How the NFL chooses Super Bowl cities has changed over the years. Cities in warmer regions compete with cities that have new stadiums.

The Super Bowl: Players dream about it, rappers sing about it and Patriots fans brag about it, but why is the game where it is.

Brady has more Super Bowl appearances than every single NFL team besides the Patriots. The Pittsburgh Steelers are second to Brady and the Patriots with 8 appearances.

Just as you find yourself every NFL postseason wondering how the Patriots are in another Super Bowl, every year you find yourself wondering how a particular city is chosen to host the Super Bowl.

Miami and New Orleans are tied for hosting the most Super Bowls at 10, and Miami will host Super Bowl LIV in 2020 for a record 11th time.

Now, they have to compete to star in the most-watched US television broadcast.

President of the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee Michael Zimmer is responsible for coordinating the Super Bowl bid that was presented to the NFL for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 games, and he held this position during Super Bowl XLIV, which was in Miami in 2010.

Then, the NFL would send out bid documents to the finalists, and those chosen cities review the documents and put together a bid and present it to the league. The 32 owners vote on the final bids to determine the Super Bowl host.

However, that model has changed.

“Now what they’re doing is going to a model where they (NFL) will ask you if you would like to host the game, and if you accept, then you negotiate the terms.”. Hey Super Bowl fans.

Nailing the pitch to get the NFL owners to pick your city requires hundreds of days of preparation.

“It is about a 600-page document. What we do is we go to the (NFL) owners meeting, we pitch to the owners, and then the 32 owners vote on the cities they want to host the games.”.

The Miami Super Bowl LIV Host Committee is made up of 20 people, and Zimmer said the planning really never stops.

Zimmer and his team will interview close to 15,000 people to get 10,000 volunteers, and they all have to be outfitted, fed and have background checks.

“We’ve had meetings with law enforcement for the past six months,” Zimmer said. Authorities identify the Super Bowl as a SEAR event, which means it has a Special Event Assessment Rating.

“There’s always a piece of something that’s going on that we have to address.”. NFL cities in Detroit, Houston, Dallas and Indianapolis have built new stadiums, and the increased competition has made it harder for cities to get a Super Bowl since the turn of the century.

The competition is fierce, but Zimmer said the tougher competition is a great opportunity to see not only what other cities do to enhance the experience, but it also is great to see a city really brand the Super Bowl to what it is as a city.

“We are in a position to look at what’s the best practice – what did they accomplish well, what can we improve on – we take those lessons, and we apply them to our city as well.”.

The Kansas City Chiefs will play the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2023 Super Bowl. Super Bowl LVII, which is set for Sunday, February 12, at 6:30 p.m.

Have you ever wondered how the venue is decided for the Super Bowl. For this question, we might have an explanation.

The Super Bowl is played mostly in January or February, and nobody wants the game to be disturbed because of a heavy snowfall.

In the past, most Super Bowl games have been held in Miami, New Orleans, and Los Angeles that have warmer climates. Miami has hosted the most Super Bowls (11) in the history of the NFL.

While weather might be one of the deciding factors, there are so many more. Usually, bidding cities compete against each other to get the responsibility of hosting the Super Bowl.

Earlier, the NFL would invite cities to make bids, and a few finalists were selected by them. The finalist would then have to submit a presentation which could be as long as 600 pages and would be prepared in a year’s time.

However, this paradigm has evolved recently. Since 2018, and thus starting with Super Bowl LVII, extensive competition has been eliminated.

NFL team owners will then vote to accept or reject the venue. Below are the few conditions by the NFL that need to be fulfilled if a city wants to host a Super Bowl game.

The next Super Bowl will be held in the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada in 2024, following the season finale this year at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. In 2025, the Super Bowl will be held at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The 2023 Super Bowl is almost here and fans are getting ready to watch the Kansas City Chiefs face off against the Philadelphia Eagles. Every year, fans flock from across the country to the city where the game is being held.

But how are the stadiums even chosen. It turns out that the city hosting the event is actually chosen years in advance of the actual game.

A venue or space issue. Who gets to decide these things.

Per CNN, the promise of warm weather used to be a major factor in how stadiums were chosen for the Super Bowl. But warm locales no longer get dibs, partly because hosting the Super Bowl is a pretty sweet deal that everyone wants in on.

