Would someone be willing to give me a brief catch-up for the Super Bowl tonight?

[yardwork]

I'm going to a Super Bowl party tonight. I used to watch college football but I've never watched much pro ball and things have been pretty busy in my life lately so I literally had to look up who is playing tonight.

If anyone feels like giving a summary of the two teams, what to watch for tonight, etc., I would be grateful!

[BumRushDaShow]

1. This is all you need

[yardwork]

4. I should wear dark green. Got it!

[justhanginon]

2. A bunch of big guys in red running into a bunch of big guys in white a lot of times.

Sometimes the guy in back gets disgusted and tries to throw away the ball they are all fighting over.Pretty much it. Does last a long time though!

[underpants]

3. This game features two really good O and D lines

Whoever wins or controls that battle will probably win.

Two brothers are playing for different teams. First time that’s happened. Travis Kelce is the almost unguardable TE for KC. Jason Kelce is the center for Philly and he is really really good too.

[yardwork]

5. This is what I'm looking for!

Thanks.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. "Jason Kelce is the center for Philly and he is really really good too."

He and a few of his teammates also sing!

(I did buy the album - I finally got it delivered a couple weeks ago - they raised $1.25 million for charities they support)

[Rebl2]

14. Haven't seen

this before, but have seen other videos of it and they have some good voices!

[Irish_Dem]

9. Two brothers are playing against each other?

Thanks, that is a good tidbit of information to talk about.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Their mom would "win" no matter who gets the trophy!

Thread on them - https://www.democraticunderground.com/121011329

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Jason wore his Mummers outfit back in 2018 and had some "choice words" in his speech then -



(and yes that went out over the broadcast airwaves )

[Irish_Dem]

32. Yep. She cheers for both her kids.

She is glad to see a touchdown from either team.

[yardwork]

25. This is a very helpful thread!

[Irish_Dem]

35. We know who is playing who, and that two brothers are playing against each other.

We are good to go.

[Auggie]

6. Keep an eye on Mahomes ...

his ability to elude the awesome Philly pass rush and improvise will win the game for K.C.

I expect K.C. to employ the short passing game and count on yards after the catch for a bulk of their offense, though Mahomes will have to throw long occasionally to keep the Philly secondary from playing too close to the line.

Head coach Andy Reid will outsmart Philly head coach John Sirianni.

[yardwork]

7. Patrick Mahomes' father is younger than I am. Pondering this...

And thanks for this analysis! This is what I need!

[Tree-Hugger]

10. You've gotten great answers

So, I'll just add that you'll witness the Eagles crush the Chiefs. Sure, it won't be as easy as some other teams, but we'll win nonetheless.

I'd give a google to the lyrics for "Fly Eagles Fly."

Go Birds. 🦅

[yardwork]

26. Thanks!

[LakeArenal]

11. Most people I know not the fans if either want Phillies to win.

[TeamProg]

15. Eagles, Phillies are a MLB team. But I'd also prefer a Philly win.

[LakeArenal]

18. Oops I'm not a fan of either. But I hear Eagles are favored by my unscientific listening.

[TeamProg]

20. There's a joke in there though: "I don't care much about who wins the football game, maybe a

baseball team should win it."

[LakeArenal]

39. I'm a Brewer fan so winning is out of my scope of possibilities.

[TeamProg]

43. ! Ah, and I don't follow MLB very nuch, even when the Giants do well.. nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. Patrick Mahomes is 27 and has played in 13 playoff/SB games

This will be his 3rd Super Bowl start. He's 1-1 in the previous 2, and 10-3 in playoff/SB games. He averages 66.5 completion %, 300 passing yards, and 2.5 TD passes per game, and .5 interceptions/game, with an INT rate of 1.4 (throws 1.4 INT's per 100 pass attempts, IOW). These are all excellent numbers as averages.

He's also led the Chiefs to 5 straight AFC Championship games (2018-2022 seasons).

