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Section 1. Game Info
Section 2. Food Section
Section 3. Wagering Info
Section 4. Predictions

Section 1. "The Game"; 2015 Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks.

 

 

Game Schedule:

Date: February 1, 2015

Time: 6:30 PM Eastern Time

Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

TV Coverage: NBC 

2015 Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks Preview.

By Howard Fendrich

 

For Russell Wilson's Seattle Seahawks to become the first team in a decade to win consecutive Super Bowls, they'll have to beat the most recent group to do it, Tom Brady's New England Patriots.

In an enticing matchup pitting the defending champions against the dominant NFL franchise of the 2000s, the NFC's Seahawks (14-4) will face the AFC's Patriots (14-4) in the title game at Glendale, Arizona, in two weeks.

New England reached its eighth Super Bowl, equaling the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers for most in league history. It's the sixth time quarterback Brady and coach Bill Belichick made it in the past 14 years; they won trophies after the 2001, 2003 and 2004 seasons.

But they lost in their past two appearances, after the 2007 and 2011 seasons, both times against Eli Manning and the New York Giants.

Some Las Vegas sports books had the Seahawks — heading to the franchise's third Super Bowl — as 1-point favorites, while others made the game a pick 'em.

A year ago, Seattle beat Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 43-8 in the big game. In nearly a half-century of Super Bowls — this will be the 49th — there's never been so long a stretch without a repeat champion.

But with coach Pete Carroll, Belichick's predecessor with the Patriots, and general manager John Schneider in charge, Seattle has the makings of a dynasty, thanks to cool-as-can-be Wilson, cornerback Richard Sherman and the first defense since the 1985-86 Chicago Bears to give up the fewest points and fewest yards two seasons in a row.

Among the on-field story lines that will be discussed and dissected from now until Feb. 1:

• How Seattle's defense will try to control Brady, impossible-to-tackle tight end Rob Gronkowski and the rest of New England's versatile offense;

• Whether Sherman, who has an interception in both of Seattle's playoff games this season, is OK after injuring his left elbow late Sunday;

• Whether Wilson and his unheralded receivers, shut down for most of Sunday, will be able to bounce back against noted defensive mind Belichick and New England's own shutdown cornerback, Darrelle Revis, and former Seahawks defensive back Brandon Browner;

• What wrinkles might Belichick and Carroll and their staffs dream up.

Wilson set aside four interceptions and a 16-point deficit to lead the Seahawks past the Green Bay Packers 28-22 in overtime in the NFC championship game Sunday, Seattle's eighth straight victory. No team had ever won a conference title game after trailing by more than 15 points until Wilson helped produce two touchdowns in a 44-second span late in the fourth quarter, then threw a 35-yard TD pass to Jermaine Kearse on the first drive of OT.

There were all sorts of key moments in the topsy-turvy game, including punter Jon Ryan's touchdown pass on a fake field goal for Seattle's first points, and a successful onside kick for the Seahawks after Green Bay's Brandon Bostick failed to hold onto the football.

"Everybody thought we were out of this game," said Wilson, a third-year quarterback who also was drafted by a Major League Baseball team. "You just trust the experience. You trust the guys you have around you."

Two weeks ago, the Patriots became the first team to erase two holes of at least 14 points in a postseason game, but they needed no such comeback Sunday night, completely outclassing the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 for the AFC title. Brady threw a trio of TD passes — including one to left tackle Nate Solder, in the latest bit of trickery from Belichick — and burly running back LeGarrette Blount gained 148 yards on 30 carries and scored three times.

Brady and Belichick are the first QB and first coach with six Super Bowl berths; Belichick's 21 postseason victories are the most for a coach.

"It's hard to compare, year to year. I think every situation's different. We've had a lot of good teams in the past," the 37-year-old Brady said. "This one is going to have to win a very important game to kind of leave our legacy."

Patriots vs. Seahawks: key matchups in Super Bowl.

By Barry Wilner

 

Matchups for the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium:

When the Seahawks (14-4) have the ball:

If the Patriots can tame the Beast, they will have a big head start toward a fourth NFL championship since 2001. RB Marshawn Lynch (24) will try to impose his will on a solid but not overwhelming defense led by DT Vince Wilfork (75), DE Rob Ninkovich (50), LBs Jamie Collins (91) and Dont’a Hightower (54). If Lynch is slowed, that leaves the onus for running on QB Russell Wilson (3). While highly capable — he rushed for 849 yards and six TDs in 2014 — Wilson would prefer balance on offense.

