the Matt Patricia 2018-19 playoff nfl thread

Congratulations to Matt Patricia for improving the Lions from 9-7 to 6-10 and missing the playoffs. Screw getting to work on time, I don't like to either. Oh yeah, you are probably a creep too...

Anyway...

Wild Card Weekend
Saturday, January 5

No. 6 Indianapolis at No. 3 Houston, 4:35 p.m. ET (ESPN/ABC)
No. 5 Seattle at No. 4 Dallas, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox)

Sunday, January 6

No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 4 Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS, stream the game here)
No. 6 Philadelphia at No. 3 Chicago, 4:40 p.m. ET (NBC)

Divisional Round

Saturday, January 12

Indianapolis/L.A. Chargers/Baltimore at No. 1 Kansas City, 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC)
Seattle/Dallas/Chicago at No. 2 Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox)

Sunday, January 13

L.A. Chargers/Baltimore/Houston at No. 2 New England, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS)
Philadelphia/Seattle/Dallas at No. 1 New Orleans, 4:40 p.m. ET (Fox)

Championship Sunday

Sunday, January 20

NFC Championship, 3:05 p.m. ET (Fox)
AFC Championship, 6:40 p.m. ET (CBS)

Super Bowl LIII
Sunday, February 3

AFC vs. NFC in Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

This looks to be a pretty interesting playoffs, probably the first open run in a good long time.

I kinda feel like one of the big D teams like B-more or Chicago could get to the Superbowl.

colts / hawks / ravens / bears

p nice slate of wild card games, feel like these could be good playoffs in general.

in the afc, i have a hunch the winner of chargers/ravens beats whichever of the pats/chiefs they meet in the div and then loses to the other in the conf game. nfc i think it will be bears @ saints, rams back home 0/1.

Seems like nearly all the money is on the Colts today. Have they looked particularly good or are the Texans just that unconvincing?

colts 9-1 over last 10 and look like things are clicking. houston theoretically have a good defense but overall they look nothing like a team that might win a postseason game. i think BOB is prob just a bad hc

is there, in any sport, a division more boring than the afc south

I’d argue the AFC east is more boring

AFC South has more years where two teams make the playoffs than the AFC East. I'd say the Colts are the only team in the South that has much if any fanbase outside the locals.

i can hate the pats and laugh at the jets; i just don't care about any of the afc south teams, let alone two of them playing each other

maybe if houston reclaimed the oilers name they could graft on some character

texans officially unconvincing

is the colts offensive line that good? or is TX just overrated. i think this is the first colts game i've seen all season

wtf you can't get a yard?!

yeah indy line is top 5 prob

Quenton Nelson is a BEAST.

Colts is a scary team!!!Wow, What an impressive win. Welcome to the playoffs!

— Vince Wilfork (@wilfork75) January 6, 2019

The thing I have read on the Colts is that their young O-line and D-line are for real. Bob Kravitz of Indy Star seems pretty impressed and he was a bit of local critic of some things Indy did back in the Manning days.

ahaha i know him - bob kravitz did deflategate

it doesn't seem impossible for them to beat kansas city

ok i *really* question attempting to kick that. guys

Sebastian Janikowski is so very glad they are not wearing the lime green unis tonight. It is not a flattering look for him.

I'm also not sure that Jerry Jones is keeping around Jason Garrett in some type of Dorian Gray spell. That might explain a few things.

man the Chargers and Ravens both fuckin suck

today that is

coward's call by the ref, that was a fumble

lmao ravens -2 passing yards currently holy hell

guess it took a dozen drives to warm up

lol

man if they just had stopped being totally incompetent a couple drives earlier this could be genuinely exciting

chargers could have downed crabtree short of the 1st down line if they hadnt been complaining lol

ah TD anyway

oh man that was a sick play call on 3rd down too

been there, feels bad

I'm not being hyperbolic when i say there's still no single individual in Los Angeles who knows the Chargers aren't in San Diego anymore, let alone anyone who knows they won a playoff game today.

I watched some of the Seahawks/Cowboys yesterday after ignoring most of the season and that was some dull, dispiriting football. Thankfully I missed seeing the horrifying ankle injury live.

let's go birds

lmao what a farce

what a weird half. this ref seems in over his head a bit

whistles are meaningless; every single play should end with one team or the other running the ball into the end zone because maybe they’ll overturn the tackle

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwQ5hRNXQAE6BmT.jpg

TD eagles!

