposite players. At 6 feet 3 inches, Sherman relies on his prolonged arms and scarcely flawless technique, while also staying on one side of a margin for all 60 minutes. For example, Sherman — a former fifth-round breeze collect who has been named a first-team All-Pro 3 years using — has also played on a right side of a margin for 99 percent of snaps in Seattle’s dual playoff wins, per ESPN

Meanwhile, a 5-foot-11-inch Revis, who sealed on with a Pats during a offseason, tends to shade a opposition’s best receiver, displaying an roughly unequaled ability to expect throws. This season, Revis authorised only 3 touchdowns when targeted. Both Revis and Sherman are famous for a relentless loyalty to a film room, and as usual, any actor will have to face a rarely dangerous quarterback this weekend. Finally, keep in mind that a twin had a controversial Twitter spat

BAD BLOOD

Seahawks-Patriots is frequency a adversary diversion — a dual teams have played any other only 3 times this century — though that doesn’t meant there isn’t some bad blood between them. Just this week, Pats dilemma and former Legion of Boom member Brandon Browner came out in support of violation Richard Sherman’s arm. “At a finish of a day, this is about a Super Bowl,” Browner said

Sherman, for his part, has uttered his exasperation with a joining not holding movement opposite a Pats for “Deflategate.” “Will they be punished? Probably not,” Sherman said

On tip of all that, of course, it was during a 2012 Seahawks-Patriots diversion that Sherman’s now-infamous tongue — “You mad, bro?” — was coined, when Seattle overcame a 13-point fourth-quarter necessity during home to kick a Pats 24-23. Thirteen points might not seem like most when we cruise Seattle’s most new performance

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