You will hear all week in Tampa, Fla., about Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner's tight connection with the Almighty - and that's not a reference to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.
You will see a lot of attention paid to Fitzgerald's being the son of a sportswriter, Larry Sr., because the media are fascinated that one of their own could spawn a child capable of making headlines instead of writing them.
Inevitably, you will have the dreaded comparison between Fitzgerald's hair and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu's. You will have injury information about Hines Ward's knee guarded as if it contained President Barack Obama's BlackBerry address.
You will have all the big names, from Big Ben Roethlisberger to Edgerrin James, receiving bigger coverage than ever as they dominate Super Bowl story lines.
But here are five under-the-radar guys unlikely to create much buzz among the 4,000 credentialed media members - until Sunday's kickoff, when their contributions could affect the outcome as much as any other player's.
* Mike Gandy, Cardinals left tackle: It's hard to believe Gandy is protecting the blind side of a possible Hall of Fame quarterback in a Super Bowl.
For all the things former teammates and coaches with the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills might have said about Gandy being brooding or distant, the guy must be doing something right.
He has started 35 straight games since joining the Cardinals in 2007 and this year gave up only 6 1/2 sacks with one holding penalty.
Gandy's strengths - his quickness and awareness - will be tested by a complex Pittsburgh blitz package that could target him. If Gandy can hold his own against the rush and help keep the Cardinals' resurgent running game moving the chains, Arizona has a chance.
* Ike Taylor, Steelers cornerback: Fitzgerald has 419 receiving yards in the playoffs and, more than any other player in the Super Bowl, possesses the ability to dominate the game.
Though Taylor will have help from a blitzing pass rush and safeties over the top, the cornerback often assigned to the opponent's top receiver must believe he has to be the best player on the NFL's best defense.
If Taylor can be, it could create quite the Super Bowl legend for the 2003 fourth-round draft pick out of Louisiana-Lafayette.
It wouldn't be the first time Taylor has shut down an elite receiver. In back-to-back wins this season, he limited Randy Moss (45) and Terrell Owens (32) to fewer than 100 yards combined.
