Daily Madden: Media Day Distractions At The Super Bowl
It's about more than football at Super Bowl Media Day. John Madden was watching Tuesday.
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It's about more than football at Super Bowl Media Day. John Madden was watching Tuesday.
While these two teams did play each other during pre-season, it's safe to say that only a fool would look at that game footage in August for an inside edge.
For those who may not be old enough to remember, Seattle and Denver used to both be in the AFC West, facing off more than 50 times as division rivals. This wasn't limited to the regular season either as both teams met in 1983 for Seattle's first every NFL Playoff game.
If Denver wins the Super Bowl, Broncos safety Mike Adams plans to walk from the stadium to his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey wearing his helmet and shoulder pads. It's his way to show how far he's come from the troubled dead-end street where he grew up. John Madden said it's important to take in the magnitude of the moment, especially given the importance placed on the game these days.
"The first thing I have to do is apologize to the Pro Bowl," John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew. "I thought it was going to be bad. I thought it was embarrassing. And this new format -- I thought they were just making a farce out of the whole thing. And last night was as good a Pro Bowl as they've played in ten years."
The Seattle Seahawks are talking the talk, but will they walk the walk in Super Bowl XLVIII? From Richard Sherman's rant to Walter Thurmond saying Wes Welker's hit on Aquib Talib was uncalled for, it's all building for an exciting game.
Golden State guard Stephen Curry was named an NBA All Star starter Thursday, the first Warrior to be so honored since 1995.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is only 5'11", but part of his success at quarterback may be his unusually large hands.
Rather than focusing on silly statistics like Denver's 0-3 Super Bowl record when wearing their orange jerseys, this is going to be on legitimate game-changing X-Factors.
In the wake of the end zone interception that ended the 49ers season in Seattle Sunday, some fans are questioning the play of quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
A member of the Oakland Raiderettes cheerleading squad sued the football team in Alameda County Superior Court Wednesday, alleging that the club is in "flagrant violation" of an array of California wage and employment laws.
There are reports that NFL scouts will be paying close attention to run blocking at the college Senior Bowl this weekend. "It's interesting how that flip-flopped," John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew.
Details, including the referees, National Anthem singer and the color jerseys the Broncos will wear have come out in anticipation of Super Bowl XLVIII in less than two weeks.
What does Seattle have to do in order to win the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history?
The San Francisco 49ers took months last year to get over the sting of a three-point Super Bowl loss to Baltimore. It won't be much different as they head into the offseason now, again left to ponder how close they were to competing for another championship.
It's debatable whether the 2013 New England Patriots season was a success or a failure, but it certainly wasn't boring.
There's no post-season holiday for San Francisco 49ers coaches following the loss to Seattle in the NFC Championship game. "They usually get right to work," John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew.
It's been a while, but we finally have the teams with the two best records in the regular season facing off in this year's Super Bowl. Can Seattle's lockdown defense slow down Denver's high-powered offense in the big game?
Although they made a deeper playoff push a year ago, the 2013 season for the 49ers was far from a letdown. The team continued to improve each week, and heading into the off season know that they have a quarterback and defense that is going to make them contenders for years to come.
Super Bowl XLVIII will feature the Denver Broncos and their top offense in the NFL against the Seattle Seahawks and their top defense in the NFL thanks to Seattle's 23-17 win over San Francisco.
The NFC Championship Game came down to the 49ers offense verses the Seahawk defense, and Seattle's number one ranked defense prevailed. San Francisco got the ball down six with the chance to pull off the upset but couldn't make one more big play against their opponent.
The 2013 New England Patriots overachieved this season, but they couldn't overcome a powerful Denver Broncos squad in the AFC Championship Game.
49ers players reflected on Sunday's painful loss to the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game as they packed their things at the team training camp in Santa Clara.
While John Madden was glad the 49ers were able to handle Seattle's deafening crowd levels, he saw trouble early on.
Denver Broncos receiver Wes Walker's vicious block on New England Patriots cornerback Aquib Talib in Sunday's AFC championship game did not appear to be designed to take out Talib as some have claimed, according to John Madden.