In 2017, CNBC reported Houston, which hosted the Super Bowl, brought in an estimated $350 million to the local economy. Cities used to have to be invited to bid for the honor of hosting the Super Bowl, but now, the NFL reaches out to a city that fulfills the requirements and asks if it will host.

The Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2012. It makes sense that Super Bowl locations are pre-planned and booked way in advance, so super fans can plan ahead.

Let’s just say organizing the Super Bowl takes more than a Google spreadsheet. It takes years of planning and booking vendors and sponsors.

The city also needs to know way ahead of time so that the hotels and restaurants can provide proper accommodations. The host city also needs to communicate with law enforcement to make sure the stadium and other venues where related events will take place are totally secure.

In 2014, the Minneapolis Star Tribune got ahold of a copy of the NFL host-city requirements. They covered everything from access to three “top quality” golf courses during the summer or fall before the Super Bowl to free curbside parking at a yet-to-be designated NFL House — defined as a “high-end, exclusive drop-in hospitality facility for our most valued and influential guests to meet, unwind, network and conduct business.”.

In 2023, Super Bowl LVII is taking place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. on Feb 12.

Then, after the team warmups and player introductions, the national anthem will be sung by Chris Stapleton.

Rihanna is headlining the halftime show, so you know it’s going to be one for the books.

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Cut off Travis Kelce. Easy, right.

The key to winning Super Bowls and beating elite quarterbacks is getting pressure with four, allowing a defense to cheat an extra defender into coverage. Against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs’ go-go offense, it’s a must.

Focus on the ground game. While the Chiefs’ defense has improved, it’s weaker against the rush than it is the pass.

Swarm the backfield. Philadelphia’s tricked-out pass rush has brought the quarterback down behind the line of scrimmage in nearly one of eight plays this year, the highest sack rate for any team in more than three decades.

If they bring that menace on Sunday like they have all year, it could get late early for Kansas City. BAG.

Brock Purdy’s injury in the NFC championship game cleared the way for the Eagles, but so did Philly’s offensive line and running backs. The Eagles don’t want to have to rely on Jalen Hurts airing it out.

Keep the Eagles’ formidable pass rush off Mahomes long enough for him to win the game. None of the league’s last nine Most Valuable Player winners have combined that award with a Lombardi trophy, and there is a hint there of how dangerous it can be to ask too much of one individual.

Stylistically and schematically, the Chiefs don’t have the pieces to slow down the Eagles’ overwhelming offense. What they can do is cause all kinds of chaos up front and hope that they’re able to fool Jalen Hurts into making a couple of costly mistakes.

The improved offensive line can’t let Mahomes suffer any further injury. There’s no question Mahomes is the biggest difference-maker here, but it’s also uncertain how healthy his ankle is, despite how well he played against the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC title game.

It hasn’t reared itself often during the Eagles’ charmed season, but we’ve seen what the soft underbelly of Jonathan Gannon’s defense can look like at its worst. If ever a guy was built to exploit that weakness, it’s Kansas City’s supremely gifted quarterback.

The Chiefs’ defensive front must penetrate that elite Eagles line and force Hurts to throw the ball. While Hurts is a proven quarterback, the lingering impact of his shoulder injury was evident against the 49ers.

Haason Reddick, edge rusher. The Chiefs will not repeat the mistake that San Francisco made, assigning tight ends and receivers to block Philadelphia’s best edge rusher.

You don’t need to be naïve for him to hurt you. NB.

The offensive line fuels the Eagles’ run game, and has consistently pitched shutouts in pass protection (Lane Johnson hasn’t conceded a pressure in six weeks). If the run game is rolling early, the Chiefs will be in trouble – and the Eagles’ ground attack is built around Kelce’s unique skillset, which allows them to run things other teams can only imagine.

Miles Sanders, running back. While Kenneth Gainwell has been the most productive running back for Philadelphia in the postseason, Sanders remains their premier rushing threat (at least among non-quarterbacks).

Expect some game-changing carries from him. HF.

The Eagles have won 19 of their past 21 games when Hurts is under center, but the Super Bowl is a different animal – especially for a young signal-caller. Of the seven quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl before their 25th birthday, only two have finished with a passer rating above 66: Tom Brady at the end of the 2001 season (86.2) and Mahomes at the end of 2019 (78.1).