When he throws, he must avoid the interceptions that plagued him vs. Green Bay for the NFC title. Not that Wilson was always off-target, with two of his picks being off tips by WR Jermaine Kearse (15). But he was not nearly as precise as usual.

Kearse, who caught the winning TD pass in the past two NFC title matches, was targeted on all four interceptions against the Packers. He’ll see plenty of CBs Darrelle Revis (24) and Brandon Browner (39), a Seahawk last season, and could struggle getting open deep. S Devin McCourty (32) also will help in coverage on WR Doug Baldwin (89) and TE Luke Willson (82).

One thing Seattle won’t do is lose faith even when things aren’t working on offense. And behind an unsung offensive line led by LT Russell Okung (76) and C Max Unger (60), they won’t back off, either.

When the Patriots (14-4) have the ball:

Unquestionably the key matchup, as it often is these days when the Patriots are on the field, will be All-Pro TE Rob Gronkowski (87) against the legions trying to cover him. However, for Seattle’s Legion of Boom, much of the assignment will fall to S Kam Chancellor (31). Chancellor has the size (6-3, 232), speed and tackling skills to somewhat neutralize Gronkowski.

If he can do that, it frees All-Pro S Earl Thomas (29) to help with versatile WR Julian Edelman (11), who mostly will draw All-Pro CB Richard Sherman (25) in coverage. QB Tom Brady (12) is particularly comfortable throwing to Gronk and Edelman, and the Seahawks want to force him to look at others instead.

But even if the coverage is strong, Seattle must get pressure from pass rushers DEs Michael Bennett (72) and Cliff Avril (56) and LBs Bobby Wagner (54), an All-Pro, and Bruce Irvin (51). Brady is most vulnerable — which isn’t very vulnerable — when he has to throw before he wants to and can’t set his feet.

That means an unheralded offensive line featuring tackles Sebastian Vollmer (76) and Nate Solder (77) needs to be steady.

Green Bay showed the Seahawks can be run on, so RB LeGarrette Blount (29) could wind up being a featured player.

Special Teams:

Although the Seahawks were not great on special teams this season, they were spectacular in beating Green Bay. A fake field goal pass for a TD by holder Jon Ryan (9) — one of the NFL’s most accurate punters — and an onside kick that kept them alive for the NFC title won’t be forgotten in the Pacific Northwest.

Generally, though, New England has the edge here. Coverage is very good on punt and kickoff returns, led by Pro Bowler Matthew Slater (18). Edelman (11) was second in the NFL with 12 yards per punt return and had one for an 84-yard TD. Stephen Gostkowski (3) missed only two field goals and led the NFL with 156 points.
 

Coaching:

Pete Carroll’s revenge? It’s not a major story line, but it should be recognized that Carroll preceded Bill Belichick in New England. He wasn’t a bad coach there, either, going 28-23, but that pales compared to Belichick’s numbers.

No team brings more energy to the field than the Seahawks, and it stems from Carroll. He always has the pulse of his team: Carroll saw how Seattle was suffering from a Super Bowl hangover early in the schedule. He not only got the Seahawks to snap out of it, but reach peak form down the stretch — at least until last week, when they got lucky, too.

Belichick just surpassed Tom Landry’s mark for postseason victories (21). Regardless of the findings of the NFL’s probe into under-inflated footballs in the AFC championship contest, he is known as an innovator — just as much as he is known for stretching the parameters of the rulebook. Belichick keeps things fresh by finding new ways to exploit the opposition.

He will have something unusual lined up for Carroll and the Seahawks.

Intangibles:

Seattle seeks to become the first repeat winner since the Patriots managed it a decade ago. A victory would stamp these Seahawks as an all-time great team, particularly having beaten Peyton Manning and Brady in successive Super Bowls. The Seahawks also come off a mediocre performance in the NFC title game, which should spur them on.

New England, of course, doesn’t want to add a stigma of Super Bowl loser by dropping three in a row after winning in its first three trips with Brady and Belichick. Brady can equal Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana with four Super Bowl rings, while Belichick can tie Chuck Noll with four.

