That's what you get for $800k these days, two years in the making. 🤷♂️
Bad field, bad ref calls, there's a pattern.
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Bad field, bad ref calls, there's a pattern.
Apparently they are using a new grass on the field. Tahoma 31, a variation of bermudagrass.
Yeah, it definitely seems to be an issue out there. Both teams have to play on it, though!
Supporting the Chiefs all the way in South Africa 🇿🇦 from the ESPN Africa live viewing 
This game is wild. Everyone who said the Super Bowl is going to be boring…please come back. Where are you?
I did. It was boring AF and so was the halftime show. Note, close games can be boring.
Other than that...
At least Philly is safe, total destruction avoided.
Well, it wasn't a bad game, especially as far as SBs go.
Goodell claimed last week that the officiating is as good as it has ever been, but there were questionable calls for both teams. But the game disruptions for reviews have become tedious, and hurt the show, despite the good aims they try to achieve. The field condition was obviously causing footing issues.
One thing is for sure, any coach facing the Eagles from here on is asleep if they aren't wise to their hurry-up-and-prevent-a-challenge offense.
Pre-game talk can get tiresome, and is best avoided, but Mahomes came out and backed it up, didn't he? The MVP, with one ring, and in obvious pain after that tackle in the first half, did his thing and got a second ring. He wasn't the one who was stripped and had a fumble run back for a TD, which kept KC in the game before its offense awake. Until Hurts, Allen, Burrow, Herbert, or the rest get theirs, Mahomes will continue to get most of the hype.
Reid's clock management, and just as importantly, heads up play by those on the field snuffed out any chance the Eagles had.
As good as the Eagles were this season, KC edged them in the SB, and thumped SF, the #2 NFC team, in the regular season, so the bragging rights are all theirs.
If there was a prize for Most Insufferable Star TE Personality, I think Kelce just took the crown from Gronk. Save the Disrespected Bitter Meat Head act for the locker room comments, not the post-game big stage where everyone is celebrating.
At least Gronk can be self-effacing, and in on a joke.
Edit -- Eagle's CB has admitted he held the receiver.
Goodell claimed last week that the officiating is as good as it has ever been, but there were questionable calls for both teams. But the game disruptions for reviews have become tedious, and hurt the show, despite the good aims they try to achieve. The field condition was obviously causing footing issues.
One thing is for sure, any coach facing the Eagles from here on is asleep if they aren't wise to their hurry-up-and-prevent-a-challenge offense.
Pre-game talk can get tiresome, and is best avoided, but Mahomes came out and backed it up, didn't he? The MVP, with one ring, and in obvious pain after that tackle in the first half, did his thing and got a second ring. He wasn't the one who was stripped and had a fumble run back for a TD, which kept KC in the game before its offense awake. Until Hurts, Allen, Burrow, Herbert, or the rest get theirs, Mahomes will continue to get most of the hype.
Reid's clock management, and just as importantly, heads up play by those on the field snuffed out any chance the Eagles had.
As good as the Eagles were this season, KC edged them in the SB, and thumped SF, the #2 NFC team, in the regular season, so the bragging rights are all theirs.
If there was a prize for Most Insufferable Star TE Personality, I think Kelce just took the crown from Gronk. Save the Disrespected Bitter Meat Head act for the locker room comments, not the post-game big stage where everyone is celebrating.
At least Gronk can be self-effacing, and in on a joke.
Edit -- Eagle's CB has admitted he held the receiver.
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My thoughts were pretty similar. Mahomes made the difference on the field, the KC defense held up at key moments, and the Chiefs coaching wasn’t making any mistakes with time management. Deserved Kansas City win.
There were very few difference making moments. The fumble by Hurts which was run in for a TD, the critical stop by the KC defense which allowed KC to make good a points deficit and go a TD up in scoring in the 4th quarter, that punt return by Toney. But very few turnovers.
I think in the end the Eagles weren’t quite good enough in the little things which make a team great, rather than just very good.
There were very few difference making moments. The fumble by Hurts which was run in for a TD, the critical stop by the KC defense which allowed KC to make good a points deficit and go a TD up in scoring in the 4th quarter, that punt return by Toney. But very few turnovers.