Nick Sirianni. OK, he’s not a player, but this will be the biggest test yet for Philadelphia’s 41-year-old head coach.

(The Eagles have gone for it on fourth down a whopping 35 times this season.) But the Super Bowl is a unique beast and many more experienced coaches have crumbled under the spotlight. MJ.

Mahomes, of course, but to be a little less obvious I think Jones could have a huge role on the other side of the ball. The Eagles’ offensive line are bullies, but a player who piled up 15.5 sacks and 46 quarterback pressures, best in the league at his position, might just have the moxie to give them a bloody nose.

Patrick Mahomes, quarterback. You could point to rookie corner Trent McDuffie, whose entry into the lineup has transformed the Chiefs’ defense.

Across the board, the Eagles have a better roster. It will take an all-time performance to push the Chiefs over the top.

JuJu Smith-Schuster, wide receiver. With Mecole Hardman injured, Smith-Schuster – who had 78 catches for 933 yards in the regular season – is going to be even more important for the Chiefs, particularly if the Eagles’ defense successfully covers Mahomes’s top target, Kelce.

Andrew Wylie, right tackle. The undrafted free agent from Eastern Michigan, whose nine sacks allowed in the regular season were joint-third most in the NFL, will need to step up his game after drawing the unenviable assignment of containing Haason Reddick, the edge rusher extraordinaire who is earning straight-faced comparisons to Reggie White.

Trent McDuffie, cornerback (and the Chiefs’ other rookie DBs). The Chiefs hit the jackpot with this group of rookies and particularly with McDuffie, who can play on the outside and in the slot.

How McDuffie and Co hold up in those moments will go a long way in determining the outcome. MJ.

The target is lower than you might think: just 64 yards by Steve McNair in a losing effort for Tennessee against St Louis at the end of the 1999 season. NB.

The league has form for delaying the second half of the Super Bowl. I’m not sure if you’ve seen the prop bets, but Vegas seems to know stuff.

What if that censorship causes the league to panic and delay. Or, I don’t know, someone slips on RiRi’s faux rain during Umbrella.

The game will turn on a safety. In a contest between the two best teams in the league, you expect something close to a perfectly executed game.

The Chiefs will try an onside kick on their first kickoff. The fearless Andy Reid once opened a season with an onside kick (and watched the same gambit backfire spectacularly a few years later) during his time with the Eagles, so there’s a track record here that Philadelphia should be aware of.

(Also, Rihanna busts out Pon de Replay for the first time in 12 years.) BAG. Disclaimer: I 100% hope this does not happen.

Gardner Minshew enters the game, revs up the aerial attack and is crowned Super Bowl MVP. A variety of hair product companies fight for his marketing services, all contingent on Minshew growing back his mullet.

Chiefs 23-20 Eagles. On paper, Philly are the better team.

But close games are decided by the moments when everything goes off script, and who manages those better than Mahomes. It’s not just about him, either.

Eagles 34-28 Chiefs. Philadelphia top Kansas City in almost every department.

They have the best, most effective defensive front. Front to back, they have the best defense in the league.

The Chiefs receiving corps is depleted. And.

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Or are the Buffalo Bills this year’s team of destiny. Can the San Francisco 49ers continue their winning run all the way to Arizona.

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AFC: Los Angeles Chargers (No 5) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (No 4) – KO, 1.15am. Sunday, January 15.

NFC: New York Giants (No 6) @ Minnesota Vikings (No 3) – KO, 9.30pm. AFC: Baltimore Ravens (No 6) @ Cincinnati Bengals (No 3) – KO, 1.15am.

NFC: Dallas Cowboys (No 5) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No 4) – KO, 1.15am. AFC: Kansas City Chiefs (No 1).

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Matthew Stafford’s future Hall of Fame candidacy has been one of the most popular talking points in the aftermath of Super Bowl LVI. That’s what winning a Super Bowl can do for you, as Stafford is enjoying the riches of his team’s 23-20 victory over the Bengals.

While Stafford’s Hall of Fame debate rages on, his performance Sunday was strong enough to be included among the best Super Bowl performances by a quarterback. Despite several obstacles (which we’ll get to later), Stafford led the Rams to victory while becoming the second starting quarterback in franchise history to hoist a Lombardi Trophy.