Seems the only winning strategy for Philly is to have Chicago commit a bunch of penalties

damn getting tense

looking for the malcolm butler goal line INT on that last play

omfg

wow iggles

Hoooooly shit eagles

Taking that TO seemed insane but damn

wtf this game

like i didn't think trubisky could do that

Yeah I honesty didn’t think Mitch was built for this kind of situation but that was awesome

LMAO

WHAT

wow unbelievable ending

LMAOOOOOOO

i honestly at no point thought he was gonna make that but hitting the post and crossbar is a timeless masterpiece of a kick

LOL... #FLyEaglesFly

— Brian Dawkins (@BrianDawkins) January 7, 2019

If they gained two more inches....

that is absurd, but what a perfect symbolic ending to the Bears' season. Parker 23/30 in the regular season, and that Detroit game...

*Parkey

he is so gone

Do kickers ever really come back from a miss like that

i think if Parkey had been an amazingly reliable kicker throughout the season it might be a different story but he was...not.

Watching it again I don’t think I’ve ever seen a missed FG like that. Was like half a rotation away from bouncing in off the crossbar. God loves the Eagles I guess

yes She does

she played hard to get for a lot of years

Incredible

Move over Merrill Reese... pic.twitter.com/qBA6HGvWko

— max (@MaxOnTwitter) January 7, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwbBsvDUUAEF6bw.jpg

this scenario seems unlikely to occur, but it's still pathetic

NFL has considered moving the AFC Championship Game if Chargers are in line to host. Possible scenario of all-LA Conference Championship Games played on Sunday and Monday has also been discussed: https://t.co/q82iCYXRXq

— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) January 11, 2019

Snow game! Should be fun.

this weekend I'll take

Colts Cowboys Chargers Saints

okay can I change that first one

I feel bad for the Colts

This is gross

uh oh

boom

oh man, no one even blocked him. hahaha

Lmao

Chiefs going to break that streak at some point, looks like today is the day.

Don't think they will collapse like they did a couple years ago.

Vinateri yikes

trying to figure out how this has been totally dominated by chiefs and yet.. it'd be a one score game if vinatieri wasn't missing kicks

Pats looking surprisingly solid so far

NE having #1 pass protection by dvoa (and #3 overall) this season has sort of gone under the radar, could see it in that drive. could be a long day for bosa and ingram, esp if pats can pull out another 8 min drive along the way.

lol @ this game

Where were these Patriots during the regular season? This is easily the best they've looked all year.

i'll be watching the patriots lose 42-20 at arrowhead but i'll be thinking about how dominant this performance was.

Where were these Patriots during the regular season?

I know!! trying to fit Josh Gordon into the offense + brady dealing with a knee issue? and i think they limited james white's snaps and burkhead was on IR. pats reporters were yelling all year about getting dorsett involved in the offense.

all four Chargers fans in L.A. are disappointed

GO BIRDS

sean payton needed to get a bigger pile of cash or something

Saints know this is a playoff game right

Been a lifelong Saints fan and don't think I've ever seen them play this poorly, which is really saying something.

god loves the eagles

It's true! I read it in the bible.

god what a sick swing in the last 10 minutes

I wanted to see things turn around for the Saints but there's no joy when it comes from opponent injuries.

That was a good drive

oh well, looked like shit was getting exciting for a second there

Damn

still don't believe the football gods just turned on nick foles this cannot be happening

Why even run a play before the 2 minute warning

wow. what a way to lose

:(

hard to expect more from this post season considering but this game still played w/ my hopes right up until the end

I feel awful for alshon

The Saints are getting AFTER it pic.twitter.com/4qrTkFMfcf

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 14, 2019

keith kirkwood insta story for the extended version

i love the saints

great game but man, what a disappointing ending. can't imagine what a frustrating game that must've been for Eagles fans, watching Brees convert on like every single 3rd down and take a ton of time off the clock. felt like Peyton was deliberately trying to run it down on every play.

IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME pic.twitter.com/qTa1YrMNIX

— Ry (@JustRyCole) January 13, 2019

To stand in solidarity with @Chiefs during this weekend's AFC Championship game, the roller coaster known as The Patriot has been temporarily renamed The Patrick. #ChiefsKingdom #LetsRoll pic.twitter.com/MAHcS42S4y

— Worlds of Fun (@worldsoffun) January 15, 2019

lmao

lol

NWS is predicting that temperature at game time may be below zero

yikes

p sure there's a rule that if you get Jimmy Buffett to sing the national anthem then the home team has to forfeit the game.

fox nfl broadcast playing joy division 'love will tear us apart' just now into commercial ?!

