A lot has changed since the last time Houston hosted a Super Bowl.
Media Day has given way to Opening Night. Players use cell phone cameras to record the week’s activities instead of Camcorders. And the surface at what’s now called NRG Stadium has switched from artificial turf to grass.
What hasn’t changed since New England beat Carolina 32-29 in Super Bowl XXXVIII 13 years ago: Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are still going strong.
While the Patriots and Falcons prepare for Super Bowl LI, several former Panthers players reflected on their Super Bowl experience in Houston – a week that included a long ride to a supposedly secluded resort the night before the game, a wardrobe malfunction by Janet Jacket at halftime and a kicking malfunction by the Panthers’ John Kasay that helped the Patriots win their second Super Bowl of the Brady/Belichick era.