The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks are ready for Super Bowl LX
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Why are the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks considered unlikely Super Bowl contenders?
Bob, it's the most unlikely Super Bowl there has ever been. Do you know that? Meaning what? Unlikely from the beginning of the season? Meaning it's the first time where teams that were 60-1 or worse to make the Super Bowl at the beginning of the season have made it. Both of them. I think the Seahawks were 60-1, the Patriots were 80-1. First time ever. So yes, if you look back at the beginning of the season, it's the most unlikely Super Bowl there ever was. Think about it. Zero people predicted either of these teams to be in the Super Bowl. It was all about the Ravens and Chiefs and Bills and Lions and, yes, Eagles. unbelievable what transpired this season.
I think that's why the NFL is as popular as it is.
But it never happens this way.
That's the whole point. It usually is very predictable. Normally you do get different teams that go from worst to first and they don't necessarily end up in the Super Bowl, but they change their fortunes around pretty quickly. And Seattle certainly was one of those teams. And given the fact that they had Geno Smith a year ago, got rid of him, and many people thought that was a terrible move, they brought in Sam Darnold, they have clint kubiak they have a very good run game which they've had for a couple of years now um and they almost lost it because of a taunting call um which that was ridiculous the whole was it the whole taunting thing is so stupid guys get guys get up after every play and are john and each other's faces making making you go to comments to the other bench it happens all the time when you go to the sidelines though in those situations you have to be smarter don't you don't
I guess you have to be smarter, but I see it happen all the time. Guys, look over at the opposing bench. Did he stay a second too long? Probably. Is that how you want to decide? I'm not saying this decided it because it obviously didn't. They still won. Is that how you want to decide which team goes to the Super Bowl? I thought it was ridiculous.
No, but I think his teammates on that side of the field were getting after him a little bit for how could you be this stupid.
Yeah.
When you're in that situation and you know what a rule is, you may not agree with a rule, but you can't push it to the point where you are the guy. And then the very next play, they go right after him, and Puka Nakua scores a touchdown. So he got double whammied right there. Double whammy. Just like Press Your Luck.
You ever watch that show, Bob? Yeah, I remember that show. The double whammy? Yeah. Yes. Yeah, you're right about that. Seattle, third in scoring, first in defense. New England, second in scoring, fourth in defense. They're really good all-around teams, both of them. Yes, both sides of it. Both top five in offense and defense. But the Steelers were in contention, even though they weren't in the top 25 in either, were they? Certainly not offensively.
I don't know what the final statistics were on that.
Maybe they were 23rd. I don't know. But I guess according to Art, they were in contention. You have two defensive coaches. Mike McDonald and Mike Vrabel in the Super Bowl.
Two good offensive coordinators for those defensive coaches.
Two great offensive coordinators, Clint Kubiak, Josh McDaniels, and two top three picks who have taken different journeys here, but they were top three picks, Sam Darnold and Drake May. That's what you have in this year's Super Bowl, Bob.
Yeah, and it goes to show you that you have to get there.
What factors contributed to the Seahawks and Patriots making the Super Bowl?
We're going to end up right where we started talking about why it's so important to have a franchise quarterback in place. And you have to get it figured out. It's very hard to do if you're not in a position to draft them. And they have not been in that position, so now they have to figure it out. With what they have and what they're going to add on because they're going to bring somebody else in, just a matter of who that is. If it's Malik Willis, if they're going to do that, then fine, except I would make sure that it was a two-man battle for that job.
Well, why don't we finish where we began today, Wonder Twin, and that is just opening the lines on one of the biggest decisions in Pittsburgh sports history.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks considered unlikely Super Bowl contenders?
0:00–3:13
2
What factors contributed to the Seahawks and Patriots making the Super Bowl?
3:13–5:50
3
How do the offensive and defensive strategies of both teams compare?
5:50–8:36
4
What impact do the quarterbacks have on the Super Bowl match-up?
8:36–11:36
5
What role does coaching play in the success of these teams?
11:36–14:02
6
Should L.C. Greenwood be inducted into the Hall of Fame?
14:02–16:50
7
What are the arguments for and against Bob Kraft's Hall of Fame candidacy?
16:50–19:43
8
How do historical statistics affect Hall of Fame decisions?
19:43–21:35
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