It's what Ian would have wanted.

ok next can we get some sisters of mercy in here

hey now hey now now

This is looking like a reverse of last week.

saints definitely the better team but played out the 2nd quarter like they'd already won the game

having buffet anywhere on yr songlist- relegation to current version of xfl;
having buffet play yr nat anthem- playoff worthy;
having a decent buffet at yr camps and practice facility- better than pres trump and superbowl likely

Saints offense looks flat out unstoppable sometimes

Taysom Hill is MVP

taking the FG there feels like the wrong decision

yeah don't really understand why you run that fake punt in your own half but aren't more aggressive there

WOWWWW BREES

oh god, my biggest pet peeve is corner/safety going for interception/catch instead of trying to break up the catch. **cker!

Let's hear it for bad play calling

3rd blatant DPI not called.

officials have been shocking

Wow that was clearly a penalty

lord how can you not call that

Hahahaha

let the boys play I always say

I didn't think so in realtime but on replay it was obvious

Yea that was criminal

Not only that but it was a dumb play, could’ve picked that

interesting clock management decisions after that first down catch

Wow did that look like a shank

Feel like Saints would have kind of a shot if they’d not burned the TO?

that pass interference def should've been called! i really don't understand why the league continues w/so much inconsistency - it seems like every year in the playoffs it's "let em play" and the regular season they call that every time

taking the FG there feels like the wrong decision

cosign

make-up call, ugh.

oh a make up call okay

Hahaha Aikman even acknowledging it

Hahahahahahahaha

So OT is back to 15 in the playoffs?

That looked like a pick as soon as it left his hands

well, that's wild. i don't have a clue how the rams won that game.

jesus he nailed that kick

Damn that would’ve been good from 70

omfg

I don't think the rams have a clue how they won either

happy the whistling guy’s team lost

that was a horrible loss by the saints

goff thoroughly outplayed bress

Yea Saints can whine about the no-call all they want, but their own clock mismanagement allowed the Rams plenty of time to tie it. Was their game to win and they didn't close it out.

What a trash league. I'm out. See y'all in ILH.

K

http://i48.tinypic.com/2d0f9mu.gif

Look at all this animosity no wonder Wayne left y’all to skateboard and root for Aaron Rodgers.

— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) January 20, 2019

solid opening drive

Indeed!

Woohoo! Mahomes goes dowm!

What is with the Chiefs 3rd down defense

they're inviting the pats to run the ball with james white, which traditionally is a reasonable tactic

and, anticipating this, clearly mcdaniels spent a lot of time figuring out how to convert a 3rd and 4 with white rushing

what a terrible throw

Oof, terrible screw up, Brady

easy to miss the 250lb dude

brady was overdue for one of those probably

ok defense take it back rn

Lol

belichick sideline scowl is never not funny

need to stop letting brady throw

Srsly.

That White catch was nothing short of miraculous. Brady should be thanking his lucky stars he got bailed out.

whenever nantz says ‘michel’ i think he’s throwing it to michelle tafoya

I am so sick of everyone on the patriots, especially Julian edelman

2nd sack!

yeahhhhhh trey flowers

White is lighting them up!

james white is just awesome. i think they limited his snaps quite a lot in the second half of the season b/c of situations like this

kvn is brutalising mahomes

incredible throw to set that up

Oh shit I have never seen that play fail for the Patriots

wrong rb for that play, or wrong play for the rb. burkhead goes to the air too easily

He didn't touch it!

hahaha wtf

he really didn't touch it

You have to overturn that

It’s actually a pretty miraculous no touch really

Yanny/laurel

p sure doesn't touch but deserved the turnover for the sheer stupidity alone

He lucked out, but he absolutely did not touch it

No touch

ballsy overturn

Lol nevermind

the football gods agree

dammit jules

Lol, way to go guys

he pretty clearly didn't touch once you see it from both side angles

BALL DON'T LIE

folks........you couldn't make it up

Romo snitching

That red flag is getting quite a workout

This is basically just prolonging the pain though

Refs making a lot of bad calls

That was in no way roughing the QB but the next play was a makeup non-call on KC

That was not a catch

Refs really helping the pats out here

I think it was a catch. His wrist was still underneath the ball on every angle.

