What a potential Super Bowl we have in front of us…defending champ Mahomes vs. GOAT Tom Brady playing in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
The NFL screen writers could not have written this any better.
How ironic…. when Tom Brady was in New England…Boston was the city of champions. Now it’s Tampa Bay on the cusp of becoming the City of Champions with the Lightening hoisting the Stanley Cup, the Rays making it to the World Series, and now the Bucs in the Super Bowl.
This Tampa team was waiting for Tom Brady. The defense is solid. the receiving corp is excellent, the run game is good with Fournette and Jones.
All the Bucs needed was a QB who didn’t throw three interceptions a game like Jameis Winston. I would even wonder if a QB like say Matthew Stafford or Deshawn Watson could have taken the Bucs this far. I don’t think so. Winning at Lambeau would have been tough for QBs with little post season success.
For me the Tampa run game is the key to this game….can the Bucs as they’ve done in three straight playoff games control their offensive line of scrimmage.
That’s what I have circled in red. Can the Buc O-line keep Chris Jones in check enough so he can’t tee off on Tom Brady?
Last year when the Chiefs scored twenty-one straight ponts late to defeat the Niners 31-20 … I thought the key to the game was George Kittle. Could the Chiefs keep George Kittle in check? The Chiefs did and came on strong late in the game after struggling for three quarters.
But Tom Brady isn’t Jimmy G…no way, no how.
The other key to this game for me is can Tampa’s secondary hold up ‘enough’ to keep Tyreke Hill, Travis Kelce , and Hardaman somewhat under control. Thirty-one to twenty-eight points for me is holding the Chiefs ‘somewhat’ under control.
The Bucs are getting 3.5 at home with Tom Brady. Tampa has made this run to this game as a wildcard winning three straight on the road.
I love Mahomes, but I’m going Tom Brady to win his seventh Super Bowl in what we hope is a great football game.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Super Bowl party. I can’t believe we won’t have a Budweiser Clydesdale commercial for this Super Bowl. I’ll have to post one of my favorite Clydesdale ads.
2013…my favorite Clydesdale ad of all-time. In a battle of the Harbaugh Brothers …the Ravens prevailed over Colin Kaepernick and the Niners by a 34-31 count.