I think in the end the Eagles weren’t quite good enough in the little things which make a team great, rather than just very good.
Half-time show? Oh, maybe that's what was on while I was changing into my pj's and doing other pre-bedtime routines before settling in to watch the second half of the football game.
It was a good game, though I was more or less "rooting" for the Eagles. I really didn't care who won, truth be told, but as games go it was a fun one to watch.
The commercials were lame, at best. Some of them, I didn't even understand at what they were trying to sell or the point they were making.
I'm a boomer so the halftime show did not interest me, but my kids (being teenagers) enjoyed it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The commercials were lame, at best. Some of them, I didn't even understand at what they were trying to sell or the point they were making.
I'm a boomer so the halftime show did not interest me, but my kids (being teenagers) enjoyed it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
While I understand the theory, I would have taken the 7 and played D. On THAT field, anything could happen. They showed the Eagles kicker on a kickoff and I'm surprised he didn't sprain his ankle on it.
Yeah, when you ask "What is this a commercial for?", it isn't good.
Same. Last really good one was Prince.
One funny thing was the year The Who performed. We were at a SB party and some of the kids were wondering why the band was playing the CSI theme songs. 😂
Look, it came down to the fact the Eagles' supposed vaunted defense earlier in the season feasted on most of the lesser quarterbacks. But once they faced a really effective quarterback, not so much.
I think that's a little unfair. I don't consider Mahomes an "effective" QB. He really is an incredibly gifted athlete and like many other great quarterbacks, he can make vaunted defenses look down right pathetic.
But that didn't really happen. They faced an average playing and injured QB, who was only able to move with the help of painkillers. He's probably still high from that stuff. There was no Mahomes magic, the Chiefs played nowhere near their performance of the regular season. Let's hope that doesn't leave any permanent injuries after the "there's no tomorrow" approach.
It certainly puts things, statistics above all else, into perspective as you say. The Eagles only got so far due to bad calls in their favour and injuries of other teams in the entire season. They came out on top in most statistics, but as I said before, when there's no one else standing, then that's what happens. They didn't play bad the entire season, but certainly not up to the hype surrounding them. So the Eagles were not able to beat a team that delivered an average performance. It all came down to two calls, which were essentially identical but mirrored and that left one KC player unguarded on the far side for a TD. That worked not only once, but twice and ultimately decided the game, which was back and forth without any spectacular plays.
Looking back, this season was boring in the end. Never have we seen so many bad, game deciding calls. Never have we had so many injuries throughout so many teams. Bad calls happen here and there, they always have. Same for injuries. But the amount in so many teams and games is what made this season so boring overall, even if we've seen some spectacular games.
I hope everything will work out for those injured and that every surgery goes well, so we can get back to a "normal" season later this year with all weapons loaded. In addition, I hope for some changes to gain control of the bad calls situation. In the meantime, I'll watch NHL and maybe the NBA finals in summer.
You'd think they'd have proper field for the biggest game in Football.😬 I keep hearing that they had grass on THAT field, but it look so much like Soldier Field where they paint the dirt green. Good gawd, the grass had no roots. Ugh. Even my weed infested lawn has better grass.
I didn't really care who won or lost, but field that crappy increased the risk of injury.😠
And his line was insane. They were saying how great the Eagles lines were, but they didn't do much except plow for First Downs with a yard. They pushed one in for 1 3/4 the one time. They literally black catted them right before the fumble. Brag about the OLine; next play, KC breaks through and Hurts fumbles.
They planted the grass about two years ago somewhere else. They put all the effort into it, then the entire thing was moved to the stadium with the goal to have very durable grass for the SB. It cost them $800k which isn't much in the context of a SB, but that amount of money for some grass that didn't work as expected? In addition the paint of the logos was slippery, which didn't help. In the end, both teams played on the same field and luckily there were no major injuries due to the field.
I thought the game was good. Didn't like a few calls, but that is the way things go. Was pulling for the eagles... so now it seems, and it has already started, that PM is the GOAT and best that ever was or will be. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
The only commercial that I was able to really catch and it caught my eye was "The Flash". "I'm Batman!" Yes please.
The only commercial that I was able to really catch and it caught my eye was "The Flash". "I'm Batman!" Yes please.