Patriots vs. Seahawks: 5 most important stats about Super Bowl 49.

By Chris Trapasso

 

Super Bowl XLIX is a classic NFL title game that will pit the Seattle Seahawks' ferocious, swarming defense against the New England Patriots' prolific, high-efficiency offensive attack.

While Deflategate may be dominating the headlines this week, this Super Bowl is about as juicy of a matchup as the NFL and its fans could imagine, with the defending champs facing the iconic legacy of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.

Here are the statistics of which you definitely need to be made aware before you sit down, scoop some eccentric dip onto your tortilla chip and take everything in.

1. Incredible Super Bowl history

Super Bowl 49 will mark the first time in Super Bowl history that neither team has a first-round pick they drafted at one of the offensive skill positions (quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end). Every other Super Bowl since its inception in 1967 has included at least one first-round pick (drafted by a participating team) at the skill positions.

This Seahawks vs. Patriots matchup is also the first since Super Bowl XXXVIII, played on February 1, 2004 between the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers, to not feature a first-round quarterback. However, Patriots tight end Daniel Graham, who was selected No. 22 overall by New England in the 2002 draft, caught four passes for 33 yards in that 2004 game.

Also, Rob Gronkowski is the only second-round pick at one of the offensive skill positions who will play in this Super Bowl (unless Jimmy Garoppolo plays. The Patriots don't want that).

Based on the history that will be made Sunday, it's staggering that these teams have been able to achieve such success in an era when offense clearly rules the league.

2. Quarterbacks under pressure

How quarterbacks perform under pressure usually separates the good from the bad, and the elite from the above-average.

Here's how Russell Wilson and Tom Brady stack up when they've been faced with pressure during the 2014 regular season and playoffs.

Brady and Wilson under pressure
Name	Drop Backs	Hit as Thrown	TDs	INTs	Pressure %	Sack %	Completion %	Accuracy %
Russell Wilson	273	3	5	4	44.9	17.2	46.1	66.7
Tom Brady	197	11	4	7	28	11.7	45	61.6

 

The first thing that pops out from that chart is the huge disparity in pressure percentage. In fact, no quarterback has a higher pressure percentage than the Seahawks quarterback.

Wilson is certainly much more of an athletic improviser than Brady, but Seattle's offensive line isn't nearly as sturdy as New England's front is.  

While Wilson's Accuracy Percentage (AP) is slightly better than Brady's, and he boasts a positive TD-to-INT ratio, the top-level signal-callers have almost identical completion percentages under pressure.

Wilson's Accuracy Percentage of 66.7 ranks eighth out of 37 quarterbacks who took at least 25 percent of their team's snaps this season, while Brady's 61.6 AP ranks 15th.

3. Team pass rush

After examining how well Brady and Wilson fare under duress, it's logical to see how often each team's pass rush has gotten after the quarterback in 2014 and during the postseason.

To most, the Seahawks are the club in this Super Bowl with the more dangerous pass rush. While that's technically true, the Patriots aren't that far behind.

Pass rush comparison
Team	Pressures	Drop Backs Faced	Pressure %
Patriots Pass Rush	250	710	35.20%
Seahawks Pass Rush	238	639	37.24%

(Pressures are sacks, hits or hurries on a quarterback, per Pro Football Focus.) Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril are established, well-known defensive linemen, but Rob Ninkovich and Chandler Jones fly under almost everyone's radar outside of New England.

The pressure percentages are comparable, yet New England hasn't registered a sack in the playoffs, and the Seahawks defense has three in two games.

The trench battles, especially on the edges, will almost assuredly have a major impact on the outcome of Super Bowl XLIX.

4. Top cornerbacks

Chris Harris Jr. and Vontae Davis had outstanding seasons at cornerback, but Darrelle Revis and Richard Sherman have been mainstays atop everyone's cornerback rankings for years now.

Here are the figures (counting the playoffs) for what Sherman and Revis have allowed this year. They're first and second in cover snaps per target and cover snaps per catch. They define the label "shutdown corner."

