Tom vs. Patrick -- Super Bowl LV thread

This is a disaster on many levels for the Reid family and, by association, the Chiefs.

 

There are so many layers to the Reid story.

Eric Bieniemy could coach a team to a SB victory and still not have a head coaching position. Or he could and not have to switch buildings.

And I think uncovering his driving history will be, well, unsettling to many.

 

The Giants, the Patriots, and the stolen Super Bowl rings.

Jason Costello takes a key from his pocket. He turns it in the lock of safe deposit box No. 899 at the Eastern Bank in Saugus, Massachusetts. He pulls the box off the shelf and carries it into a nearby room.

Al Zani and Shawn O'Neil crowd around him. The three men are New England law enforcement to their core: Costello is a young special agent in the FBI's Boston office with a reputation as a skilled interviewer. Zani is a lieutenant who has spent decades with the Massachusetts State Police. O'Neil is a state trooper; he's the one who traced this key to a tiny bank branch, bringing them here on a cold day in January of 2009.

The box rattles in Costello's hands as he sets it on the table. Tink-tink-tink. You know the sound? Like a forgotten penny rattling around a dryer? Tink-tink-tink. The three men smile. Those aren't pennies.

They open the box. Sunlight glints through a nearby window. "The only thing missing was the background music," Zani says now. "It was like they were glowing."

Inside are 27 rings, their bezels thick and heavy. Wearing gloves so as not to disturb any fingerprints, the men examine the rings to be sure they are, in fact, the rings that were stolen in an elaborate heist at a jewelry manufacturer just up the road. To be sure they are, in fact, the rings they've been chasing for months.

The confirmation is easy. On one side of each ring, the words "Eleven Straight On The Road" are stamped. Surrounding a mass of sparkling diamonds, the top and bottom edges are inscribed "World Champions." And on the reverse is a message that, despite the excitement these men feel about recovering this critical piece of evidence, would make anyone from the commonwealth -- Costello and Zani and O'Neil included -- let out a wounded sigh.

"NYG 17, NE 14."

This is a story about craftsmanship. A story about a thief so smart even police call him "brilliant." A story about a criminal so knowledgeable even a judge once admitted he knew more than many of the attorneys who stood before him.

And, just as much, it is a story about the group of detectives and agents and officers who use their own wits and excellence to try to stop him.

The story begins 13 years ago, on Super Bowl Sunday in 2008.​

The Great Super Bowl Rings Heist | ESPN.com

 

Correct me if I’m wrong. The Weeknd is a guy, not a group

 

"And we welcome the help of Cleveland State athletics, despite their latest round of probation." [/justbecausewe'resj.com]

 

IIRC, the FCS championship game at Levi's was based in the South Bay and worked well.

 

The ESPN story says junior Reid has bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. This may not end well for him especially if that kid dies. What an awful story.

 

Antonio Brown Still Doesn’t Get It — Sports Illustrated

 

correct. And he put $7M of his own money for this halftime show. It should be great. Hoping for a Prince hologram.

 

Apparently this is typical. Artists are not paid to play the Superbowl, they pay for the marketing placement.

 

Then I'd love to know what Maroon 5 was hoping to get out of the deal with the turd they dropped.

 

The most excited I've ever been for a Super Bowl as an adult was when a commercial was going to run in the late second half that a friend produced.

It was a great spot.

No remembrance of the game, but great spot.