- Well, here we go -- the scenario the NFL feared and probably did not plan for. Patrick Mahomes exited today's divisional win over the Browns with a concussion. Stay tuned, this might change everything (or it might change nothing)... Given the opponent is Buffalo next week, I think it does give the NFL some flexibility in putting the Chiefs over and hoping things are ready to go in three weeks.
- Meaning now that both Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes have hit the concussion protocols this weekend.
- Sarah Fuller, the history-making kicker for Vanderbilt, has been invited to Wednesday's inauguration. One report has that she will speak at the event. They shouldn't be holding even a semi-public event. Too dangerous - and I'm not talking COVID here.
- Lionel Messi was sent off in today's Spanish Supercopa match after review with the VAR in extra time for serious foul play - shot to the head of Athletic Bilbao's Asier Villalibre. He could be banned for four matches, depending on how the tribunal rules. It is Messi's first red card with Barcelona. Bilbao won 3-2.
- Philadelphia-Oklahoma City in the NBA has been scrapped for tonight. That makes two of the games tonight, with the previous Cleveland-Washington postponement.
- Jay Glazer has just added his name to the reports that Drew Brees is retiring after the season. 13-13 at the half -- I stand by my contention that the game in progress (Tampa-New Orleans) is the NFC Championship Game and the winner will go to Lambeau and beat Green Bay next week. Could this finally line up the stars for New Orleans here?
- Nope. 30-20 Tom Brady. And now Green Bay has to face the one team which made them their bitch this year. Much like last year (the one main difference: Green Bay is NOT a flaming ref-fueled fraud, like they were last year), the one kryptonite to the big season is the Pack's final obstacle.
- That said: You take a look at the four remaining fanbases. Which fanbase, and by a LARGE MARGIN, can help try to absorb the worst-watched Super Bowl in at least a decade and a half? One thing my anonymous friend told me on not sleeping on Green Bay: I need to recall that, unlike a lot of people, only one team's fanbase -- the team he plays for -- loves Tom Brady. Everyone else does not, especially Boston, who now views him as traitor. Gee, doesn't that sound familiar, Packer Nation?
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Day 311
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Kinda had afeeling they'd roll with TB here, but still all i wanna know is why do they hate the Saints so much? is it all directed at Payton?
ReplyDeleteNo. BountyGate.
DeleteJust to give you some perspective, I grew up in MA and still live here (I am a neutral sports bettor) and there are plenty of fans who still love him and I'd say roughly about a third that dislike him.
ReplyDeleteTom Brady in the SB could be a nice cap off to the 2020 season.
Could see Brady denying Josh Allen in the Superbowl maybe? old AFC east vs New AFC east. Brady going also makes a storlyline for Belichick to win one before he moves on, putting more spotlight on the hated Patriots.
Or here's another way to look at it against Tampa Bay's favor: Brady advancing to the SB will give those people hating the Patriots something to chew on, but at same time may blemish the NFL's greatest dynasty ever if Tom leaves right away and knocks off another championship IMMEDIATELY after leaving NE. Not so sure they wanna roll with that. Not so sure they want players or owners thinking they can leave and do that so quickly one year later.
Who knows tho, they can go in any direction and they'll make it work. I do think i like the GB berth as they are a juggernaut of popularity for ratings and sportsbooks alike. They are a $$$ machine, the jerseys even look like money. Doesn't matter that they have no city, they have fans all over the country and are such a publicly loved team.
With so much doubt about Mahomes, you've got to think Goodell really needs Mahomes to bounce back from the concussion and have a big game. If he is off, or timid, or has another setback it will certainly piss off Goodell as he loathes the C word.
Need more time to think.
Hope you have good week , i know it's gonna be another tough for ya politically, and thanks for all your hard work and insight throughout the season bub.
PS had a big couple weeks betting all this stuff to get here!!
Another reader does bring up a good point, though: Making Brady 2020's Great White Hope against Mahomes would be monumentally stupid from a likability standpoint -- most non-Pats fans hate the guy's guts (and, I believe, in no small part, due to the fact that the NFL has rammed him down everyone's throats as the NFL's Jordan).
DeleteSo that is one case against Brady and for Rodgers for this Sunday, if you take both the hate most fans have for Brady and the need for ratings from the likes of Packer Nation.
The thing about it is: To get this far, in most cases (GB last year was a MARKED exception!!!), you need an angle. You need something to make work.
You do, my disagreements with you on some subjects aside, make a very good point on Mahomes: If they push him back in and he shits the bed and the Bills go to the Super Bowl... ... ...
(And that's NOT something about the league rigging the games at all.)