SUPER BOWL BREAKDOWN
Miscellaneous information to help prep you for Super Bowl 52:
WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 4
GAME: Eagles (15-3) vs. New England (15-3)
KICKOFF TIME: 4:30 p.m. MST
WHERE: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis (66,860)
SEEDS: Eagles NFC-1, Patriots AFC-1.
TV: NBC (Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya)
DESKTOP: NBCSports.com
MOBILE: NFL Mobile, Yahoo Sports app
TABLET: NBCSports app (iOS, Android), NBCSports.com
CONNECTED: NBC Sports app (AppleTV, Amazon Fire, Roku, Xbox, Samsung, Smart TVs)
LINE: Vegas Vic opened the Patriots at minus 6 with an over/under of 48. It has fallen to 5 in many sportsbooks and even 4.5 for Patriots fans willing to shop around. The total has hovered at 48 or 48.5.
EAGLES VS. SPREAD: 12-6 overall, 2-0 in the postseason. The Eagles, you may have heard, were underdogs in their two playoff game despite being at home. They’ve covered their last four overall as underdogs, not counting the Dallas game in Week 17 that the Eagles treated like a preseason contest.
PATRIOTS VS. SPREAD: 12-6 overall, 1-1 in the postseason. New England had been on a 10-1 roll until the Jaguars covered a 7.5-point line in the Patriots 24-20 win in the AFC title game.
WEATHER REPORT: U.S. Bank Stadium is a domed facility. It’ll be 70 and comfortable inside, not so much outside.
WINNERS’ SHARE: $112,000 per player. Losers’ share: $56,000 per.
HISTORY LESSON: The Patriots beat the Eagles, 24-21, in Super Bowl 39 in Jacksonville following the 2004 season. Their most recent meeting was in 2015 when the Eagles won outright in Foxboro as 8-point underdogs. The Eagles are 7-6 all-time against New England, but just 1-4 since Bill Belichick became coach in 2000.
JERSEYS: New England, as the home team, gets first choice and elected to go with their road white tops. The Eagles will go with their signature midnight green. Each team had the same unis in Super Bowl 39.
GOD BLESS AMERICA: Leslie Odom Jr.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Pink.
HALFTIME SHOW: Justin Timberlake.