Shaker Samman

It's hard to talk about this game without also talking about the fact that 11 years ago, these two teams met in the Super Bowl.

So that game, a really historic back and forth game, which ends on the Seahawks on the one yard line with a chance to win the Super Bowl and throwing an interception at the goal line.

The historic Malcolm Butler Patriots interception instead of handing the ball off to Marshawn Lynch, their superstar elite probable future Hall of Fame running back.

I cannot believe the call.

You've got Marshawn Lynch in the backfield.

You've got a guy that's been borderline unstoppable in this part of the field.

I can't believe the call.

you know, talking to players this week on both teams.

We were at Super Bowl opening night talking to the Patriots and the Seahawks.

And I asked them 11 years later with hindsight, should they have just handed off to Marshawn?

And what we found was pretty fun.

All of the Seahawks players, I think wanting to be on their best behavior said, you know, no comment.

I don't really know.

It was a long time ago.

And every Patriots player was, oh, they absolutely should have.

They probably would have won the Super Bowl if they'd just given the ball to Marshawn Lynch, which to be fair is also a belief that most of us have held for the last decade.

You want to tell us about it?

So earlier this week, we spoke to Ken Jennings, the host of Jeopardy, diehard, lifelong Seattle superfan, who said to me that it was the first time that he really contemplated that maybe sports are a bad idea.

Maybe football is a terrible thing because of the pain he felt in that moment.

Yeah.