Pats definitely getting a lot of dicey calls.

go for 2

No way

ffs

Bench Jackson

Why is Mahomes going for all home runs. Should be just moving chains and eating clock

Nm

this is by miles the closest i've watched an nfl game this season; nice to be re-acquainted with my pals, the refs

Yeah, glad they scored quickly, plenty of time

same

Wow

Would be shocked if Brady didn’t win this

Damn, Belichick, calm down

Tbh that's what I said when New England scored. Their D isn't KC bad but they've been mega-exposed this half. Pass rush has done a disproportionate amount of work

This is tense, I'm having heart palpitations

That one is a catch I think

Nope

lol the first was def a catch and this def isn't

Lol frogns the refs and you aren't ever calibrated

Unbelievable

Wow

I’m bad at this

ffffffffffffffffffff

That offside was just brutal. What awful luck

i think my stream is like a minute behind

xp awful play not luck tbf

Amazing, not over yet, but so close

Lol @offside

Uggghhhh

This fuckin game!

mahomes tho, jfc

What a game, and 2 OT championships

my not watching the second half has made this exciting; you're welcome

what a game

so stressful. fourth quarter brady thought

jules. wow

NFL really needs college OT imo

My head is pounding

Is romo's phone not on silent? I keep hearing the apple cricket text received tone in this game.

PAAAAAATTTSS

Fuck this. Hope they lose by 70

what a fucking drive, 3 x 3rd and long. tom brady man

what the fuck guys

that fourth quarter

tom brady. man

Unbelievable, what an amazing game

i mean, he beat the rams in the super bowl SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO wtf

maga

brady, edeleman, and gronk just dragged that over the finish line. those guys are unbelievable.

They converted on so many 3rd downs, it was unreal

lol lol lol. as a young pats fan, i hate the 00s pats like no other. and as a chief-symp, too. but....looooool. and as an nfl bulllshit caller too. So satisfying. *blows imaginary smoke* this was good.

i didn't watch a ton of regular season of the early 00s pats, though i def remember several grim depressing winters in new england brightened only by pats playoff wins on sundays. then it's back to freezing temps, grey skies, snow and ice everywhere until like april

awwww it's big vince <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

man bill actually looks happy about the afc trophy? usually he looks like he's about to chuck it in the trash

this was def like top 5 of all the football games i've ever watched. that was crazy.

bill likely respected the opponent and circumstances a little more than usual.

mahomes is great. i'm also trying to process who is this pats team that showed up the last two weeks. the way the season went was hard to believe they could beat kc on the road

bill likely respected the opponent and circumstances

haaaah oh fuck i love this outcome

I know it gets said a bunch but...Romo is crazy accurate when it comes to diagnosing plays on both sides of the ball.

You thought Tom Brady was great tonight? Here's some snippets of Tony Romo's late-game forecasting wizardry. pic.twitter.com/sH09q6IJfj

— Jack Korte (@JackMyNBC5) January 21, 2019

I watched the AFC game (aftermath of a child's birthday party). Everyone was depressed that the Pats got a handjob from the officials.

(Yes, it was my first viewing of an NFL playoff game in 30+ years)

obv Brady must be destroyed

tbf they were kinda weird on both ends. there were a *lot* of very close judgment calls there.

I can't really hate on the Pats, I mean yeah they're obnoxious and yeah the way they cried "nobody believes in us!!" because they opened as a 3-point road dog is pathetic but whatever, every Super Bowl they've played in has been great - beating the Rams as giant underdogs, having a perfect season ruined by the Giants, getting a chance at redemption and having the Giants ruin it again, the Malcolm Butler game, 28-3, the "Philly Special" game where both teams scored on nearly every drive..idk at least with the Pats you have someone to root against

it's just so excruciating to go against them - watching Brady convert on 3rd & 10 over and over again is just so deflating

"roughing the passer" was a sad lol

lagoon that link appears to be dead, do you know how else i could find it?

romo was fantastic

watching Brady convert on 3rd & 10 over and over again is just so deflating

such jokes are really tacky

naw sry bummer, nfl is so dumb abt sharing their clips, nba lets u post whatever xp

re the pats going on about how no one believes in them & everyone thinks they suck -- i really don't recommend tuning in to local boston sports media especially talk radio, but that's where it comes from for sure. all season. i have only listened to a little bit of some jerks on 98.5 because greg bedard goes on there but.. well, top story on 98.5 site rn is one of their own guys 'i declared the pats dynasty dead & i'm a moron'

imo, what Brady is doing at 41 is now in the realm of the unfathomable... when an athlete gets into late 30s you marvel at how they can move with any quickness, and how they are able to recover from games fast enough to get back to practice and make the next game. at 41, it's like, how is he even making those throws now? TB12 is an automaton obviously. it only makes sense to doubt the pats because they so much depend on Brady and what's he's doing at this age is nigh on impossible!

