Leading up to Super Bowl XL between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks at Ford Field in Detroit, there was a ton of attention on Seahawks’ star running back Shaun Alexander ahead of his matchup with the vaunted Steelers’ defense.
After all, Alexander was coming into the biggest stage in the NFL coming off of a historic season, in which he won the NFL MVP award, was a first-team All-Pro, set the NFL record for touchdowns with 27 rushing touchdowns on the season, and averaged an absurd 117.5 yards per game on the ground, finishing the season 1,880 yards on 370 carries.