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[suchmoon]

It appears that this is game over after the sack and the interception. I am certain that the Chiefs are presently shattered psychologically and emotionally already.

Congratulations to Tampa Bay bettors out there.

It ain't over till it's over but Bucs so far have been impressively effective at neutralizing they usual suspects like Kelce. Mahomes would need some serious adjustments to make some lemonade here.

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[South Park]

It appears that this is game over after the sack and the interception. I am certain that the Chiefs are presently shattered psychologically and emotionally already.

Congratulations to Tampa Bay bettors out there.

We cannot discount Mahomes, however this will have to be an even more efficient comeback than the one we saw in SB 51, if I remember correctly the score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 28-9 and now it is 31-9 and the Bucs are making no mistakes and more importantly they can run the ball and kill the clock.

If the Bucs win who do you think should receive the MVP? Gronk is a candidate but I think that the Bucs Defence as a whole should receive the award, it has never been done but I think they deserve it.

Edit: Now it seems it is actually over after that 4th down stop.

[suchmoon]

This is a perfect illustration for the running QB discussion earlier in the thread. He's running all right. For all the wrong reasons.

[bbc.reporter]

@South Park. I predict Brady after witnessing how this game was played by both of the teams. If it was a much harder game for Tampa Bay it might be different. I reckon Gronk or someone from the defense like Shaq Barrett. There were only 2 MVPs from the defense in the last 10 superbowls, however.

[DireWolfM14]

We cannot discount Mahomes, however this will have to be an even more efficient comeback than the one we saw in SB 51, if I remember correctly the score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 28-9

Here I was enjoying the moment, and you just had to bring up that painful memory, didn't you?  Where's the de-merit button when you need it?  

kidding, of course

Aaaan, Mahomes is intercepted.  That's all she wrote, no time-outs, less than two minutes left, and the Bucs just need to kneel.  No hail-mary needed.

[sirazimuth]

Being a diehard Patriots fan for past 35 years, for whatever reason, this still felt like another SB win for my team.

Yes, I've always been a TB fan  ....


Meanwhile, streaker man scores a touchdown!.
Gotta love the play by play...lol

[suchmoon]

Aaaan, Mahomes is intercepted.  That's all she wrote, no time-outs, less than two minutes left, and the Bucs just need to kneel.  No hail-mary needed.

I got my winning bet but I feel cheated... such a lopsided game and they didn't even come close to covering the points total.

[South Park]

We cannot discount Mahomes, however this will have to be an even more efficient comeback than the one we saw in SB 51, if I remember correctly the score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 28-9

Here I was enjoying the moment, and you just had to bring up that painful memory, didn't you?  Where's the de-merit button when you need it?  

kidding, of course

Sorry about that, I was talking about SB 51 but it seems I reminded you of SB 54, you are not alone, whenever someone reminds me of SB 42 and I remember that crazy helmet catch by David Tyree I get PSTD.

BTW to add a little bit to your spectacular post about scrambling QBs, Mahomes ran for 497 yards before making a pass or getting sacked according to Next Gen Stats, the most ever since they keep track of this statistic, so being able to run around means nothing if the OL cannot protect the QB.

Source: https://twitter.com/NextGenStats/status/1358628748082429952

I got my winning bet but I feel cheated... such a lopsided game and they didn't even come close to covering the points total.

I am sure you are not alone, this was supposed to be a SB for the ages, remember SB 49 and all the hype around it? It was the same situation, we had Wilson as the leader of the new potential dynasty looking to win back to back SBs and in front of him he had Brady, and the game lived up to the hype and had a movie ending that will probably never happen again.

So I think many, myself included, were expecting something like that and instead the Bucs destroyed the Chiefs in a manner we have never seen before.

[BrokenM14]

@South Park, yeah I was thinking about SB54.  I blame the the 4th Coors Light for my confusion.   

[vella85]

As most predictions have the Bucs scoring at least 27+ points I have decided to place a prop bet on Brady to score over 2.5 touchdowns at $2.25 I mentioned 2 weeks ago that even though I like the Chiefs to win, I still think Brady will have a good game and score at least 3 touchdowns. This is just my opinion and I went with some value.

