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 Anthony Nelson Jersey . 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Josh Smith scored 24 points for Detroit, which has lost three straight. Will Bynum added 18 points, Rodney Stuckey 17 and Andre Drummond had 16 points and 17 rebounds. The Spurs got off to a sloppy start despite having two practices during a five-day break following their annual Rodeo Road Trip that lasted nearly a month. "Its a big problem with us and we know it," Duncan said. "I think were trying to play very fast -- a little faster than were used to playing. Guys are trying to be really unselfish and force things some times. Weve got to take care of that at some point. Its a work in progress. Thats what we use the entire season for." The Spurs had 11 turnovers in the opening half, leading to 13 points and some pointed coaching by Popovich. "What the heck are you guys doing?" he screamed during a timeout following consecutive turnovers. In the second half, San Antonio returned to the crisp ball movement that became a staple of its early victories. 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"They are a good team coached by a great coach. There comes a point in the game where you tell yourself you are in the game, down three or four, and then it turns into an 11-point game before you know it." Leonard missed his first two tries from the field in his first game since Jan. 22, coming up a foot short on a 16-foot attempt from the right corner on the games opening shot. He was credited with a follow of a missed free throw that Drummond appeared to tip in. "You got 20,000 fans watching you -- yeah, it took me a while," Leonard said. "Just (trying) to not think about my hand. Just go out there and play." Leonard followed with a 3-pointer and threw down a right-handed dunk on Smith off an alley-oop pass from Joseph. Leonard grabbed the brace on his right hand after the dunk, but quickly rose to race back on defence. "I thought he was great," Popovich said. "Thats a long time to not be on the court. His rhythm was pretty good. He played decent defence, took a few shots and made a couple. He did well. He did better than I would have thought, really, after all that time." Smith scored eight of Detroits final 10 points in the first quarter and had 20 in the first half. "We put up a good fight, but in order to beat an elite team like San Antonio, especially on the road, you have to be able to kind of play perfect basketball," he said. NOTES: Popovich had lunch with former President Bill Clinton, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and former