 

Comparing Sherman, Revis
Rank	Name	Targets	Catches< Allowed	Yards	TDs	INTs	QB Rating	Cover Snaps Per Target	Cover Snaps Per Catch
1	Richard Sherman	72	34	473	1	6	38.7	8.7	18.5
2	Darrelle Revis	84	43	579	3	3	70.5	8.1	15.9

Neither the Seahawks nor the Patriots have "conventional" No. 1 receivers on the outside for Sherman and Revis to cover, and because of that, Seattle would be smart to put Sherman on Rob Gronkowski for a few snaps when he's split out from the formation.

Also, the length and physical nature of Sherman and Revis vs. the small but super quick wideouts like Danny Amendola, Doug Baldwin and Julian Edelman will be extremely interesting due to contrast in size and playing style.

5. Rugged runners

Marshawn Lynch is arguably the most famous back in football, and he's probably the most unique. He's also an underrated shifty power runner who rarely goes down on first contact.

However, the lesser known LeGarrette Blount, who's been shipped around the league and in and out of the Patriots' starting lineup this year, is surprisingly just as rugged and agile with the football in his hands.

Comparing Lynch and Blount
Runner	Rushing Attempts	Catches	Yards After Contact Per Rush	Missed Tackles Forced On Runs	Missed Tackles Forced On Catches
Marshawn Lynch	319	41	3.11	109	13
LeGarrette Blount	93	4	3.17	18	1

New England's big back is aided by a relatively small sample size here, but his 3.17 yards after contact per rush average is the highest in the NFL among all runners with at least 55 touches.

Both squads don't shy away from featuring their running games, and during a time in which speedy, "HR-hitting" backs are becoming the most prevalent in pro football, these bruisers have definitely shown their worth and are exceptionally difficult to bring to the turf.

Section 2. Fan-Favorite Football Foods Across America

 

From Chicago Sports & Travel, Inc./AllsportsAmerica Kitchens

 

Listed below are fan favorites football foods from team localities across America. We recommend that you visit, myrecipes.com, hit the Super Bowl Prompt or type Super Bowl recipes in the search box and look at all the magnificent recipes, (Chili, Buffalo Wings, Bar-B-Que, Dips, Wraps, Snacks, Shots and Beers, etc.), and ideas for your Super Bowl or Tailgate party. Bon Appetit!!!!! 

 

 1. Arizona Cardinals: Green Chile Stew

 2. Atlanta Falcons: Fried Chicken Nachos

 3. Baltimore Ravens: Maryland Crab Cakes

 4. Buffalo Bills: Wings

 5. Carolina Panthers: Carolina Barbecue

 6. Chicago Bears: Hot Dogs (Chicago-Style)

 7. Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Chili

 8. Cleveland Browns: Beer Can Chicken

 9. Dallas Cowboys: Chicken Fried Steak

10. Denver Broncos: Buffalo Burger

11. Detroit Lions: Coney Island Dog

12. Green Bay Packers: Cheese Curds

13. Houston Texans: Beef Brisket

14. Indianapolis Colts: Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

15. Jacksonville Jaguars: Fresh Seafood

16. Kansas City Chiefs: Kansas City BBQ

17. Miami Dolphins: Cuban Sandwich

18. Minnesota Vikings: Jucy Lucy

19. New England Patriots: New England Clam Chowder

20. New Orleans Saints: Po' Boys

21. New York Giants: Pizza

22. New York Jets: Jersey Subs

23. Oakland Raiders: Stuffed Potato Skins

24. Philadelphia Eagles: Cheese Steaks

25. Pittsburgh Steelers: Kielbasa Sausage

26. Saint Louis Rams: Toasted Ravioli

27. San Diego Chargers: Fish Tacos

28. San Francisco 49ers: Mission Burrito

29. Seattle Seahawks: Steamed Clams and Other Seafood

30. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Lechon Asado

31. Tennessee Titans: Fried Chicken

32. Washington Redskins: Eastern Shore Crab Dip with Old Bay Seasoning

33. Beer: Any and All Domestics, Imports and Local Craft beers 

 

Our favorite tailgate time is when we cook the whole pig during a Sunday, Monday or Thursday night game. It doesn't get any better than that.

