On Super Bowl Sunday I hereby grant Gridiron absolution

[FalloutShelter]

To every team that played hard and fell short,
Starting with my Philadelphia Eagles.
Last day for my Birds to be the reigning Champs.

Let’s go fans! What team are you granting absolution?
See you all on the field next year.

BTW… rooting for the Seahawks, mostly because of the resurrection of Sam Darnold. I love a good comeback story. GO BIRDS.

Green Day and Bad Bunny…. Gonna be fun!

[Walleye]

1. I'm with you. Go birds! But I'll watch the game and Bad Bunny.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Enjoy!

[True Dough]

3. The way I see it:

The Patriots have a good defense, but Seattle's is better.

Neither Darnold nor Maye has ever been to a Super Bowl before. I think Maye has the higher ceiling for his career, but Darnold has more experience at this point, so the edge to Darnold, IMO.

Related to that last point, I'd give the Seahawks the nod for the better receiving corps. Jaxson Smith-Njigba is, without a doubt, the best receiver on the field today, arguably the best in the league.

When it comes to the running game, you'd have to rank New England ahead with the Stevenson/Henderson tandem. Seattle lost Charbonnet to injury, so the load is essentially all on Kenneth Walker.

Both teams have average special teams. That's a draw.

Finally, coaching. Mike MacDonald sure looks like he's going to be very good, possibly great. He has two seasons under his belt as a head coach, both in Seattle. He's led them to a combined 24-10 regular season record.

Mike Vrabel is an NFL veteran with three Super Bowl rings from his days with the Patriots. He had some good seasons as the head coach in Tennessee and some "meh" seasons. The amazing turnaround for New England is partly owing to him (and partly to having an easy strength of schedule, to be fair). But, by all accounts, Vrabel is a master of game management and finding ways to exploit every situation. So I'd favor the Pats in the coaching department at this juncture.

Bottom line: I think it will be Seattle's day.

Seahaws 23, Patriots 17

[FalloutShelter]

5. Great analysis!

Thanks for posting this.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. I grant absolution to my Green Bay Packers

who I've loved since I was a kid.

And I don't care who wins, as long as it's not the Patriots. Go Seahawks!

[FalloutShelter]

6. With you 💯!

Packers had a great season.

[Xavier Breath]

7. I grant absolution to myself for all the pain, anguish and suffering caused me by my team over the decades.

May God have mercy on their souls.

[FalloutShelter]

8. Good one.

[True Dough]

9. BTW, George Kittle has weighed in on today's championship game:

Sour grapes?

[FalloutShelter]

10. Ya think?