With Super Bowl LVI behind us, we’ve decided to come up with a ranking of the top quarterback performances in Super Bowl history. This was the criteria used when making the list:

Down 20-10, Mahomes’ 44-yard completion to Tyreek Hill ignited a 21-point fourth quarter. His touchdown pass moments later to Travis Kelce made it a three-point game, while his touchdown pass to Damien Williams with 2:44 left gave Kansas City the lead for good.

Steve McNair, Super Bowl XXXIV (Rams 23, Titans 16). McNair and running back Eddie George put the Titans’ offense on their shoulders after falling behind 16-0.

His final pass, a completion to Kevin Dyson, fell one yard short of the goal line as time expired. Had the game gone into overtime, there’s a very good chance that McNair and the Titans would have prevailed.

Flacco capped off a memorable postseason with an MVP performance against the 49ers. His third touchdown, a 56-yard completion to Jacoby Jones, gave the Ravens a 21-6 lead.

His numbers weren’t great, but how many quarterbacks can say that they defeated a Bill Belichick defense in a Super Bowl. Favre did by calling two audibles that led to 54 and 81-yard touchdown passes.

One of just two losing performances to crack the list, Brady threw for a Super Bowl record 505 yards while keeping the Patriots in the game. He set the record by having three teammates reach 100 receiving yards: Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola and Chris Hogan.

With his defense terrorizing Mahomes, Brady picked apart Kansas City’s defense. He threw two touchdowns to Rob Gronkowski and a third to Antonio Brown in the first half alone.

The only quarterback to win MVP honors with three interceptions. Bradshaw’s picks were overshadowed by three big completions that determined the outcome: a 47-yard touchdown pass to Lynn Swann to start the second half, a 73-yard touchdown pass to John Stallworth that gave Pittsburgh the lead for good, and a 45-yard completion to Stallworth that put the game away.

Stabler calmly dissected the Vikings’ “Purple People Eater” defense. He scored the game’s first touchdown on a second quarter touchdown pass to Dave Casper.

Of the Bills’ four straight Super Bowl losses, nobody threw for more yards against them than Rypien, whose 30-yard, third quarter touchdown pass to Gary Clark ended any hopes of a Buffalo comeback. He had two 100-yard receivers that day in Clark and Hall of Famer Art Monk.

Stafford was on his way to a big day before Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury a minute into the second quarter.

The drive also included Stafford’s no-look pass to Kupp that quickly vent viral following the Rams’ victory.

Brady’s five completions on the Patriots’ last drive set up Adam Vinatieri’s game-winning, 48-yard field goal as time expired.

He threw two touchdown passes to Cliff Branch, who this summer will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Plunkett’s 80-yard touchdown pass to Kenny King was at the time the longest touchdown pass in Super Bowl annals.

Everyone expected the Broncos to lean on league MVP Terrell Davis. Instead, Davis served as a decoy while allowing Elway the chance to star in in his final game.

His 3-yard touchdown run stretched Denver’s lead to 31-6 early in the fourth quarter.

He led the Patriots on three fourth quarter scoring drives that included a last-minute, game winning drive for his second Super Bowl win. His favorite target was future Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch, who caught 10 of 13 targets for 143 yards and a score.

Roethlisberger’s numbers weren’t eye-popping, but he played his best on Pittsburgh’s 88-yard, game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter. His game-winning touchdown pass has gone down as one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history.

He shortened his drop to offset the Colts’ ferocious pass rush, led by linebacker Mike Curtis. The result was an extremely efficient, mistake-free game while leading four Colts scoring drives.

His favorite receiver was George Sauer, who caught 8 passes for 133 yards.

Two big completions to Greg Jennings in the second half prevented the Steelers from catching the Packers, who took a 21-3 first half lead largely on the strength of Rodgers’ right arm. Several dropped passes prevented Rodgers from having an even bigger performance.

Matching Brady score for score, Foles gave the Eagles the lead for good on a touchdown pass to Zach Ertz with 2:21 left. He was also on the receiving end of the “Philly Special,” a play that will forever be celebrated in the City of Brotherly Love.

You can’t tell the history of Super Bowls without talking about Manning and the Giants slaying the dragon that was the previously undefeated Patriots. Sans his stats, Manning’s performance checked every other box.

He followed it up by hitting Plaxico Burress for the game-winning score.

