Super Bowl LIX Reaction

 

There’s not much of a reaction to be had…

The Chiefs simply just didn’t show up! They thought they were going to turn it on at the end and the Eagles would just roll over, allowing them to coast to victory. It’s how they’ve been playing for the last 2 or 3 years.

Super Bowl LVIII Reaction

Even though this year was a bit rocky, I feel like we backed into the matchup of the 2 best teams in the league this year.

I feel like the NFC is the weaker conference with San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas being the front runners easily in that exact order.

The AFC is a stronger conference because everybody’s got a Quarterback.

The Chiefs as the defending champions should’ve been a lot stronger during the season, but coasted their way through the season. But they ultimately ended up where they should have been, and with the outcome most expected them to have, as being Super Bowl champions back-to-back.

They just had way too many distractions. Taylor Swift, Wide Receiver issues, penalties and/or injuries by the Offensive Tackles. We should have beat teams by 50, but we still won the biggest game of the year. So, as Brett Veach said at the rally, if this is what an off year looks like then I’ll take it.

For the 1^st three quarters of the game, we basically played like we have all year. Pacheco runs the ball, we rely on our strong defense, while Butker is the only player that scores for most of the 2^nd half, and Tommy Townsend our Punter helps us play field position.

I knew it was going to be back and forth all game when both of the star Running Backs for each team fumbled the ball which neither do very often. And then the 49ers busted out trick plays like a throwback pass to Christian McCaffrey for the only touchdown of the 1^st half.

Freak occurrences started to happen. Greenlaw tears his ACL hopping up and down on the sidelines and then running onto the field before the trick pass!? The muffed punt by the Niners that really turned the game in the Chiefs favor in the 2^nd half. The touchdown pass, right afterwards. The Chiefs offense looked like the highflying offense we are used to for a moment, but they still couldn’t punch it in for touchdowns on a regular basis until overtime. The Niners kept sacking Mahomes, we took the points with Butker, and Mooney matched Butker field goal for field goal for a little while. Mahomes picked up a few key 1^st downs with his legs, even though he’s not the fastest guy. 

And then, like MeCole Hardman, we ALL blacked out from excitement after the game-winning touchdown. The same MeCole Hardman, who did absolutely nothing during his 1^st go around with the Chiefs, and was shipped to the Jets, comes back and becomes a Super Bowl hero.

Super Bowl LVII Reaction

My initial reaction after watching the Eagles/Chiefs Super Bowl was… That game was back and forth. It was 1 of the more memorable and exciting Super Bowls in recent memory.

Some Super Bowls you know are going to be snoozers because it’s obvious who the dominant team was all year. The other team is the Cinderella story that no one saw coming. They’re just happy to be there.

Other Super Bowls, you do get the true 2 best teams in the league all year who battle it out for 3 hours. That was this year for sure.

I know this is going to sound blasphemous for a minute, but I felt like Jalen Hurts actually outplayed Patrick Mahomes in the 1^st half. I felt like the defense kept the Chiefs in the game. For example, Nick Bolton’s fumble return on the Quarterback Draw in the 1^st half.

And speaking of the Quarterback running, how many times did Jalen Hurts Quarterback Sneak? I lost count after about the 6^th or 7^th time.

Our newly built Offensive Line held up pretty well against the Eagles Defensive Line, who is considered the best in the NFL. Which they did not do against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a few years ago.

Much like any other Kansas Citian, I held my breath when Patrick Mahomes was crawling around on his hands and knees like I do at home, after being tackled around his bad ankle. Luckily, Super Bowl halftime’s double what it is in the normal regular-season (15 minutes most games, and 30 minutes during the Super Bowl). So, it gave him time to do whatever he needed to do to heal up.

I felt like the Chiefs offense got it together more in the 2^nd half. The defense was able to hold them to field goals in the 2^nd half also. That helps. Against high-powered offenses, like the Chiefs you can’t settle for field goals, and can’t punt the football. That’s why the Chiefs nor Eagles really punted the football, or kicked a lot of field goals. The flow of the game was geared toward whoever has the ball last will probably score, and win.

Finally, Harrison Butker hasn’t been his clutch self this year. He’s still good, but has his moments. He clanked one off the goal post. But drilled it at the end when it mattered most for the win.

Super Bowl LV Reaction

I’m just floored how much we came out flat, and basically forgot how to play football apparently.

In all seriousness though. The story of this game was injuries. Especially to our Offensive Line. Patrick Mahomes ran the equivalent of 400 yards sideways, and backwards. He had no time to throw. We need to replace them ALL as soon as possible.

With the 1^st moves in the off-season being on the Offensive Line. You should then focus on replacing our Linebackers. They were atrocious. That’s why we played Nickel and Dime defense a majority of the time all season.

Don’t get me wrong. We had a great season! But it amazes me that we got this far with glaring weaknesses, due to injuries, COVID, opt outs, and lack of depth.

I have a hard time believing that the Chiefs played great all season, and didn’t think they were going to lay an egg in the most important game of the year. We lit up everybody, but you can only be lucky for so long.

Kudos to the Buccaneers. Their defense stopped our offense. This is why I tell everybody, yeah it looks fun to score 50 points a game, but if you can’t stop anybody, it won’t matter. Defense wins championships. Offense just tells you by how much.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi everybody. Even though I don’t walk around a lot and have to do things from home like people have been doing for a while now, instead of writing 87,000 messages because I’m highly sociable. I just simply wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving, especially with these awkward circumstances. :-)