NFL: 2020 Season

[street]

^ Wow!! Thanks for that history.

[MOD EDIT]

 

[timo2]

Horrible that the refs decided the game in favor of Bucs. No call on multiple holds commited by the Bucs but they call one to decide the game against the Packers. Horrible finish. At least be consistant.

Yes that tainted the game. And fed the 'Brady gets all the calls' conspiracy theorists out there. But just like with kickers, if the game has to come down to the refs (or kickers), then the rest of the team didn't do its job. For instance, there were a couple of time Rodgers could have run with the ball near the goal line and didn't. He seemed to play like it was just a regular game, IMO.

 

[JoeWras]

I haven't watched much this year as my interest in NFL football has waned. Oh, and my team stinks.

I happened upon the last 2 minutes of the Brady game, and saw enough to know I'm not missing anything. That dive was soccer worthy. This is not football. These guys have such agility, but they feel someone grab their hand towel and dive, after the ball is obviously out of reach, so nothing to lose? Blah. Call it conspiracy. I call it crap.

BTW, as an old Bears fan, I'm not GB fan. If anything, my living in FL made me a TB fan. But I saw what I saw, and I am disappointed. I've got plenty queued up on Netflix for Superbowl Sunday.

 

[Car-Guy]

The only reason I have been watching football this year (another story) is because Brady (and Gronk) moved to TB.. (See post 172 of this thread) I was never a Brady fan while we was playing for the Patriots under Belichick but that all changed when he moved to TB... (another story there too)

He came to TB, a team that has only had one winning season in the past "decade" (.563 in 2016) and has taken them all the way to the SB in his first year there. Pretty amazing, IMO...

I'll be rooting for TB in the Superbowl this year but I suspect they are going to have their hands full with KC and Mahomes... TB has the home field advantage (first time in SB history, I think), momentum and Brady's skill and experience. KC has momentum too, a consistent "game" and of course, Mahomes...

Should be a good one.

 

[steelyman]

Looks like Budweiser won’t be airing SB ads this year in favor of directing funds toward vaccine rollout efforts. Good for them although I usually enjoyed the spots.

I still have an ancient tee with the frogs croaking “Bud” “Weis” “Er”. Loved it!

 

[MichaelB]

Looks like Budweiser won’t be airing SB ads this year in favor of directing funds toward vaccine rollout efforts. Good for them although I usually enjoyed the spots.

I still have an ancient tee with the frogs croaking “Bud” “Weis” “Er”. Loved it!

I though the whole point of American Football was the beer commercial that has nothing to do with beer.

 

[eytonxav]

Got the matchup I was hoping for. Although I like Mahomes being a young and very talented QB, very happy that each team has 3 former LSU players, so I can be happy regardless of which team wins.

 

[Midpack]

Looks like Budweiser won’t be airing SB ads this year in favor of directing funds toward vaccine rollout efforts. Good for them although I usually enjoyed the spots.

I still have an ancient tee with the frogs croaking “Bud” “Weis” “Er”. Loved it!

Coke, Pepsi and Hyandai aren't running ads this year either - though the halftime show is sponsored by Pepsi. Guess it will be nothing but GoDaddy ads (yuck)...

This is kinda outrageous anyway "Thirty-second ad spots for the Super Bowl reportedly go for about $55 million a piece." Ultimately customers are footing these costs.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/budweiser-to-pass-on-super-bowl-commercials-this-year/

 

[easysurfer]

One of those decisions that fans will say was bad either way. I think they should have gone for the TD but if they did and didn't convert then people would be saying THAT was a bad decision. Regardless, the players win or lose the game and the Packers had their chances and couldn't finish.

Sports Illustrated has an article with percentages about the call. To go for it on 4th down vs field goal and try to get a stop and score again.

ESPN’s analytics department said the disparity was not large, but going for it on fourth down and subsequently trying for the two-point conversion would have given the Packers roughly a 0.5% greater chance of winning the game than kicking the field goal and taking the chance that they would get another possession and score a touchdown. EdjSports, another fine analytics outfit, said that the decision cost Green Bay 3% pre-snap in their Game Winning Chance model. And in fairness to LaFleur, at least one model showed the field goal as a slight edge, though it's unknown if that model took into account 1) Having Aaron Rodgers and 2) Giving the ball to Tom Brady.

Regardless of what the numbers say, there seemed to be palpable pain and resentment for having the ball taken out of his [Rodgers'] hands. The long-term damage will be more difficult to quantify.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/25/m...ook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

The opportunity was set up for a Hoosier's type moment with Rodgers playing the part of Jimmy Chitwood, but LaFleur never gave him the chance.

 

[aaronc879]

I though the whole point of American Football was the beer commercial that has nothing to do with beer.

Wasssup!!!

 

[garyt]

Sour grapes aaron. One INT the defender was all over TB and instead of taking the sack he heaved it up as a jump ball and it was way short. One INT was off of Godwin's hands but was a good pass. One INT was a poor pass. But two of the TD passes were excellent.