Trailing the Broncos 10-0 after one quarter, Williams threw four touchdowns in the second quarter as Washington scored a Super Bowl record 35 points during the quarter. Williams got things going with an 80-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Sanders, who later in the quarter caught a 50-yard bomb by Williams.

After a slow start, Aikman was unstoppable in leading the Cowboys to the third-greatest margin of victory in Super Bowl history. He threw two touchdowns to Michael Irvin while completing seven passes (including his first touchdown) to tight end Jay Novacek.

Warner led three drives that ended in field goals in the first half. He saved his best work for the second half, as he stretched the Rams’ lead to 16-0 on a touchdown pass to Torry Holt.

As 49ers lineman Randy Cross said near the end of the game, “They came to see an offense, and the wrong one showed up.” In a duel between two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, it was Montana who shined brightest. Trailing 10-7 after one quarter, Montana led three consecutive scoring drives as the 49ers led 28-10.

Montana set a then-Super Bowl record for passing yards while engineering arguably the most famous game-winning drive in Super Bowl history. Down 16-13 with just over three minutes left, Montana led an 11-play, 92-yard drive that was capped off with his 10-yard touchdown pass to John Taylor with 34 seconds left.

Trailing by 10 points and facing Seattle’s “Legion of Boom” defense, Brady kept the Patriots alive with a third-down completion to Julian Edelman with under nine minutes left. He got New England closer with a 4-yard.

Seemingly everyone has a Super Bowl take or prediction these days — the football media is afforded 14 days to scrutinize two teams and dissect every facet of their matchup. But that doesn’t mean every useful bit of information has been presented on the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles.

The key efficiency metric used at Football Outsiders is Defense-adjusted Value Over Average, or DVOA for short (explained here). For the season, the Eagles ranked fifth in DVOA (23.5 percent) and actually edged out the sixth-ranked Patriots (22.6 percent).

The Patriots finished No. 1 in weighted DVOA (33.6 percent) and were 10 percentage points higher than the No.

It makes sense for the Patriots to rank No. 1 in weighted DVOA.

Their only loss in their last 14 outings was the Week 14 game in Miami. It also makes sense that the Eagles held steady between the two stats: Philadelphia had five games with negative DVOA in 2017, and four of them were the last four games of the regular season.

That game is not reflected in the 23.6 percent weighted DVOA for the Eagles, but as Neil Paine recently wrote, a dominant performance in the conference title round has not been predictive of success in the Super Bowl. Since 1986 (as far back as the data currently goes), teams with at least a 5 percentage point edge in weighted DVOA are 15-8 in the Super Bowl.

For the season, the Patriots rank 31st in defensive DVOA, and that could ultimately be their undoing this week. Our study of Super Bowl winners has shown that no team since at least 1986 has won a Super Bowl with a defense ranked lower than 25th in this metric.

The 2011 Patriots also came close with the 30th-ranked defense, but Eli Manning led the Giants down the field for another game-winning drive in Super Bowl XLVI. Teams don’t require great balance to win a Super Bowl, but having the No.

31 defense like the 2017 Patriots makes them the most unbalanced Super Bowl team in more than 30 years. The main reason for the Patriots’ mediocre start to the season was the defense.

The improvement in defensive coordinator Matt Patricia’s unit has been real, but the Patriots still rank only 22nd in weighted defensive DVOA because they continue to allow a lot of successful plays. The 2017 Patriots have one of the most statistically unique defenses that we have ever studied.

No other defense since the latest league expansion in 2002 has ranked in the top 10 in points per drive allowed while ranking 26th or lower in yards per drive allowed. The Patriots were able to accomplish this with an extreme bend-but-don’t-break style of play.

The Patriots’ opponents have the worst starting field position in the league thanks to New England’s strong special teams and ball security on offense — so there are more yards for offenses to gain against this unit. Still, the defense has managed to keep scoring down and is even doing this with just one takeaway in the past six games.

Opposing kickers missed nine field goals against the Patriots for a success rate of 71.0 percent, the second lowest against any team in 2017. New England has also controversially benefited from a few touchdowns overturned by replay — against the Jets (Austin Seferian-Jenkins), Steelers (Jesse James) and Bills (Kelvin Benjamin).

Foles threw four touchdowns against the Giants and just shredded a superior Minnesota defense in the NFC Championship Game for 352 yards and three touchdowns. If head coach Doug Pederson can devise another good offensive game plan, the Eagles could be poised for another big night of scoring against a suspect defense.