Well that was an easy win for Brady scoring over 2.5 touchdowns. At least I won this bet but lost on the Chiefs lol So I just came out in front thanks to Brady scoring 3 TD's. I actually enjoyed watching the game even though the Chiefs offense was poor on the night.

[morvillz7z]

I don't know about you guys but i couldn't fully enjoy the game as a neutral fan, it was no competition, Chiefs got dominated so badly on the line of scrimmage they just couldn't do anything. That MVP should go straight to Bucs defense and their DC Todd Bowles. Did Tyreek Hill even play in this game?

Finally a 3.5 million bet was made on the Tampa Bay Bucs to cover the spread.

Mattress Mack cashing out big time, eh? 

[DireWolfM14]

Meanwhile, streaker man scores a touchdown!.
Gotta love the play by play...lol

Lol, I missed that yesterday.  It looked that security guard in white who took him down really jacked him up.  Then he straddled his head, lol!  Insult to injury.

I don't know about you guys but i couldn't fully enjoy the game as a neutral fan, it was no competition, Chiefs got dominated so badly on the line of scrimmage they just couldn't do anything. That MVP should go straight to Bucs defense and their DC Todd Bowles. Did Tyreek Hill even play in this game?

I don't know, I enjoyed it.  I expected a close, high scoring, back-and-fourth game, but it wasn't that bad.  It was good to see at least one defense stand out.

They should start awarding the MVP honors to the lines as a whole.  I know, I know "most valuable player, but both the Buc's OLine and their DLine were really the most valuable assets on the field yesterday.  None of the other players had as significant of an impact on the game.  Brady had all the time he wanted in the pocket, and Mahomes was busy running for his life.

[seek3r]

I don't know about you guys but i couldn't fully enjoy the game as a neutral fan, it was no competition, Chiefs got dominated so badly on the line of scrimmage they just couldn't do anything. That MVP should go straight to Bucs defense and their DC Todd Bowles. Did Tyreek Hill even play in this game?

Finally a 3.5 million bet was made on the Tampa Bay Bucs to cover the spread.

Mattress Mack cashing out big time, eh? 

Like DireWolfM14 already mentioned, I enjoyed this match aswell. Maybe just because I am an absolute Brady fanboy.
But the defensive were on fire, how could you not like/enjoy their plays? They were hunting Mahomes like ***
These blitzes worked out perfectly and it has been fun to watch Shaq Barrett und Devin White in the playoffs.. they went nuts.
I wouldnt want to play against White as a Chief. Very hard and clean hits and great tackles.

[DireWolfM14]

The guy who ran onto the field won a prop bet that someone would run onto the field, lol.  He got someone to place the bet at a bookie in Vegas which give him 750 to 1 odds, and reportedly won $370k.  Here I was cringing at the thought of what that thong would do to my balls, little did I know his were made of brass.

Yuri Andrade -- the man who broke onto the field while wearing a pink thong bathing suit -- says he came up with the idea for the stunt after seeing a prop bet that offered GREAT ODDS if someone actually ran onto the field during the SB55.

Andrade explained the whole thing during an interview with WILD 94.1 -- saying the gambling website Bovada offered +750 odds ($100 bet pays $750) so he decided to take matters into his own hands.

[seek3r]

The guy who ran onto the field won a prop bet that someone would run onto the field, lol.  He got someone to place the bet at a bookie in Vegas which give him 750 to 1 odds, and reportedly won $370k.  Here I was cringing at the thought of what that thong would do to my balls, little did I know his were made of brass.

Yuri Andrade -- the man who broke onto the field while wearing a pink thong bathing suit -- says he came up with the idea for the stunt after seeing a prop bet that offered GREAT ODDS if someone actually ran onto the field during the SB55.

Andrade explained the whole thing during an interview with WILD 94.1 -- saying the gambling website Bovada offered +750 odds ($100 bet pays $750) so he decided to take matters into his own hands.

