🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈

[DireWolfM14]

I can't help myself but go with the teams i personally want to see in the SB and that's Green Bay and Buffalo.

That's the superbowl I would prefer to watch as well, and that's my prediction.  I don't see Tampa getting the win today, and the Bills are under-rated in my opinion.

[South Park]

I found the early odds fair with a fully fit Mahomes and now we have better odds with a Mahomes, who I suspect to not being able to perform at a high level - I wouldn't be surprised to see Henne taking over again at some point during the game. This injury looked very weird; in the slow-mo you could see basically nothing that pointed to concussion issues, so like some media reported, this is a tweaked nerve or whatever and this is not good imo and will still bother him. Reid says he is fine, looks himself etc., but I don't believe in all this bla bla from team officials or players, not in NFL and not in any other sport, what else should they say ? These people lie all over the place or don't know better.

That “concussion” was without a doubt very weird which leads me to believe that most likely it was an issue with a nerve combined with suffocation, as Mahomes was tackled in a way similar to a choke, which could explain why he seemed so confused at first and then a few minutes later we saw him running to the locker rooms.

But honestly I am more worried about his toe, unlike Brady, Manning and Brees that at best can just manipulate the pocket Mahomes depends on his mobility and if he cannot move as he is used to he could take some strong hits today.

So I think today the Bills and the Packers will win, as I do not see Rodgers playing as badly as he did against the Bucs in the regular season.

[suchmoon]

Buccaneers are in top shape. Spectacular end to the first half.

[nutildah]

Starting to look pretty lopsided. Should have gone with my gut and put the bet in for TB last night. Instead I woke up and plopped in front of the TV right as kickoff was happening. If you're a GB fan, nows a perfect time to get some great odds on their favored outcome for this game, lol. Actually now they just got an interception... it might end up being a close game after all.

A couple hours before kickoff and the Bills are @2.35 to win.

[suchmoon]

Starting to look pretty lopsided.

Nah it's still pretty good. GB down by 5 and got a pick.

Edit: LOL that was quick, two sacks and back to Brady.

[DireWolfM14]

Well, this one is over and so is the Packer's season.  Tom Brady goes to his 10th superbowl, who scripted that?

[suchmoon]

Well, this one is over and so is the Packer's season.  Tom Brady goes to the superbowl, who scripted that?

And he knocked out two other veteran QBs on his way to it. Well done, mainly because he just won me $500 LOL.

[morvillz7z]

Mixed feelings for me, i really wanted to see Green Bay make the SB, Rodgers got the stops that he wanted but he couldn't convert on a few good opportunities.

Anyway, congrats to Buccaneers fans and Brady, he did it, another SB to his resume, simply amazing!

At least my bet hit! 

[DireWolfM14]

Well, this one is over and so is the Packer's season.  Tom Brady goes to the superbowl, who scripted that?

And he knocked out two other veteran QBs on his way to it. Well done, mainly because he just won me $500 LOL.

Lol, good job!  That crusty old fucker, he lost me 1mBTC!  

So is Belicheck Shanahan thinking right now how he can get his hands on Rogers?

FIFY! 

I imagine any coach in the league would love to have him.  I doubt that Green Bay will let him go after the season he just had.  Even if they sign him for a year or franchise him, if that's an option.

[Hueristic]

So is Belicheck thinking right now how he can get his hands on Rogers?

[South Park]

Mixed feelings for me, i really wanted to see Green Bay make the SB, Rodgers got the stops that he wanted but he couldn't convert on a few good opportunities.

This loss is on Rodgers, after the fumble the GB defence only allowed 3 points and made 3 INTs, that should be more than enough to get a win, also I did not liked at all the play calling of the Bucs, instead of trying to get first downs and kill some clock they kept trying to push the ball down the field and that is how GB got 2 of the 3 INTs, however those interceptions came on long passes that basically served the same function as if the Bucs had just punted the ball a down earlier.

So is Belicheck Shanahan thinking right now how he can get his hands on Rogers?

FIFY!  

I imagine any coach in the league would love to have him.  I doubt that Green Bay will let him go after the season he just had.  Even if they sign him for a year or franchise him, if that's an option.

