The NEXT: Super Bowl Themes

Might as well start considering this, right?

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Start your engines, gents.

The NFL season is down to four teams. We're still six days from Conference Championship Sunday, but we like looking ahead, so let's take a gander: what would be the themes (also known as "the hype") for potential Super Bowl matchups?

If it was: Eagles vs. Ravens
(1) John Harbaugh used to be an Andy Reid assistant.
(2) Donovan McNabb and company trying to add a Super Bowl title to their legacy.
(3) Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, T-Suggs and company trying to cement themselves as the best defense essentially ever.
(4) Wow, a rookie head coach in the Super Bowl!

If it was: Eagles vs. Steelers
(1) "The Battle for PA!"
(2) Donovan McNabb and company trying to add a Super Bowl title to their legacy.
(3) Ben Roethlisberger getting himself halfway to the "four Super Bowls as a QB" magic number while still in his mid-20s.
(4) The Steelers attempting to insert themselves into the discussion for "Team of the Decade" with New England.

If it was: Cardinals vs. Ravens
(1) Larry Fitzgerald/Anquan Boldin vs. Ed Reed and Balto's secondary.
(2) What is Kurt Warner's ultimate legacy?
(3) The Cardinals' efforts to shock the world.
(4) Wow, a rookie head coach in the Super Bowl!

If it was: Cardinals vs. Steelers
(1) Whisenhunt vs. Tomlin!
(2) What is Kurt Warner's ultimate legacy?
(3) The Cardinals' efforts to shock the world.
(4) The Steelers attempting to insert themselves into the discussion for "Team of the Decade" with New England.

You got some other themes that would result? Hit us up.

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