Super Bowl thread - Predictions and trash talk

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[Couchpotato]

You’ve never seen a team tie the game in a two-minute drill? First year watching the NFL?

Of course but it doesn’t happen most times. If scoring in 45 seconds were as easy as you’re making out teams would do it every possession.

 

[progressive hunter]

why did they just say mehomes is the 2nd black QB to win 2 super bowls???

hes not black,,

I thought the theme of this game was to stop racism and there they go making it about race,,,

 

[toobfreak]

No they arent perfect calling anything. It evens out. The Eagles lost. It wasnt the refs fault.

Earlier in the game, JuJu was held so far that the defender literally pulled him around away from facing the ball and the refs missed it. Then they called holding at the end where the defender looked really to just be touching him for a second to keep his bearings on where he was while trying to go for the ball.

So yes, it evens out and is just another variable in the game people try to get as right as possible, but in the latter case it bothers me most because touch or no touch, the penalized move had no actual bearing on the receiver not catching the ball so didn't affect the game, but the penalty itself sure did!

Guess Phili shouldn't have let the Chiefs catch up to them and beat them!

ITMT, I'd be much in favor of refs not calling penalties unless they:

1. Actually affect the outcome of the play.
2. Are so clear and egregious that they have to be called!

 

[odanny]

Ended up winning $400 but this one’s going to sting for a while.

I've seen worse beats on FanDuel and Draftkings, but yea, yours was once in a lifetime bad. The thing with showdowns is your 5 player combination means you will split with a large pool.

 

[jehanne1431]

If or until the referees get better they should allow a team to challenge any kind of penalty. It is the holding calls and interference calls that usually are the most critical ones and the ones the refs are far too inconsistent on deciding. Five challenges a game. If you are wrong, lose time-out or 10 yards, the other team's choice. Sounds ridiculous, but it takes away the chance for great games being lost on one terrible call that handed the game to the Chiefs.

 

[odanny]

Twitter is pissed about that call. LeBron James tweeted about it as well.

And that’s the problem.

The narrative here SHOULD be about how great Mahomes is and how great his offensive line played. Instead, the refs made it about themselves, and everyone is talking about that call.

Nobody, other than Chiefs fans, is happy with how this game ended. I had no dog in this fight and I hate how it ended.

It would have meant a 4th down attempt on 4th and 8, I believe. Don't quote me on those numbers but a FG there is what won them the game, but the clock don't get run out without flag. The punter on Philly is also a dog tonight, that punt to Toney where he went to the 5 was a terrible punt, and the first one their punter made since coming back from injury.

The legend of Mahomes grows.

 

[Couchpotato]

It would have meant a 4th down attempt on 4th and 8, I believe. Don't quote me on those numbers but a TD there is what won them the game, but likely never happens without the flag. But it might have without the flag. The punter on Philly is also a dog tonight, that punt to Toney where he went to the 5 was a terrible punt, and the first one their punter made since coming back from injury.

The legend of Mahomes grows.

They would have kicked a fg

 

[Lakhota]

I like Patrick Mahomes okay, but I think he's an overrated candy ass. I also thought that defensive holding penalty near the end was unfair to the Eagles. I thought the Eagles were the better team. Oh well, 38-35 Chiefs.

 

[westwall]

well the game was held in Maricopa County. what did you expect?

Based on that we shouldn't know the outcome of the game for at least a week.

 

[odanny]

Earlier in the game, JuJu was held so far that the defender literally pulled him around away from facing the ball and the refs missed it.

They sure as hell didn't call that one, but that was also probably a different ref.

 

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[odanny]

They would have kicked a fg

I changed it in my original post, I was referring to running out the clock on that penalty call. Happy for Mahomes and Reid but I honestly think Philly was a far superior team, it's just a special teams disaster and a fumble for 6 that cost them dearly.

 

[XponentialChaos]

Of course but it doesn’t happen most times. If scoring in 45 seconds were as easy as you’re making out teams would do it every possession.

I didn’t say it was easy. I didn’t say that it happens most times. I said that they still had a good chance of tying the game in the 2-minute drill.

You said that was a dumb take. Explain.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

If or until the referees get better they should allow a team to challenge any kind of penalty. It is the holding calls and interference calls that usually are the most critical ones and the ones the refs are far too inconsistent on deciding. Five challenges a game. If you are wrong, lose time-out or 10 yards, the other team's choice. Sounds ridiculous, but it takes away great games being lost on one terrible call that handed the game to the Chiefs.

You must be talking about the bengals chiefs game no doubt because thst sure did not happen in this Super Bowl.the chiefs won despite the fact the refs did everything they could to give this game to the eagles,they had to compete with the refs as well to win this game so the chiefs deserved to win this.this is the second year in a row the outcome of the game did not go the way the refs wanted.they did everything they could to give the game to the bengals in the Super Bowl last year and they still could beat the rams,this year same thing,refs did everything on the planet to give this game to the eagles and they STILL could not win the game.in this game the chiefs deserved to win because just like the rams in last years Super Bowl,they also had to compete with the refs to win the game.

 

[Pellinore]

It's human nature to blame the refs when your team loses. Everyone does it.

Refs are human, and games, like life, have a certain amount of chaos involved. Maybe this call or that goes against you, or maybe the power goes out or one of the players has a heart attack during game. You can never plan for the unplannable. Football players understand that.

As for this call, yeah, that's holding; you can bump but not grab. You can see the DB knew it. Yes, it was before the ball was thrown, which is why it was holding and not interference. Sure, maybe the next one gets called or the last one didn't, but see above about refs being human. They can only look at one place at a time.

So we accept it. You know, if we had hi-def cameras and instant replay, maybe the Immaculate Reception might have been called back (because Fuqua hit the ball), but maybe it wouldn't. No matter how much you plan, and how perfectly your route was run and your ball was thrown, it is a game of humans, and that comes with chaos. Fortunately.

Both teams played their asses off. Both are legendary teams with nowhere to go but up, and either could have won—but the Chiefs did. Well done to them, they deserve it.

Don't take it away because the ref squad doesn't live up to your standards of perfection.

 

[Lakhota]

Although I once heard him referred to as a pretentious little chipmunk, I thought Bob Costas had a good idea when he was talking to Jim Acosta on CNN a day or two ago (yesterday I think). He said there should be someone ABOVE the referees who can make the final call on the big games (playoffs and Super Bowl) - under any and all circumstances. I agree! There really needs to be more uniformity in holding and pass interference calls - especially in playoffs and Super Bowl.