Dude is an absolute wizard in terms of extending plays and improvising, throwing on the run and off-balance, in part because he was a baseball pitcher as well in HS and College. And his father was a pitcher in the majors. You'll almost certainly see Mahomes pull off some amazingly athletic plays.

I hate the Chiefs cause I'm a Raider fan, so it's required. But I love watching Mahomes play, not only is he a flat-out stud, but he's a good sportsman, seems humble, and a team player. A class act, if you will.

And if he leads the Chiefs to victory he will become a walk-in Hall of Fame candidate already, at only 27 y.o.

Hurts is 24, and this is his first Super Bowl, and his 4th playoff/SB game. He's 2-1 in the playoffs, having made it in both 2021 and 2022 seasons (which are the 2 seasons he's been a starting QB).

Talking about his playoff averages is a bit meaningless with only a sample size of 3 games, but all his stats are well below those of Mahomes, except his rushing yards. He is big, strong, fast, tall and tough as nails, and he's a terror when he takes off and runs, which is often. He's not quite the passer Mahomes is, but he's solid passer with a big arm, and has improved by leaps and bounds over only 3 years in the league in this regard.

I believe this is the first SB featuring 2 QB's that are black (though Mahomes is biracial with black dad, white mom), I don't think we've ever been this close, if you will, to having 2 black dudes start the Super Bowl at QB.

And as you'll probably hear like 10 times, the KC coach Andy Reid coached at Philly for a stretch. He was kinda famous there for building excellent teams ... that couldn't quite get over the hump and win the big one.

[underpants]

13. Good info. Mahomes and the two D lines will be the key.

Of course it all comes don’t to turnovers and tackling - one slipped tackling can at least flip the field.

The Eagles have a better O line not that KC’s is bad. It should be the Eagles game but if Mahomes is healthy he can win it on his own.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. For me Mahomes and T. Kelce are the wildcards

If you gave the Chiefs QB/TE of the caliber of Hurts and Goedert instead, I think the Eagles win handily. I think they're overall the slightly better team, esp. on the D.

Should def. be a good one, I have no idea who's gonna win, neither team winning would surprise me. But if I was betting straight up, I'd lean Eagles.

[underpants]

22. They are greasing the light poles in Philly. 😁

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=1bWczhKU6devFzQiJCreFg

[yardwork]

27. But will Mahomes' ankle hold up, do you think?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

47. He got hurt in the AFC Divisional Round

And came back a week later and won the AFC Championship Game (although he was a bit ginger-looking at times). Now he's had 2 more weeks to recover for the SB. I'd guess he's going to suffer few ill effects ... unless someone hits it.

Which is very possible given the Eagles have a historically good pass rush this season.

[yardwork]

48. I really hope he doesn't get hurt.

It sounds like both teams are bringing a lot. Sounds like it will be a good game.

[Bobstandard]

19. Ask these questions to seem knowledgeable

“Do you think Mahomes ankle will hold up?” (It was recently injured making his mobilization possible issue.)

“Will the Chiefs hold in the red zone?” (Their defense has been weak in the red zone this season)

Slip in those two questions early and you’re done. It will make people think you know what you’re talking about. Keep quiet after that so you don’t prove them wrong

Bonus declaration “Prince was the best halftime show ever!”

[yardwork]

21. Excellent! (What's the red zone?)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

24. When a team is within 20 yards of scoring a touchdown they're 'in the red zone' (nt)

[yardwork]

28. Thank you!

I feel that I should have known that but I don't remember it. Old age...

[Hugh_Lebowski]

23. As much as I adore Prince, and that halftime show ...

I have to place it 2nd after U2 in the first SB after 9/11 happened.

I cried when I watched it then, and I still do now all these years later (I've watched it many many times over the years ... guess I'm a glutton for punishment).

[yardwork]

29. I love this thread.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

34. Put yourself and your mindset back in time to early Feb 2002 ...

I really think this moment marked the point when the USA began the healing process after 9/11.

