Super Bowl LII is set to kickoff on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota, as the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles and the AFC champion New England Patriots battle it out for this year’s Vince Lombardi Trophy.
The kickoff time for the big game is set for 6:30 PM Eastern and will be broadcast on NBC. The broadcast team will be Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter).
MMO Staff Predictions
Joe D. – Eagles 28, Patriots 27
Josh Finkelstein – Patriots 24, Eagles 7
Jacob Resnick – Patriots 28, Eagles 20
Michael Mayer – Patriots 31, Eagles 17
Ed Leyro – Eagles 28, Patriots 24
Dilip Sridhar – Patriots 31, Eagles 17
John Flanigan – Patriots 27, Eagles 24
Mathew Brownstein – Patriots 31, Eagles 24
Mets Daddy – Patriots 28, Eagles 24
Matt Mancuso – Patriots 27, Eagles 10
Rob Piersall – Eagles 21, Patriots 18
John Jackson – Patriots 27, Eagles 17
Did you know…
Four players have won the Heisman Trophy and been named Super Bowl MVP: Roger Staubach (Navy, Cowboys), Jim Plunkett (Stanford, Raiders), Marcus Allen (Southern Cal, Raiders) and Desmond Howard (Michigan, Packers).
NFL salaries only cover the regular season. Each player on the winning side of the Super Bowl will receive $112,000, up $5,000 from last year. Players on the losing team will get $56,000. Players on both teams earned $79,000 each already for their first two playoff wins in January.
