Well, NFL Network keeps expanding its Super Bowl Sunday pregame fare. It’s gone from four hours to 6½ to 8½ to a whopping 10½ hours this year.
It all begins with the two hour First on the Field which hits the air at 7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT live from New Orleans with Melissa Stark and Sterling Sharpe. They’ll be joined by LaDanian Tomlinson, Heath Evans and Darren Sharper. They’ll be the first live pregame show on Super Bowl Sunday.
Then two hours later, it’s the extremely long, super-sized 8½ hours-long NFL GameDay Morning at 9 a.m. ET with Rich Eisen and a cast of 10,000 analysts.
We have the features you’ll see in the 10½ hours of coverage NFL Network will provide. Check it out, Winston.
NFL NETWORK LOOK AHEAD – SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
‘First on the Field’ Kicks off NFL Network’s 10.5 Hours of Super Bowl Sunday Coverage at 7:00 AM ET
Super Bowl Champions Brett Favre & Jerome Bettis Joins Special 8.5-Hour Edition of ‘NFL GameDay Morning’ at 9:00 AM ET
Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh Sits Down with Former Baltimore Head Coach Brian BillickOn Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Network is First on the Field at 7:00 AM ET, with host Melissa Stark and analysts Sterling Sharpe, LaDainian Tomlinson, Heath Evans and Darren Sharper providing the day’s first analysis of Super Bowl XLVII. Additionally, Albert Breer and Aditi Kinkhabwala report from the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens’ team hotels, while Steve Wyche reports from inside the Louisiana Superdome.
At 9:00 AM ET, a special 8.5-hour edition of NFL GameDay Morning airs, with host Rich Eisen and analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. On the field, host Melissa Stark joins analysts Deion Sanders and Brian Billick to provide additional analysis.
Host Amber Theoharis and analysts Willie McGinest and Shaun O’Hara are live from inside the NFL Experience, while host Chris Rose and analysts Heath Evans and Darren Sharper join the show from the Fan Plaza.
Provided below is an hour-by-hour breakdown of the Super Bowl Sunday edition of NFL GameDay Morning:
9:00 AM ET
- Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin break down the key matchups to watch in Super Bowl XLVII
10:00 AM ET
- Which quarterback would you rather have: Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers or Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens?
- Deion Sanders, Brian Billick, Melissa Stark and Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis discuss if the Ravens are still defined by their defense
- NFL Network’s Andrea Kremer sits down with Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Laurent Robinson to discuss the impact of concussions
11:00 AM ET
- Faulk examines if stopping 49ers running back Frank Gore is the key to stopping Kaepernick
- Warner discusses how the playmaking ability of quarterbacks Flacco and Kaepernick is the key to deciding Super Bowl XLVII
- A look at the 25th anniversary of Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams’ performance in Super Bowl XXII and its lasting impact on the quarterback position
12 NOON ET
- Super Bowl champion quarterback Brett Favre joins the show
- Interview with former University of Nevada-Reno head coach Chris Ault to discuss the origin of the “Pistol” offense
- Favre joins Faulk, Warner, Sapp, Irvin and Sanders to discuss their memories from playing in the Super Bowl
1:00 PM ET
- Stark sits down with the parents of the two head coaches in Super Bowl XLVII, Jack and Jackie Harbaugh
- Favre, Warner, Mariucci, Sanders and Faulk discuss the evolution of the quarterback position
- A look back at what drives Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and what his presence and motivation has meant to the team in their playoff run
2:00 PM ET
- Sitdown interview with Kaepernick’s adoptive family, Rick (father), Teresa (mother), Devon (sister) and Kyle (brother)
- Irvin and Faulk debate which Harbaugh brother they would like to play for in a Super Bowl edition of M&M
- Sanders and Billick give us their most overlooked Super Bowl XLVII storyline
3:00 PM ET
- NFL GameDay Morning analyzes the lasting impact of Ray Lewis
- Former Ravens head coach Billick sits down with the current head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, John Harbaugh
4:00 PM ET
- The NFL GameDay Morning crew gives their Super Bowl XLVII predictions
- Super Bowl champions Willie McGinest and Shaun O’Hara discuss if offense or defense will dictate in Super Bowl XLVII from the NFL Experience
We’ll have more rundowns coming up.