Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, center, waves as the team after arriving at Mineta International Airport in San Jose, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, ahead of NFL football's Super Bowl LX. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/Associated Press)Sporting Green StaffTue, February 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM UTC·4 min readMonday's Opening Night festivities for Super Bowl LX feature the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks live on the NFL Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT, broadcast on the NFL Network coming to you from the San Jose Convention Center.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe two teams arrived in the Bay Area on Sunday, and with reporters Eric Branch and Noah Furtado on-site while columnists Ann Killion and Scott Ostler follow the broadcast, we'll provide you with what the players have to say and try to capture the full swirl of one of sports' most chaotic live events.
5:12 p.m. Eric Branch: The New England Patriots cheerleaders are dancing on stage. Stevie Nicks is blasting. A man - a journalist, perhaps? - in a dragon costume in being interviewed by another journalist.
5:12 p.m. Noah Furtado: Fans are going to need more than binoculars to see Drake Maye. His booth is on the other side of the room. Superman vision would help.
5:11 p.m. Ann Killion: The competing GMs for the Super Bowl teams – who happen to be longtime friends, both natives of Green Bay – sat down with NFL Network before Opening Night and were asked, "when was the moment you knew this could be a special season?" Seattle's John Schneider – who was wearing a T-shirt with a black and white image of late owner Paul Allen - said training camp. He saw how Sam Darnold was quickly bonding with the offensive staff. He already felt good about the defense and thought they might be a complete team. Eliot Wolf said his "aha" moment came in Week 5, when the young team went to Buffalo for a primetime Sunday night game and won 23-20, defeating the league's only unbeaten team.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement5:06 p.m. Ann Killion: This is turning out to be a fantastic week for Green Day. Not only will the iconic East Bay band be the opening act at the Super Bowl, and also play a concert in San Francisco a few days before the game, not only has their favorite villain Trump openly ripped them, but their tunes are being used as the bumper music for NFL Network coming in and out of ad breaks. Great exposure.
5:05 p.m. Scott Ostler: By the way, players like to act like this stuff is a distraction from their mission, this hoopla. Reality: They get into it. Watch them at the podiums. You don't get to the Super Bowl and suddenly hate attention and adulation.
5:04 p.m. Eric Branch: Media night is in a massive room on the second floor of the San Jose Convention Center. Not great for fans who waited in a huge line outside and might need binoculars to see Drake Maye.
5:04 p.m. Noah Furtado: Fans are lined up blocks away from the San Jose Convention Center, waiting to squeeze into the smallest corner of the main hall. Worth every penny.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement5:02 p.m. Scott Ostler: Painful reminder to Cal fans, in NFL Network's runup to their Opening Night telecast: Talk about how Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak will be taking over the Raiders and possibly coaching a rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza. If this was the old days, before the move to Vegas, Mendoza might soon be coming back home to where his fame/fortune got started.
5 p.m. Ann Killion: How confused are newcomers to the Bay Area going to be, based on the information they get from their television screens from football broadcasters? For a full decade, networks have visually implied that fans in the top rows at Levi's can see the sun setting behind the Golden Gate Bridge. On Tuesday night, NFL Network used the iconic shot, despite being based at "Super Bowl Opening Night" at the San Jose Convention Center, a mere 52 miles away. Also deceptively orienting the viewer: live action shots from the crookedest street in the World, San Francisco's Lombard. If you run into a lost tourist this week, be kind.
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Earlier in the day, San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, participating in the Pro Bowl media availability before Tuesday night's game, spoke to Furtado about his own concerns involving the viral theory that a power substation adjacent to the 49ers' practice field was responsible for the team's considerable problems with player injuries. He said he's doing his own research, reflecting the scope of the problem for the Bay Area's NFL team as it tries to alleviate player concerns.
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