What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

[Hay Dude]

Leonard Fournette was more of the offensive star than Brady. Although I still think he was bobbling the ball on his rushing TD. That was a questionable non-call.
One thing Brady does very well is avoid the critical turnovers. He hides his eyes (where he’s throwing) from defensive backs.
The TB defense was opportunistic, too.
The real reason for the win was the all important lopsided number of turnovers going TBs way.

 

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LoL...lots of Monday morning armchair quarterbacks...!

Tipped balls that get intercepted are just bad luck...what would have made this game even more lopsided is the fact that refs were clearly homers for the saints and more importantly mistakes by the Bucs defense (in the form of called penalties) that several times gave the Saints a fresh set of downs when otherwise they most likely would have been punting the ball back to the Bucs...Also there were also a few blatant face mask penalties by the Saints that were simply ignored in favor of calls against the Bucs...

Buc fans can only hope that the officiating crew in Green Bay won't all have grown up as Packer fans...!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

As one watching the game and not caring who won, I didn’t see any officiating discrepancies between sides. Lots of holding by both sides. My comment to my son was how dirty some of the saint players played, one time punching a TB player and not getting called.

Only about the third game I watched this year.

 

[Hay Dude]

As one watching the game and not caring who won, I didn’t see any officiating discrepancies between sides. Lots of holding by both sides. My comment to my son was how dirty some of the saint players played, one time punching a TB player and not getting called.

Only about the third game I watched this year.

Yeah I didn’t see much except the bobbled ball TD by Fournette. Hope that’s not too blunt or succinct.....lol

Now the OTHER game (Chiefs/Browns) had a HUGE missed call/non-call, when Chiefs safety Sorensen met up with a head- first hit on a Browns running back right at the TD pylon, jarring the ball lose. This resulted in not only a fumble, but a turnover when the ball went through the back of the end zone. This probably cost the Browns the game, because the Browns would have had the ball 1st down on the goal line. Instead, the Patriots got the ball on the 20. That was pretty much the point of no return in the game.
Leading with the helmet on tackles is a point of emphasis on all levels of football. Meaning any suspicion of it and it will be called. Our coaching staffs had to undergo coach training to coach it out of football. I didn’t need the training because we always coached head back, no leading with head when I coached in HS and college.
A welcome change, I received numerous concussions playing LB and RB and actually being coached to “ put my head down, 2 arms around the ball, and accelerate through the line “ decades ago. LBs taught to use helmet to jar football lose. Now we coach the “ peanut punch “ to dislodge it and coach more of a rugby style tackle.

 

[MoKelly]

Leonard Fournette was more of the offensive star than Brady. Although I still think he was bobbling the ball on his rushing TD. That was a questionable non-call.
One thing Brady does very well is avoid the critical turnovers. He hides his eyes (where he’s throwing) from defensive backs.
The TB defense was opportunistic, too.
The real reason for the win was the all important lopsided number of turnovers going TBs way.

I heard Brady will have been to 14 AFC/NFC Championship games in his 20 year career.

That is the most amazing stat ever.

Seems he doesn’t have to be the best player to get his team success. And that, in my opinion, is the greatest thing anyone can say about an athlete playing a team spurt.

MoKelly

 

[Hay Dude]

I heard Brady will have been to 14 AFC/NFC Championship games in his 20 year career.

That is the most amazing stat ever.

Seems he doesn’t have to be the best player to get his team success. And that, in my opinion, is the greatest thing anyone can say about an athlete playing a team spurt.

MoKelly

Agree. He doesnt commit the biggest errors too much which is interceptions and fumbles.

 

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LoL...If you don't know how to watch for them (bad or ignored calls) you won't see them...on several occasions Aikman cited "light calls away from the ball"...all went in favor of the Saints...It's a moot point since the Bucs prevailed but it does not mean it didn't happen on multiple occasions and it was very apparent early on to anyone who has the ability to see and realize them...

 

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Typical fans listen to much to the talking heads and if they don't bring something to the audience's attention it's overlooked...!

 

[Hay Dude]

LoL...If you don't know how to watch for them (bad or ignored calls) you won't see them...on several occasions Aikman cited "light calls away from the ball"...all went in favor of the Saints...It's a moot point since the Bucs prevailed but it does not mean it didn't happen on multiple occasions and it was very apparent early on to anyone who has the ability to see and realize them...

The reason for the favorable calls for the Saints is to forever make up for the non-call obvious PI they missed that cost the Saints a playoff game.

NFL slammed over bad call in Saints playoff game - YouTube

 

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As one watching the game and not caring who won, I didn稚 see any officiating discrepancies between sides. Lots of holding by both sides. My comment to my son was how dirty some of the saint players played, one time punching a TB player and not getting called.

Only about the third game I watched this year.

No less should be expected from the team that committed one of the worst policies ever in modern professional sports...

New Orleans Saints bounty scandal - Wikipedia