{"id":736786,"date":"2026-02-07T23:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/736786\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:56:15","slug":"micah-parsons-shades-patriots-seahawks-before-super-bowl-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/736786\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons Shades Patriots, Seahawks Before Super Bowl LX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most NFL fans didn\u2019t anticipate a Super Bowl LX matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks before the 2025 season began. Micah Parsons certainly wasn\u2019t counting on those two teams competing for the Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n

Parsons hosted a live episode<\/a> of his \u201cThe Edge\u201d podcast in San Francisco on Saturday. The audience and his guests, Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown, tried to guess the results of a fan poll picking the five teams most likely to win next year\u2019s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Young started by saying this year\u2019s participants deserved a spot at the table, but neither the Patriots nor the Seahawks made the cut. That led Parsons to take an apparent dig at both teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cY\u2019all can say I\u2019m a hater,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cThis ain\u2019t what the Super Bowl is supposed to look like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown, who won a Super Bowl last year, tried to explain how difficult it is to make it this far.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to win in this league,\u201d Brown said. \u201cSo the two teams that are there, they deserve to be there, guys. Trust me. Like, it\u2019s really hard. I\u2019m not just saying that. It is so hard to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parsons stopped short when it seemed like he would clarify his stance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel like this year, specifically,\u201d Parsons said to laughter before trailing off.<\/p>\n

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When Young asked who was \u201csupposed\u201d to make this Super Bowl, Parsons answered, \u201cthe (expletive) Green Bay Packers.\u201d The All-Pro suffered a season-ending ACL tear before watching the Packers blow a 21-3 lead in a first-round loss to the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas would agree with Parsons, as the Patriots and Seahawks is the unlikeliest Super Bowl matchup ever<\/a> based on preseason odds. Yet each team went 14-3 before winning its respective conference after missing the playoffs in 2024.<\/p>\n

It may not be the matchup Parsons and some fans wanted or expected, but Super Bowl LX starts Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC.<\/p>\n

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