These "no PI call cost Saints the SB" people are insufferable. Didn't see y'all overly concerned by the missed facemask that cost the Rams a 1st and goal

xp totally correct. local media has a tough job given the standards the team has set as far as finding actual things to talk about....so there's a tendency to pick apart the team in extreme detail that is understandable even if the tone (especially on the radio) is ridiculous.

it's funny watching/reading national stuff and everyone mocking the pats for being all "no one believes in us"--it does come from a real place as far as the local media goes, they're not just making it up.

its kind of weird how some fanbases have the need to cling onto the underdog role as though its core to their identity. sportswriters love that "Are the Patriots done?" line because it gets hateclicks but in my experience the number of actual football fans who think that is like...close to zero. remember that Week 4 game, when the 3-0 Dolphins went to Foxboro to take on the 1-2 Patriots - did anyone think that game was not gonna be an embarrassing blowout?

the local perception, especially in a place that's completely obsessed with the team, is pretty different from the national one.

it's actually crazy, i thought we had reached patriots saturation around here a while ago but it's gone to a completely different level since deflategate.

this is all pretty absurd, i mean in 1999 Joe Montana leading the Niners to the 1981 Super Bowl crown (18 yrs prior) seemed like ancient NFL history but here Brady is on the cusp of another championship after having won his first 18 years ago. I mean....absurd.

yea I mean with the ebb and flow of the NFL it really felt like losing that Super Bowl and then Brady tearing his ACL Week 1 of 2008 could have easily been the end of it. like, he's still a no-doubt HOF'er even if he had never stepped on the field again

another fun Brady stat, he's 3-0 in playoff overtime games now, and in all three the opponent never touched the ball

bob sutton fired as chiefs defensive coordinator

tony romo with blood on his hands

xp interesting that all players who scored in that 1st ot win (tuck rule game) are still active! except for james jett who is now 48 and retired that year

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200201190nwe.htm

This playoffs had good potential to have a cool weird match-up in the Superbowl and for it to end up the Pats vs. the Rams. Fxxx this...

I guess it might be cool to see Eric Dickerson pop up someplace on radio or TV, but this match up is lame.

Even the Boston big money crowd seems bored as I guess they are having issues selling some packages etc. At least so far, it is the easiest Superbowl ticket to get in years.

should be a good game, just a hard one to care about

I liked this piece from Slate I found:

https://slate.com/culture/2001/12/bledsoe-vs-brady-who-should-the-patriots-pick.html

The Bledsoe-Brady controversy is a perfect example of how the introduction of a salary cap has turned NFL conventional wisdom on its head. Indeed, the irony of the situation is that all the Boston talk-radio cranks convinced that Brady is a better quarterback are almost certainly wrong. Sure, the guy has fine mechanics and uncanny poise in the pocket. But despite his torrid start, four teams with solid pass defenses—Buffalo, Denver, Miami, and St. Louis—contained him handily. Brady’s rolled up his biggest numbers against the Colts, whose pass defense would have trouble keeping some 1-AA college teams out of the end zone.

Bledsoe, on the other hand, has about as good a stat sheet as you can compile in nine years of professional play. He made the Pro Bowl in his third year and led the Patriots all the way to the Super Bowl in his fourth. In 1995, he became the youngest player ever to throw for 10,000 yards; his current career stats include 136 touchdowns and nearly 30,000 yards. And he’s done all this despite an ever-changing roster of coaches that would make George Steinbrenner blush. Belichick is Bledsoe’s third head coach; the Pats’ current offensive coordinator, Charlie Weis, is his fourth.

So if this were simply about which quarterback has more talent, you’d be a fool to choose Brady. But think about what Bledsoe could fetch if the Patriots, a team with gaping holes all over the place, traded him. In April, the Atlanta Falcons gave up a first-round draft pick and a solid wide receiver-kick returner for Michael Vick. Bledsoe would probably claim an even higher bounty: Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated football Svengali, recently suggested Bledsoe would probably fetch a starter plus two first-round draft picks.

