Golden Tate might have to settle for watching his former Seattle Seahawks teammates in the Super Bowl on Sunday, but he did help another team to a title this week.
Tate, now a receiver with the Detroit Lions, posted to his Instagram account on Tuesday that he helped coach a team to a flag football Super Bowl championship in Arizona. It appears Tate's only involvement with the team came this week.
Tate has been in Arizona participating in Pro Bowl festivities, which concluded Sunday, and was also part of the NFL Experience in Arizona on Tuesday.
So even though he isn't playing in the Super Bowl this year, Tate apparently is still getting in on the festivities. Last season, he wore a Google Glass on his head during media day to record the festivities for posterity while he was with the Seahawks.
Seattle coach Pete Carroll told reporters in Arizona on Tuesday he would have liked to have kept Tate with the Seahawks.
"I would have loved to have had him," Carroll said. "I thought he was a great player. I always loved Golden. One of my favorite guys. Then I hated that he had to go somewhere else.
"But, I congratulate him. He had a great season and it was fun watching him."
Tate led the Lions in yards and receptions this season and made the Pro Bowl.
And now, a look around the Interwebs in search of Lions news:
Reviewing the Detroit Lions coaching performances this season. Looking back at the moves made by general manager Martin Mayhew during the last 12 months. The Lions rank 20th in terms of young players.
Warren Sapp says Ndamukong Suh should give the Lions a hometown discount, writes Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Darrelle Revis still believes Calvin Johnson is the best receiver in the NFL, writes Josh Katzenstein of the Detroit News.
Pete Carroll says there was a miscommunication during negotiations with Tate, writes Kyle Meinke of MLive.