And after his big win he met Mike Evans in a strip club in Tampa.




Looks like the Bucs liked this according to this report:

Were the players mad at the interruption? Hardly! Babs noted that she saw Andrade and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans at a Tampa club on Monday night. According to Andrade, Evans said that the stunt was “epic” and that the team was “dying laughing.” They even took a photo together.

Andrade said his friend who has a prank website — “Vitaly Uncensored,” which we won’t link to due to its NSFW content — has been trying to pull off a stunt like this for years, so Yuri came up with a plan “to do two people, one to run as a distraction so all the security rushes him, so I can clear the field.”

Then his friend wondered if there was a prop bet about an on-field streaker… and there was. It was “plus 750” for a fan to run on to the field. Andrade explains that in-depth in the interview.

Andrade ended up paying to bail himself and his friend out of jail which set them back $1K, and paid for two Super Bowl tickets. However, they made their money back and then some.

[...]

Source: https://b1039.com/2021/02/09/super-bowl-streaker-made-money/

[suchmoon]

And after his big win he met Mike Evans in a strip club in Tampa.

This is what gambling leads to. Don't do it kids.


Ok, so what's next? Draft picks? Kinda boring and random at the same time.

[seek3r]

Ok, so what's next? Draft picks? Kinda boring and random at the same time.

Most hated time of the year started this week.


But I must say that I am excited for the ELF, the European League of Football, which has been announced.
I am curious how high the level will be there. In the first season, 6 teams from Germany, one from Poland and a Spanish team will play against each other.

Maybe the league will gain some attention and allow some players to live from football here, which is not possible and does not promote the sport.
I think just that could possibly be the right step to get this sport bigger in Europe.
The games will also be broadcasted on the german television.

[South Park]

Breaking news the Texans have released J.J. Watt, while it was known he wanted out and it was difficult any team would have gave too much for him and outright releasing him cleans a lot of cap space this seems more like a PR move more than anything as the image of the Texans is not very good at the moment.

Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30886997/houston-texans-part-ways-jj-watt-asks-release

Ok, so what's next? Draft picks? Kinda boring and random at the same time.

While the off-season is nowhere near as exciting as watching the games at the same time this is where we can see who is ready to take make a run to the SB, the fact the cap is going down will create a very interesting dynamic, star players will have to accept less, the middle class of players will have to accept even less money and many will have to play for the minimum for veterans, and those that already played for the minimum will be squeezed out of the league.


This means teams with cap space can sign a lot of veterans under their regular market value that will decide to come to them to ring chase, and the Bucs seems like the perfect spot to do it, so even if they cannot retain all of their players it seems to me they can get many veterans there for cheap that want to win a SB, making them even more scary than what they were this season.

[Hueristic]

Ok, so what's next? Draft picks? Kinda boring and random at the same time.

Most hated time of the year started this week.


But I must say that I am excited for the ELF, the European League of Football, which has been announced.
I am curious how high the level will be there. In the first season, 6 teams from Germany, one from Poland and a Spanish team will play against each other.

Maybe the league will gain some attention and allow some players to live from football here, which is not possible and does not promote the sport.
I think just that could possibly be the right step to get this sport bigger in Europe.
The games will also be broadcasted on the german television.

Start a thread.

[seek3r]

Ok, so what's next? Draft picks? Kinda boring and random at the same time.

Most hated time of the year started this week.


But I must say that I am excited for the ELF, the European League of Football, which has been announced.
I am curious how high the level will be there. In the first season, 6 teams from Germany, one from Poland and a Spanish team will play against each other.

Maybe the league will gain some attention and allow some players to live from football here, which is not possible and does not promote the sport.
I think just that could possibly be the right step to get this sport bigger in Europe.
The games will also be broadcasted on the german television.

Start a thread.

A seperate one from this? Thought it would fit in this thread aswell but you might be right. Could gain a bit attention with an own thread.
Will collect all the infos I have and will put it in a new discussion if you like this idea?