Jettisoning Bledsoe would also take his $7.5 million per year contract off the books—Brady makes only $300,000 per year—next season or the season afterward, freeing up money for a desperately needed offensive lineman or two, plus a playmaker at wide receiver. (Because of the complicated rules of the cap, the Patriots could get rid of Bledsoe next year or the year after without taking a debilitating hit, though it depends in part on how they get rid of him.) In other words, you’re trading proven greatness at quarterback for four or five starters. Even if Brady turns out to be mediocre, all the extra quality players make the transaction a net winner for the team, and the surest way to turn this year’s squad—which is performing far beyond its talents, thanks to good coaching and a bit of luck—into a serious Super Bowl contender.

If Bledsoe really wants to stay with the Patriots—and, to his credit, he’s been the epitome of a loyal, club-friendly athlete for his entire stay in Foxboro—he’s welcome to take a pay cut. Otherwise, he should go. Harsh? Perhaps. But that’s the new reality of the NFL. Someday, the Tom Brady decision will turn out to be an object lesson too.

Oh, and what happens if it turns out he's actually the GOAT and Bledsoe was just above average?

lol beautiful

TBRR, though, back in those days, I thought Brady was an ok QB, who got super lucky with an outstanding supporting cast that made him look better than he was. Certainly the fact that he's been underpaid all along is the key to why they've been able to put together so many high quality teams.

it's hard to remember specifics but brady was so obviously *different,* i think part of it was being freed of expectations but they were so much looser with him whereas you could look up "labored" in a thesaurus and find bledsoe as a synonym. no disrespect to drew who is a great dude by many accounts but there was always part of him that seemed to be playing football out of obligation.

i'd like someone to dig up some actual bledsoe truther articles. there are boston media guys who never recovered from bledsoe being their main locker room source and ensuing bitterness.

brady was p much a ~game manager~ his first couple few years def wasnt clear he was gonna go nuclear, the thing that was clear tho was that the league was passing bledsoe by his feet were way too slow he just stood back there and got the shit sacked out of him, so the choice was p obvs at the time imho

from the outside looking in it was clear Bledsoe was about as legit a big game quarterback as Elvis Grbac or Jake Plummer, and Brady clearly had confidence and smarts and a Montana vibe and certain leadership skills that were impossible to teach. I mean hindsight and all but to read this in 2019 is extremely wonderful:

Bledsoe, on the other hand, has about as good a stat sheet as you can compile in nine years of professional play. He made the Pro Bowl in his third year and led the Patriots all the way to the Super Bowl in his fourth. In 1995, he became the youngest player ever to throw for 10,000 yards; his current career stats include 136 touchdowns and nearly 30,000 yards.

i mean holy cats

it's kind of crazy though to think that Drew Bledsoe's true legacy is as the guy who got Wally Pipped by both Tom Brady and Tony Romo, and was released by Buffalo so the Bills could bring on the J.P. Losman era.

also I guess it was just a different era but it is astonishing to me that his career passer rating was 77.1!

pains me to defend the nfl but those 'four super bowl officials have ties to southern california' stories are terrible and outlets should feel ashamed for running them

weird how the refs always seem to be biased against the Patriots

tom brady was born in california; perhaps he is a sleeper agent

ummm northern california hello

hmm orchestrating a move to send his backup QB to his hometown team and then he immediately is injured

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsHAt3SUsAAvBSn.jpg

from the outside looking in it was clear Bledsoe was about as legit a big game quarterback as Elvis Grbac or Jake Plummer...

― omar little, Monday, January 28, 2019

aw this seems a bit unfair

ROB RYAN is yr new *inside* linebackers coach for the hatcats

no word on who will coach the right guards

These are supposedly the most popular #SuperBowl snacks in each state. Baked chicken breasts for CA? 😂😂😂 When in the history of EVER have you munched on baked chicken breasts while watching football??? pic.twitter.com/jl13XiNBAC

— Elina Shatkin (@elinashatkin) February 1, 2019

betcha can't eat just one

"Bledsoe was about as legit a big game quarterback as Elvis Grbac or Jake Plummer..."

Bledsoe did get wins to get them in the Superbowl twice, when you add in coming off the bench to beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh during the 2002 AFC title game.

I think the big thing for Bledsoe is that Parcells left and they just could not get above .500 those couple of years with Pete Carroll. In hindsight, it is pretty wild that Pete Carroll was the head coach between those two considering the success with USC and the Seahawks.

