The Super Bowl is unlike any other football game not just because of its magnitude but also because of all the attention leading up to it. Never is that more obvious than on opening night, the circus-like media session which took place at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on Monday. With hundreds of reporters from all over the world swirling around, it can get easy to get sucked into the frenzy.
The Patriots’ players, however, know that they cannot get distracted by all that surrounds the Super Bowl. “There’s a part of you that wants to enjoy this,” said Matthew Slater during the hour-long session.