Foles is not nearly the same threat in that regard, and he’s also not playing as well as Brady has been under pressure, which we highlighted a few weeks back. Using a scatter plot from ESPN Stats & Info, we looked at how teams fared under pressure by comparing their Total Quarterback Rating (QBR) to their average air yards per pass attempt (how far the ball traveled relative to the line of scrimmage).

Brady in particular has really taken to throwing deep with defenders bearing down on him. Since 2015, Brady leads all quarterbacks by averaging 10.28 air yards per pass attempt while pressured, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

He has thrown for 723 yards on 52 deep passes outside the left numbers, as opposed to 407 yards on 25 deep passes outside the right numbers. New England wide receiver Brandin Cooks leads the NFL (including the playoffs) with 381 receiving yards on passes to the deep left this season.

In their previous seven Super Bowls, the Patriots have never scored in the first quarter. Every game was decided by 1 to 6 points, and either Brady or Eli Manning led a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime.

We turned to EdjFootball, part of the EdjSports analytics site, for its Game Winning Chance probability data to see which team had the higher average win probability through each of the first three quarters of their 2017 games. Including the playoffs, the Patriots hold a slight edge over the Eagles in each quarter, boasting an average Game Winning Chance of 76.5 percent to start their fourth quarters compared with 73.1 percent for the Eagles.

they held just a 16.2 percent Game Winning Chance to start the fourth quarter against Jacksonville in the AFC Championship. Of course, it sure felt like the Patriots would come back from that deficit more than 16 times given 100 chances, but that’s just because we’ve seen this play out so often.

To make matters worse, Philadelphia’s worst defensive quarter this season was the fourth quarter, in which its DVOA fell to 14th after ranking in the top five in each of the first three quarters. While the Eagles have some experience at holding big leads, they weren’t doing so against an experienced New England team with Brady and Belichick.

A new champion will be crowned Sunday night when the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals play Super Bowl LVI. The matchup led to some intriguing headlines.

Which Matthew Stafford will show up on the biggest stage. And we can’t forget about Jalen Ramsey vs.

These storylines have dominated the Super Bowl discussion. However, there are a few crucial X-factors that just might decide the eventual winner.

Super Bowl 56 will be a battle of the trenches. There is a narrative the Bengals’ offensive line is at a disadvantage against the Rams’ ferocious defensive unit.

They combined for 31.5 sacks this season. Miller was a major midseason addition after coming over from the Denver Broncos.

How the Bengals stand up against the Rams’ front seven will be something to watch. The Bengals allowed 55 regular-season sacks.

GRAPHICS: Why is Aaron Donald so good. How the LA Rams star became so dominant.

Another matchup to watch is Bengals left tackle Jonah Williams dealing with Von Miller. Miller has an aggressive first step.

Williams will likely have to negate Miller to give Burrow enough time to throw the football. This makes Miller a player to watch in the game.

“When it comes down to the wire, it is who wants it more,” Donald said during a recent interview. “In the Super Bowl, it is going to be the same type of thing.

It’s got to mean something. It’s got to be important and guys are hungry for it.”.

The Bengals play together as a unit and are effective at mixing up coverages. The Bengals’ defense has played with confidence.

The Bengals operate with nuance and have allowed just 19 points after halftime during the playoffs. ILLUSTRATION: Five things to know about Super Bowl LVI.

The free-agent addition made a big splash with 14 sacks this season. He formed a nice tandem with defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi and edge rusher Sam Hubbard.

“Trey has been great, and so happy that he is ours.”. The key for the Bengals will be to make Matthew Stafford uncomfortable.

Keep an eye on Hendrickson against Rams veteran left tackle Andrew Whitworth. The latter will play against his former team.

The Bengals must rush Stafford’s internal clock and speed up the game. “I think it’s important that we keep giving different looks whether it be pre-snap or post-snap,” Anarumo said.

While all eyes are on Joe Burrow, there is another Joe that deserves attention. Bengals running back Joe Mixon could emerge as a true equalizer Sunday.

He is strong between the tackles and can utilize his agility to elude awaiting tacklers. Mixon rushed for 1,205 yards and 13 touchdowns this season.