There was a handful of guys that were in those early Pats Superbowl teams that were also from Parcells time.

If this is the end of the road for the Pats, I will grant that playing the Rams does have some symmetry.

I was being hard on Drew. It’s just sort of a weird way for his career to go, considering he was a #1 overall draft pick and did in fact have some success.

lol at the proliferation of "cake" as superbowl snack

I just time traveled into the future Rams win 27 to 20

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 3, 2019

will be rooting for jose rather than the Teams tonight

This halftime show is hot garbage.

Man, does this band suck

Go Rams!

Why do people like this music?

Because they lack musical education which means dumbing it down and maximizing the spectacle is everything imo

But it’s the super bowl so we’re not gonna get Brahms or w/e

This game has been boring. Gurley could make a difference

this game rules

Good

No need to be defensive about it

this may be the worst 2.5 hours of tv i have ever watched lol

Rams just need to be themselves right now

Like that

who had the under

I'm going I Love Baseball from here out

Appozigze in advance

Tie game

This is what America deserves

Haha

this game is going to have to get PRIT-TEE good to make up for Adam Levine shirtless

Lucky

Huge break

gorgeous pass

Sorry LA, shit just got real

Fuck

lmao

Bringing that pressure on Goff, he had to fold eventually.

damn patritos

Go for it!

Woooo!

Rams just weren't good enough

Worst super bowl ever

Is football going to end now, is it all done

Yes..... for a few months at least

Literally any other combination of the super bowl would have been better. Why couldn’t that Rams/Chiefs shootout during the regular season have been this game?

I enjoyed it! Unbelievably tight game. Rams defense just couldn't hold out to the end as they started to tire

i knew the pats would prob win i just wanted there to be no touchdowns

oh wel

all hail satan’s team

that's real football for all the family to enjoy

This was a shitty game

it was a defensive masterpiece they just said so

All are punishèd

probably just as well -- would anyone have showed up for a rams parade?

holy shit guys they did it

That was fuckin awful

happy for jules

BASEBALL

Brady/Edelman embrace at the end was kinda hot

Brady/Trump embrace at the White House will be hotter

nah gisele's going to ban him from going to the WH again

what a shitty game.

tbh i thought it was a pretty interesting game? kind of amazed that the pats defense played that well. was waiting for goff to throw one up for grabs and he finally did at the worst possible time

Rams tackle Andrew Whitworth on the Super Bowl: "At the end of the day we're all gonna die"

— Nate Scott (@aNateScott) February 4, 2019

Lol Gronk said he only had 1.5 rings before this — which rounds down — because he was injured last time they won and now he has 2.5 — which rounds up pic.twitter.com/jcOmmNZdnv

— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) February 4, 2019

Except for, presumably, Tom Brady

xp

its true that tom brady will never die

*tom brady drinking a smoothie as the sun envelops the earth*

Is Tom Brady a flat earther

tom brady prob doesnt even believe in the earth at all

America's got to ask itself, does Boston bring us joy?

— Kyle Helmick (@HelmickeyMouse) February 4, 2019

Video: Thousands of Saints fans second-line through downtown in a massive display of festive anger. pic.twitter.com/CK5Nedxnr7

— Michael DeMocker (@MichaelDeMocker) February 3, 2019

providence >>>> boston

eh same shit really

Second straight playoff game where the o-line got steamrolled by the Pats

yeah. surprising how much has changed in a year after they couldn't get pressure on foles.

also.. what happened to todd gurley??? not playing him much in this game seems as bizarre as benching malcolm butler? he has to be injured?

watching the pats w a pass rush this year was kinda weird

Gurley just seems like a headcase. Seemed to be sulking the last few weeks

*slaps roof of stadium*
you can fit so many punts in this baby

— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) February 4, 2019

realizing boston sports radio will STILL be complaining that the game sucked

I thought Gurley's knee was iffy.

what happened with gurley was probably just that they ran him 1,000,000 times in the regular season. ppl speculated about an injury but then it was pointed out that he played a great game vs NO pass blocking, throwing himself in front of dudes in a way he wouldn't have if he was actually injured.

