Want to know the luckiest man in the world?
Well, maybe not the entire planet, but certainly the luckiest man in the NFL. It's Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Landon Cohen.
Three weeks ago, he was busy running his parking-valet business. He hadn't played a regular-season NFL snap since 2013. The Seahawks signed him on Jan. 5 to add depth after placing defensive tackle Jordan Hill on injured reserve.
Cohen played his first game of the season in the NFC Championship Game and was a factor in the goal-line stand against the Green Bay Packers. Now, he's going to the Super Bowl.
"You couldn't imagine it in a million years," Cohen said. "To see the road I've taken and for it to be like this, wow. It feels great. I can't even describe it. It hasn't sunk in yet.
"It's just one of those things where you enjoy the moment and get ready. But that's the nature of this league. You take the good with the bad and it's all good right now."
Cohen (6-1, 290) is in his sixth NFL season. He was released by the Buffalo Bills at the end of the 2014 preseason. He's another example of the Seahawks front office finding diamonds in the rough that no one else wanted.
Another is 6-5 wide receiver Chris Matthews, who came up with the ball on the Seahawks' successful onside kick Sunday and has done a nice job on special teams since being moved to the 53-man roster in early December. Matthews came from the CFL.
If Cohen is the luckiest man, Hill has to be the unluckiest Seahawk. He was one of the seven inactives last year for the Super Bowl and now he's on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury in the regular-season finale. Hill was a force for the team down the stretch with 5.5 sacks in the last six games.
