My Top 5 Super Bowls

I love the game of football, so I obviously watch the Super Bowl every year.  On some occasions due to working a retail job, I've had to miss the start of a game, but I have seen the majority of every Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXXII, when the Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers.  With Super Bowl LIV just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to list my Top 5 Favorite Super Bowls ever.  These are the most memorable Super Bowls to me, and the ones I had the most fun watching.

Honorable Mention: Super Bowl XLIX - Patriots vs. Seahawks
I have to include this as an honorable mention, because I really enjoyed the first 98% of this game.  I just didn't like the ending.  But knowing we were about to (probably) get our second straight Super Bowl win, and to beat one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history was a sweet feeling--at the time.

5. Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens vs. 49ers
A blackout, the longest play in Super Bowl history, and an almost epic-comeback.  What more could you ask for?  Oh, how about watching your least favorite NFL team lose on the biggest stage possible?  To see the 49ers comeback effort fall short was just music to my ears.  They had been our division rivals for a decade now, so I had built up enough animosity towards them.

4. Super Bowl XXXVII - Buccaneers vs. Raiders
A team I really enjoyed watching in the early 2000's was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  They had one of the greatest defenses of all time with Warren Sapp, John Lynch, Derrick Brooks, Simeon Rice, and Ronde Barber.  And it was Dexter Jackson who won Super Bowl MVP, go figure.  It wasn't a close contest, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.  I remember I had a small wager with my grandpa on the game--he thought the Raiders would win.  It wasn't for much (a dollar) but it was more for the pride in knowing I picked the better team.

3. Super Bowl LI - Patriots vs. Falcons
Now, I dislike the Patriots, but I love a good comeback.  I also was thinking in the couple years before this game, that we were very due for a Super Bowl that goes to overtime.  And this was the first Super Bowl in history to go to overtime.  And of course, one of the greatest comebacks in sports history happened in this game, so I had to include it.

2. Super Bowl LII - Patriots vs. Eagles
This Super Bowl set all kinds of records for offensive production including most total yards between the two teams.  The Philly Special play is one of the best Super Bowl plays of all time, seeing as it came on 4th and goal.  And to top it off, Brady got strip sacked, proving he was mortal.  The Eagles had gotten revenge for Super Bowl XXXIX.

1. Super Bowl XLVIII - Seahawks vs. Broncos
Was there any question?  The Seahawks got the quickest score in Super Bowl history (although it wasn't anything they did).  This game is quintessential Legion of Boom at their peak.  But it was Malcolm Smith of all people, who had the key defensive play on a pick six.  It was forced by Cliff Avril hitting Manning as he threw, so Smith was just in the right place at the right time.  The Hawks started the 2nd half with a kickoff return touchdown from Percy Harvin and never looked back.  The Hawks first (and so far only) Super Bowl win may forever be my favorite Super Bowl ever.

Super Bowl LIV is just 9 days away, and I think there's a decent chance it could make this list.  The Chiefs enter as 1.5 point favorites, a very close line for a Super Bowl, and it's hard to get closer than that.  As a Seahawks fan, I will of course be rooting for the Chiefs, but also because I would fully support the Kansas City Chiefs as the new AFC dynasty.

Super Bowl LIV was definitely enjoyable and close (until the end).  If it were to make the list, it would be at #5, and it would really only supplant Super Bowl XLVII because it was more recent.