6 points given up to kansas city and the rams over 6 quarters of conf champ/super bowl has to be one of the most impressive accomplishments in the belichick era, especially since the line we were being fed was that these guys are the new wave taking over. bill is probably always insufferable but seems like this would be an especially good time to avoid him for a year or two. meanwhile chiefs' 2nd half performance really just shows how good they were, and how much more they actually had going on than the rams.

tbf the Rams offense looked pretty awful - Goff looked really overmatched. I've seen him like that before but it never lasted the whole game! Kinda neat though how the Pats defense has been this huge wildcard during this entire run; they'll go from like 3rd to 29th in the league during consecutive SB runs

Still, think the big takeaway from this game was "this would've been so much better if the Saints hadn't gotten screwed and/or the Chiefs won the OT coin toss"

the grim corporate competency, utter joylessness of this MAGA franchise is truly the dynasty America deserves

that was one of the least entertaining sporting events I've ever seen

ppl probably don't remember that 15 years ago the pats played defense like that on a regular basis. complete old-school gameplan annihilation by bill and co.

i guess the difference is the players he had to work with. pats will presumably not pay the huge money required to keep flowers this offseason and that alone will probably be enough to scuttle this defense.

geez pessimistic much?

that Brady-Kraft magakiss was...something.

still can't get over the Rams *finally* amassing a 9-yard run (backed up against their own end zone, where they needed it most), then immediately getting smacked with a delay of game and fumbling on the next play

can I also say the commercials were all pretty bad and seemed to all rely on the "can you believe how much fuckin' money we spent on this ad? make it go viral, please!!!" factor

though the NFL hall of fame commercial was pretty entertaining

yeah i liked that one

oh and I got mad at the Michelob ad

ive seen michelob advertised my whole life but i dont think ive ever witnessed someone drinking one

i haven't seen anybody drink a michelob since various family parties in the early 90s

The Bud Light/Game of Thrones crossover was pretty wtf, and not in a good way.

the main theme i sensed in the commercials was "look at all these robots who are sad they can't be human"

I liked that the Game of Thrones / Bud Light one had absolutely no twist at the end. The goofy Bud Light characters just get murdered and that's it.

xp

Only because I expected some light hearted shift at the end. As one would, given the way food brands insist on associating strictly with safe, good vibes.

really wanted the Bud Knight to be revealed as this guy

https://media.cbs17.com/nxs-wncntv-media-us-east-1/photo/2018/10/21/bud%20light%20theft%20police%20texas_1540176513694.jpg_59786850_ver1.0_640_360.jpg

hated the amazon ads above all other bad ads. "alexa isn't really that interesting but look at all this money we threw at familiar faces! our stuff breaks a lot lol!"

to me the car commercials were the worst, "here's an inspiring story about triumphing over adversity, much like Audi did when we fit 450 horsepower in a mid-size sedan..."

i'd be curious about the ratings for this game, on one hand you've got this very popular dynastic team that at the same time everyone is sick of, on the other hand you have the default most popular football team in a massive metropolis that is only mildly aware of (and deeply disinterested in) the two local teams.

maybe no one watched it and it didn't happen

44.9, lowest since steelers/cards 10 years ago

i hated that asmr michelob ad

and i could give a crap about cornsyrup beer vs windpower beer

i was amused that "not made with corn syrup" is a selling point for american beers

the michelob ad had a pretty crazy mix on my buddy's surround sound setup but that's all i can say about it

the one where the alexa was having existential despair and the guy told it to play funky town was pretty funny

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2819177-julian-edelman-solidified-hall-of-fame-career-with-super-bowl-mvp-performance

ok

Having a healthy Edelman and Gronk was a huge factor, but Edelman played like he always does, shouldn't be a surprise. I personally think Sony Michel deserves more credit.

if the MVP had gone to a pats defender, who should it have been?

Hightower

Gilmore tho

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lol

<3

did they really go to Disneyland?

Where's Gisele?

I don't see Goofy either, just sayin...

cute

So my cousin had to dance on her table in class for losing a super bowl bet... pic.twitter.com/r2nFFmVdwZ

— Jackson Rutt (@rutt_jackson) February 4, 2019

dang that did not go where i was thinking it would

realizing boston sports radio will STILL be complaining that the game sucked

listened to one boston sports radio show today and for most of it, the hosts, guest and callers sound disappointed or disgusted or so mad they're ready to throttle somebody while reviewing this game wtf

except for occasional podcast ep, i don't listen to sports radio or watch the ESPN talk shows, is the culture of it as extremely fucked up as it seems to me? like what is the matter with all these angry men who know everything?

yes

its awful for sure

The ESPN LeBatard/Stugats show is pretty much played for jokes (kinda) most of the time.

yeah their show rules