Old Coot

Pats probably agreed to pay him enough so he could afford shoes.

I hope they still have enough money to pay Mack Hollins. He can't even afford to buy shoes.

I fully agree with you. But unfortunately, a moral victory is just another name for a loss.

You are right. It was helmet to helmet.

I hope Coleman doesn't become a head case like Sammy Watkins. I remember Sammy saying his first year that guys in the pros hit pretty hard and thinking even if its true you don't admit it. Poyer's hit on Coleman was wicked (but clean). It sounds like Coleman may still be mentally bothered by that hit.

Here is Warner's breakdown at about 15 minute mark:

Soem more classic trifectas: Baltimore Colts: Unitas, Berry, Mackey Browns: Graham, Motley, Lavelli

A bit uncertain what you mean here. I agree that Kosar & Bledsoe had more raw talent than Brady but it takes more than raw talent to succeed in the NFL as a QB. It requires a rare combination of talent, vision, spatial recognition, quick information processing and the drive to study for hours the cutups supplied to the QB. I cannot say for sure that Belichick made Brady better but given that most agree that Belichick is an excellent coach and that Brady was not an outstanding collegiate QB, it seems likely that Belichick's coaching made Brady a better QB. Not many QBs become better in the pros than they were in college (Brady & Josh Allen and maybe one or two others excepted.)

My point, which I could have made clearer, is that Brady might have become better for having had a coach like Belichick. The Belichick-enhanced Brady then goes to Tampa Bay and wins another SB; meanwhile, Belichick cannot instaneously produce another Brady. It may be that QBs matter more than coaches but it may also be that a good coach can make a QB more successful. That's all I'm saying. It is notoriously difficult to predict which college QBs will be successful in the pros. Look at how many 1st round QBs turn out to be busts.

Does Tom Brady become who he is without Belichick? One could say the relationship was synergistic and both became better for it.

This is a tough question to answer. So many players are worthy of consideration.

Back in the 70s Buffalo was a tough market for professional basketball. College basketball was so much more popular. The original owner of the Braves sold the team because it wasn't going to make him any money, long-term.

Buffalo had an NBA team in the 1970s -- the Buffalo Braves. They are now the san Diego Clippers.

I'm ot that old. I didn't see the game. I'm a student of football history. I am old enough to hve see Y.A. play for the Giants.

The 1932 NFL Championship game was played in Chicago at an indoors hockey rink because of a blizzard and sub-zero temps. One rule change: because the filed extended right up to the stands the ball was placed at the hashmmark when a play went out of bounds instead on the out of bounds line. Previously teams needed to waste a down running a play to the center of the field because that was the only way to go. Read more about the elephant manure littering the field and other rules changes sparked by the game at: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/NFL_Championship_Game,_1932

Rejoicing at another's misfortune. I'll bet the Germans even have a word for that.

I agree that our eveluation process for draft picks needs to be better. That said, presumably McD or the relevent asst coaches are part of the e v a l process. I can't imagine that Beane makes his decisions without that input. To my mind, Elam has been the biggest miss to date. He's terrible and McD knows it. When questioned at half-time of the Chiefs game about who will step up with Benford sidelined (it was Elam) McD momentarily had a deer-in-the-headlights look becore recovering his poise.

part of this is our style of D; plus Benford getting hurt. Phl has much better man CBs than us so Mahomes receivers too time getting open & by the the Eagles' 4 man rush had him running for his life. True but I wish Josh would work on perfecting his craft so it doesn't come down to one crucial play.

In a word, No. Our OL is better than KC's but the KC defense is lights out better than ours. The Eagles have too much talent on both sides of the ball. KC played during the regular season and playoffs just well enough to win their games. That kind of play doesn't work against a team with the talent and coaching of the eagles. This Super Bowl reminded me of the first few AFL-NFL Championships when the AFL was clearly outclased by the NFL. Also reminded me of our Super Bowl losses to the Cowboys and Redskins.

Josh is a better QB than Hurts but it was maddening to see Hurts drop those dime on fades and on the long TD pass. Josh has trouble litting those looping throws. If I know it then NFL DCs know it, too and they'll scheme to take advantage of that.

The Achilles Heel of the KC offense this year has been their OL. We couldn't exploit that weakness even tho we blitzed more than usual. The eagles have the DL to do it and it's on display.

Thanks for this. I should have been clearer: the first several games were officially titled "World Championship" not "Super Bowl". I did not know that unofficially people were referring to it as the Super Bowl as early as the first game in 1967.

The First World Championship ticket prices were $12. The Big Games wasn't titled Super Bowl until game 4. The "Super" in the title supposedly comes from lamar Hunt's child who was playing with a Super Ball: remember thise super bouncy rubber balls?

You can always use a speedy receiver who has good moves and can take the top off a defense. One point about Josh's accuracy on deep balls (& no not bashing Josh--I'm sure he's aware of what I'm about to say): He needs to work on his "bucket" throws; that is, those looping throws that :drop into the bucket." Josh's amazing deep completions mostly have a flatter trajectory. Example: The TD to Hollins at the end of the 1st half against KC. Itwasn't completely flat but is wasn't the "drop in a bucket" loop. Nothing is more disappointing than to see Josh miss an open receiver with a looping throw. The misses tend to be overthrows. I see other QBs not as talented as Josh but who can drop a dime into the hands of a WR running a fade with the CB right behind him. Those kinds of throws are unstoppable. This offseason he should buy a motorized trash can, get out on the field and practice dropping throws into the can over and over and over, until he masters that technique.

We can agree to disagree on this. After all, social media would be incredibly boring without disagreement. You are more of a risk taker than I. I would prefer to burn a TO and get in a play with possibly more chance of succeeding than the formation they were in with that KC look. If they make the first down they don't have to worry about getting the ball back from a KC offense that had been getting first downs allnight against our D.