Looking forward to see what commercial will be using Martin Luther King Jr. to go with that pick up truck he recommended a couple years ago
You can bet on Amanda Gorman’s poem:
(GB is not involved, so I will probably not be watching)
Brian
Ooh - here is an opportunity for Ms Gorman to make some money. Place money on the long odds and modify her poem to match her bet!
Dear og, the commercials are going to be insufferable this year. What’s the over/under how many times “unprecedented times” will be said?
“Be apart, together.”
One of the dumbest and most baffling patterns is companies and actors “previewing” their Super Bowl commercials on other platforms before the big game. Last night I saw a kinda dumb Doritos commercial featuring Matthew McConaughey on Jimmy Kimmel. I’m sure there are many already published on YouTube. Like, why the hell would you spoil this? Isn’t the whole point to “premiere” the ad on the big stage?
I suppose this is the work of some stupid advertiser trying to get some free earned media by getting the ad shown as content instead of having to pay for a spot. Pennywise, pound foolish.
Really dumb for Britt Reid. DUI causing injuries to children.
the first DUI arrest was “really dumb”, especially after weapons charges during a road rage arrest… I suppose you could say “hiring him given his past” was “extremely dumb”, but, Reid getting into a car after drinking and taking prescription medication was a “felonious” decision on his part, and reflective of a serious addiction/problem
Andy Reid seems like a decent guy, but his family life is a fucking hot mess.
Of course I feel bad for the victims in this situation but I also feel bad for Andy, because like you said he seems like a nice guy. He’s like Jeff Fisher but he’s also a good coach.
Interesting you mention Fisher, whom I believe was a solid coach up until around the end of the 2000s.
The game gradually began changing on him, though, and went from one in which front-line defenses that could control the running game and play man-to-man were good enough to get into the playoffs, weren’t good enough to stop the evolving passing game. Reid, being a more offense-oriented coach, evolved with the league and Fisher didn’t.
I think we saw this when he came back as the Rams coach. His teams were actually a lot more physical and tough on defense than they had been in the years before Fisher arrived in STL but his offense were terrible. Enter Sean McVay. Fisher’s failure was being a hard-ass and not evolving, which resulted in his being perceived as out of touch. It’s ironic because Fisher was actually fairly well liked and respected by many of his players during his glory days in Tennessee. But times change.
Jeff Fisher isn’t a nice guy. His teams consistently led the league in penalties, including personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. He’s a douchbag. And a bad coach.
The Chiefs are the better team. I’m picking Bucs win 34-31. Brady gets a minute left and gets into FG position.
As the night before the Super Bowl has become the time when the NFL announces all of its awards, as well as the new Hall of Fame inductees, here’s the rundown.
MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive Player of the Year: Derrick Henry
Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Donald
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Justin Herbert
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Chase Young
Hall of Fame:
- Peyton Manning (QB)
- Charles Woodson (DB)
- Calvin Johnson (WR)
- Alan Faneca (OG)
- John Lynch (DB)
- Tom Flores (coach)
- Drew Pearson (WR, from seniors committee)
- Bill Nunn (scout/personnel director)
As a Cowboys fan, I love Pearson, but sorry, Tony Hill was the better receiver of the two. Pearson was the beneficiary of the limited highlight reel era, making the big catch against the Vikings and a couple of other big catches. Tony Hill was the guy who scared the shit out of opposing defenses much more than Pearson. Not to mention, Staubach and White could spread the ball to Cosby, Dupree, Donnelly (aka White Lightning), and others. It was kinda sorta the pro spread before the pro spread. But Tony Hill was the most consistently open target.
There was a discussion about Pearson here a few weeks ago, when the finalist list was announced. I agree, he was certainly a very good receiver, but I’m not at all sure why he’s now a Hall of Famer. The fact that the HoF inducted a bunch of veterans last year, as part of the league’s 100th anniversary, thinned the ranks of “overlooked players from previous eras,” and I think that Pearson may have benefited from that.
Also, some of the other award winners:
- Coach of the Year: Kevin Stefaski (Browns)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Alex Smith
- Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award: Teddy Bridgewater
- Walter Payton Man of the Year Award: Russell Wilson
What’s the over/under for the number of times that Tampa is the first team to play the super bowl in their home stadium? 3.5? 5.5? It’s not like it’s possible for every team. There are maybe 8 teams that can do it.
I suspect him being so openly disappointed and vocal about his desire to be in had a lot to do with it, combined with a lot of campaigning by Jerry. He wasn’t good enough as a player to get in, but being the progenitor of the “Hail Mary” sort of makes it palatable. He left a mark.
I was 16 - it was offensive pass interference! Of course, it really just meant the Vikings have only lost three Super Bowls instead of four, but still . . .