Super Bowl LV: And that better be the last time I ever go with my heart...

I should've seen this coming, and said it was for the entire process of the situation until I 55-45'd the Packer pick.

It was Tom Brady, it was Tom Brady all along...  (Aw, son of a bitch!!!)

And now Rodgers is talking a bit morose and the like.  Fact is:  He's the first quarterback, to my understanding, to lose three conference title games while winning fewer than two.

He's never going to WIN another Super Bowl, and Green Bay's not getting to one again.  26-6 the last two years, and two playoff wins, and neither Super Bowl.

Tony Romo, who has often the exposition of the NFL's narrative, called this in Week 12...

At this point, the Bucs are 7-5 after losing to the Chiefs, entering their bye week.  With the Saints (even with Brees injured) with a significant division lead, the Seahawks making a push, and the Packers just racking up wins, Romo says THIS with Brian Tuohy making note of it today:

As the co-host of the CBS #SuperBowlLV broadcast, Romo had seen the script. https://t.co/BlGoe6zv8Y

— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) January 25, 2021

Green Bay is never winning another Super Bowl in this reality.

And Tampa Bay?  They have not lost since.  Seven in a row.

And then the refball came in.  Game ended 31-26.  1:46 to go in the fourth.  3rd and 4 at the Tampa 37.  And Max Kellerman catches this penalty on the same play the Packers were called for DPI to end the game:

On the PI call that ended the game, there was an OBVIOUS hold by Tristan Wirfs.

Can’t make one call without the other. pic.twitter.com/HZSLoNjtMX

— Max Kellerman (@maxkellerman) January 24, 2021

In fact, it looks, in the still, like TWO GUYS were holding on the play.  I did say one thing:  It was so close on the narrative that one call could make the difference.

One call did, and Rodgers goes home again to the narrative in the conference title game, for at least the third time in his career. 

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And the AFC went exactly as I thought.  Game was non-competitive, Mahomes and the Chiefs win by two touchdowns.

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So here we are:  It's obvious what the script is going to be.  If Mahomes can stay upright and perform for the balance of the game, it will be the official passing of the torch here, as Tampa becomes the first team to host a Super Bowl they will be in, but I'd be taking Kansas City -3 and the over 56.5 easily.

Only shot Tampa's got is if Mahomes comes in flat and it's clear he's still concussed in two weeks.