 

Marion P. Jelks, Chicago Sports & Travel, Inc./AllsportsAmerica Blog Editor at Soldier Field in Chicago tailgating in 2013 with a bottle of "Bombay Sapphire Gin" and a whole pig getting ready for a little pig roast before walking over to see the Chicago Bears bring home another victory. Ah yes, for the good times.

 

Six hours later and the pig is done. Nothing like Tennessee style open pit Bar-B-Que. And if that looks good, you should have tasted it. Out of this world. To make the day complete, The Bears won!!! Yeah baby.

 

Section 3. Super Bowl Odds 2015: Props List and Betting Guide for Patriots vs. Seahawks.

 

By Donald Woods

 

Many football fans don’t care about the battle between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks in the 2015 Super Bowl because their favorite team is not involved in the action.

 

For those fans, betting on the championship game is always entertaining, and finding the best odds on the latest prop bets could make watching the Super Bowl a very enjoyable experience, even if you detest one or both of the team’s involved.

 

Here are the latest 2015 Super Bowl odds, prop bets and betting guide.

2015 Super Bowl Odds
 

Team	Money Line Odds	Spread	Over / Under
New England Patriots	25-27	-1 (100-101)	Over 48.5 (20-21)
Seattle Seahawks	50-51	+1 (100-109)	Under 48.5 (20-23)

 

Source: OddsShark.com

 

2015 Super Bowl Prop Bets
 

Prop Bets	Odds	Odds
Coin toss	Heads (20-21)	Tails (20-21)
Team to win coin toss	New England (20-21)	Seattle (20-21)
Will team that wins coin toss win the game?	Yes (20-23)	No (20-23)
Super Bowl MVP	Tom Brady (8-5)
	Russell Wilson (7-2)
	Marshawn Lynch (4-1)
	Rob Gronkowski (9-1)
	LeGarrette Blount (12-1)
National anthem	Over 2:01	Under 2:01
Will Bill Belichick smile during the game on camera?	Yes (3-2)	No (1-2)
Who will Barack Obama pick to win the game?	New England (5-7)	Seattle EVEN (1-1)

Source: OddsShark.com

Good Luck with your wagering!!!

 

Section 4. Super Bowl picks and predictions: Seahawks, Patriots have experts divided. Patriots vs. Seahawks: Latest Expert, NFL Player Predictions for Super Bowl 2015. (Predictions are as of January 28, 2015. Odds are subject to change but at Chicago Sports & Travel, Inc./AllsportsAmerica, we feel it going to be a pick 'em game!!!)

 

By Andrew Gould

 

 

Football fans eager for a more competitive Super Bowl will enjoy the dissenting opinions on which team will win Sunday's big game.

 

There's no clean favorite between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, two No. 1 seeds and popular picks to win their respective conferences all along. As of Wednesday afternoon, Odds Shark gives New England just a one-point edge. 

Will Seattle's top-rated defense procure back-to-back titles, or can New England circumvent controversy and return to glory? As always, everyone will spend the week giving their two cents of the final outcome, so let's dive into expert opinions around the Web.

Latest Predictions

As a company loyalist, let's start right here at Bleacher Report, where 16 NFL writers made their Super Bowl predictions. Given the close nature of this matchup, one would have expected an even split, but 11 experts picked Seattle to prevail.

National Lead Writer Mike Tanier, who picked the Seahawks to win by the narrow score of 19-17, anticipates a tough, low-scoring affair similar to the Patriots' last two Super Bowl losses. 

One thing to keep in mind while trying to predict the outcome of this game is that the scores of the two Giants-Patriots Super Bowls were 17-14 and 21-17. The Patriots had better offenses in those two games than they have this year, and while they were facing defense-oriented opponents, neither the 2007 nor 2011 Giants defense can come close to the 2014 Seahawks in terms of quality. It doesn't make much sense to predict a very high score.

AFC East Lead Writer Erik Frenz, however, believes New England will adjust to the challenge ahead and find holes within Seattle's swarming defense.

The Patriots offense has been one of the most adaptable in the league this season, alternating freely and seamlessly between a pass-happy and a smashmouth attack. We've already seen them fare well against good pass defenses by spreading them out, neutralizing the pass rush with a quick-hitting pass attack and allowing Tom Brady to find the favorable matchups. That will probably be the plan of attack this week, with a spread attack to give Brady as many options as possible and allow him to throw away from Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman.

