"Chance would have been a good player anywhere," Saban said. "There aren't many guys that are as powerful as he is, and plays with the kind of consistency that he plays with. I kind of knew those two guys were going to be picked right in there, and I was happy it happened that way.This week's Sports Illustrated features a number of stories dedicated to power including an illustration of the power players in sports inspired by the powerobsessed HBO series Game of Thrones. Martin, the fantasy novelist behind Thrones, is a huge NFL fan, watching his beloved New York Giants weekly from his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Last week SI Video producer Nolan Thomas and I checked in with Martin for a podcast on a number of sportsrelated subjects, including the parallels he sees between Thrones and the sports world.

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