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PHOENIX - On some point Sunday it will happen. At least everyone hopes it happens.The biggest, most athletic tight end in football will be running downfield and be met in a full-speed collision with the hardest-hitting strong safety in the game today.What will happen when the NFLs version of Thunderdome comes to the Super Bowl, featuring Rob Gronkowski in one corner and Kam Chancellor in the other?I dont know. Ill be sitting there with popcorn, Seattles Richard Sherman said. Itll be good football.There are a bevy of important individual matchups when New England and Seattle meet on Sunday. Will Tom Brady throw at Sherman? Can the Patriots defensive front slow down Marshawn Lynch? What about LeGarrette Blount trying to run against the best defence in the NFL?All those factors could matter in the final outcome. Trumping them all might be whether Chancellor and the Seahawks are able to keep Gronkowski under control.Even the NFL anticipated the potential matchup: Both Gronkowski and Chancellor sat at the same podium on media day.I guess it was destiny. It was destiny for us to have the same seat, Chancellor said.While Seattle nickel cornerback Jeremy Lane said last week that he didnt think Gronkowski was that good, most of the Seahawks have been respectful of his skill.Rightfully so.Gronkowski might have been better in 2011, but considering the injuries hes overcome, 2014 could be his most impressive season. He had 51 receptions and eight touchdowns in the final eight games of the regular season and another 10 receptions and two scores already in the playoffs. Only once this season did Gronkowski have fewer than three catches in a game.Aw man, Beast Mode. Hes an animal, man, New England wide receiver Brandon LaFell said stealing a phrase normally used to describe Lynch. When you put a corner on him, hes too small. When you put a safety on him, hes too slow, man. You know, when Gronk is out there doing his thing he is demanding a double team and if hes not being double teamed, hes out there making plays for us.The difference with Seattle is they have Chancellor — a safety with a linebacker build and cornerback speed — who can match up with Gronkowski. Many felt it was Chancellor and not Malcolm Smith that should have been Super Bowl MVP a year ago. It was Chancellors hit on Demaryius Thomas on Denvers second possession that set the tone for Seattles rout.That hit alone could have gotten him Super Bowl MVP, Sherman said.Seattle struggled earlier in the season defending tight ends, breaking from a trend of being able to shut down elite players at that position in the past. San Diegos Antonio Gates caught three touchdowns in Week 2 against Seattle and Oaklands Mychal Rivera had eight catches and two TDs in early November.Those performances were outliers. Against most elite tight ends, Seattle has been at its best. In two games last season against New Orleans, Jimmy Graham had a combined four catches for 50 yards against the Seahawks. Vernon Davis hasnt caught more than three passes against Seattle in five games over the past two seasons. Julius Thomas was limited four catches for all of 27 yards in last years Super Bowl romp.They definitely have an image of being physical. Theyve got an image of coming out and being ready to dominate, Gronkowski said.Why is Seattle so good at defending tight ends? A lot of credit falls to Chancellor. His size, speed and strength can counter the matchup problems many tight ends create.But the rest of Seattles defensive scheme was formulated so Chancellor is not alone. Especially when Seattle is playing zone defence, responsibility is placed on linebackers K.J. Wright and Bobby Wagner to cover those hook areas as defensive co-ordinator Dan Quinn calls it, where tight ends often roam.You have to have the speed to play when the quarterback throws it how fast can you close and make the tackle. I think the speed and the length of K.J. in specific, allows him to do that and Bobby, his instincts to know after the ball is thrown, weve all seen the speed that he has to close, Quinn said. And then when we play man-to-man, both of those guys are able to match up, whether it be on tight ends or backs, again due to their speed and cover ability. I think its a combination of the way we play zone, their speed to do it, their quarterback keys and the ability for them to play in man-to-man.___Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP_NFL Atlanta Falcons Jerseys . 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With five games remaining, Liverpool leads Chelsea by two points as it pursues a first league title since 1990. Manchester City is four points off the pace but has two games in hand. Earlier, Everton made Arsenal pay for their poor defending with strikes from Steven Naismith and Romelu Lukaku as well as an own goal from Mikel Arteta. "You could say there was a lack of fight," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "Its a massive worry. We have to come back with much more personality and much stronger challenges." Arsenal has secured only two points from its last four matches as the Gunners remain in fourth place in the standings, but only one point above Everton, which has a match in hand and a better goal difference. Gerrard put Liverpool ahead in the 44th minute after West Ham defender James Tomkins handled a flick by Luis Suarez in the area. 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While Everton continued its superb attacking form to cut its deficit to the Gunners to one point in the battle for the fourth place, Arsenal stuttered again against a strong team. The Gunners have lost all their away league matches against the current top five, also losing 6-3 at Manchester City, 5-1 at Liverpool and 6-0 at Chelsea. Everton, which has scored 12 goals in its last four games, claimed a sixth consecutive league win. "It would mean everything," Naismith said about his teams possible top-four finish. "But we have believed from the start of the season and we have shown that in these recent performances." The defeat piled pressure on Wenger, who is chasing a first trophy with the Gunners since 2005 and has guided them to Champions League football in each of his 16 full seasons in charge. Everton had beaten Arsenal just once in their last 15 league meetings but looked the superior team on Sunday. Naismith opened the scoring in the 14th minute from inside the box after Leighton Baines picked Lukaku with a low ball. The Belgium international forced Wojciech Szczesny into a save but the Arsenal keeper could not hold the ball and Naismith fired home the rebound. Arsenals defence buckled again with Lukaku hardly challenged when he doubled the Merseyside teams lead in the 34th minute following a good collective move. The powerful forward collected a through ball from Kevin Mirallas then cut inside and fired a low shot past Szczesny. Wengers team improved after the interval, but Everton decided the game when Bacary Sagna lost the ball to allow Mirallas to launch a quick counterattack. The Belgian slipped the ball to Naismith who could not round Szczesny but the loose ball came into Mirallas path before rebounding into the net following a challenge from Arteta. 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