The Rams defense has shut down runners with ease during the playoffs. Opposing rushers have averaged just four yards per carry.

Watch for the Bengals to try to establish the run early. If Mixon can get going, he can take pressure away from Burrow on the biggest stage.

He turned in 21 carries for 88 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs. He kept the Chiefs’ defense honest as the Bengals found a sweet offensive balance.

As you know, it was enough for the Bengals to win.

The Rams know what to expect from Cooper Kupp and Odell Beckham Jr. Sunday.

The same can be said for Ja’Marr Chase within the Bengals’ offensive attack. However, the Super Bowl always has room for surprises.

Does anybody remember David Tyree with the New York Giants. How about Jacoby Jones with the Baltimore Ravens.

Keep an eye on secondary options Tee Higgins and Van Jefferson. Higgins could see a lot of work with Chase occupied by Jalen Ramsey.

He was also a 1,000-yard receiver this season. Jefferson is a true X-factor.

Stafford likes to take vertical shots and it wouldn’t be a surprise if Jefferson sees more looks in the Super Bowl. There are a lot of moments to watch Sunday.

272 NFL regular-season games are in our rearview mirror. (271 if you subtract the canceled Buffalo Bills/Cincinnati Bengals clash in Week 17).

The Philadelphia Eagles crafted an impressive 14-3 mark to earn the top seed in the NFC before toppling the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round and title game by a combined score of 69-14. It all comes down to this.

Only two teams qualify, and Philly is one of those teams. They meet the AFC Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs.

The winner will have earned the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The wait is almost over.

Super Bowl LVII is loaded with subplots. The Eagles are favored.

This is also the first time that two black starting quarterbacks square off in a deal. 51 years and 337 days will be their combined age when the game kicks off.

We all love statistics. Let’s discuss, highlighting several that could tell the tale.

The Chiefs crafted a 29.2 scoring average. That’s tops in the game.

Philly has averaged 34.5 points per contest during their run to Glendale. The Chiefs have averaged an even 25.

Both sides have the potential to spark fireworks. Simply put, if the Eagles, defensively, are able to duplicate what we saw versus the Giants and 49ers during their first two postseason games, Super Bowl LVII will be a cakewalk.

The Chiefs aren’t the Giants offensively, and Patrick Mahomes most certainly isn’t Brock Purdy. This Eagles pass rush is phenomenal though, and so is their pass defense.

We spend a lot of time discussing the Eagles’ offensive line, and rightfully so. Kansas City’s O-line deserves some credit as well.

Here’s a reason for optimism. The Cincinnati Bengals sacked Mahomes four times during the AFC Championship Game and pressured him on 34.8% of his dropbacks.

This game will be decided in the trenches. The Chiefs only allowed 26 sacks during the regular season, but we saw some chinks in their armor during the title game.

If you’re looking for a mismatch, we’ve found one. Haason Reddick figures to spend a lot of time matched up versus Andrew Wylie on the right side of the Chiefs’ O-line.

Only two players gave up more. Did we mention the fact that this game will be won in the trenches.

Ranking the ten best EDGE draft prospects. light.

Can artificial intelligence really be better at predicting this year’s Super Bowl than expects.

ChatGPT can give you answers to the greatest NBA players of all time and help you with your homework, but ChatGPT is unable to make predictions. In this test, Google’s AI (Bard) was asked to predict the 2024 Super Bowl.

The Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles.

Does Bard also predict the Kelce and Swift romance not to last by February 2024.

When Super Bowl odds were released just before the season, the Eagles and Bills had the second- and third-best chance to win, respectively. Bard predicts that this will be the year Josh Allen finally gets over the hump, while the Eagles heading to back-to-back Super Bowls isn’t much of a surprise given the depth of their roster.

Four of the analysts believe the Chiefs will head back to the Big Game, but will face the San Francisco 49ers (all four also predict the Chiefs to win it all). Eva Geitheim · 5 hours ago.

Zachary Weinberger · 12 hours ago. Another four went with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals in the game, while two others chose the Eagles.

Like with every list, there’s always one outlier. In choosing teams to make the Super Bowl, one analyst had Tua Tagovailoa making the leap to lead the Miami Dolphins to their first championship in 50 years.

By asking Bard to simulate 100 matchups between the Chiefs and 49ers, the Chiefs will have a 70% chance to win if this matchup were to happen.