The best two teams in the National Football League are preparing to battle each other at Levi’s Stadium in Super Bowl LX.
That is not always the case.
There have been plenty of seasons when a team got hot late, benefited from a fluke play in the playoffs or caught a superior squad looking past them and benefited from an upset in the playoffs. Not this year. The Seahawks have credentials on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball that could allow them to become only the second team in Super Bowl history to win a Vince Lombardi Trophy after losing at home on opening day.
Seattle was edged at Lumen Field on opening day while a slight underdog to the San Francisco 49ers.
The New England Patriots accomplished something only five other teams in history have done, that is winning at least seven consecutive games while scoring 23 or more points and allowing 23 or fewer. The first five teams to do that won their league championship, and the Patriots did it a record ten times.
They are looking to become only the second team to win a Super Bowl after losing their season opening game at home. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers did that in 2002, losing to the New Orleans Saints at home on opening day and then winning it all with a one-sided triumph over the Los Angeles Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. The Patriots opened the career of Mike Vrabel as their coach with a loss to, wait for it, the Las Vegas Raiders.