A word of warning to all those soon-to-be Super Bowl champions in New England or Los Angeles: Don’t get too comfortable. Of the past seven Super Bowl teams, none has repeated. They unexpectedly benched the cornerback who saved the 2015 Super Bowl, Malcolm Butler, at the Super Bowl three years later, then let him go via free agency. The average experience on Seattle’s 2013 Super Bowl champions was 3.66 years, the lowest among the teams AP surveyed. Seattle returned to the Super Bowl the next season, but went into a rebuilding mode not long after, with many of the top contributors from the Super Bowl teams becoming too pricey.

Source: National Post January 29, 2019 07:07 UTC