The Falcons and Patriots in Super Bowl LI doesn't scream grudge match, but the storylines are plentiful.
10. Spreading the wealth

Atlanta, 0-1 in Super Bowls, can become the 20th team to win a Super Bowl. If it happens, we're down to 12 Lombardi Trophy-free teams: Vikings (0-4), Bills (0-4), Panthers (0-2), Eagles (0-2), Bengals (0-2), Cardinals (0-1), Titans (0-1), Chargers (0-1), Texans (0-0), Jaguars (0-0), Lions (0-0) and Browns (0-0).

9. Matty Ice vs. Joe Cool

Matt Ryan's playoff record is 3-4, but Atlanta's QB is completing 70.6 percent of this year's playoff passes for 730 yards, seven touchdowns, no interceptions and a 132.6 passer rating. It's reminiscent of Joe Montana's postseason Super Bowl-winning run in 1989. He completed 78.3 percent for 800 yards, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions and a 146.4 passer rating. Ryan has beaten Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers but still needs to beat New England's Tom Brady to continue this discussion.

8. Just remember Bart Starr

Brady is tied with Montana and Terry Bradshaw for most Super Bowl wins by a quarterback (four). But he still needs two more to break Starr's record of five championships. After losing to Norm Van Brocklin and the Eagles in 1960, Starr won three NFL titles and Super Bowls I and II in a seven-year span.

7. Just remember Papa Bear

Patriots coach Bill Belichick is tied with former Steelers coach Chuck Noll with four Super Bowl victories. But he needs three more to break former Bears coach George Halas' record of six NFL titles. Halas won his first in 1921 and his last in 1963. To match that 42-year run, Belichick would need to win the 2043 Super Bowl at age 91.

6. Over or under?

This is the eighth Super Bowl to feature two of the top three scoring teams. Atlanta is No. 1 (33.8), New England No. 3 (27.6). The over/under betting line is a record-high 58½ points. The previous high: 56½ for Super Bowl XLIV between the Saints (31) and Colts (17). Three of the past four Super Bowls have gone under.

5. Stopping Julio

Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler was a nobody until his interception at the goal line in the closing seconds of New England's Super Bowl win two years ago. Now, everybody will be eyeballing him as he faces the challenge of covering Atlanta's 6-3, 220-pound superstar Julio Jones. Jones had nine catches for 180 yards and two TDs against Green Bay last week.

4. Wes Hogan or Chris Welker?

Perhaps New England's next "gate" scandal will involve Belichick using his Dolly the Sheep intel to open that Wes Welker Cloning Factory. Chris Hogan, the latest lookalike, also had nine catches for 180 yards and two touchdowns in the AFC title game. By now, the world knows Hogan played three years of lacrosse at Penn State, transferred to Monmouth for one year of football, went undrafted in 2011, bounced around to four teams and landed in New England as a restricted free agent this past offseason. Good job, Wes, er, Chris.

3. Ho-Hum, another Super Bowl … for Quinn

Belichick has coached in a record nine Super Bowls, including six as a head coach. But this will be the third Super Bowl in four years for Falcons second-year head coach Dan Quinn. He was Seahawks defensive coordinator in the 43-8 win over Denver in Super Bowls XLVIII and the heartbreaker against the Patriots a year later.

2. Rookies, rookies, rookies

Atlanta's defense, which ranks 27th in points (25.4) and yards allowed (371.2), takes on Brady in his seventh Super Bowl appearance. And, oh yeah, the Falcons also could be the first team to start four rookie defenders — safeties Keanu Neal and Brian Poole, and outside linebackers Deion Jones and former Gopher De'Vondre Campbell — in a Super Bowl.

1. And the trophy goes to …

Poor Roger Goodell. Two years ago, the Patriots' "Deflategate" scandal was just getting started as Super Bowl week kicked off. New England won so Goodell had to hand over trophies to owner Robert Kraft and MVP Brady after the game and the next morning. Now, after docking New England a couple of draft picks and finally ramrodding Brady's four-game suspension through the courts, Goodell might have to do it all over again. No word on whether the Patriots will send Jimmy Garoppolo (2-0) or Jacoby Brissett (1-1) to the stage to accept.

MArk Craig