Rodgers still has contract until 2023 and will be an UFA in 2024 but they can always apply the tag if the Jordan Love experiment does not work.

Source: https://overthecap.com/player/aaron-rodgers/1085/

What a mistake, the Bills have first and goal on the one yard line!

Edit: TD! 9-0 for the Bills, they failed the extra point.

[suchmoon]

What a mistake, the Bills have first and goal on the one yard line!

Got a TD and a doink out of it, not bad

[Hueristic]

Holy shit I just thought of the bills fans worst nightmare, finally getting to the Superbowl in the Brady era and then losing to him there!

[bbc.reporter]

For the NFL experts. Does Tom Brady have better players around him with Tampa Bay than with the Patriots? They are 2nd in passing yards during the regular season. Did Bill Belichick make a misjudgement on upgrading his quarterback?

[suchmoon]

They just can't stop Kelce, can they. I guess I'm not gonna get my +6.5 out of this.

For the NFL experts. Does Tom Brady have better players around him with Tampa Bay than with the Patriots? They are 2nd in passing yards during the regular season. Did Bill Belichick make a misjudgement on upgrading his quarterback?

Me no expert so my opinion on this consists of two words: Bruce Arians.

[South Park]

The game was disappointing, the Bills never really had too much of a chance, Allen was under pressure all game and had no time to find his receivers, Mahomes looked good even if I still think he is not 100% recovered of his toe, unfortunately KC lost their left tackle for good and will not play the SB.

For the NFL experts. Does Tom Brady have better players around him with Tampa Bay than with the Patriots? They are 2nd in passing yards during the regular season. Did Bill Belichick make a misjudgement on upgrading his quarterback?

The receiving core on Tampa Bay is probably top 3 in the league while the receiving core on NE is the worst in the entire league, I will be honest even with Brady there I do not think NE could have made it to the playoffs, so from a purely team building perspective it makes some sort sense to let Brady go and begin the rebuild a year earlier, however this was done when there was no one behind Brady to take the team and Belichick had to hire Cam which was a disaster.

[DireWolfM14]

Well, I'm 0 for 2 on the day, and blew my wad.  Actually I have 0.5mBTC left to invest in the big game.  Doesn't look like sportsbet.io is buying me a new truck this year, maybe next year.

Not the game I expected or wanted to see, but it'll be a good game none the less.  I predict the Chiefs will win, so now you all know to bet on the Bucs.

[bbc.reporter]

The game was disappointing, the Bills never really had too much of a chance, Allen was under pressure all game and had no time to find his receivers, Mahomes looked good even if I still think he is not 100% recovered of his toe, unfortunately KC lost their left tackle for good and will not play the SB.

For the NFL experts. Does Tom Brady have better players around him with Tampa Bay than with the Patriots? They are 2nd in passing yards during the regular season. Did Bill Belichick make a misjudgement on upgrading his quarterback?

The receiving core on Tampa Bay is probably top 3 in the league while the receiving core on NE is the worst in the entire league, I will be honest even with Brady there I do not think NE could have made it to the playoffs, so from a purely team building perspective it makes some sort sense to let Brady go and begin the rebuild a year earlier, however this was done when there was no one behind Brady to take the team and Belichick had to hire Cam which was a disaster.

Agreed. The end of Josh Allen’s season. I bet on the Bills +3. I thought Mahomes’ neck injury or the news of his neck injury would cause him not to play good for the whole game hehe.

Also, Tom Brady the goat. You cannot hate on him.

 

[vella85]

This will be an interesting Super Bowl as the last team to go back to back was the Patriots and now we have Brady trying to stop the Chiefs from going back to back. Something is telling me that Brady will pull it off and win his 7th Super Bowl championship but I just can't go against the Chiefs as they have the experience in the big game where as the Bucs might find the occasion overwhelming.

[wheelz1200]

Just read LT Eric fisher is now out with Achilles tear.  Thats big.  Chiefs are down a couple starting lineman.  That coupled with jpp and shaq coming off the edges could be a bit of a problem for the chiefs.  Shluld be another interesting SB