The "opening festivities" and the Super Bowl video that didn't include the defending SB champion Patriots is so obviously a stark reminder that it really is the Patriots against the world here. I mean, how do you have a Super Bowl video and the only highlight of the 4-time SB champion (and defending champ) Patriots is a highlight from SB 20 when the Bears crushed the Patriots?
How does the NFL, which *always* has the opening festivities (along with the presence of the commissioner) in the host city on Thursday night, decide to have it all the way across the country instead of in Foxboro?
It doesn't really matter in terms of the game itself, but how much more transparent can it possibly be?