Agree, two of the INT's weren't really his fault. He would've gotten killed had he held the ball a second longer on the one INT.

 

[aaronc879]

Sports Illustrated has an article with percentages about the call. To go for it on 4th down vs field goal and try to get a stop and score again.





https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/25/m...ook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

The opportunity was set up for a Hoosier's type moment with Rodgers playing the part of Jimmy Chitwood, but LaFleur never gave him the chance.

The Packers went for a two point conversion earlier in the game and did not convert. That had to be a factor and a reasonable one IMO.

 

[pb4uski]

...For instance, there were a couple of time Rodgers could have run with the ball near the goal line and didn't. ...

Yes, that was a mystery... he might not have made it to the end zone but he may have, it was wide open to gain at least 5 yards. We were all sitting around bewildered by that one.

 

[pb4uski]

.... That dive was soccer worthy. This is not football. These guys have such agility, but they feel someone grab their hand towel and dive, after the ball is obviously out of reach, so nothing to lose? Blah. Call it conspiracy. I call it crap. ...

I thought so too at first, but after seeing the replay, his jersey was held for about 5 steps... which slowed the receiver enough that he wasn't near where the ball end up... but I agree the receiver embellished foul to get the ref's attention.

 

[GTFan]

You can believe me or not, but at the time I was really puzzled at the FG decision, and still am. Even if they miss the 2 pt conversion they would just need a FG to win, which would be more likely in the little time remaining in the best case to get the ball back.

GB lost that game in the red zone (not just this trip), the bad call was just the icing on the cake. Rodgers couldn't deliver when he needed to do it the most, but you have to give a lot of credit to TB's defense for that last stop. On a prior trip he missed a wide-open pass for the TD.

 

[GTFan]

I thought so too at first, but after seeing the replay, his jersey was held for about 5 steps... which slowed the receiver enough that he wasn't near where the ball end up... but I agree the receiver embellished foul to get the ref's attention.

That dive was one of the worst I've seen in recent memory, was yelling at the TV until they showed the replay of the jersey grab.

Inexcusable and that WR should be fined for it. American football is not soccer.

 

[harley]

Coke, Pepsi and Hyandai aren't running ads this year either - though the halftime show is sponsored by Pepsi. Guess it will be nothing but GoDaddy ads (yuck)...

This is kinda outrageous anyway "Thirty-second ad spots for the Super Bowl reportedly go for about $55 million a piece." Ultimately customers are footing these costs.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/budweiser-to-pass-on-super-bowl-commercials-this-year/

Just to clarify, the NY Post article was wrong. The 30 second ad spots are going for $5.5M, not $55M. Still an absurd amount, but not quite as bad. The article the NY Post linked to was a USA Today story, and the Post just dropped the decimal point.

CBS, which owns the television rights for Super Bowl 55, has sought $5.5 million for a 30-second spot during this year's broadcast, according to multiple reports.

 

[Car-Guy]

Just to clarify, the NY Post article was wrong. The 30 second ad spots are going for $5.5M, not $55M. Still an absurd amount, but not quite as bad. The article the NY Post linked to was a USA Today story, and the Post just dropped the decimal point.

Hey what possible difference could $49.5 million make.

 

[Car-Guy]

Wouldn't it be great to see the new Brady Bunch make it to the playoffs (or dare I say even the SB)...

^^^^ From October 19th...

Now if I could just pick stocks that far in advance and as accurate....

 

[jollystomper]

So the Super Bowl is set.

The last 2 QBs to win the SB going against each other.

The last team the Bucs lost to this season? The Chiefs.

In addition...

The last #5 seed to win the SB? The 2007-2008 Giants.

The last team they lost to in the regular season? The New England Patriots.

The team they beat in the Super Bowl? The New England Patriots.

The Rod Serling vibe is heavy on this matchup...

...and history repeats itself.

Also - The Giants (from NFC East) beat the #1,#2, and #4 seeds, and won the NFC Championship in Green Bay, before they won the Super Bowl, and the #4 Seed was the NFC South Champ. So did Tampa Bay (from NFC South), in their case the #4 seed was the NFC East Champ.

Too bad I'm not a betting person...

 

[Dawg52]

Brady is amazing. He's 43 and plays like a 33 y/o on top of his game. Total team effort in this win tho.

 

[jollystomper]

Brady is amazing. He's 43 and plays like a 33 y/o on top of his game. Total team effort in this win tho.

Agree. Tampa Bay's defense made it Brady's easiest Super Bowl win.

 

[timo2]

Congratulations to Bruce Arians. He always was underestimated by the league IMO, and now he has a super bowl!! Not to mention Todd Bowles, who did great in AZ and in Tampa. He makes we wonder what's wrong with the Jets that he didn't work out there.

 

[harley]

Football is dead to me.

 

[harley]

Sadly, former Pro Bowl receiver Vincent Jackson (Chargers, Bucs) was found dead today at 38! in a hotel room in Tampa Bay. No cause of death reported yet. He was a classy guy, as far as I knew. I had him on a number of fantasy teams, and everything I read about him was positive. RIP.