Byron Maxwell is guaranteeing he will play in a third consecutive Super Bowl.
This time, it would be with his new team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
The former Seattle Seahawks cornerback told TheMMQB.com's Jenny Vrentas of his goal Friday in an interview less than three months after he signed a $63 million deal with the Eagles.
Maxwell cites the culture with the Eagles as being similar to what he was around in Seattle, which has represented the NFC in the past two Super Bowls. The Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII two seasons ago in a 43-8 rout of the Denver Broncos before losing Super Bowl XLIX to the New England Patriots 28-24 last season.
"We will," Maxwell said on whether the Eagles will go to the Super Bowl. "You can take that as a guarantee. That's just me believing in my team and the product we're going to put out there on the field. I really do believe that. I have no choice but to think that way."
Maxwell may not be a member of the Legion of Boom anymore with Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, but it's clear he's still expressing the confident attitude those players have expressed over the past couple of seasons.
Untouchable
When it comes to Sepp Blatter being re-elected as president of FIFA on Friday, Yahoo! Sports columnist Dan Wetzel calls him immovable and untouchable.
"Oddly impressive, even," Wetzel wrote.
Blatter's re-election of soccer's worldwide governing body came days after 14 former or current executives and associates were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department in sweeping charges of racketeering stemming from an alleged widespread culture of bribery and kickbacks.
While Blatter was blocked from getting a two-thirds majority on the first vote, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan withdrew from the race before the conclusion of the second majority vote. So Blatter is back for four more years to serve his fifth term as FIFA president.
"It was also something straight out of America's big-city mayoral party machines -- New York's Tammany Hall and James Michael Curley's Boston stretching through Richard J. Daley's Chicago and even Marion Barry's Washington," Wetzel wrote. "Everything was based on caring for ward bosses, so when it mattered they'd deliver the votes.
"If you grease the skids and take care of the corners then no amount of cries of scandal from the wealthy elite, howls from the media and complaints -- or even convictions -- of illegal behavior can unseat you. It can actually strengthen everyone's resolve.
"Scandal was essentially meaningless."
He said it
Orlando Sentinel columnist George Diaz said the NFL needs to stop protecting players who break the law.
His latest example is former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald, who has been arrested more than once on suspicion of domestic violence. McDonald was released by the Chicago Bears earlier this week for another domestic violence incident.
"I'm shocked another team didn't pick him up before his fourth incident and third arrest in nine months as of Wednesday," Diaz wrote.
"Second chances? Let's pause while I grab a sickness bag."
SPORTS QUIZ
What NFL team is the only team to play in the AFC and NFC championship games?
ANSWER
The Seattle Seahawks. Seattle has played in the 1983 AFC Championship Game (lost to the Los Angeles Raiders) and the NFC Championship Games in 2005 (beat the Carolina Panthers), 2013 (beat the San Francisco 49ers) and 2014 (beat the Green Bay Packers).
Sports on 05/30/2015