{"id":98115,"date":"2017-02-03T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=98115"},"modified":"2017-02-03T12:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:23:03","slug":"super-bowl-li-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/super-bowl-li-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Cheat Sheet to the Super Bowl LI Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s going\u00a0to be an epic showdown at the NRG Stadium in Houston as the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons are competing to win the Super Bowl LI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Not too familiar with the two teams? No worries &#8212; ahead, we&#8217;re giving you a brief rundown on both teams:<\/p>\n<p><strong>New England Patriots:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Led by all-star Tom Brady, the Pats are highly favored to win.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;ve had at least 12 wins per season since 2010.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;ve made nine Super Bowl appearances (an NFL record).<\/li>\n<li>Players to watch: Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, Malcolm Butler.<\/li>\n<li>Edelman is Brady&#8217;s favorite receiver and has a knack for making big plays when they matter most.<\/li>\n<li>Blount is the team&#8217;s lead running back and the perfect complement to the Pat&#8217;s potent passing game.<\/li>\n<li>Butler is known as the elite defender\u00a0when he sealed the Pat&#8217;s Super Bowl 49 win with his last-minute interception.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Atlanta Falcons<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s their first super Bowl appearance since 1999.<\/li>\n<li>Led by Matt &#8220;Matty Ice&#8221; Ryan, the Falcons are entering the Super Bowl with a lot of momentum on their side.<\/li>\n<li>Players to watch: Matty Ryan, Julio Jones, and Devonta Freemany.<\/li>\n<li>Ryan has had a stellar season and has the highest QB rating in the league.<\/li>\n<li>Arguably one of the best wide outs in the NFL, Jones is the receiver who has the speed, strength, and hands to easily get two touchdowns.<\/li>\n<li>Freeman rounds out the team&#8217;s offense with his explosive running style and ability to sniff out the end zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which team are you rooting for? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"It's going\u00a0to be an epic showdown at the NRG Stadium in Houston as the New ...","author":575967,"featured_media":98171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[261,260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/03115806\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-03-at-11.53.13-AM-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/03115806\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-03-at-11.53.13-AM.jpg","formated_date":"February 3, 2017","category_name":"Entertainment","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113831\/entertainment-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#cc8347","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/575967"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}