Only three writers forecasted a double-digit outcome, and interestingly enough, all three came in Seattle's favor. While some analysts remember last year's blowout over the Denver Broncos, everyone rolling with New England cautiously did so by six points or less.  CBS Sports' eight-person panel proved more torn, as four picked Seattle while the other four sided with New England. One of those to choose the Pats, Pete Prisco, took a simplistic rout in a separate piece, citing the distance between quarterbacks Tom Brady and Russell Wilson.

"The reality is that one is great, and one is simply good," Prisco wrote.

Yet he also talked to San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle, who explained to Prisco what makes Wilson such an effective player.

The biggest thing with Russ is that he is that never-say-die guy. He's going to fight and make plays outside the pocket, more so than inside. Look at all his plays. When he does gun, three-step, five-step or straight drop, five-step, seven-step, he's not that good. That's just reality. I can back it up by the film. He runs around for five seconds and makes a huge play. He's such a great downfield thrower outside the pocket.

If quarterback play proved the only deciding factor, the Seahawks would not have survived Wilson's four interceptions over MVP front-runner Aaron Rodgers' Green Bay Packers. LeGarrette Blount, Rob Gronkowski and Darrelle Revis, among others, will prove just as essential as Brady to ensuring a New England victory.

Keith Goldner of numberFire.com, via TheMMQB.com, crunched the data to draw an expected conclusion: "In a game that is listed as a pick 'em almost everywhere, our projection is no different. We give the Seahawks the slight edge and a 52.3 percent chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions."

Seattle's defensive advantage slightly offset New England's offensive edge, producing a 24-23 projected score in the NFC champion's favor.

Yet as a reminder of how close these two teams stack up, Pro Football Focus' Mike Clay forecasts a different outcome on a nearly identical tally. He has New England sealing the deal at 24-21, projecting 242 passing yards from Brady in an underwhelming MVP performance. 

The players are mostly too busy preparing for next year or discussing deflated footballs, but Torrey Smith gave Seattle a backhanded endorsement while playfully mocking the Legion of Boom's latest Sports Illustrated cover.  

Torrey Smith        ✔                                                                   Follow
@TorreySmithWR  

They are about to win it all and drop the hottest album of the year.
 

10:33 AM - 27 Jan 2015                      

4,963 Retweets 3,687 favorites 
    

At least he said they're about to win it all. That's all that matters, right?

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Other Predictions of note:

 

• Madden 2015 Predicts Patriots over Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.
• Prediction Machine Picks Seahawks Over Patriots In Super Bowl XLIX.
• LaDainian Tomlinson, former NFL running back: Seahawks
• Curtis Martin, Pro Football Hall of Famer: Patriots 35, Seahawks 24
• Ryan Tannehill, Miami Dolphins quarterback: Seahawks
• Greg Olsen, Carolina Panthers tight end: Patriots
• Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh Steelers running back: Patriots
• Ray Lucas, former NFL quarterback: Patriots 24, Seahawks 21
• Jack Roush, Owner of Roush Fenway Racing: Seahawks
• Tom Byrne, host on Mad Dog Sports Radio: Seahawks 24, Patriots 23
• Chris Childers, host on SiriusXM College Sports Nation: Seahawks 24, Patriots 21
• Mateen Cleaves, former NBA player and host on SiriusXM College Sports Nation: Seahawks 21, Patriots 17
• Adam Schein, host on Mad Dog Sports Radio: Patriots 31, Seahawks 27
• Jeff Rickard, host on SiriusXM College Sports Nation: Patriots 29, Seahawks 21
• Derrick Mason, former NFL wide receiver, New England.
• Frank Caliendo,  I’m gonna go Patriots
• John Daly, PGA TOUR golfer, host on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, I just think New England’s got the edge
• Brad Hopkins, former NFL tackle, host on SiriusXM NFL Radio, 24-19, Seattle
• Wayne Larrivee, Green Bay Packers play-by-play voice, My tendency would be to say Seattle. I think they’ve been the best team in the league … but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the Patriots won that game.

There are many more predictions to come and Sunday night we'll all know the outcome. We'd like to wish you and your favorite team the best of Luck. We'd love to know your prediction, please go to the comment section at the bottom of this blog and post your it.

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