They were the right band, at the right place, at the right time, with the right songs ... I mean the place goes bananas, man. It's friggin amazing.

Make sure you watch to the end of Where The Streets Have No Name. There's never been a greater moment in a SB halftime show than Bono opening his jacket up right there. Nothing even close, really. Though Prince playing Purple Rain ... IN the rain ... was also hella magical.

Just click 'Watch on Youtube' in window below. It's worth it if you never seen it

[yardwork]

42. Sadly, the NFL blocked that video before I could see it.

I'll search around for it. Thanks!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

46. Should be able to click the "watch on youtube" link in my post

[electric_blue68]

56. Now imagine a born&bred NYC'r, a big U2 fan starting in '80, who fell in love with The Towers...

(me) because she spent nearly a year there Sept '80 - Aug'81 on the 73rd floor in the NE corner office with such amazing views (and some cool co-workers) who watched that haft-time show! Very meaningful.

Actually before that they played ?4 dates in Oct '01 at MSG; they didn't cancel their tour.

Well... It was the first time I ever searched on-line for tickets (imagine being a newbie doing that)! At least I'd been on line since late '95.
I had to be there for first show. I got a ticket just 3 hours before the show!

Well, basically most of the audience to including me yelled, and sang, and danced through almost all the songs. Especially City of Blinding Lights partly written for NYC. Edge said when they walked on stage the roar of the crowd was like nothing they'd ever heard before.

It was also very moving that before the show at some point they visited what was then the "viewing platform" that had been built for people to get as close as they could at that point to see for themselves what happened. (I considered it, and all my later visits like bearing witness)

A fan I met some years later who was at the MSG show but much closer said when they played at times she could see tears running down their faces.

Way later I thought to watch Prince's half time show. That was great, too.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

57. Love your story!

I've seen u2 7 times ... most of any band in my life.

[electric_blue68]

58. Aw, thanks! And cool! They've in my top five Pantheon of Ultrafavorite bands.

[yardwork]

53. These talking points have been great!

But I'm on my second whiskey sour and I'm having trouble being quiet. 🤣

[Rebl2]

30. Head coach

of the Chiefs, Andy Reed, used to be head coach of the Eagles and has worked with both Kelce brothers. Patrick Mahomes originally thought he would follow in his father’s footsteps and play baseball, but changed his mind deciding to play football instead. Patrick is co-owner of the women’s soccer team in KC, the Kansas City Current along with his wife Brittany as well as Angie and Chris Long who started the team I believe.

[yardwork]

31. This seems like a more interesting than usual SB.

[Rebl2]

33. Also the

Navy will do a flyover with all women flying the jets. First time two black quarterbacks will come up against each other in the SB. Probably already been mentioned in this thread.

[mountain grammy]

36. I think it's gonna be a great game

2 excellent teams. Have fun at the party.

[yardwork]

40. Thank you!

[Irish_Dem]

37. I just arrived at a family gathering for the SB.

There is enough food to sink a battleship.

[yardwork]

41. And you have your talking points ready to go!

[Irish_Dem]

44. I impressed the family right away with the talking points.

Mentioned the names of the two teams.
And talked about the brothers.

Acted like I knew what I was talking about.

Helped myself to more Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa.
And some wings and cake.

I earned it.

[yardwork]

49. ....

[Irish_Dem]

50. The thanks goes to you for this thread.

[yardwork]

51. Thank you!

[usonian]

38. Whoever dismembers the opposing QB wins.

It's gladiatorial combat.
Ave Goodell, morituri te salutant.

[DashOneBravo]

52. I loved this.

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=x4m0FhMUpzZsMd4VNFCs1w

[yardwork]

54. Chris was gorgeous! Brought me to tears.

[DashOneBravo]

55. Me too!

[DashOneBravo]

59. This tie's for first.

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=JOHuARkHfrPWQ1wkCi7BGQ