The Super Bowl has evolved into much more than a game for football fans all around the world. 

It’s a time where families gather to enjoy each other's company, eat unhealthy foods and root hard for the team they love. Going into Super Bowl 52 the New England Patriots were favored by a slight 4.5 points over the Philadelphia Eagles. which by the end of Sunday night had some bettors in Vegas wishing they had changed their selections. There are very few people who could have predicted that Nick Foles, a third round draft pick out of Arizona State would lead his team to a Super Bowl victory over one of greatest quarterbacks of all time (not to mention be named the MVP of one of the biggest games in sports”. Rob Gronkowski, who got cleared to play in the Super Bowl just three days before the game almost helped the Patriots plow through Philadelphia's defense, which was not up to par against Brady in Super Bowl 52. Gronk caught 9 of 15 balls thrown to him for 116 yards and two touchdowns. It’s safe to say that Gronk was feeling better during the game. Another storyline of the game was that Malcolm Butler, an undrafted cornerback out of Western Alabama did not play one defensive snap the whole game for the Patriots. He only was in the games on special teams. While there have been reports that Butler missed team curfew and participated in ridiculous activities before the game, Butler has denied all of the accusations by posting a statement on Instagram. Bill Belichick, the Patriots head coach said that Butler not playing a defensive snap was strictly a decision he made that he thought would give his team the best chance to be successful. 

There were exactly 17 new NFL records set in Super Bowl 52. Tom Brady set an astonishing 6 of those 17 records. One of the more impressive records that Brady set on Sunday night was most passing yards thrown in one Super Bowl. The previous record, held by Brady with 476 in 2017’s Super Bowl win over the Atlanta Falcons in Houston, Texas, was broken by Tom Brady himself on Sunday night with 505 passing yards. Tom Brady’s other 5 records set consisted of most career Super Bowl completions (235), most career Super bowl passing yards (2576), most career Super Bowl touchdown passes (18), most career super bowl games (8) and most career Super Bowl passes (357). While the Patriots punted 0 times the whole game, it’s hard to imagine how they did not score enough points to win the game. Part of the problem was that they got absolutely no pressure on Nick Foles. Nick Foles was sacked a Super Bowl record 0 times which is part of the reason why the Eagles managed to put up 41 points on the Patriots’ sloppy defense. Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was about to sign for the head coaching job of the Indianapolis Colts but on Tuesday, February 6th, he opted out at the last second. Bill Belichick has announced that he will be coaching the Patriots in 2018. Another record that was broken during the Super Bowl was most combined yards by both teams. The Eagles and the Patriots combined for 1,151 yards. Both teams didn’t play a lot of defense. 

Tom Brady has set up a clock in his personal weightroom counting down the time until 2018’s Super Bowl.