Superbowl Game Thread - Chiefs vs Eagles

[HappyDays]

Just now, Maine-iac said:

Did you miss the rest of what I said or chose to ignore it?  We're already scoring 30 points a game.  Thinking you can just score another 10 and that's going to fix not fixing the defense is no better an answer than saying we need to fix the defense.  Sometimes answers are not easy and what you want to hear.  Sometimes they are complicated and not what you want to hear.  I don't know how they will do it.  I could ramble on with my thoughts, but clearly it's the defense that NEEDS to get better.  The offense essentially as good as you are going to get against SB  worthy teams.  You might as well say we need to get lucky because it's probably the same chances of scoring 40 a game in the playoffs against Spags.

 

The truth is I just have zero faith the defense is going to be any better under this coaching staff, not without an unrealistic infusion of elite talent. I know mine is an unpopular opinion. I'm not of the mind that we are just one elite player away from forcing the Chiefs to punt more than twice against us. I admit I feel a bit ridiculous living in this mindset where I think we need a 40 PPG offense to win a Super Bowl, but deep down I really believe that's the only way. I respect your opinion though. It's where I was after the 13 seconds game. Since then my thinking has changed.

[muppy]

4 minutes ago, Draconator said:

I want Barkley to break one for a TD. 

birthday present 🙂

[streetkings01]

Still waiting for Mahomes to morph into that mutant superhero villain thing a ma jig that Nagy was texting his wife about 🤨🙄

[Buffalo Barbarian]

7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

At the end of the day it's the scouts.. but it's the scouts that also found Christian Benford and Matt Milano bernard .. found Dane Jackson in the 7th round.. Levi Wallace  undrafted

 

Maybe the coaches are telling the scouts what they're looking for.. and it's not translating.. maybe they need to have them look for different types of players at the defensive line

 

 

 

Big AND athletic

 

 

[GETTOTHE50]

Just now, muppy said:

KC Chiefs  fatigue indeed was real. America overall I think is happy with this games outcome.

 

It salves my heart a bit Im not gonna lie. Seeing a team dismantle the chiefs is VERY satisfying

They were carried here by officiating. Hopefully  the league learns its lesson in propping up a paper tiger for a Super Bowl match. 
 

pathetic 

[Maine-iac]

Thought Barkley would run all over them.  

[major]

3 minutes ago, Brand J said:

I wonder if all the negative ref talk and chatter about the games being rigged had any impact on KC. I mean, they were fielding questions about it during media days.

This 👆

[PromoTheRobot]

Cry more.

[L Ron Burgundy]

Elliott mvp.

[Wacka]

8 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

Face lifts are never a good idea. 

Eugene Levy stole his brows.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

2 minutes ago, Brand J said:

I wonder if all the negative ref talk and chatter about the games being rigged had any impact on KC. I mean, they were fielding questions about it during media days.

Na Philly is just a horrible matchup for them. They can’t run the ball and they’ve got a bunch of fast WRs that aren’t really complete players and the OL just can’t hold up long enough to give those guys time to find space.  KC could replay this game 10 times and would probably lose every one 

[Goin Breakdown]

Wait wait wait. I just peeked in and saw a  chief crying. Who was that?

[Yobogoya!]

2 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

Chiefs have one move on defense: zero blitz 

 

Yet teams struggle with them

Most of the scrub quarterbacks in the league have no answer for it. 
 

Belichick used to do the same thing, abusing the 0 blitz vs middling quarterbacks to great success. 

[K-9]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I know the defense hasn't been close to good enough, and that falls on Beane and McDermott both. But we are ridiculously far away from fielding a defense like Philly's. Like 10 players away. I don't see any way that happens any time soon. The offense is close. We're 1-2 players away from closing the deal against KC in each of our past two playoff defeats. So that's my point. Not that we should ignore the defense entirely, but that the path to glory is still much easier to realize through offensive investments than defensive investments.

The Eagles were the worst D in the league last year so a complete turnaround can be done. But the Eagles’ key acquisition was Fangio. Sure, a couple good players helped, especially Carter, but Fangio is the main difference. And has been alluded to already, it looks like we will see a philosophical shift on the D side of the ball.

[LABILLBACKER]

29 minutes ago, Zerovoltz said:

Ugh.  Wish Bills would have just beaten us.  

This is a delicious evening.  Knock these entitled boys down a peg or 2.

[Willyville Guy]

Happy for Hurts. I was impressed with how he handled himself in college when he was replaced with Tua at Bama. Class act, high character kid — I’m enjoying this for him. 
 

He would never hate-watch a super

bowl with as much joy as I am right now lol 

Edited yesterday at 02:43 AM by Willyville Guy

[muppy]

when it rains it pours . Kansas City is drowning in Eagles points

 

No Life preserver for you!

 

LOL

[Buffalo716]

11 minutes ago, FireChans said:

So I guess I’ll ask again. Where do you think the Chiefs have a talent advantage?

 

Here’s my list.

 

QB

HC

Slot CB

 

I give IOL an advantage to Philly because Thuney is playing LT lol

 

Doesn't mean the Eagles could have never lost because better coach and better QB is the ONLY combo that can give you a really good chance every week to beat better opponents elsewhere.

 

But KC is getting blown off the ball because the Eagles better players are flat out outplaying them.

Eagles have guys like Zack Baun starting at linebacker

 

Wasn't even a full-time starting linebacker for 4 years in New Orleans... 

 

Signed on a one-year 3 million dollar contract..  before this season nobody would have thought Zack  Baun could be the starting linebacker on a super bowl team 

 

Drue tranquill Nick Bolton was definitely considered stronger than nakobe dean and Zack Baun 5 months ago 

 

Tranquil has a 20 million deal... The eagles had players who stepped up.. nobody thought Zach Baun was all pro level for years.. he outplayed his contract

 

They're not trotting out Ray Lewis.. they trotted out Zach Baun and nakobe dean 

Edited yesterday at 02:42 AM by Buffalo716

[colin]

Mahomes has really looked washed all season.

[FireChans]

7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

At the end of the day it's the scouts.. but it's the scouts that also found Christian Benford and Matt Milano bernard .. found Dane Jackson in the 7th round.. Levi Wallace  undrafted

 

Maybe the coaches are telling the scouts what they're looking for.. and it's not translating.. maybe they need to have them look for different types of players at the defensive line

 

 

How bout the Philly staff plucking Zack Baun out of FA and turning him into an All-Pro? 
 

I think there’s an element to luck with all of this. 
 

Philly doubled down on the Georgia boys. There was a risk that Davis and Carter were troublemakers over realizing their talent. But it paid off.